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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278 pages1978 29 editions

fiction fantasy science fiction young adult adventurous mysterious slow-paced

288 pages1975 45 editions

fiction classics young adult emotional reflective slow-paced

148 pages1975 75 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted reflective fast-paced

240 pages1975 49 editions

fiction contemporary romance young adult reflective slow-paced

128 pages1973 4 editions

fiction young adult reflective medium-paced

318 pages2012 210 editions

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional sad medium-paced

149 pages1970 72 editions

fiction classics middle grade funny lighthearted fast-paced

228 pages1969 8 editions

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

183 pages1968 183 editions

fiction classics fantasy young adult adventurous medium-paced

387 pages2017 17 editions

fiction mystery young adult dark emotional tense medium-paced