Tue Aug 7, 2012, 02:25 PM

pokerfan (25,620 posts)

Top 100 Teen Books (NPR survey)

More than 75,000 ballots were cast in our annual summer reader's survey, complete with links and descriptions. Below is a printable list of the top 100 winners. And for even more great reads, check out the complete list of 235 finalists.

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
8. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
9. Looking for Alaska, by John Green
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
13. The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton
14. Anne of Green Gables (series), by Lucy Maud Montgomery
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
19. Divergent (series), by Veronica Roth
20. Paper Towns, by John Green
21. The Mortal Instruments (series), by Cassandra Clare
22. An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green
23. Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes
24. Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher
25. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon
26. Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
27. Twilight (series), by Stephenie Meyer
28. Uglies (series), by Scott Westerfeld
29. The Infernal Devices (series), by Cassandra Clare
30. Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt
31. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
32. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (series), by Anne Brashares
33. The Call of the Wild, by Jack London
34. Will Grayson, Will Grayson, by John Green, David Levithan
35. Go Ask Alice, by Anonymous
36. Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones
37. Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli
38. A Separate Peace, by John Knowles
39. Vampire Academy (series), by Richelle Mead
40. Abhorsen Trilogy / Old Kingdom Trilogy (series), by Garth Nix
41. Dune, by Frank Herbert
42. Discworld / Tiffany Aching (series, by Terry Pratchett
43. My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult
44. The Dark is Rising (series), by Susan Cooper
45. Graceling (series), Kristin Cashore
46. Forever..., by Judy Blume
47. Earthsea (series), by Ursula K. Le Guin
48. Inheritance Cycle (series), by Christopher Paolini
49. The Princess Diaries (series), by Meg Cabot
50. The Song of the Lioness (series), by Tamora Pierce
51. Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
52. Delirium (series), by Lauren Oliver
53. Anna and the French Kiss, by Stephanie Perkins
54. Hush, Hush Saga (series), by Stephanie Perkins
55. 13 Little Blue Envelopes, by Maureen Johnson
56. It's Kind of a Funny Story, by Ned Vizzini
57. The Gemma Doyle Trilogy (series), by Libba Bray
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
61. The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
62. Just Listen, by Sarah Dessen
63. A Ring of Endless Light, by Madeleine L'Engle
64. The Truth About Forever, by Sarah Dessen
65. The Bartimaeus Trilogy (series), by Jonathan Stroud
66. Bloodlines (series), by Richelle Mead
67. Fallen (series), by Lauren Kate
68. House of Night (series), by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast
69. I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith
70. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlsit, by Rachel Cohn, David Levithan
71. Before I Fall, by Lauren Oliver
72. Unwind, by Neal Shusterman
73. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
74. The Maze Runner Trilogy (series), by James Dashner
75. If I Stay, by Gayle Forman
76. The Blue Sword, by Robin McKinley
77. Crank (series), by Ellen Hopkins
78. Matched (series), by Allie Condie
79. Gallagher Girls (series), by Ally Carter
80. The Goose Girl, by Shannon Hale
81. Daughter of the Lioness / Tricksters (series), by Tamora Pierce
82. I Am the Messenger, by Markus Zusak
83. The Immortals (series), by Tamora Pierce
84. The Enchanted Forest Chronicles (series), by Patricia C. Wrede
85. Chaos Walking (series), by Patrick Ness
86. Circle of Magic (series), by Tamora Pierce
87. Daughter of Smoke & Bone, by Laini Taylor
88. Feed, by M.T. Anderson
89. Weetzie Bat (series), by Francesca Lia Block
90. Along for the Ride, by Sarah Dessen
91. Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (series), by Louise Rennison
92. Leviathan (series), by Scott Westerfeld
93. The House of the Scorpion, by Scott Westerfeld
94. The Chronicles of Chrestomanci (series), by Diana Wynne Jones
95. The Lullaby, by Sarah Dessen
96. Gone (series), by Michael Grant
97. The Shiver Trilogy (series), by Maggie Stiefvater
98. The Hero and the Crown, by Robin McKinley
99. Wintergirls, by Laurie Halse Anderson
100. Betsy-Tacy Books (series), by Maud Hart Lovelace

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
Top 100 Teen Books (NPR survey) (Original post)	pokerfan	Aug 2012	OP
I saw that list.	ceile	Aug 2012	#1
Me neither	pokerfan	Aug 2012	#2
Lot more than 100 books when you count the series	getting old in mke	Aug 2012	#3
Some classics. there.	ChazInAz	Aug 2012	#5
Dune? Wow.	Curmudgeoness	Aug 2012	#4
Very interesting list	malthaussen	Aug 2012	#6
Wm GoldMAN wrote The Princess Bride	unc70	Aug 2012	#7
An easy to make typo	TexasProgresive	Aug 2012	#8
NPR is just one of many making that mistake	unc70	Aug 2012	#9

Response to pokerfan (Original post)

Tue Aug 7, 2012, 03:53 PM

ceile (8,689 posts)

1. I saw that list.

I've never heard of 75% of 'em.

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Tue Aug 7, 2012, 04:05 PM

pokerfan (25,620 posts)

2. Me neither

I've read fifteen on the list and have heard of nine of the others.

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Tue Aug 7, 2012, 05:12 PM

getting old in mke (410 posts)

3. Lot more than 100 books when you count the series

Read 33 of the items, but some are a single book and some of the series are long...I counted if I'd read just one.

Interesting that they use "Teen Books" instead of YA. That way books like "Dune" and "Something Wicked This Way Comes" can be included. Not "written for teens" but "read by teens," I guess.

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Wed Aug 8, 2012, 04:13 PM

ChazInAz (362 posts)

5. Some classics. there.

At least two by the late, lamented Mr. Bradbury.
"Not "written for teens" but "read by teens," I guess." That would be a good classification, I'd say. I'd bet that a lot of the teens doing that reading will eventually go on to do the writing. And that's a very good thing.

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Tue Aug 7, 2012, 07:27 PM

Curmudgeoness (10,692 posts)

4. Dune? Wow.

I loved that book when I was much younger, but didn't realize the staying power.

Read 12 of them, never heard of most of them.

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Wed Aug 8, 2012, 06:02 PM

malthaussen (2,298 posts)

6. Very interesting list

At least, as far as the ones I know.

-- Mal

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Thu Aug 9, 2012, 03:20 AM

unc70 (2,322 posts)

7. Wm GoldMAN wrote The Princess Bride

Lord of the Flies is by Golding.

The Princess Bride is by Goldman.

This list is by Clueless.

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Thu Aug 9, 2012, 06:52 AM

TexasProgresive (3,656 posts)

8. An easy to make typo

In the list of books nominated it is correct. My guess is since the 2 books are next to one another on the final list the typist made an honest mistake.

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Response to TexasProgresive (Reply #8)

Thu Aug 9, 2012, 09:49 AM

unc70 (2,322 posts)

9. NPR is just one of many making that mistake

Princess Bride is attributed to Golding a lot, even when there is no mention of any work or author.

While the error by NPR can possibly be explained by the two works being next to each other in the list, that also should have made it easy to catch while proof reading. It jumped out at me.

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