The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, 1937
Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter, 1953
Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare, 1957
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare, 1958
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George, 1959 (younger readers)
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George, 1972 (younger readers)
On the Far Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George, 1990 (younger readers)
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell, 1960 (younger readers)
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, 1961 (younger readers)
The Book of Three, 1964; The Black Cauldron, 1965; The Castle of Llyr, 1966; Taran Wanderer, 1967; and The High King, 1968, by Lloyd Alexander
Earthfasts by William Mayne, 1966
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, 1967
The Contender by Robert Lipsyte, 1967
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle, 1968
A Wizard of Earthsea, 1968; The Tombs of Atuan, 1970; The Farthest Shore, 1972; Tehanu, 1990, by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Pigman by Paul Zindel, 1968
Sounder by William Armstrong, 1969 (younger readers)
Where the Lilies Bloom by Vera and Bill Cleaver, 1969
The Cay by Theodore Taylor, 1969
Go Ask Alice, Anonymous, 1971
The Planet of Junior Brown by Virginia Hamilton, 1971
M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton, 1974
Watership Down by Richard Adams, 1972
Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack by M. E. Kerr, 1972
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck, 1972
A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich by Alice Childress, 1973
The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox, 1973 (younger readers)
My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier, 1974
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier, 1974
Forever by Judy Blume, 1975
Dragonwings by Laurence Yep, 1975 (younger readers)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, 1976; Let the Circle Be Unbroken, 1981; The Road to Memphis, 1990; and The Land, 2001, by Mildred D. Taylor
The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson, 1977 (younger readers)
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson, 1980
Lyddie by Katherine Paterson, 1991
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley, 1978
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley, 1982
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley, 1984
All Together Now by Sue Ellen Bridgers, 1980
Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt, 1981
Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt, 1982
The Moves Make the Man by Bruce Brooks, 1984
Dogsong by Gary Paulsen, 1985
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, 1988
Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen, 1996
Dance on My Grave by Aidan Chambers, 1986
Remembering the Good Times by Richard Peck, 1986
When She Was Good by Norma Fox Mazer, 1987
Eva by Peter Dickinson, 1988
The Ropemaker by Peter Dickinson, 2001
The Stone Book Quartet by Alan Garner, 1988
Weetzie Bat, 1989; Witch Baby, 1991; Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys, 1992; Missing Angel Juan, 1993; and Baby Be-Bop, 1995, by Francesca Lia Block
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples, 1989
Blitzcat by Robert Westall, 1989
The Kingdom by the Sea by Robert Westall, 1991
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi, 1990 (younger readers)
Nothing But the Truth by Avi, 1993
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli, 1990
Dealing with Dragons, 1990; Searching for Dragons, 1991; Calling on Dragons, 1993; and Talking to Dragons, 1993, by Patricia C. Wrede (younger readers)
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, 1991
Dear Nobody by Berlie Doherty, 1992
Downriver by Will Hobbs, 1992
Beardance by Will Hobbs, 1993
Far North by Will Hobbs, 1996
The Harmony Arms by Ron Koertge, 1992
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant, 1992 (younger readers)
The Giver by Lois Lowry, 1993
Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff, 1993
True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff, 2001
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, 1994
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman, 1994
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman, 1995
The Golden Compass, 1995; The Subtle Knife, 1997; and The Amber Spyglass, 2000, by Philip Pullman
A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer, 1996
Zel by Donna Jo Napoli, 1996
Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman, 1997 (younger readers)
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse, 1997
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 1998; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 1999; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 1999; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003; and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005, by J. K. Rowling [and I'll be pre-ordering my copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, to be published this year]
Holes by Louis Sachar, 1998 (younger readers)
Skellig by David Almond, 1999 (younger readers)
Kit's Wilderness by David Almond, 2000
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town Kimberly Willis Holt, 1999 (younger readers)
Monster by Walter Dean Myers, 1999
Silent to the Bone by E. L. Konigsburg, 2000
The Seeing Stone, 2001; At the Crossing-Places, 2002; and King of the Middle March, 2004, by Kevin Crossley-Holland
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares, 2001
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher, 2001
 

Book Awards and Book Lists

Best Books for Young Adults, developed by the ALA (American Library Association) available at YALSA Booklists page

Newbery Medal

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards

National Book Awards

The Carnegie Medal

Mildred L. Tatchelder Award

Coretta Scott King Book Award

New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age

Thematic Guide to Young Adult Literature by Alice Trupe (published by Greenwood Press, 2006, and available in Alexander Mack Memorial Library, Massanutten Regional Library in Harrisonburg, VA, and North River Public Library in Bridgewater, VA)