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#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.

Crossover Appeal #3

Crossover Appeal is a weekly feature that challenges the idea that you have to choose a side between YA and ...

Can We Take Fiction Too Seriously?

  I am, I admit, a Potterhead. I love the entire Potter empire (books, movies, what-have-you). I’m not as hard-core ...

Why Ron Weasley Should Have Died

According to my own rules about spoilers, I am compelled to warn you that significant plot points of a variety ...

RIOT RECOMMENDATION: “Whip-Smart 13 Year Old Girl”

In Riot Recommendation, we take a request for a recommendation and turn it over to the Book Riot community to ...

Pike v. Stine: Retro YA Thriller Throwdown

Have you wondered who was the better author of two; Christopher Pike or R.L.Stine? We have a guide for you!

Life Lessons from Anne

… Anne of Green Gables, that is. First published in 1908, Anne of Green Gables (and the rest of the nine ...

Why I Read Young Adult Literature

As a bonafide grown up (membership card pending successful completion of one week without letting clothes pile up on the ...

In Defence of Darkness

In honour of Banned Books Week last week, I’ve been reading Laurie Halse Anderson’s young adult novel Speak.  I’m an ...