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Beyond the Bestsellers: So You’ve Read Ellen Hopkins

Ellen Hopkins is not only a New York Times Bestselling author, she’s a perennially popular author. No matter how many ...

The Heyday of YA: An Interview with Lizzie Skurnick

Like many readers, I was psyched to hear that Lizzie Skurnick (who you may know from her blog The Old ...

Articles and Studies I’d Love to Read About YA Lit

I think if I have to read one more confession from an adult who reads YA books, I might have ...

Visiting the Center for Children’s Books

Sixteen thousand. Walk in the fairytale castle that houses the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University ...

Dystopian Coming of Age Stories: A Reading List

This installment of the Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Taken by Erin Bowman. There are no men in Claysoot. At midnight on ...

The Future of Publishing: Asking Ksenia Anske

Publishing is currently going through a rough period. Writers are publishing stuff themselves, publishers are merging to create super-publishers (or ...

Of Mermaids and YA Fiction

It has been suggested that “mermaids are the new vampire” when it comes to YA fiction on too many blogs ...

Featured Book Trailer: THE DISENCHANTMENTS by Nina LaCour

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Crossover Appeal #8

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

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 ...