There are 37 books in the New York Times Young Adult Paperback Best Sellers 2020 list. Here are the 37 books ranked from 1 to 37.
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1. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Weeks on the list: 48
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by: Erika L Sánchez Release date: Jan 01, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
After the death of her older sister, Julia finds out that she may have been living a double life.
2. Dear Martin
Weeks on the list: 43
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by: Nic Stone Release date: Jan 01, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Justyce McAllister, an African-American teenager at a predominantly white prep school faces racial discrimination.
3. The Book Thief
Weeks on the list: 43
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by: Markus Zusak Release date: Jan 01, 2007 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
4. The Boy In The Striped Pajamas
Weeks on the list: 39
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by: John Boyne Release date: Jan 01, 2007 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A boy’s innocence is eroded in evil times.
5. Long Way Down
Weeks on the list: 39
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by: Jason Reynolds Release date: Apr 02, 2019 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
6. All The Bright Places
Weeks on the list: 27
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by: Jennifer Niven Release date: Jan 01, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
An outcast helps a classmate recover from her sister’s death.
7. Just Mercy
Weeks on the list: 26
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by: Bryan Stevenson Release date: Oct 21, 2014 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A civil rights lawyer and MacArthur grant recipient’s memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death.
9. The Sun Is Also A Star
Weeks on the list: 26
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by: Nicola Yoon Release date: Jan 01, 2016 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The story of a girl, a boy, budding love and the universe.
10. All American Boys
Weeks on the list: 22
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by: Jason Reynolds , Brendan Kiely Release date: Sep 29, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Two boys learn a graphic lesson in race and law enforcement.
11. This Book Is Anti-Racist
Weeks on the list: 22
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by: Tiffany Jewell. Release date: Jan 07, 2020 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
12. Turtles All The Way Down
Weeks on the list: 13
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by: John Green Release date: Jan 01, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Aza and Daisy investigate a mystery with a reward of $100,000.
13. They Both Die At The End
Weeks on the list: 13
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by: Adam Silvera Release date: Dec 18, 2018 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
14. The Librarian Of Auschwitz
Weeks on the list: 13
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by: Antonio Iturbe Release date: Oct 01, 2019 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
15. Six Of Crows
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Leigh Bardugo Release date: Feb 06, 2018 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
16. The Twin
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Natasha Preston Release date: Jan 01, 2020 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
17. Five Nights At Freddy’S: Fazbear Frights: Fetch
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Scott Cawthon, Andrea Waggener , Carly Anne West Release date: Mar 03, 2020 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
18. Looking For Alaska
Weeks on the list: 8
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by: John Green Find in Library Check on Amazon |
A boy seeking excitement finds that and more in a girl named Alaska.
19. The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian
Weeks on the list: 8
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by: Sherman Alexie. Release date: Sep 12, 2007 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A boy leaves his reservation for an all-white school.
20. Internment
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Samira Ahmed Release date: Mar 19, 2019 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Layla leads a revolution against the director of an internment camp that houses Muslim Americans.
21. The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Stephen Chbosky Release date: Feb 01, 1999 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
What it’s like to grow up, from the perspective of a high school boy.
22. Code Name Verity
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Elizabeth Wein Release date: May 15, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Two young women, a pilot and a spy, fight for Britain during World War II.
23. An Ember In The Ashes
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Sabaa Tahir Release date: Jan 01, 2015 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
In the Martial Empire, Laia meets the academy’s finest, though unwilling, soldier.
24. Five Nights At Freddy’S: Fazbear Frights: Into The Pit
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Scott Cawthon , Elley Cooper Release date: Dec 26, 2019 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
25. The Fault In Our Stars
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: John Green Release date: Jan 01, 2012 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A 16-year-old heroine faces the medical realities of cancer.
26. Piecing Me Together
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Renée Watson Release date: Feb 14, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
An African-American teenager attends a predominantly white private school where she faces challenges.
27. The Poet X
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Elizabeth Acevedo Release date: Mar 06, 2018 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A coming-of-age story told in verse.
28. Sadie
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Courtney Summers Find in Library Check on Amazon |
Sadie hunts her little sister’s killer.
29. Girls Of Paper And Fire
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Natasha Ngan Release date: Nov 06, 2018 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Lei is forced to be a concubine for the king in the Hidden Palace.
30. The Red Scrolls Of Magic
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Cass, ra Clare , Wesley Chu Release date: Apr 09, 2019 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Magnus and Alec must track down the Crimson Hand cult.
31. Serpent And Dove
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Shel Mahurin Release date: Sep 03, 2019 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The unlikely marriage between a witch and a Chasseur, a witch hunter.
32. The Grace Year
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Kim Liggett Release date: Oct 08, 2019 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
At age 16, girls are sent to a compound to purify themselves of their “magic” over men and return to become wives.
33. Let It Snow
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: John Green, Maureen Johnson , Lauren Myracle Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Three holiday stories.
34. Girl In The Blue Coat
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Monica Hesse Release date: Apr 04, 2017 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
35. The Lost
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Natasha Preston Release date: Apr 02, 2019 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
36. Lovely War
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Julie Berry Release date: Feb 04, 2020 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
37. Five Total Strangers
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Natalie D Richards Release date: Oct 01, 2020 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Last updated on November 28, 2021
