The 100 Best YA Books of All Time

5 participants (100 books)

01 Jan 202431 Dec 2026

Overview

With a panel of celebrated authors - Elizabeth Acevedo, Kacen Callender, Jenny Han, Jason Reynolds, Adam Silvera, Angie Thomas and Nicola Yoon - TIME presents the most compelling, enlightening and influential young-adult books, in chronological order beginning in the 1800s.

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306 pages2017 49 editions

fiction contemporary poetry young adult dark emotional reflective fast-paced

416 pages2019 41 editions

fiction contemporary young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

344 pages2017 32 editions

fiction contemporary young adult emotional medium-paced

324 pages2017 15 editions

fiction young adult emotional sad medium-paced

451 pages2016 16 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced

344 pages2016 93 editions

fiction romance young adult emotional lighthearted fast-paced

443 pages2016 118 editions

fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced

465 pages2015 194 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced

293 pages2015 60 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance science fiction young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced

192 pages2015 8 editions

nonfiction graphic novel history memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced