#Young Adult Literature

Looking for the best young adult books, new YA books for your pre-order list, or young adult fiction for yourself or to give to the teens in your life? We’ve got all the bases (and genres) covered.

Our Reading Lives: Meeting My Author Idols

Wednesday morning saw me driving like a mad woman to get to the convention center before the exhibit floor opened ...

One Girl and her eReader

One time, my sister jokingly told me that she had only ever finished one book in her life: The Miraculous ...

Orson Scott Card: Impressive or Offensive?

On this occasion, it seems like it was a little bit of both. On Saturday, author Orson Scott Card was ...

Which Classics Should Twilight Fans Read?

Every time a reviewer exclaims that Popular Modern Writer is the new Popular Classic Writer, you can almost feel the ...

“The Obsidian Blade:” Magic Doors, Time-Traveling Maggots, and Believing

This is a guest post from Pete Hautman, whose novel The Obsidian Blade is out now from Candlewick Press. Hautman ...

In Honor of Beverly Cleary’s 96th Birthday

Most bookish women I know lay alms at the altar of Judy Blume, with good reason. I too love Judy. ...

The Odd Couple: Stewart O’Nan and Lauren Oliver

On the surface, The Odds and Delirium don’t have much in common. Delirium is a popular YA dystopian novel. The Odds is a new ...

Loss, Memory, and THE FAULT IN OUR STARS

This is a guest post from reader Michael Strand. He lives in Morris, Minnesota. ____________________________ I picked up John Green’s ...

Best of Book Riot: What Would “Insert YA Heroine Here” Do?

Today is Book Riot’s half-birthday–that’s right, we’re six months old today. To celebrate, we’re running our ten most popular posts today. Hope ...

My YA Film Adaptation Wish List

Harry Potter. Twilight. Now, The Hunger Games. Apart from being the last three huge YA hits, they were also the ...