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