NPR recently published their Top 100 Best-ever Teen Novels list, with The Hobbit predictably occupying a comfortable spot at number five. The Lord of the Rings sits only two spots down at number seven. The pollsters originally received over 1200 nominations, which they managed to narrow to 235 finalists. You can read a more about that selection process here.
We’re not at all surprised that our favorites scored so high on the list (though some may be irked to see Harry Potter and The Hunger Games at first and second places, respectively)!
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Author: Oloriel
From time out of mind, Oloriel has been typing away in her little apartment, cats at her feet, hoping to reach out to other fantasy lovers by way of folkandfairy.com. Her discovery of Tolkien as a young adult awakened her long-dormant love of the otherworldly, and now she sees magic everywhere.
Oloriel has a degree in writing, which she put to work during a three-year stint in vanity publishing - an experience not unlike purgatory and very much like having to read 20 bad books each week - which she prefers not to talk about. To renew herself, she knits, naps, reads, prays, writes, walks in the woods, and eats too many cookies.
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#7 = Lord of the Rings
Harry Potter is a bit early to call. We’ll have to see if it ages well. Hunger Games is totally a sign of the times.