Revista Time a realizat un top al celor mai bune 100 de cărți young adult ale tuturor timpurilor, în ordine cronologică, începând cu cele care au apărut în anii 1800. Printre titlurile aflate în acest top, se numără volume precum „De veghe în lanul de secară”, de J.D. Salinger, „Persepolis”, de Marjane Satrapi, „Hoțul de cărți”, de Markus Zusak și „Sub aceeași stea”, de John Green. (Time)
Little Women | by Louisa May Alcott
Anne of Green Gables | by L. M. Montgomery
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | by Betty Smith
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl | by Anne Frank
The Catcher in the Rye | by J.D. Salinger
Lord of the Flies | by William Golding
To Kill a Mockingbird | by Harper Lee
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | by E.L. Konigsburg
A Wizard of Earthsea | by Ursula K. Le Guin
I’ll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip | by John Donovan
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. | by Judy Blume
A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ but a Sandwich | by Alice Childress
Forever | by Judy Blume
Tuck Everlasting | by Natalie Babbitt
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | by Mildred D. Taylor
A Swiftly Tilting Planet | by Madeleine L’Engle
The Westing Game | by Ellen Raskin
Homecoming | by Cynthia Voigt
The House on Mango Street | by Sandra Cisneros
Weetzie Bat | by Francesca Lia Block
The Giver | by Lois Lowry
Ella Enchanted | by Gail Carson Levine
Holes | by Louis Sachar
If You Come Softly | by Jacqueline Woodson
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging | by Louise Rennison
Monster | by Walter Dean Myers
Speak | by Laurie Halse Anderson
Stargirl | by Jerry Spinelli
The Princess Diaries | by Meg Cabot
A Step from Heaven | by An Na
Rainbow Boys | by Alex Sanchez
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | by Ann Brashares
Before We Were Free | by Julia Alvarez
Feed | by M.T. Anderson
Persepolis | by Marjane Satrapi
How I Live Now | by Meg Rosoff
Code Talker | by Joseph Bruchac
Elsewhere | by Gabrielle Zevin
The Book Thief | by Markus Zusak
The Lightning Thief | by Rick Riordan
American Born Chinese | by Gene Luen Yang
Copper Sun | by Sharon Draper
Tyrell | by Coe Booth
Graceling | by Kristin Cashore
The Hunger Games | by Suzanne Collins
Ship Breaker | by Paolo Bacigalupi
Akata Witch | by Nnedi Okorafor
Daughter of Smoke & Bone | by Laini Taylor
Legend | by Marie Lu
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe | by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Code Name Verity | by Elizabeth Wein
Every Day | by David Levithan
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl | by Jesse Andrews
The Fault in Our Stars | by John Green
If You Could Be Mine | by Sara Farizan
March: Book One | by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, illustrated by Nate Powell
Brown Girl Dreaming | by Jacqueline Woodson
I’ll Give You the Sun | by Jandy Nelson
Noggin | by John Corey Whaley
The Crossover | by Kwame Alexander
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before | by Jenny Han
An Ember in the Ashes | by Sabaa Tahir
Dumplin’ | by Julie Murphy
Everything, Everything | by Nicola Yoon
March: Book Two | by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, illustrated by Nate Powell
More Happy Than Not | by Adam Silvera
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda | by Becky Albertalli
Six of Crows | by Leigh Bardugo
Salt to the Sea | by Ruta Sepetys
Scythe | by Neal Shusterman
The Sun Is Also a Star | by Nicola Yoon
We Are the Ants | by Shaun David Hutchinson
When the Moon Was Ours | by Anna-Marie McLemore
Allegedly | by Tiffany D. Jackson
American Street | by Ibi Zoboi
Dear Martin | by Nic Stone
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter | by Erika L. Sánchez
Long Way Down | by Jason Reynolds
The 57 Bus | by Dashka Slater
The Hate U Give | by Angie Thomas
The Marrow Thieves | by Cherie Dimaline
We Are Okay | by Nina LaCour
When Dimple Met Rishi | by Sandhya Menon
A Very Large Expanse of Sea | by Tahereh Mafi
Children of Blood and Bone | by Tomi Adeyemi
Darius the Great Is Not Okay | by Adib Khorram
The Astonishing Color of After | by Emily X.R. Pan
The Poet X | by Elizabeth Acevedo
Frankly in Love | by David Yoon
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me | by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
Like a Love Story | by Abdi Nazemian
Pet | by Akwaeke Emezi
With the Fire on High | by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Black Flamingo | by Dean Atta
Felix Ever After | by Kacen Callender
Stamped | by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
The Henna Wars | by Adiba Jaigirdar
We Are Not Free | by Traci Chee
You Should See Me In a Crown | by Leah Johnson
Firekeeper’s Daughter | by Angeline Boulley
