Created by ya great myers, this series follows a group of african american teens who meet up daily at their favorite afterschool pizza spot and was written specifically as a corrective to the overwhelming whiteness of 90s ya. The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy by douglas adams, watership down by richard adams, the stand by stephen king, the s. These teen books were based on stuff like eating disorders, drugs, etc. The 100 best youngadult books of all time were living in a golden age of youngadult literature, when books ostensibly written for teens are equally adored by readers of every generation. Here are some adult and ya reads that will fire up your 80s and 90s teen. From popular new releases and books by bestselling authors, youll be sure to find the best young adult books to read. Windswept novels mystery, romance, twilight series paranormal mystery, sweet valley high romance im including these because the author is going to revamp this series to reflect current times. Rachel caine morganville vampires series lot 6 books 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 teen ya. Sweet hearts is, and will always be, a twilight free zone. This series about the teen pageant circuit is roughly 50 times.
Sweet hearts is where to find those popular and obscure teen romance series from the 1980s and 90s. The teen descendants of sherlock and watson attend a connecticut boarding school, where they solve mysteries crimes. This category is for stub articles relating to young adult novels first published between 1980 and 1989. A whopping 75,220 of you voted for your favorite young adult novels, blasting past the total for last years science fiction and fantasy poll at, dare we say it, warp speed. Whether its a dystopian series or a science fiction, fantasy, horror, or historical saga, these books. Which is why we were only a little surprised to see the tremendous response that came in for this summers bestever teen fiction poll. Sweet valley high series from 1983 1999 by francine pascal 143 books. Seventh grade rumors fabulous five, 1980s childhood, childhood memories, ya books. The book wasnt particularly well written or original in fact, it began as twilight fan fiction. These books were usually great fun and in honor of nostalgia, id like to revisit some of them.
A newbery medal winner, diceys song picked up where homecoming left off, with a very teenaged dicey raising her three younger siblings while living with their mentally. Read full length books online for free and enjoy exclusive, extended excerpts of new young adult novels at. The book of the new sun series gene wolfe 19801983 this is a very heavy series, but incredibly engrossing. A fourbook series follows callie and her exciting, tumultuous first year at harvard. Its almost a cliche at this point to say that teen fiction isnt just for teens anymore. This novel set the gold standard for ya fiction published in the 1980s. Created by ya great myers, this series follows a group of african american teens who meet up daily at their favorite afterschool pizza spot and was written specifically as. If you were a teen in the 80s or 90s, youll love these books. A guide to 80s teen series part 1 a to d abracadabra bantam put out this fantasy driven series in 1989 and like most powerswithout responsibilities themes many of the plots centered around year old protagonist dawn suffering the. Outofprint 80s teen series just some wellloved favorite series from the 1980 s that are no longer in print. In the end, one of the businessmen brought it home after a recent trip out of the country. I was a huge book geek, and the teen series of the eighties and nineties were my. Alternately darkly funny and tragically sad, satrapis excellent book.
Mccaffertys fivebook jessica darling series begins with this book. Its making people especially sick and runs very high. Do you ever get nostalgic for books of your childhood. Get the best deals on teen books when you shop the largest online. Just last year, the association of american publishers ranked childrensyoung adult books as the single. Im looking for a late 80s book about a young teenaged girl 14. The first book in the series involved a fever of unknown origin.
Saddle club, treehouse times, babysitter club, later versions of nancy drew she gets remade every generation it seems, peewee scouts, wayside school, anastasia, tillerman series at least one of the books in this series was a newbery honor. A whopping 75,220 of you voted for your favorite young adult novels, blasting past the total for last years science fiction and. Ya booksgood booksteen book seriesish bookthe baby sitters club1980s kidsfriends seriesbooks for. Check out survival expert tim macwelchs roundup of the best survival books ever written. Phyllis reynolds naylor the alice series began in 1985 and is still going so far the series includes 26 books check wikipedia for a full list alice series the agony of alice, alice in rapture sort of, reluctantly alice, all but alice, alice in. I first read it as a teen and many times since im now 47 and it is perfectly written, epic in. They are similar in formula friends, boys, fashion, life, but, boy, are they ever fun. Plus, the covers of these will have you reminiscing. This list may not reflect recent changes learn more. Looking for this book series im pretty sure it was written in the 80s or 90s. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Oh the books i loved in the teen book series, books to read, my. A newbery medal winner, diceys song picked up where homecoming left off, with a very teenaged dicey raising her three younger siblings while living with their mentally unstable gram.
The 15 best survival books ever written outdoor life. A guide to 80s teen series part 1 a to d abracadabra bantam put. James fifty shades of grey unearthed some ache wed forgotten wed had in. Most of the books i had previously read from this decade were already quite popular so i had to do a fair bit of research to decide which 1970s titles to. The bad beginning a series of unfortunate event, book 1 courtesy of harpercollins.
Two of the book titles that i remember are i want to live and dead wrong. The girls of canby hall series was my favorite when i was in school. A lot of 17 various early teen books, paperbacks, 1980s 2000s. One of these 15 books just might save your life some day. Beginner chapter books, classics, fiction, nonfiction, and thrilling series to captivate early readers straight through to their tween, preteen and early teenage years. What people born in the 1980s have read in 2015, 2016.