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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324 pages2012 73 editions

fiction magical realism romance young adult emotional reflective medium-paced

452 pages2012 60 editions

fiction historical young adult adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

305 pages2011 78 editions

fiction dystopian science fiction thriller young adult adventurous fast-paced

368 pages2011 23 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced

326 pages2010 24 editions

fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous emotional fast-paced

374 pages2008 506 editions

fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced

418 pages2011 116 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

471 pages2008 101 editions

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous medium-paced

310 pages2006 6 editions

fiction young adult emotional fast-paced

391 pages2016 63 editions

fiction historical young adult emotional sad fast-paced