5 YA Reads for New Fans of The DUFF
Sometimes it takes an insightful librarian, an enthusiastic bookseller, or the perfect blog post to sell a book and create…
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.
8 New and Forthcoming YAs with African American Narrators
One of the best things about reading as a kid is the first time you see yourself in a book,…
5 Books to Treat Your Pretty Little Liars Withdrawal
The close of Sara Shepard’s Pretty Little Liars series with the release of the sixteenth and final book, Vicious, means…
Around the World in One Debut: The Conspiracy of Us by Maggie Hall
Today marks the release of one of 2015 YA’s hottest new releases, The Conspiracy of Us, the first in an…
A 2015 LGBTQI YA Preview
The past year brought YA some phenomenal LGBTQ titles, and this year, authors both debut and veteran are set to…
6 YA Antiheroes We Love
In young adult lit, as in life, there are a whole lot of good guys, a whole lot of bad…
4 Mistresses of Dark Contemporary YA
There’s no one way to experience adolescence, and no one way to write about it. What’s fantastic about young adult lit…
Four Fantastic YA Murder Mysteries
In the grand tradition of Nancy Drew, Veronica Mars, and Scooby-Doo, some of the best teen characters are those who solve mysteries,…
5 YA Horror Novels We Love
Happy almost Halloween! ‘Tis the season to be utterly creeped out, whether by ghosts and goblins or just straight-up gore.…
Five Great Southern Gothic YAs
You can find southern sans Gothic (see: Magnolia, by Kristi Cook) or Gothic set elsewhere (April Genevieve Tucholke’s Between the…
Six YA Books That Take Place in One Day
So much can happen in a day, and nothing proves that better than an entire book dedicated to one twenty-four…
We Love These YA Books Set in the Country-Music World
As a New York City girl, I didn’t exactly grow up on Dolly Parton and Patsy Cline. But every now…
An Interview with YA Author A.S. King
Despite the questioning nature of the name “A.S. King,” the author’s evocative, unique, magical-realism-inflected works are often the answer—whether you’re looking for a thoughtfully…
YA Romance Across Segregationist Lines: Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
Segregation and the battle for civil rights is a fundamental part of American history, showing our nation’s people at both…
5 YA-Lit Misfits We Love
If there’s one thing anyone who’s watched The Breakfast Club knows, it’s that anyone can be a misfit. It isn’t…
Jandy Nelson on Her Sophomore Novel, Siblings, and Why Adults Should Read YA Lit
As will quickly become apparent, I’ve been a total Jandy Nelson fangirl since I first read her debut, The Sky…
6 Great Children’s Books Set in NYC
New York may be the city that never sleeps for some, but for many of its residents, bedtime’s a little…
Go Back to School With These 6 YAs Set in College
It’s the end of summer, which means falling leaves, knee-high boots, and pumpkin-spice everything are just around the corner. It…
5 Contemporary YA Series You Don’t Want to Miss
In genres like fantasy or sci-fi, it seems like every book out there is one in a set. Not so…
Stephanie Perkins on Creativity, Genre Jumping, and the Long-Awaited End to her YA Romance Trilogy
This month marks the release of Isla and the Happily Ever After, the long-awaited final book in contemporary YA romance’s…