Sounis' Top Favorite YA Picks

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

And the results are in!! :-) 

 First off, a BIG thank you to everyone who participated!! :-)  And a second thank you for following the rules so closely, you made my life soo much easier, and I appreciate it!! :-)   

I hope everyone had fun!! :-)

So first, the boring stuff (Yes, now I am Really trying to torture you guys by making you wait for the announcement of the winner :-)

We had 214 recommendations from 43 Sounisians that resulted in 119 unique titles/series, encompassing over 300 individual books.  The top 5 with the most votes are as follows:

Queen’s Thief Series by Megan Whalen Turner topped the list with 29 votes!!

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones came in a distant second with 9 votes.

Chrestomanci Chronicles by Diana Wynne Jones rounded out the top three with 7 votes.

Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith finished with 6 votes, and

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein closes our top five list with exactly 5 votes. 

            A top ten list would include many titles that received 3-4 votes (and would encompass more than 
                                   just 10 entries :-)

And now, since we’re having so much fun with lists, the top 5 authors are:

Megan Whalen Turner had a total of 29 author votes with just 1 title!!

Diana Wynne Jones had 19 votes in 5 titles/series, including one for her entire canon.

Elizabeth Wein had 9 votes with 2 titles/series.

Melina Marchetta had 7 votes with 4 titles/series. 

AND, there is a four way tie for the fifth place title, so they are, in no particular order:

            Sherwood Smith, with 6 votes from 1 title.

            Patricia Wrede with 6 votes in 3 titles/series

            Robin McKinley with 6 votes in 3 titles/series, AND

            Tamora Pierce with 6 votes, two of which recommend her entire works, and four other titles/series
                         specifically.  

A couple shockers that were lower than I expected:

Harry Potter received only 4 votes, though I noticed that he may have been higher if we had the option of a sixth choice. 

The Chronicles of Narnia received just one vote.

Twilight was not recommended at all (not that I have a problem with that …)

Llyod Alexander did not get more than 2 votes, despite his many novels.

The Hunger Games received just 2 votes, despite its new found fame.

If anyone would like to peruse the full list, they can find it posted on my journal. 


Thanks again to everyone who participated!! :-)
~Bookworm

Comments

[hazelwillow.livejournal.com]

Wow, I haven't read quite a few of these! I must find Code Name Verity and Crown Duel!

I forgot to vote (tbh I kept putting it off because it was too hard! lol) but I would have cast a second vote for Huckleberry Finn and a third for His Dark Materials. And a fifth for Harry Potter. Although, like others have said, HP hardly needs to be stated.

And QT, of course.

It's the fifth that's hard. I can come up with a top ten list, but where does the cut off go? Agggh!

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

Crown Duel is wonderful. It's the first book I read that really fit the YA genre, and it is still one of my favorites today.

I know, you know about the top 3/4, and then the rest fall in line, but what bumps something into the top 5????? Very difficult ....


I hope you enjoyed, anyway, it's really interesting to see your ideas!! :)

[agentmaly.livejournal.com]

Yes, do read Crown Duel. Though it throws me off, because my copies were published separately as Crown Duel and Court Duel, and some editions have them both together and are just called Crown Duel.