Like the fiction categories of young adult and adult, new adult fiction can combine with all genres and subgenres. Science fiction, urban fiction, horror, paranormal, dystopia, etc. are some examples.

For the New Adult books that are particularly childish, the label implies that they are a step above Young Adult–which is insulting to the Young Adult books that are far superior. For the New Adult books that are particularly sophisticated, the label implies that they are not worthy of being considered “adult.”

New adult can best be described as the age category after young adult. New adult literature touches upon many themes and issues to reach the readership that falls in between the categories of young adult and adult fiction.

In short, “New Adult” is a genre the same way “Young Adult” is. It’s defined primarily by its age range and protagonist, with the stories themselves varying from book to book but usually featuring a contemporary setting, as Mary Wetta describes in her article, “What is New Adult Fiction, Anyway?”

What distinguishes new adult fiction from young adult fiction?

The chief features that distinguish the new-adult fiction category from young adult fiction are the perspective of the young protagonist and the scope of the protagonist’s life experience. Perspective is gained as childhood innocence fades and life experience is gained, which brings insight. It is this insight which is lacking in traditional …

New adult fiction. New adult ( NA) fiction, also rendered as new-adult fiction, is a developing genre of fiction with protagonists in the 18–30 age bracket. St.

YA does not usually include main characters over age 18 or in college, but these characters are featured in new adult books. New adult can best be described as the age category after young adult.

Many themes covered in young adult fiction such as identity, sexuality, depression, suicide, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, familial struggles, bullying are also covered in new adult …

Martin’s Press first coined the term in 2009, when they held a special call for “fiction similar to Young adult fiction (YA) that can be published and marketed as adult—a sort of an ‘older YA’ or ‘new adult'”. New adult fiction tends to focus on issues such as leaving home, developing sexuality, and negotiating education and career choices.

In 2012, new adult fiction saw a rise in the romance subgenre of contemporary when self-published titles such as Slammed by Colleen Hoover, Easy by Tamarra Webber, and Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire were acquired by major publishing houses.

What is new adult fiction?

Have you heard of New Adult fiction? New Adult is an emerging market that brings readers in their late teens and early twenties, who are all too often missing from the pages of both Young Adult and Adult books, to the forefront . This may seem like cause for celebration—and it is—but in the 10 years since it first emerged, …

New Adult (NA) books are obviously written with new adults in mind, specifically readers that fall between the ages of 18 and 25, though some consider the market to range as far as age 30.

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And fortunately, there is a market for this kind of NA fiction. Over the past few years, NA has been pushing against its boundaries, and while it still may not have its own section in bookstores, it’s increasingly sought by agents, acquisitions editors, and readers alike.

What is a new adult?

Although the definition of New Adult is still solidifying, generally the term encompasses novels with characters in their late teens or early 20s exploring what it means to be an adult. While some skeptics have asserted that that sounds suspiciously like repackaged “chick lit,” there are key differences—notably, characters skewing younger, and the existence of New Adult subgenres, such as historical (as in Allison Rushby’s The Heiresses) or cyberpunk (Mari Mancusi’s Tomorrow Land ).

New Adult titles are finding their audience largely through word of mouth —many successful authors in the genre credit their success to social media and bloggers. Leading online book hubs such as Goodreads reveal spikes in numbers of authors, publishers and readers categorizing books as New Adult.

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