Most Popular Young Adult Books of the 1960s

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The Tripods #1

The White Mountains

John Christopher

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

1967

7.4/10 37 ratings

The Tripods #2

The City of Gold and Lead

John Christopher

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

1967

7.4/10 32 ratings

Chronicles of Prydain #5

The High King

Lloyd Alexander

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

1968

7.3/10 43 ratings

Chronicles of Prydain #2

The Black Cauldron

Lloyd Alexander

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

1965

7.1/10 49 ratings

Chronicles of Prydain #3

The Castle of Llyr

Lloyd Alexander

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

1966

7.1/10 47 ratings

The Dark Is Rising #1

Over Sea, Under Stone

Susan Cooper

Fantasy · Young Adult

1965

7.0/10 156 ratings

Chronicles of Prydain #1

The Book of Three

Lloyd Alexander

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

1964

7.0/10 54 ratings

Chronicles of Prydain #4

Taran Wanderer

Lloyd Alexander

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

1967

7.0/10 46 ratings

The Tripods #3

The Pool of Fire

John Christopher

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

1968

7.0/10 31 ratings

The Owl Service

Alan Garner

Fantasy · Young Adult · Carnegie Medal

1967

6.3/10 17 ratings

Tarzan #11

Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Fantasy · Young Adult · Collection

1963

5.8/10 20 ratings

The Time Quintet #1

A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L'Engle

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1962

5.8/10 23 ratings

Operation Time Search

Andre Norton

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1967

The Borrowers #4

The Borrowers Aloft

Mary Norton

Fantasy · Young Adult

1961

8.1/10 7 ratings

Charlotte Sometimes

Penelope Farmer

Fantasy · Young Adult

1969

8.0/10 1 ratings

When Marnie Was There

Joan G. Robinson

Fantasy · Young Adult

1967

7.3/10 6 ratings

The Weirdstone Trilogy #1

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen

Alan Garner

Fantasy · Young Adult

1960

7.0/10 2 ratings

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Young Adult · Historical Fiction

July 11, 1960

7.0/10 1 ratings

Space Hostages

Nicholas Fisk

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1967

6.1/10 12 ratings

Elidor

Alan Garner

Fantasy · Young Adult

1965

5.9/10 12 ratings

Emma in Winter

Penelope Farmer

Fantasy · Young Adult

1966

5.0/10 1 ratings

The Weirdstone Trilogy #2

The Moon of Gomrath

Alan Garner

Fantasy · Young Adult

1963

2.0/10 1 ratings

The Search for Delicious

Natalie Babbitt

Fantasy · Young Adult

1969

The Wizard of Washington Square

Jane Yolen

Fantasy · Young Adult

1969

The Lotus Caves

John Christopher

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1969

The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek

Evelyn Sibley Lampman

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1968

Dies Drear Chronicles #1

The House of Dies Drear

Virginia Hamilton

Horror · Young Adult · Thriller

1968

Blackbeard's Ghost

Ben Stahl

Fantasy · Young Adult

1968

Green Man / Jonk & Bill #1

The Giant Under the Snow

John Gordon

Fantasy · Young Adult

1968

Eyes in the Fishbowl

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Fantasy · Young Adult

1968

Wonders, Inc.

Crawford Kilian

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1968

The Winter of Enchantment

Victoria Walker

Fantasy · Young Adult

1968

The Young Unicorns

Madeleine L'Engle

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Young Adult

1968

The Magic Books #3

Fur Magic

Andre Norton

Fantasy · Young Adult

1968

Sneaker Hill

Jane Little

Fantasy · Young Adult

1967

The Egypt Game

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Fantasy · Young Adult

1967