There's a great article in the Guardian Newspaper today, which discusses why young adult YA and teen fiction is so popular. It also quotes a survey done in 2012, which found that 55% of the readers of these books are adults. It asks;
Perhaps the real mystery, then, is not why the works of the authors above have been so successful commercially (it’s because they’re amazing books), but why they, and other books like them, have appealed to so many people beyond their target audience. This in itself creates a sub-mystery, too: why do these books remain popular years after they are first published, and what is it about our current society and world that means that their messages and values are still applicable to us?
Check out the full story here.....
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