Can you ever be too old for Young Adult books? Despite what some people think, the many (many) adult readers of YA would answer with a resounding “no.” Case in point: this list of books like Harry Potter for adult readers, not to mention all the incredible novels on this list of the best YA books in 2020.To get more news about Adult Novel, you can visit freewebnovel official website.
In fact, a 2012 poll found that 55% of all YA books were purchased by adults. That said, even the most ardent lovers of the genre can occasionally get tired of all the, well, high school drama. And that’s where New Adult (NA) literature comes in. A relatively recent category—it was coined by St. Martin’s Press in 2009—New Adult is YA graduated from high school. The protagonists, in the 18 to late 20s range, deal with issues related to college, first jobs, and changing relationships with family and friends. Another demarcation: more sex and cursing!
The transition between youth and true adulthood—“not a girl, not yet a woman,” as Britney Spears so aptly put it—is prime for exploration. Until recently, there’s been a dearth of novels about the college experiences (at least believable ones, sorry Tom Wolfe). As NA author Cora Carmack wrote, “Young Adult books are about surviving adolescence and coming of age. New Adult is about how to live your life after that. New Adult is the ‘I’m officially an adult, now what?’ phase.”
New Adult books have all the sub-genres of YA—there’s romance (a lot of romance), sci-fi, fantasy, realism, historical—and it’s a genre that’s only going to keep growing as the traditional YA audience ages up and the adult YA audience continues to read voraciously. Here are 12 New Adult novels to add to your reading list, with no need for those pesky age brackets.
A delightful trilogy from the author of the weepy New York Times bestseller If I Stay, these three books follow a couple who, in the tradition of Before Sunrise, meet on a train in Europe, spend a magical day (and night) together, then part. Just One Day is from the girl’s perspective—she wakes up and he’s gone. She goes home, gets a job, goes to college, but can’t stop thinking about him—and how he ditched her. Just One Year tells his side of the story—where he went, his search for her around the world, and all of their close calls and missed connections. The e-book novella follow up, Just One Night, ties up all of the loose ends and will make you swoon.
