The pools are opening, beach season is beginning, and the last day of school is right around the corner. With May bringing all these fabulous things, it’s no surprise that the month is also providing us with YA titles from big names and debut authors alike. Fraught family relationships, murder, romance, and friendship are interwoven […]
More than fifty years after its publication, One Hundred Years of Solitude is finally coming to a screen near you. Netflix announced earlier this month it will produce a Spanish-language adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez’s landmark novel, a cornerstone of magical realism and Latin American literature. In honor of this momentous occasion, we’ve handpicked some […]
As the conversation about diversifying our shelves (and the publishing industry as a whole) continues, it’s three steps forward, and two steps back. (See the still startling and disappointing numbers from the annual Lee & Low diversity in publishing survey, which reads quite bleak for 2018.) But more and more (and more, please!), publishers, editors […]
Explore the stories behind the young adult books you love with the B&N YA Podcast. Join host Melissa Albert, editor of the B&N Teen Blog and bestselling author of The Hazel Wood, as she sits down with fellow YA authors to talk about books, life, their teen years, their pop cultural obsessions, and how they came […]
Fans of reimaginings are in luck this month: vibrant new takes on The Little Mermaid, Dracula, Frankenstein, and Pride and Prejudice will keep you guessing regardless of the classic source material. Falconry and alchemy duke it out against not one but two sets of sisters seeking the crown, and lastly, a contemporary story about a girl outrunning her past will […]