Teen Books Everyone Should Read Meme
Posted By CarrieK on July 8, 2009
I saw this meme at Escape in a Book, and just in time – since I haven’t finished any books to review, and I don’t have any better idea for a post. 
The following list of books teens love, books teens should read, and books adults who serve teens should know about was compiled IN ABSOLUTELY NO SCIENTIFIC MANNER and should be taken with a very large grain of salt.
Instructions:
Put an “X” next to the books you’ve read
Put a “+” next to the books you LOVE
Put a “#” next to the books you plan on reading
Tally your “X”s at the bottom
Share with your friends!
1. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy / Douglas Adams X +
2. Kit’s Wilderness / David Almond
3. Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian / Sherman Alexie #
4. Speak / Laurie Halse Anderson #
5. Feed / M.T. Anderson #
6. Flowers in the Attic / V.C. Andrews X -hated it!
7. 13 Reasons Why / Jay Asher #
8. Am I Blue? / Marion Dane Bauer (editor)
9. Audrey Wait! / Robin Benway #
10. Weetzie Bat / Francesca Lia Block
11. Tangerine / Edward Bloor
12. Forever / Judy Blume X
13. What I Saw and How I Lied / Judy Blundell #
14. Tyrell / Coe Booth
15. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants / Ann Brashares #
16. A Great and Terrible Beauty / Libba Bray #
17. The Princess Diaries / Meg Cabot
18. The Stranger / Albert Camus
19. Ender’s Game / Orson Scott Card #
20. Postcards from No Man’s Land / Aidan Chambers
21. Perks of Being a Wallflower / Stephen Chbosky
22. And Then There Were None / Agatha Christie #
23. Gingerbread / Rachel Cohn
24. Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist / Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
25. Artemis Fowl (series) / Eoin Colfer #
26. The Hunger Games / Suzanne Collins X +
27. The Midwife’s Apprentice / Karen Cushman
28. The Truth About Forever / Sarah Dessen
29. Little Brother / Cory Doctorow X
30. A Northern Light / Jennifer Donnelly
31. Tears of a Tiger / Sharon Draper
32. The House of the Scorpion / Nancy Farmer
33. Breathing Underwater / Alex Flinn
34. Stardust / Neil Gaiman #
35. Annie on My Mind / Nancy Garden
36. What Happened to Cass McBride / Gail Giles
37. Fat Kid Rules the World / K.L. Going
38. Lord of the Flies / William Golding X – didn’t like it
39. Looking for Alaska / John Green
40. Bronx Masquerade / Nikki Grimes
41. Out of the Dust / Karen Hesse
42. Hoot / Carl Hiaasen
43. The Outsiders / S.E. Hinton X +
44. Crank / Ellen Hopkins
45. The First Part Last / Angela Johnson
46. Blood and Chocolate / Annette Curtis Klause
47. Arrow’s Flight / Mercedes Lackey
48. Hattie Big Sky / Kirby Larson
49. To Kill a Mockingbird / Harper Lee X +
50. Boy Meets Boy / David Levithan
51. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks / E. Lockhart #
52. The Giver / Lois Lowry #
53. Number the Stars / Lois Lowry X +
54. Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie / David Lubar
55. Inexcusable / Chris Lynch
56. The Earth, My Butt and Other Big, Round Things / Carolyn Mackler
57. Dragonsong / Anne McCaffrey #
58. White Darkness / Geraldine McCaughrean
59. Sold / Patricia McCormick
60. Jellicoe Road / Melina Marchetta #
61. Wicked Lovely / Melissa Marr #
62. Twilight / Stephenie Meyer X +
63. Dairy Queen / Catherine Murdock
64. Fallen Angels / Walter Dean Myers
65. Monster / Walter Dean Myers
66. Step From Heaven / An Na
67. Mama Day / Gloria Naylor
68. The Keys to the Kingdom (series) / Garth Nix
69. Sabriel / Garth Nix
70. Airborn / Kenneth Oppel #
71. Eragon / Christopher Paolini X +
72. Hatchet / Gary Paulsen
73. Life As We Knew It / Susan Beth Pfeffer #
74. The Golden Compass / Phillip Pullman #
75. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging / Louise Rennison
76. The Lightning Thief / Rick Riordan #
77. Always Running: La Vida Loca / Luis Rodriguez
78. How I Live Now / Meg Rosoff #
79. Harry Potter (series) / J.K. Rowling X +
80. Holes / Louis Sachar #
81. Catcher in the Rye / J. D. Salinger #
82. Push / Sapphire
83. Persepolis / Marjane Satrapi X +
84. Unwind / Neil Shusterman
85. Coldest Winter Ever / Sister Souljah
86. Stargirl / Jerry Spinelli #
87. Chanda’s Secrets / Allan Stratton
88. Tale of One Bad Rat / Brian Talbot
89. Rats Saw God / Rob Thomas
90. Lord of the Rings / J.R.R. Tolkien #
91. Stuck in Neutral / Terry Trueman
92. Gossip Girl / Cecily Von Ziegesar
93. Uglies / Scott Westerfeld X +
94. Every Time a Rainbow Dies / Rita Williams-Garcia
95. Pedro and Me / Judd Winick
96. Hard Love / Ellen Wittlinger
97. American Born Chinese / Gene Luen Yang X
98. Elsewhere / Gabrielle Zevin #
99. I am the Messenger / Markus Zusak #
100. The Book Thief / Markus Zusak X +
16 out of 100 – not a lot! I’m not surprised, though, since I just recently “discovered” how wonderful YA fiction can be. Let me know if you play along so I can compare answers.
I would have failed miserably with this…I read only 8 of them! I think perhaps I may have read a couple in High School, but I don’t remember them so I didn’t count them! On the other hand, like you, I have only started reading YA books with my kids. I guess I should give myself a break for a few years to get caught up!
16 is a great number!
I haven’t read much YA books either, it was only when I started book blogging that my eyes where really opened to the genre.
I’ve read 10 of them, but have several in my TBR pile.
Oh great list. I’ve only read 15 out of those but like you I’m sort of new to the YA genre. There are a bunch on here though that are on my TBR list.
iliana´s last blog ..Link-o-rama
Sandy – that’s how I feel, too – I’m sure in the next couple of years I’ll get to many more of these titles.
Ladybug – That’s what happened for me, too – book bloggers started talking YA, and I started listening.
Kathy – I added a bunch to my TBR list just from doing this meme – I stopped to look up some of the titles that sounded familiar, and found a bunch I want to read.
21 here. I also only started reading YA more this year. Lots of catching up to do!
Nymeth´s last blog ..Salamander Dream by Hope Larson
Interesting, especially since there are so many newer titles on the list. I think I’ve only read 8!
stacybuckeye´s last blog ..The 8th Confession, by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
Iliana – yep, that TBR list just keeps growing and growing…
Stacy – I think it’s a new meme – that might account for the dearth of older titles on the list.
Nymeth – that’s the highest count I’ve seen yet!
I’m surprised that Dangerous Days: The Autobiography of a Photojournalist by J. William Turner isn’t on your YA fiction list
Aussie – I didn’t compile this list – it’s just one that is going around. I’m not sure who put it together – but thanks for the recommendation – I’ll check it out!
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