Classic+YA+Lit+Titles

Each title here was an important step in the growth of young adult literature. They are listed in order of publication; Seventeenth Summer is often thought to have been the first "young adult" book. Other books. like The Catcher in the Rye, were published for adults but widely read by teens.


 * Daly, Maureen. //Seventeenth Summer//. (1942)
 * Salinger, J. D. //The Catcher in the Rye//. (1951)
 * Golding, William. //The Lord of the Flies.// (1954)
 * Knowles, John. //A Separate Peace//. (1960)
 * Hinton, S. E. //The Outsiders//. (1967)
 * Head, Ann. //Mr. & Mrs. Bo Jo Jones// (1968)
 * Cormier, Robert. //The Chocolate War//. (1974)
 * Myers, Walter Dean. //Fallen Angels//. (1988)
 * Block, Francesca Lia. //Weetzie Bat//. (1989)

For a history of YA lit, read: Cart, Michael. From Romance to Realism: 50 Years of Growth and Change in Young Adult Literature.