Sounis' Top Favorite YA Picks

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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

[manderelee.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I read Finnikin of the Rock and got halfway through before deciding to put it down. Bluntly put, I didn't like any of the characters. So since I didn't care about them, I didn't bother finding out what happened.

But I heard the plot was good, so maybe I gave up on it too early.