A 2012 study found that 55% of all Young Adult fiction was purchased by adults and many journalists lately have been writing either for or against if adults should be consuming childrens and YA Fiction at the levels they are. The deeper question is why our culture encourages us to perpetually relive our teenage years. One of the reasons why YA Fiction is so popular is due … [Read more...] about The Real Reasons Why Adults Read YA Fiction
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Study Shows the Majority of YA Fiction Is Purchased by Adults
Young Adult Fiction is enjoying a tremendous amount of popularity for the last few years with runaway success like The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series. Most of these books are geared towards teenagers, but it looks like adult reading is on the rise. A recent study conducted by Bowker stated that 55% of all YA books and ebooks are … [Read more...] about Study Shows the Majority of YA Fiction Is Purchased by Adults