Comments on Best Young Adult Books - page 5

Ivory wrote: "you know it does have more to do with creativity and imagination. i write books myself and im thinking up some stuff but without that creativity or imagination i wouldnt be able to come up with th..."

Finally some that agree JKR FOREVER!

Hunger Games<3

Caralyn wrote: "Twilight is waayyyyyyyyyyyyy better than Harry Potter, Christina. And I read both."
twilight isn't better than harry potter. Harry potter is better than the whole twilight series. I have read both.
Twilight isn't even a book. It's garbage (except the first book).

BookWorm wrote: "I read Twilight recently, and I can't stop reading! I have re-read is at least six times! No wonder why it's number one on the list!"

its no. 2

Margherita wrote: "what the fuck is wrong with most of u people! TWILIGHT IS THE BEST THING ON THIS DAMN EARTH! get it in to ur head! ugh. and y is everything harry potter vs. twilight? there is nno comparison. blood..."
Twilight isnt the best thing and u can see so urself. hp is no. 1.
Twilight is a good book but it is not as good as hp

This is a really good list. I've read many of these book and quite a few of them are on my to read list.

Jessica wrote: "This is a really good list. I've read many of these book and quite a few of them are on my to read list."

Yeah they're all really good books and a must-read for young adults. :) Add moer books I missed!

Christina wrote: "I can't believe Twilight has more votes than Harry Potter. That is just wrong."

i know
theres something majorly wrong

when i was little i thought that the harry potter books were the best books ever. then i discovered twilight and thought that the twilight saga was even better. now, neither series is my favorite, but i have read so many good books that i could never choose a favorite. HP is meant for a younger audience, 9-14. twilight is meant for age 12 and up. i think that when you read them greatly decides if you like them. i could read pride and prejudice right now and understand it somewhat, but i would probably appreciate it much more when i am an adult. bottom line: both are good but it all depends on what that person likes to read.

this helped me remember which books i read before....

I LOVE BOOKS :). i wish i could read the Harry Potter series but i cant really understand what they're saying when i attempt too lol

Christina wrote: "I can't believe Twilight has more votes than Harry Potter. That is just wrong."

yeah..like both books but i can definitely say that harry potter is in a different league.

What?! Percy Jackson should really rule this list!!
LOL

I think the best young adult book of the 100 listed above is To Kill a Mockingbird or Ender's Game, hands down. Harry Potter, Narnia, and The Little Prince are excellent but too infantile for a young adult category, while Twilight has no business on any top 100 list.

Some of these are really more middle grade reader than young adult, i think (i.e. "Charlotte's Web" "Superfudge") They would be on my list of best MG books.

Maya wrote: "Harry Pottor all the way!"

I'm with you! Harry Potters are my absolute favorite books. And Twilight goes ahead of them? I read the Twilight Series and it was good. But definitley NOT J.K Rowling's amazing fantasies of Harry Potter.

Fgs, the BFG ? :/ x

Lmao ! Harry Potter ?! XD
Unfortunately, some blind people tried to vote :/
Poor dears. :L
No, seriously, those books need to gtfo and go over to `Worst Books of All Time`.
KTHNXBAI. ;] x

Lolabella wrote: "i like harry potter a lot and i am obsessed with the movies and all but I don't like the books as much as the movies. i don't know why this is." I dont like the books or movies.My favorite author is Sarah Dessen!1 she writes great books forgirls<3.

Angela wrote: "Shelley wrote: "Has anyone thought of an older series in which several books are already out? I am DESPERATE to get busy reading - but do not want to just go buy books - would rather follow recomme..."
Ann of Green Gables. L.M. Montgomery's books will keep you reading for a long time.

Shelley wrote: "I am a 7th great language arts teacher ... I have read GABOODLES of great books, all of which are in my classroom library - as a matter of fact - probably 97% of the list above. I have the followin..."

Hey I dont know if you've been replied to at all but I know some great books are the Hunger Games Series, Maggie Stiefvater is great too.

Angela wrote: "Twilight shouldn't be anywhere near this list. :P"

Agreed.

In my opinion, this list has an identity issue. The idea of something being the "Best" is dependent on perspective, hence all opinions are relative. That said, aren't there a few universal values that should be met? Is this a list of books that have positive motifs that can benefit the reader and society as a whole or a popularity contest?

Laini Taylor is the best YA fantasy author around. Lips Touch Three Times is breathtaking and is one of my favorite books of all time. Blackbringer and Silksinger are great for the YA in all of us. Waiting for Daughter of Smoke and Bone due out in October is driving me CrAzY.

Taylor's stories are exceptional; she's excellent at establishing mood/tone and her stories have a magical, old world feel making it easy to imagine them being whispered by firelight.

Caralyn wrote: "Twilight is waayyyyyyyyyyyyy better than Harry Potter, Christina. And I read both."

It's really sad that you think that way, because Harry Potter shouldn't even be compared to Twilight. Harry Potter is a classic, it's teaches us so many things, unlike Twilight, because apparently, having a creepy boyfriend is more important than anything. Oh, and I read them both.

yes harry potter all the way!!! :{D

totally agree with you!

hands down, Mortal Instruments best series ever!!!

Love Harry Potter

I like this list very much

Rats Saw God, by Rob Thomas.

Twilight's on here? LOL.

Twilight is crap off the list and into he'll with it and all the other vampire books

i love the twilight series, no offense. i respect other's opinion but i think they are both great authors, as well as their works too. and if the twilight series are the worst book ever written, they shouldn't be here at the list, right? the twilight series are on this list because people liked it. 'nuff said.

All these books are worthy in their own way.

Caralyn wrote: "Twilight is waayyyyyyyyyyyyy better than Harry Potter, Christina. And I read both."

Christina wrote: "I can't believe Twilight has more votes than Harry Potter. That is just wrong."

i have read both too. please, meyer isnt half the writer rowling is. rowling created a whole of her own. a real plot, which keeps you edge making you want to know more and more, even if you knew that eventually voldemort would die. But twilight is just to make teenage girl dream about some nice handsome vampire who would fall in love with the average who doesn't have a strong personality. don't delude yourself. try reading twilight again in some 10 years then you come telling me the same thing. :P

Ivory wrote: "seriously guys? ok think of it this way...... imagine you writing a book as big as twilight. she came up with a good idea too. obviously people like it. i dont think people like you would be cr..."

i LOVE reading, i like writing. obviously Meyer started writing with the idea in head of attracting more modern teenage girl than writing something worth reading even after 100 years. it isn't something inspiring, creative which drives you to another world. and if i were to start writing a story, true i wouldn't be able to do half the job Rowling did but i will be definitely proud of my work even if a handful of people read it, and bet it would a thousand times more creative than Meyer's stories.

TWILIGHT. IS. CRAP.

CRAP. GOES. IN. TOILETS.

I made an account just to tell everyone this.

Y'all need to get different past times...
Some books are excellent in story and in words... Some are just good in story and excellent in wording.... And still others are just OK on the word-for-word level and excellent on the story level.
Let us not forget that we all have different likes and dislikes and the world is not made up of 6 billion YOUS.

HARRY POTTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOKS EVER!!!!!!!!!!!

Twilight will always be on the top of the lists now I guess, it has a huge fanbase. But I prefer Harry Potter - its story and they way it was written. No offense but I believe the Harry Potter books is better in quality. It comes down to what you prefer: a few appealing character in a romantic setting or a book with emphasis on the story. To each it's own.
I'm kind of disappointed The Alchemist isn't high up on the list, it's like a perfect guide of life's journeys for young adults.
With The Chronicles of Narnia it's harder to get swept away in its fantasy world if you're older but the moral of it beautiful so I recommend it to everyone.

Caralyn wrote: "Twilight is waayyyyyyyyyyyyy better than Harry Potter, Christina. And I read both."

harry potter is about nobility and courage and honor, and twilight is about how important it is for one suicidal bitch of a girl to get her gay sparkly boyfriend. Hurray!

Dani wrote: "Caralyn wrote: "Twilight is waayyyyyyyyyyyyy better than Harry Potter, Christina. And I read both."

Are you daft? I mean, seriously. What exactly makes Twilight better than Harry Potter.. Oh and, ..."

totally agree.

Carol wrote: "OMG am I the only adult who hates Harry Potter? As someone who also had to teach it I can say it has no merit whatsoever."

oh, and twilight does? it has even less. the only reason people like it because a) its popular and b)it has romance

Kay wrote: "Hunger Games<3"

YES!!! HUNGER GAMES IS AMAZINGGG!!!! :D hunger games and harry potter are my favorite!!! they are excellent:)

i dont like harry potter its too weird

i love twilight!!!! vampires are awesome

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Christina wrote: "I can't believe Twilight has more votes than Harry Potter. That is just wrong."

i can't believe Twilight is in the list

lol so true