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Plain Vanilla Grandma Anne of Green Gables is number 12 and number 59.


message 2: by Hildy (last edited Sep 14, 2015 09:41PM) (new)

Hildy   No Neal Shusterman? His Unwind Dystology remains one of the best YA series' I have read thus far.


message 3: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra I've only read 26 (and six to-read). That's only a quarter! I'd better get cracking! (although some of these I wouldn't really agree with...Percy Jackson, for example. I just really really don't like Rick Riordan's writing).


message 4: by Sierra (new)

Sierra I've read 55 (so far). Great list! :)


message 5: by Ninja Neko (new)

Ninja Neko Hildy wrote: "No Neal Shusterman? His Unwind Dystology remains one of the best YA series' I have read thus far."
Unwind is #68


message 6: by Gianna (new)

Gianna Lepore kinda surprised there wasn't any twilight on here but I still found the list covering Most popular books here :)


BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Three out of one hundred. But then again, I'm Dutch and most of these books did not appear in a translation :-)


message 8: by David (last edited Sep 29, 2015 01:04PM) (new)

David all tv shows to me.


message 9: by Chastitee (new)

Chastitee i <3 these books ive read 100 great list of books


message 10: by Ruth (new)

Ruth Finnegan Anyone else like 'We were liars' ? Best if the ( wonderful) YA reads, so much more challenging and deep than all those adult 'literary' things, yes?


message 11: by Salma (new)

Salma Kh. I read 13, currently reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and I have 20 on my 'to read later/want to read' list. I thought I had read more YA than that. Must get to reading


message 12: by Trisha (new)

Trisha I've read 92/100


message 13: by Ayustika (new)

Ayustika (That Bibliophilic Cauldron) Trisha wrote: "I've read 92/100"

WOW!


message 14: by [deleted user] (new)

Amazing list. I have so many of them as want to read and a few as read but there are so many amazing books out there it is so hard to made a decision.


message 15: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited May 16, 2016 12:18AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) I've removed I Am Number Four (#101) as it is not part of the original list of 100 titles.

I've also replaced Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, as the first one is not part of the original list, while the second one is.


message 16: by Olivia (new)

Olivia i wish the I Am Number Four series was on here as it was one of the best series i've yet to read


message 17: by Ryn (last edited Mar 18, 2020 02:47PM) (new)

Ryn I love the Darkest Minds, but the movie kinda sucked :(
I kinda wish Ready Player One was on here that was a good book.


message 18: by Kristin (new)

Kristin Yes, it was amazing!Ryn wrote: "I love the Darkest Minds, but the movie kinda sucked :(
I kinda wish Ready Player One was on here that was a good book."



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