Most Popular Young Adult Books of the 1970s

Dogsbody

Diana Wynne Jones

Fantasy · Young Adult

1975

The Guardians

John Christopher

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1970

Castle of Dark #1

The Castle of Dark

Tanith Lee

Fantasy · Young Adult

1978

Lightbringer Trilogy #1

The Quest for the Sword of Infinity

Samantha Lee

Fantasy · Young Adult

1979

Dracula, Go Home!

Kin Platt

Horror · Young Adult

1979

Displaced Person

Lee Harding

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1979

Castles in the Air and Other Tales

Stephen Krensky

Fantasy · Young Adult · Short Stories

1979

Blood & Roses

Bernice Grohskopf

Fantasy · Young Adult

1979

Unidentified Flying Oddball

Vic Crume

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1979

C.H.O.M.P.S.

Vic Crume

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1979

The Last Legionary #1

Galactic Warlord

Douglas Hill

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1979

It, Us and the Others

David Churchill

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1979

Major Corby and the Unidentified Flapping Object

Gene DeWeese

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1979

Night Outside

Patricia Wrightson

Fantasy · Young Adult · Mainstream

1979

Time Trilogy #2

In the Circle of Time

Margaret J. Anderson

Fantasy · Young Adult

1979

The Arthurian Trilogy

The Light Beyond the Forest

Rosemary Sutcliff

Fantasy · Young Adult

1979

Monster Maker

Nicholas Fisk

Young Adult · Mainstream

1979

The Children of Ynell #2

The Wolf Bell

Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Fantasy · Young Adult

1979

Into the Dream

William Sleator

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1979

Dream Weaver

Jane Yolen

Fantasy · Young Adult

1979

Seven Spells to Sunday

Andre Norton, Phyllis Miller

Fantasy · Young Adult

1979

Star Ka'at #3

Star Ka'ats and the Plant People

Andre Norton, Dorothy Madlee

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1979

Shon the Taken

Tanith Lee

Fantasy · Young Adult

1979

A Chance Child

Jill Paton Walsh

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1978

The Princes of Earth

Michael Kurland

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1978

Justice Cycle #1

Justice and Her Brothers

Virginia Hamilton

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1978

The Perils of Putney

Stephen Krensky

Fantasy · Young Adult

1978

The Cat from Outer Space

Ted Key

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1978

The Exploits of Hercules

Douglas Hill

Fantasy · Young Adult

1978

Wirrun #2

The Dark Bright Water

Patricia Wrightson

Fantasy · Young Adult

1978

Anthony Monday #1

The Treasures of Alpheus Winterborn

John Bellairs

Fantasy · Young Adult

1978

The Tall Stones / The Sacred Stones #3

Shadow on the Stones

Moyra Caldecott

Fantasy · Young Adult

1978

Song for a Dark Queen

Rosemary Sutcliff

Fantasy · Young Adult · Mainstream

1978

Sweet and Sour: Tales from China

Carol Kendall, Yao-Wen Li

Fantasy · Young Adult · Short Stories

1978

The Watch on Patterick Fell

Fay Sampson

Science Fiction · Young Adult · Thriller

1978

The Mermaid's Three Wisdoms

Jane Yolen

Fantasy · Young Adult

1978