Bitch's Top 100 YA Reads

For those of you who don't know, Bitch is a feminist pop culture magazine that everyone should subscribe to! They have created a list of the Top 100 Young Adult Books for the Feminist Reader, and I thought I would (finally) share it with you guys.

As with my response to NPR's Top 100 SciFi/Fantasy Books, I'm color-coding as follows:

I've read it

I'm reading it

I have it on the shelves

"Whether you’re already knee-deep in young adult literature or looking to reacquaint yourself with an old favorite, the Bitch Media Community Lending Library has got you covered. We’ve put together a whopping 100 of our favorite young adult novels, featuring kick-ass teens and inspiring feminist themes. These stories will empower teenage and adult readers alike."

1. Estrella's Quinceañera by Malin Alegria

2. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez

3. Choir Boy by Charlie Anders

4. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

5. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
6. Alt Ed by Catherine Atkins
7. The Rhyming Season by Edward Averett
8. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi

9. Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black

10. Dangerous Angels by Francesca Lia Block

11. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

12. Forever by Judy Blume

13. A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
14. Debbie Harry Sings in French by Meagan Brothers
15. All-American Girl by Meg Cabot

16. Graceling by Kristin Cashore

17. The Plain Janes by Cecil Castelluci and Jim Rugg
18. This is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn by Aidan Chambers
19. Dancing in Red Shoes Will Kill You by Dorian Cirrone

20. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

21. Magic Knight Rayearth by CLAMP
22. Celine by Brock Cole

23. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

24. Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
25. The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
26. Sex Education by Jenny Davis
27. Mare’s War by Tanita S. Davis
28. Dreamland by Sarah Dessen
29. For the Win by Cory Doctorow
30. Down to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole
31. A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
32. El Lector by William Durbin
33. The Skin I’m In by Sharon Flake

34. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

35. Breathing Underwater by Alex Flinn
36. Crossing Stones by Helen Frost
37. Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
38. The Year They Burned the Books by Nancy Garden
39. Sticks and Stones by Beth Goobie
40. Nothing But the Truth (and a few white lies) by Justina Chen Headley
41. Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

42. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

43. It’s Not What You Expect by Norma Klein
44. Uncommon Faith by Trudy Krisher
45. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
46. Toning the Sweep by Angela Johnson

47. The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson

48. Another Kind of Cowboy by Susan Juby
49. White Sands, Red Menace by Ellen Klages

50. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’engle

51. Magic or Madness by Justine Larbalestier
52. Voices by Ursula K. Le Guin
53. Ella Echanted by Gail Carson Levine
54. Gravity by Leanne Lieberman

55. Ash by Malinda Lo

56. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

57. Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden

58. Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty
59. Sold by Patricia McCormick
60. The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
61. Thunder Over Kandahar by Sharon E. McKay
62. The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
63. The Secret Under My Skin by Janet McNaughton
64. Night Flying by Rita Murphy
65. Revenge by Taslima Nasrin
66. A Step from Heaven by An Na
67. Skip Beat! By Yosiki Nakamura
68. Simply Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

69. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell

70. Zahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
71. Rampant by Diana Peterfreund
72. Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters
73. Luna by Julie Anne Peters
74. Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
75. Trickster’s Choice by Tamora Pierce
76. What Happened to Lani Garver by Carol Plum-Ucci
77. Imani All Mine by Connie Rose Porter

78. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

79. The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
80. Beneath My Mother's Feet by Amjed Qamar
81. The Sweet In-Between by Sheri Reynolds
82. Flygirl by Sherri Smith
83. Lucy the Giant by Sherri Smith
84. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
85. Big Fat Manifesto by Susan Vaught
86. Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman
87. Not That Kind of Girl by Siobhan Vivian
88. Izzy, Willy-Nilly by Cynthia Voigt
89. Cress Delahanty by Jessamyn West

90. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

91. When Kambia Elaine Flew in from Neptune by Lori Aurelia Williams
92. Blue Tights by Rita Williams-Garcia
93. One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
94. Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger
95. Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff
96. The House You Pass on the Way by Jaqueline Woodson
97. Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
98. When the Black Girl Sings by Bil Wright
99. Sweethearts by Sara Zarr

100. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

So I've only read 10 on the list! Bad me. I have 8 others on my shelves waiting to be read and a few more on my to-read list, but there are a ton of books here that I've never even heard of.

How about you guys? How does your reading measure up to the list?