Comments on: Boston Bachelor, Age 8: The Top 10 Young Adult Novels of All Time

By: The Boston Bachelor

The Boston Bachelor — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:20:07 +0000

Haha…I mean, everyone secretly knows that the reason they preferred the Christopher Roy Pike books over the RL Stine books was due to the explicit sex scenes. I never got to the Final Friends trilogy, but I do remember Fall into Darkness (which was later made into a movie starring Tatyana Ali and Jonathan Brandis–suicide it), Monster, Slumber Party, and Die Softly passing away many a rainy day.

By: Matt R.

Matt R. — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:43:08 +0000

Never read any Ron Lee Stine myself, but I plowed through roughly 4,286 Chris Pike books between 1992 and 1996. Those novels were a nice mix of terror and teenage fucking. The Final Friends Trilogy highlighted the summer of ‘93.

By: V

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:16:31 +0000

Kid,

I’ve got a signed copy of Scary Stories… I’ll have to show it to you sometime.

James and the Giant Peach was a classic for the ages.

By: The Boston Bachelor

The Boston Bachelor — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:13:11 +0000

Goosebumps was a bit too tame for my tastes, but I did enjoy the RL Stine and Christopher Pike books such as “Chain Letter” and “Master of Murder” back in the day.

Matt–

Here are some more Choose Your Own Adventure books you might appreciate:

By: Crapmaster

Crapmaster — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:52:46 +0000

Hahaha I remember those, especially Sideways Stories from Wayside School. Those were great!

My list would have RL Stine Goosebumps on it, but otherwise, it’s real close to this.

By: Matt R.

Matt R. — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:22:25 +0000

Please tell me that was a real “Choose Your Own Adventure” book…

By: Ethan Meadow

Ethan Meadow — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:07:43 +0000

This is a classic list of some of my favorite YA books. Thanks for sharing. My nieces really enjoy Laura Preble “Queen Geeks in Love” and her Queen Geek Social Club series. While it may not be classics yet, they have some possibility to be.