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The Top 100 YA Books on Goodreads
A battlefield where wild magic fills the air. A high school where a fierce rivalry transforms an entire town. A near-future wasteland where a group of misfits seeks something greater than survival…
This is the world of YA. Whether you're a lifelong fan or a curious reader looking to try something new, come along with us as we reveal the very best of the genre.
There are thousands of YA books, so how did we go about finding the most beloved ones on Goodreads? We started by focusing on what's been added the most to Goodreads members' shelves. But this isn't simply a popularity contest; we wanted the best. So we narrowed down our list to include only books with at least a four-star average rating. We also decided to select just the first book in a series—otherwise prolific authors like Leigh Bardugo, Marie Lu, and Sarah J. Maas would claim many more spots on this list.
And now, without further ado, we present the Top 100 YA Books, ranked by popularity on Goodreads. How many have you read? Tell us in the comments!
This is the world of YA. Whether you're a lifelong fan or a curious reader looking to try something new, come along with us as we reveal the very best of the genre.
There are thousands of YA books, so how did we go about finding the most beloved ones on Goodreads? We started by focusing on what's been added the most to Goodreads members' shelves. But this isn't simply a popularity contest; we wanted the best. So we narrowed down our list to include only books with at least a four-star average rating. We also decided to select just the first book in a series—otherwise prolific authors like Leigh Bardugo, Marie Lu, and Sarah J. Maas would claim many more spots on this list.
And now, without further ado, we present the Top 100 YA Books, ranked by popularity on Goodreads. How many have you read? Tell us in the comments!
How many have you read? Let us know in the comments!
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They don"t have my favorite series on here. The first book is called Gone and it is by Michael Grant. I just discovered this amazing author and I am working on reading all of his books.
A lot of my favorite books ended up on this list!
63! I haven't heard of only about 10 or so of them
I don't read a lot of YA, even though I'm that age range. I'd like to read more of it, but I mainly get recommendations from close friends and friends.
Is it just me but I haven't heard of most of these! I've only read about 50 of them
6- Read1- Currently reading
18- want to read
37 read, and a few I haven't heard of added to my list.
15 ReadA few others waiting to be read
Evelin wrote: "I do not see a difference with the top 100 made since last year. No new titles or dropped old ones."
Maybe they recycled it from last year. I agree the books seem to basically be the same.
Yay! I've read 83 of these! Guess I should tackle those last 17 and see how they are.
I've read 26 of these and have 5 on my To Read shelf.
I've read 69. Just curious, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a YA novel? I haven't read it but I thought that was adult classic fiction....
Definitely feel like Chaos walking byPatrick Ness and His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman should be on the list!
Sarah wrote: "They don"t have my favorite series on here. The first book is called Gone and it is by Michael Grant. I just discovered this amazing author and I am working on reading all of his books."I loved the Gone Series!
I've read 19 of these. 1/5th of the list. Cool :)
I've read 3 out of 100....lmao.....but good news.....I found 20 that I WANT to read...LMFAO!!
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner should be on this list. I reread it recently and it it wrecked me all over again in all the right ways
Rachel Reads Ravenously wrote: "I've read 69. Just curious, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a YA novel? I haven't read it but I thought that was adult classic fiction...."
It is about a young teenage girl growing up in immigrant Brooklyn between WWI & WWII.
I don't understand how "My Life Next Door" made it, but I agree 100% with "The Program" being up there.
I enjoyed How To Tell by Brenda Benny. It’s the best of her three books and solves the mystery of her first YA novel That Secret You Keep.
LOTS of non-YA books on this list of "Top YA books."
27 ! But some of them I really don't know why are in the YA category really....
34 books read and there are so many more that I wanna read
I've only read 26! I'm surprised because I love YA books haha guess I have some catching up to do! =)
I’ve read 46 of these and 4 of them are in my ‘want to read’ list! :D
I've only read 7 but I read the whole series for each of those books.There are a lot I think should be on there that aren't that I've read
17, but I have read the folllow up books to most of them too. That should count for something!
41! Honestly though, I probably won't finish all 100 since some of those teen romances just don't hold appeal. Some fantastic stuff on here otherwise.
No new titles or dropped old ones.