Усе минеться, але моя любов до книжкових топів – вічна. Сьогодні набріла на топ-100 янг адалт, складений амазонівськими редакторами. Думала побачити довгий перелік надсучасних бестселерів. Нє, їх також багацько, але в цілому – це дуже дивний список.

Мабуть, його дивацтва пояснюються просто – підзаголовком “Книжки, що сподобаються і в 14, і в 40”. Нууу, є й таке. Окрім сучасного там купа класичної класики, яку сорокарічні точно читали. Але не вся ця класика – дитячо-підліткова. Гаразд, “Макбет”, припустимо. Але “Правила винокурні” чи The Color Purple (що я його, щиро кажучи, банально боюся читати)? Поза всім тим, топ цікавий. Там чимало такого, що в мої поважні роки вже нуйогонафіг читати, але дещо – точно буду.

А виглядає він отак (впорядковано за абеткою)

A controversial satire – A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Introducing Gemma Doyle – A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Loss of innocence – A Separate Peace by John Knowles
A coming-of-age classic – A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Mark Twain’s finest – Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Stereotypes and the Monkey King – American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (!)
Moving and eloquent – Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Anne’s story continues – Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
A Lithuanian tragedy – Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Teenage revenge horror – Carrie by Stephen King (!)

A cyberpunk Cinderella – Cinder: Book One of the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
Meet the Shadowhunters – City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Letters tell the story – Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Gritty verse – Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Angels and chimera – Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
Choose your faction – Divergent by Veronica Roth
A science fiction classic – Dune by Frank Herbert
Soul mates – Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Science fiction award winner – Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (!)
The dragon rider – Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Love has no gender – Every Day by David Levithan
“It was a pleasure to burn.” – Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Hardwired consumerism – Feed by M.T. Anderson
Shocking and timeless – Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
First love or true love? – Forever . . . by Judy Blume
What is reality? – Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
When you don’t say no – Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
Action heroine for all ages – Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Meet the boy wizard – Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
Survival in the woods – Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Pullman’s fantasy classic – His Dark Materials (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman
Adventures and consequences – Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos
Teenage life in an English castle – I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Suspenseful and shocking – I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan
Death…or life – If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Sibling love and rivalry – I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Distopia and betrayal – Legend by Marie Lu
Take on the police state – Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Boarding school crush – Looking for Alaska by John Green
“A chief! A chief!” – Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Transgender triumph – Luna by Julie Anne Peters
“Out, damned spot!” – Macbeth by William Shakespeare
First love – Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk
Pulitzer Prize winner – Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
Eerie and remarkable – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Teen on trial – Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Introducing Hercule Poirot – Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Courage and independence – My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
The essence of the Beats – On the Road by Jack Kerouac (!)
A groundbreaking graphic novel – Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
The perennial favorite – Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Gamer modern classic – Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
The Grisha Trilogy – Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
A story of craving – She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Meet the animal inside – Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Friendship that fits – Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Refuse to be silent – Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Off the reservation – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (!)
A classic modern autobiography – The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley by Malcolm X
Drug use in 1960s NYC – The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll
The international sensation – The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (!)
Haunting Holocaust novel – The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Of dogs and men – The Call Of The Wild by Jack London
Meet Holden Caulfield – The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Orphans in Maine – The Cider House Rules by John Irving (!)
What lives in the darkness? – The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Loyal sisters – The Color Purple by Alice Walker (!)
Autistic teen detective – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Abduction thriller – The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
A soulful young adult novel – The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Alien invasion – The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Classic dystopia – The Giver by Lois Lowry (!)
Dust bowl drama – The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (!)
42 is the answer – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Dwarves, Gandalf, and Bilbo – The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien
Opium and cloning colide – The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer (!)
Latino in Chicago – The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (!)
Reality TV writ large – The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Hear what men think – The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Ghostly justice – The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Remember. Survive. Run. – The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Fishing for the soul – The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Greasers vs. the Socs – The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
Gen X classic – The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (!)
As you wish – The Princess Bride by William Goldman (!)
A cult favorite – The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman (!)
Twisted tale of academia – The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Seafaring adventure – The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Size doesn’t matter – The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (!)
Witch-hunt in 1687 – The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Southern literature classic – Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (!)
Journey to self-discovery – Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
True tales of adolescence – This Boy’s Life: A Memoir by Tobias Wolff
Fight for freedom – Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
A beloved family story – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Sparkly vampires – Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
What’s on the inside? – Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Rabbits on a journey – Watership Down by Richard Adams (!)
Secrets on a private island – We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
A motley crew – Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher

Якось так. Болд – це те, що я читала (не так вже й багато, і переважко – класика, а то мене вже маніячкою називають). (!) – це те, що точно збираюся почитати. А ще піду про дещо почитаю додатково, бо звучить цікаво. А що з цього читали ви?

А, і картинка  задля уваги – літній свіжачок від КСД.