#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 #4

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

Top Five Signs You’re Reading Too Much Young Adult Literature

I read a lot of young adult literature, as previous posts at Book Riot might suggest. But this semester, I’m also ...

THE CONFIDENCE INDEX: THE HUNGER GAMES directed by Gary Ross

The Confidence Index….in which we assess the chance that an upcoming adaptation of a novel/book/short story/comic will not suck. A ...

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 ...