Most Popular Young Adult Books of the 1980s

The Pit Dragon Chronicles #3

A Sending of Dragons

Jane Yolen

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Young Adult

1987

The Magician Trilogy #3

The Chestnut Soldier

Jenny Nimmo

Fantasy · Young Adult

1989

Final Friends #3

The Graduation

Christopher Pike

Young Adult · Thriller

1989

Last Act

Christopher Pike

Young Adult · Thriller

1989

Scavenger Hunt

Christopher Pike

Horror · Young Adult

1989

Rewind to Yesterday #2

Future Forward

Susan Beth Pfeffer

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1989

A Light in the Black

Chris Westwood

Horror · Young Adult

1989

The Photographer #1

The Photographer

Barbara Steiner

Horror · Young Adult

1989

The Dying Sun

Gary Blackwood

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1989

An Ash-blonde Witch

Kenneth Lillington

Fantasy · Young Adult

1989

Things in Corners

Ruth Park

Horror · Young Adult · Short Stories

1989

Green Man / Jonk & Bill #2

Ride the Wind

John Gordon

Fantasy · Young Adult

1989

Afternoon of the Elves

Janet Taylor Lisle

Fantasy · Young Adult

1989

Remember Me #1

Remember Me

Christopher Pike

Horror · Young Adult

1989

Outer Space and All That Junk

Mel Gilden

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1989

Norby Chronicles

Norby and Yobo's Great Adventure

Isaac Asimov, Janet Asimov

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1989

Weetzie Bat #1

Weetzie Bat

Francesca Lia Block

Magical Realism · Young Adult

1989

Sandwriter #2

The Promise

Monica Hughes

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1989

Sorcery Hill #3

The Golden Thread

Suzy McKee Charnas

Fantasy · Young Adult

1989

Balyet

Patricia Wrightson

Fantasy · Young Adult

1989

The Druid's Gift

Margaret J. Anderson

Fantasy · Young Adult

1989

The Secret of the Unicorn Queen #4

Into the Dream

Suzanne Weyn

Fantasy · Young Adult

1989

The Weather Witch

Paul Stewart

Fantasy · Young Adult

1989

Johnny Dixon #7

The Chessmen of Doom

John Bellairs

Fantasy · Young Adult

1989

Johnny Dixon #6

The Trolley to Yesterday

John Bellairs

Fantasy · Young Adult

1989

Farthing Wood #6

In the Path of Storm

Colin Dann

Fantasy · Young Adult

1989

Vesper Holly #4

The Jedera Adventure

Lloyd Alexander

Young Adult · Mainstream

1989

Night Maze

Annie Dalton

Fantasy · Young Adult

1989

Swan Lake Trilogy #1

Swan Lake

Mark Helprin

Fantasy · Young Adult

1989

The Spellkey Trilogy #2

The Glass Salamander

Ann Downer

Fantasy · Young Adult

1989

The Rainbow People

Laurence Yep

Fantasy · Young Adult · Short Stories

1989

Planet Builders #10

Fire in the Sky

Robyn Tallis

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1989

Planet Builders #9

Giants of Elenna

Robyn Tallis

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1989

Planet Builders #8

Horrorvid

Robyn Tallis

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1989

Planet Builders #7

Children of the Storm

Robyn Tallis

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1989

Planet Builders #6

Night of Two New Moons

Robyn Tallis

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1989