NPR's 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels...

2»

Replies

  • wild_wild_life
    wild_wild_life Posts: 1,334 Member
    Only 17! Probably because I am somehow, suddenly, old, and most of them weren't around when I was a young adult. I'll have to check some of them out.

    Don't know if this would qualify as young adult, but Laurie R. King's The Beekeeper's Apprentice and others in that series are really good, easy reading novels with a young protagonist.

    Catcher in the Rye, and actually every other Salinger novel/short story, had a huge influence on me. Just wanted to give a shout out for old J.D. since he was dissed earlier. :tongue:
  • Tropical_Turtle
    Tropical_Turtle Posts: 2,236 Member
    Harry Potter Series (as an adult)

    As a kid:
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    The Hobbit
    Catcher in the Rye
    Lord of the Rings
    The Outsiders
    Anne of Green Gables Series
    Lord of the Flies
    Flowers for Algernon
    Call of the Wild
    Treasure Island

    Some of those I never heard of , and some where not even books when I was a kid (lol tells ya I am ancient)
  • missoularocks
    missoularocks Posts: 294 Member
    This is a super great list. Thank you to the OP. I have read 18 of them and hope to read many more ... :)

    Hooray for bookworms!
  • PixelTreason
    PixelTreason Posts: 226 Member
    I've read 23.

    A lot of these came out well after my teen years, haha.

    I'm very disappointed to see "Twilight" on there and no "Chronicles of Narnia". But happy they included "The Last Unicorn."

    :(
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,280 Member
    Emily of New Moon. A more realistic and less romanticized series than Anne of Green Gables.
  • xarge
    xarge Posts: 484 Member
    I have no idea about most of the books on that list except for very mainstream stuff like Harry Potter or Twilight which I doubt I will ever have time. Still I think it's a very weird list to cite teen flicks among some of the sci-fi/dystopia masterpieces.

    To Kill A Mockingbird
    The Hobbit
    The Catcher In The Rye
    The Lord Of The Rings
    Fahrenheit 451
    The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Series
    Lord Of The Flies
    Flowers For Algernon
    The Call Of The Wild
    Howl's Moving Castle
    Dune
    Discworld
    Earthsea Series
    Treasure Island
    Something Wicked This Way Comes
  • PunkyRachel
    PunkyRachel Posts: 1,959 Member
    I have read these out of the list:

    Harry Potter series
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    Fahrenheit 451
    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series(all 6 books)
    The Perks of Being a Wallflower(one of my favorites I've read it 4 times now, can't wait to see the movie)
    The Princess Bride
    Lord of the Flies
    Twilight series(Big fan!)
    House of Night series(Love it! Can't wait until they do the movie)
  • AShawneeF
    AShawneeF Posts: 123 Member
    i've read 27 of them, and a few more i saw the movies of instead of reading the book.
  • daylily2005
    daylily2005 Posts: 203 Member
    Yeah anyone who thinks you're old because you haven't heard of a lot of these....a surprising amount have come out in the past 5 to 7 years....probably 30 of them at least! I read most as an adult. Only the books I had to read for school, the classics, we're read as a teen.
  • INFJ
    INFJ Posts: 86 Member
    bump!
  • stephaniekhani
    stephaniekhani Posts: 77 Member
    I love these sorts of lists! I've read 36... not bad!

    1. Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling
    2. The Hunger Games (series), by Suzanne Collins
    3. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
    4. The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green
    5. The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
    6. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
    7. The Lord of the Rings (series), by J.R.R. Tolkien
    10. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
    11. The Giver (series), by Lois Lowry
    12. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (series), by Douglas Adams
    15. His Dark Materials (series), by Philip Pullman
    16. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
    17. The Princess Bride, by William Golding
    18. Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
    23. Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes
    25. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon
    26. Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
    30. Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt
    32. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (series), by Anne Brashares
    33. The Call of the Wild, by Jack London
    35. Go Ask Alice, by Anonymous
    37. Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli
    40. Abhorsen Trilogy / Old Kingdom Trilogy (series), by Garth Nix
    43. My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult
    46. Forever..., by Judy Blume
    49. The Princess Diaries (series), by Meg Cabot
    51. Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
    58. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs
    59. The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
    60. Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
    64. The Truth About Forever, by Sarah Dessen
    73. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
    85. Chaos Walking (series), by Patrick Ness
    89. Weetzie Bat (series), by Francesca Lia Block
    91. Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (series), by Louise Rennison
    99. Wintergirls, by Laurie Halse Anderson
  • l0seme
    l0seme Posts: 6
    I've read:

    Harry Potter
    The Hunger Games
    The Book Thief (my absolute favourite book)
    Anne of Green Gables
    His Dark Materials
    Lord of the Flies
    Divergent (and its sequel)
    The Mortal Instruments
    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
    Twilight
    Uglies series
    Infernal Devices
    The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants
    Vampire Academy series (another favourite)
    Discworld
    My Sister's Keeper
    The Inheritance cycle
    The Princess Diaries
    Treasure Island
    Delirium
    Just Listen
    Fallen series
    House of Night series
    Before I Fall
    Unwind
    The Maze Runner series
    Matched
    Gallagher Girls
    Confessions of Georgia Nicholson series
    Shiver trilogy
    Wintergirls

    I make that 31!

    Any books that I'd suggest are probably on that list... but The Host, by Stephanie Meyer is a good one (and not at all Twilight-related)
  • mfpseven
    mfpseven Posts: 421 Member
    Most of the list looks to have come out more recently but I've read these

    1. Harry Potter series (the first 6)
    2. To Kill a Mockingbird
    3. Flowers For Algernon
    4. Tuck Everlasting (several times in grade school)
    5. The Call of the Wild
    6. Go Ask Alice (as an adult)
    7. A Separate Peace
    8. Crank series (but I only read smack)
    9. The House of the Scorpion (THIS WAS AN AMAZING READ!!!)
  • Liasings
    Liasings Posts: 150 Member
    Only twenty; primarily because a lot of them are recent publications. I read anything I can get my paws on; YA or not.
  • Leonarda2333
    Leonarda2333 Posts: 1
    This is an awesome one too:
    http://www.amazon.com/Year-Great-Seventh-Teen-Romance-ebook/dp/B00BAHB3G2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384292429&sr=8-1&keywords=teens+good+books+teresa+orts

Categories