Most Popular Young Adult Books of the 1970s

Discover popular Young Adult books from the 1970s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Chrestomanci #1

Charmed Life

Diana Wynne Jones

Fantasy · Witches · Young Adult

1977

8.1/10 134 ratings

Farthing Wood #1

The Animals of Farthing Wood

Colin Dann

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Young Adult

1979

8.0/10 31 ratings

The Dark Is Rising #4

The Grey King

Susan Cooper

Fantasy · Young Adult

1975

7.6/10 115 ratings

The Dark Is Rising #5

Silver on the Tree

Susan Cooper

Fantasy · Young Adult

1977

7.7/10 104 ratings

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Robert C. O'Brien

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1971

7.6/10 18 ratings

The Dark Is Rising #2

The Dark Is Rising

Susan Cooper

Fantasy · Young Adult

1973

7.5/10 138 ratings

The Dark Is Rising #3

Greenwitch

Susan Cooper

Fantasy · Young Adult

1974

7.2/10 120 ratings

Bridge to Terabithia

Katherine Paterson

Young Adult · Mainstream

1977

7.2/10 24 ratings

Which Witch?

Eva Ibbotson

Fantasy · Young Adult

1979

7.1/10 38 ratings

Elana #1

Enchantress from the Stars

Sylvia Engdahl

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1970

7.1/10 31 ratings

The Great Ghost Rescue

Eva Ibbotson

Fantasy · Young Adult

1975

6.8/10 32 ratings

The Harper Hall Trilogy #1

Dragonsong

Anne McCaffrey

Science Fiction · Dragons · Young Adult

1976

6.9/10 82 ratings

House of Stairs

William Sleator

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

1974

6.7/10 40 ratings

Sweetwater

Laurence Yep

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1973

The Time Quintet #2

A Wind in the Door

Madeleine L'Engle

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1973

10.0/10 1 ratings

Power of Three

Diana Wynne Jones

Fantasy · Young Adult

1976

9.7/10 3 ratings

The First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha

Lloyd Alexander

Fantasy · Young Adult

1978

9.0/10 2 ratings

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld

Patricia A. McKillip

Fantasy · Young Adult · World Fantasy Award

1974

8.4/10 8 ratings

The Halloween Tree

Ray Bradbury

Fantasy · Young Adult

1972

8.3/10 3 ratings

Alice: The Girl From Earth

Kir Bulychev

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1977

7.3/10 4 ratings

A Hawk in Silver

Mary Gentle

Fantasy · Young Adult

1977

8.0/10 2 ratings

The Time Quintet #3

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

Madeleine L'Engle

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1978

8.0/10 1 ratings

The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man

Lloyd Alexander

Fantasy · Young Adult

1973

8.0/10 1 ratings

Eight Days of Luke

Diana Wynne Jones

Fantasy · Young Adult

1975

7.7/10 3 ratings

The Ogre Downstairs

Diana Wynne Jones

Fantasy · Young Adult

1974

7.3/10 4 ratings

The Harper Hall Trilogy #2

Dragonsinger

Anne McCaffrey

Science Fiction · Dragons · Young Adult

1977

7.2/10 10 ratings

Tuck Everlasting

Natalie Babbitt

Fantasy · Young Adult

1975

7.0/10 4 ratings

The Devil in a Forest

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Young Adult

1976

7.0/10 2 ratings

Red Shift

Alan Garner

Fantasy · Young Adult

1973

7.0/10 1 ratings

Galactic Encounters #2

Star Quest: An Incredible Voyage Into the Unknown

Steven Caldwell

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1979

6.6/10 8 ratings

Trillions

Nicholas Fisk

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1971

6.5/10 13 ratings

The Harper Hall Trilogy #3

Dragondrums

Anne McCaffrey

Science Fiction · Dragons · Young Adult

1979

6.7/10 9 ratings

Chronicles of Prydain

The Foundling and Other Tales from Prydain

Lloyd Alexander

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult · Short Stories

1970

6.7/10 3 ratings

The Nargun and the Stars

Patricia Wrightson

Fantasy · Young Adult

1973

6.7/10 3 ratings

Wilkin's Tooth

Diana Wynne Jones

Fantasy · Young Adult

1973

6.5/10 2 ratings

Galactic Encounters #1

Aliens In Space: An Illustrated Guide to the Inhabited Galaxy

Steven Caldwell

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1979

6.5/10 11 ratings