Most Popular Young Adult Books of the 20th century

Song of the Lioness #3

Woman Who Rides Like a Man

Tamora Pierce

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

1986

The Borrowers #2

The Borrowers Afield

Mary Norton

Fantasy · Young Adult

1955

Heinlein Juveniles

Farmer in the Sky

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Young Adult · Hugo Award

1950

The Arthurian Trilogy

King Arthur Stories

Rosemary Sutcliff

Fantasy · Arthuriana · Young Adult · Collection

1999

The Last Vampire #2

Black Blood

Christopher Pike

Fantasy · Young Adult

1994

The Last Vampire #1

The Last Vampire

Christopher Pike

Fantasy · Young Adult

1994

Young Wizards #4

A Wizard Abroad

Diane Duane

Fantasy · Young Adult

1993

Sorcery & Cecelia #1

Sorcery and Cecelia or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot

Patricia C. Wrede, Caroline Stevermer

Fantasy · Young Adult

1988

A Hawk in Silver

Mary Gentle

Fantasy · Young Adult

1977

Den of Shadows

In the Forests of the Night

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Fantasy · Horror · Young Adult

1999

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Child of the Hunt

Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder

Fantasy · Young Adult

1998

Jupiter #4

The Cyborg from Earth

Charles Sheffield

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1998

The Welkin Weasels #3

Windjammer Run

Garry Kilworth

Fantasy · Young Adult

1998

The Welkin Weasels #2

Castle Storm

Garry Kilworth

Fantasy · Young Adult

1998

Warriors of Virtue #1

Yun and the Sea Serpent

John Vornholt

Fantasy · Young Adult

1997

Jupiter #3

Putting Up Roots

Charles Sheffield

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1997

The Welkin Weasels #1

Thunder Oak

Garry Kilworth

Fantasy · Young Adult

1997

The Last Vampire #3

The Red Dice

Christopher Pike

Fantasy · Young Adult

1995

A College of Magics #1

A College of Magics

Caroline Stevermer

Fantasy · Young Adult

1994

The Borderland Series #2

Nevernever

Will Shetterly

Fantasy · Young Adult

1993

The Borderland Series #1

Elsewhere

Will Shetterly

Fantasy · Young Adult

1991

Black Maria

Diana Wynne Jones

Fantasy · Young Adult

1991

Newford

The Dreaming Place

Charles de Lint

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Young Adult

1990

The Obernewtyn Chronicles #2

The Farseekers

Isobelle Carmody

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1990

The Devil's Arithmetic

Jane Yolen

Fantasy · Young Adult

1988

The Time Quintet #4

Many Waters

Madeleine L'Engle

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1986

A Hidden Magic

Vivian Vande Velde

Fantasy · Young Adult

1985

The Seven Towers

Patricia C. Wrede

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

1984

Moon Called

Andre Norton

Fantasy · Young Adult

1982

The Time Quintet #3

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

Madeleine L'Engle

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1978

The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man

Lloyd Alexander

Fantasy · Young Adult

1973

Charlotte Sometimes

Penelope Farmer

Fantasy · Young Adult

1969

The Edge Chronicles: Twig Saga #2

Stormchaser

Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell

Fantasy · Young Adult

1999

The Door in the Hedge

Robin McKinley

Fantasy · Young Adult · Short Stories

1981

The Giver Quartet #1

The Giver

Lois Lowry

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

1993

Heinlein Juveniles

Tunnel in the Sky

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1955