TIME recently shared its list of the 100 Best YA Books of All Time. This definitive list was curated by a panel of celebrated YA authors, and includes the most compelling, enlightening, and influential young-adult books, all in chronological order beginning in the 1800s. The list includes over 30 titles from Penguin Random House and its distribution partners.
TIME Presents the 100 Best YA Books of All Time
By Kaitlyn Spotts | August 17 2021 | GeneralHigh SchoolMiddle School
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Biographies & Memoirs > Historical
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Biographies & Memoirs > Women
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Narrative & Creative Non-Fiction
- History > Topical History > Jewish History
- History > Wars, Conflicts, and Events > Holocaust & Genocides
- History > Wars, Conflicts, and Events > World War II
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- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Family > Multigenerational
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Historical Fiction: United States > 20th Century
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > People & Places by Group > African American
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Social Themes > Prejudice & Racism
- Social Studies > Sociology > Race / Class / Gender
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- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Love & Romance > Contemporary
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Social Themes > Death, Grief, and Bereavement
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Social Themes > Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Social Themes > Visible & Invisible Disabilities
- Social Studies > Sociology > Aging & Death
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- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Notable People > Social Activists
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > People & Places by Group > African American
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Social Themes > Prejudice & Racism
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Social Themes > Violence
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- English Language Arts > ESL / ELL > Fiction
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Family > Siblings
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > People & Places by Group > Hispanic & Latinx
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Social Themes > Coming of Age
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Social Themes > Death, Grief, and Bereavement
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- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Biographies & Memoirs > Graphic Nonfiction Biographies
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Graphic Nonfiction > Biographies & Memoirs
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Graphic Nonfiction > History
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Social Themes > Prejudice & Racism
- History > United States History > By Period > Civil Rights Movement (c. 1940 - c. 1968)
- History > United States History > By Topic > History of African Americans
- Social Studies > Anthropology > People and Cultures in the United States > African American
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