The Big Books of Fall

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Bee (39 Lists)



The Vanishing by Wendy Webb
Gothic Horror with Oppressive Houses/Residences
33 books — 13 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Modern Gothic
727 books — 1,388 voters

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeThat Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. HintonThen Again, Maybe I Won't by Judy BlumeDeenie by Judy BlumeForever... by Judy Blume
1970's Young Adult Standalones
253 books — 37 voters
Skinny by Donna CoonerIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniAll the Bright Places by Jennifer NivenScars Like Wings by Erin Stewart
Mental Health YA Collection
41 books — 6 voters

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyWe Are Okay by Nina LaCourKissing Doorknobs by Terry Spencer HesserIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
That Funny Feeling
12 books — 3 voters
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeKissing Doorknobs by Terry Spencer Hesser
I Still Think About Those Books
16 books — 3 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienMy Side of the Mountain Trilogy by Jean Craighead GeorgeMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeHeidi by Johanna Spyri
Mountaineering in Juvenile Fiction
67 books — 7 voters
The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnne Frank's Diary by Ari FolmanPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi1984 by George Orwell
Best Teen/YA books that where banned, censored, challanged
24 books — 8 voters

Cinder by Marissa MeyerMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
YA Time Travel, Dystopia, and/or Thrillers
27 books — 12 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderSarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlanThe Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Farm and Ranch Life in YA and Middle Grade Fiction
497 books — 79 voters

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenKissing Doorknobs by Terry Spencer Hesser
Clean YA Books About Mental Health
15 books — 7 voters
Matilda by Roald DahlThe Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. CooneyEleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyDon’t Hurt Laurie by Willo Davis Roberts
Kids Overcoming Abusive Situations
195 books — 29 voters

The Giver by Lois Lowry
YA Science Fiction, Dystopian, and Post-Apocalyptic Published in the 1990s
21 books — 15 voters
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellJulie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead GeorgeM.C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia HamiltonCome a Stranger by Cynthia Voigt
Vintage YA/MG Books With POC Leads
262 books — 47 voters

Freaky Friday by Mary RodgersHelp! I'm Trapped in My Teacher's Body by Todd Strasser
Freaky Friday and other body switching stories
162 books — 52 voters
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellThe Carrie Diaries by Candace BushnellSummer and the City by Candace Bushnell
The 1980s are back!
75 books — 47 voters

Girl in Pieces by Kathleen GlasgowCut by Patricia McCormickWintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonImpulse by Ellen HopkinsSuicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford
YA Self-Harm and Cutting Fiction
34 books — 56 voters
Hatchet by Gary PaulsenIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeJulie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead GeorgeHoles by Louis Sachar
Middle Grade & YA Wilderness Survival Stories
460 books — 168 voters

Flowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsThe Midnight Club by Christopher PikeThe Hitchhiker by R.L. StineDaughters of Eve by Lois DuncanI Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan
'80s–'90s Young Adult Horror
124 books — 144 voters
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherLooking for Alaska by John Green
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
3,085 books — 12,511 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsInsurgent by Veronica Roth
Best Dystopian Books for Teens
551 books — 2,158 voters
Safekeeping by Karen Hesse
Best Young Adult Dystopian Novels
618 books — 2,692 voters

Pretty Girl-13 by Liz Coley
YA Novels that Poorly Portray Mental Illness
16 books — 10 voters
It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniImpulse by Ellen HopkinsCut by Patricia McCormickSuicide Notes by Michael Thomas FordGet Well Soon by Julie Halpern
Young Adult Psychiatric Hospitals
103 books — 85 voters

Today I'm Alice by Alice JamiesonThe Flock by Joan Frances Casey
Dissociative Identity Disorder psychology books (Multiple Personality Disorder)
143 books — 21 voters
Pieces of Me by Kate McLaughlinPicture Perfect by Elaine Marie AlphinPretty Girl-13 by Liz Coley
YA DID
16 books — 10 voters

Kristy's Great Idea by Ann M. MartinThe Secret of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienNothing's Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe DeClementsThe Girl with Silver Eyes by Willo Davis RobertsChristina's Ghost by Betty Ren Wright
Scholastic Apple Paperbacks
362 books — 70 voters
Kristy's Great Idea by Ann M. MartinDouble Love by Francine PascalThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. CooneyWayside School Is Falling Down by Louis Sachar
Young Adult Series Books published in the '80s & '90s
700 books — 583 voters

Half Magic by Edward Eager
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,215 books — 5,507 voters
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel FieldThe Story of Holly & Ivy by Rumer GoddenThe Doll People by Ann M. MartinThe Dolls' House by Rumer GoddenBehind the Attic Wall by Sylvia Cassedy
Doll Stories
458 books — 92 voters


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