Those Pesky Kids: Our Favorite Sleuthing Teens
From Scooby Doo to Nancy Drew, mystery solving is something so many of us have loved since we were little…
Dahlia Adler
DAHLIA ADLER is an editor by day, a freelance writer by night, and a Young Adult author at every spare moment in between. She is the founder of LGBTQReads, editor of several anthologies, and author of many novels, including Cool for the Summer and Home Field Advantage. She lives in New York with her family and an obscene number of books.
YA’s Most Cutthroat Heroines
This post might as well be called “My Favorite YA Characters Ever,” because, honestly, there’s nothing I love better in…
16 Great 2017 YAs that Celebrate Bi Visibility
Happy Bi Visibility Week! Bisexual visibility is a tough battle on any ground; more often than not, despite being one…
8 Contemporary YAs Set Amid High-Stakes Competition
Fantasy may have its duels to the death, and sci-fi may have the threat of planets blowing up, but don’t…
7 Great YA Fantasy Duologies
The hardest part about being a fantasy fan is how often you have to wait for at least three books to…
12 New York Times Bestselling Authors Dish on Hitting the List
There are so many measures of a book’s success, but one everyone’s familiar with is landing a coveted spot on…
5 Must-Reads if You Loved One of Us is Lying
What if one of the kids from The Breakfast Club never emerged from detention—and the remainder of the crew were…
14 YA Books That Laugh in the Face of the “Sophomore Slump”
As many authors will tell you, the only thing harder than writing a book is writing a second book. Once…
Stephanie Kuehn Steps Up the Mind Games with When I Am Through with You
If you’re a regular reader of this site, you’re probably sick of me singing the wonders of Stephanie Kuehn. I…
8 of Our Favorite Forbidden Romances
Romeo and Juliet may be the most famous incarnation of the forbidden romance, but they’re far from the last. Whether…
10 Great YA Novels with Transgender/Nonbinary Main Characters
Literature with transgender main characters is undergoing a much-needed evolution. Gone are the days when the only trans lit you…
5 Great Paranormal Duologies
Paranormal’s become an increasingly rare find in YA since the days when young sorcerers, vampires, and werewolves ruled the shelves,…
7 Great YAs About Reproductive Choice
Reproductive choices are a forever relevant topic, especially in YA, a category rife with stories about romance, sex, girlhood, empowerment,…
6 New Retellings for Fairy-Tale Fans
Everyone knows the popular fairytales, those stories of magical godmothers, evil stepmothers, rotten tricksters, and all the other icons who’ve been…
Emery Lord’s The Names They Gave Us Will Seize Your Heartstrings
When you see Emery Lord’s name on the cover of a book you’re about to read, you know a few…
14 New YA Romances Perfect for Your Summer Beach Bag
One of my favorite things about summer is that it tends to be a glorious season for YA romances, and…
7 YA Books About Twins
There’s just something about twins that’s so fascinating to those of us who aren’t one, isn’t there? (And probably really…
5 Great Immigrant Narratives in YA
It has been said a billion times, especially in the past few months: the United States is a nation comprised largely…
8 Must-Read YA Books About Loss
Loss and grieving have no age floor or ceiling; the death of a loved one, be they friend or family…
10 YA Novels that Celebrate the Power of Internet Connection
If there’s one thing teens from the ’90s onward understand, it’s the magical power of the internet to connect us, whether…