New Adult Guide

New Adult is a new and growing category, which leaves a lot of room open for interpretation. This is meant to be a guide for readers. Whether you want to figure out what this category entails, you want to start reading NA, or you want to expand on the NA books you've read, hopefully you can find what you need here. This is my attempt to compile all the NA information I've found. If you have anything you've written or know other people have written - books, blogs, articles, etc... - let me know and I'll get it added to this page.

Defining New Adult
NA Alley's Definition
Diana Peterfreund's Definition
Sarah Rees Brennan's Definition
Kate Brauning's Definition
"So This Whole 'New Adult' Thing: Part One" - Wrapped Up in Books 
"New Adult - Passing Trend or Legitimate Genre" - Publishing Crawl
"Some thoughts on 'new adult' and also 'cross unders'" - Stacked

New Adult Articles
*Disclaimer: I'm just providing links to other opinions and other discussions about New Adult lit. These opinions do not necessarily reflect my own.

"PAMA Panel: What Exactly is 'New Adult?'"- Shelf Awareness
"Emerging 'New Adult' Book Genre Puts Smut Fiction on Bestseller Lists" - ABC Nightline
"Are your teens ready for New Adult fiction?" - Chicago Sun Times
"New Adult Fiction" - Huffington Post
"Beyond Wizards and Vampires to Sex" - New York Times
"The New Adult Wave in Indie Publishing" - Indie Recon
"New Adult: Needless Marketing-Speak or Valued Subgenre" - Publisher's Weekly
"'New Adult' Fiction is Now an Official Genre Because Marketers Want Us to Buy Things" - Jezebel
"Trendspotting: New Adult" - YALSA
"Sex and the 'New Adult' Novel: Teen Fiction Gets Steamier" - The Today Show
"Who's 'Failure' is New Adult?" - The Daily Dahlia

New Adult Books
NA Starter Kit
Or here's my list on Riffle with some great NA. I try to keep this list as updated as possible with NA books I'm aware of.

*To Come*
NA - The Next Step
NA - I Swear I've Read Everything. What Else is There?
YA/NA Crossovers

New Adult Lit Blogs
New Adult Addiction
Gutter Girls Book Reviews










Basia's Bookshelf



New Adult Guide

New Adult is a new and growing category, which leaves a lot of room open for interpretation. This is meant to be a guide for readers. Whether you want to figure out what this category entails, you want to start reading NA, or you want to expand on the NA books you've read, hopefully you can find what you need here. This is my attempt to compile all the NA information I've found. If you have anything you've written or know other people have written - books, blogs, articles, etc... - let me know and I'll get it added to this page.

Defining New Adult
NA Alley's Definition
Diana Peterfreund's Definition
Sarah Rees Brennan's Definition
Kate Brauning's Definition
"So This Whole 'New Adult' Thing: Part One" - Wrapped Up in Books 
"New Adult - Passing Trend or Legitimate Genre" - Publishing Crawl
"Some thoughts on 'new adult' and also 'cross unders'" - Stacked

New Adult Articles
*Disclaimer: I'm just providing links to other opinions and other discussions about New Adult lit. These opinions do not necessarily reflect my own.

"PAMA Panel: What Exactly is 'New Adult?'"- Shelf Awareness
"Emerging 'New Adult' Book Genre Puts Smut Fiction on Bestseller Lists" - ABC Nightline
"Are your teens ready for New Adult fiction?" - Chicago Sun Times
"New Adult Fiction" - Huffington Post
"Beyond Wizards and Vampires to Sex" - New York Times
"The New Adult Wave in Indie Publishing" - Indie Recon
"New Adult: Needless Marketing-Speak or Valued Subgenre" - Publisher's Weekly
"'New Adult' Fiction is Now an Official Genre Because Marketers Want Us to Buy Things" - Jezebel
"Trendspotting: New Adult" - YALSA
"Sex and the 'New Adult' Novel: Teen Fiction Gets Steamier" - The Today Show
"Who's 'Failure' is New Adult?" - The Daily Dahlia

New Adult Books
NA Starter Kit
Or here's my list on Riffle with some great NA. I try to keep this list as updated as possible with NA books I'm aware of.

*To Come*
NA - The Next Step
NA - I Swear I've Read Everything. What Else is There?
YA/NA Crossovers

New Adult Lit Blogs
New Adult Addiction
Gutter Girls Book Reviews










Basia's Bookshelf