... hie ye to Persnickety Snark, which (besides having a brilliant blog name) is in the midst of running down the results of a massive poll of the top 100 Young Adult novels.

Some of my favorites have already made an appearance in the ranks of 50-100, like the sublime Fire by Kristin Cashore, Maria V. Snyder's gripping Poison Study, Patrick Ness's addictive The Knife of Never Letting Go, and Francesca Lia Block's bracingly bizarre Weetzie Bat.

I have also been moved by the list to add some books (of course I have) to Mt. TBR:

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margie Stohl
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
Whale Talk by Chris Cutcher

What favorites haven't we seen yet? What would you add? I am thinking Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials books....