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Young Adult Literature for UGC NET & GATE (English Literature)

All IMPORTANT WRITERS AND WORKS

1. Classic & Foundational YA Literature

  • Louisa May Alcott – Little Women (1868–69)
  • Mark Twain – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Huckleberry Finn
  • L.M. Montgomery – Anne of Green Gables (1908)
  • Robert Cormier – The Chocolate War (1974)
  • Judy Blume – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (1970)
  • Paul Zindel – The Pigman (1968)

2. Seminal & Influential YA Works

  • J.D. Salinger – The Catcher in the Rye (1951)
  • S.E. Hinton – The Outsiders (1967)
  • Harper Lee – To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)
  • William Golding – Lord of the Flies (1954)
  • J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter Series (1997–2007)
  • Suzanne Collins – The Hunger Games trilogy
  • Lois Lowry – The Giver (1993)
  • Philip Pullman – His Dark Materials trilogy
  • Mark Haddon – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003)
  • John Green – The Fault in Our Stars (2012)

3. Global & Culturally Diverse YA Literature

  • Malorie Blackman – Noughts & Crosses (2001)
  • Benjamin Zephaniah – Refugee Boy (2001)
  • Mitali Perkins – You Bring the Distant Near (2017)
  • Sabaa Tahir – An Ember in the Ashes (2015)
  • Arundhati Roy – The God of Small Things (1997)
  • Bapsi Sidhwa – Ice Candy Man / Cracking India (1988)

4. Contemporary & Progressive YA Fiction

  • Angie Thomas – The Hate U Give (2017)
  • Jason Reynolds – Long Way Down (2017)
  • Becky Albertalli – Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (2015)
  • Adam Silvera – They Both Die at the End (2017)
  • Elizabeth Acevedo – The Poet X (2018)
  • Nicola Yoon – Everything, Everything (2015)
  • Rupi Kaur – Milk and Honey (2014)

5. YA Fantasy & Dystopia

  • Veronica Roth – Divergent Series
  • James Dashner – The Maze Runner
  • Rick Riordan – Percy Jackson Series
  • Marissa Meyer – The Lunar Chronicles
  • Tahereh Mafi – Shatter Me Series
  • Marie Lu – Legend Series

6. Common Themes in YA Literature

  • Coming of Age / Bildungsroman
  • Dystopia and Resistance
  • Social Justice / Race
  • Mental Health and Trauma
  • Gender and Sexual Identity
  • Family and Belonging
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