#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.

“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 ...

The Loneliness of Being a Non-Hunger Games Reader

I have not read The Hunger Games. I haven’t read any of the Harry Potter books, either. I’m completely okay ...

Rue, Race, and The Hunger Games

Rue is not white. In the novel The Hunger Games, Katniss describes Rue as “a twelve-year-old girl from District 11. ...

A Dude’s Guide to The Hunger Games

If you’ve been avoiding The Hunger Games novels — because they’re YA, because the protagonist is a teenage girl, because ...

The Hunger Games: Is the Book Better Than the Movie?

You can always spot a bookish person by the speed with which they say, “the book is better” when you ...