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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