YA Books for Adults + Adult Books for YA | 219
Simple
Tsh Oxenreider
4.3 • 879 Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2019
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Nicole has a fantastic bookstagram account, and she particularly loves reading the Young Adult genre. So in this chat, she and Tsh talk about why so many adults like them love to read YA, along with lots of recommendations for dipping your toes into the YA waters as an adult reader. Tsh then shares a list of adult book recommendations for teens who love to read — books written for adults, but are appropriate enough, and potentially interesting enough, for teen readers.
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- The Grisha Trilogy Book Series, by Leigh Bardugo
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- Red Rising, by Pierce Brown
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- My Lady Jane, by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton & Jodi Meadows
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- A Separate Peace, by John Knowles
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- The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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- The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
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| 0:00.0 | This is simple. I'm Tish Oxen writer. |
| 0:07.0 | Hey friends, I have got a good chat for you today. In this episode I'm talking with my friend |
| 0:15.3 | Nicole Bennett whom I've known for years and writes here and there on The Art of Simple usually |
| 0:20.0 | about books and reading. She's got a fantastic bookstagram account and she |
| 0:25.3 | particularly loves reading young adult YA. So in this chat we talk about why so |
| 0:31.0 | many adults like us love to read YA. |
| 0:34.1 | What it is about that genre we're drawn to. |
| 0:36.5 | She also makes tons of good recommendations for dipping your toes into the YA waters as an adult |
| 0:41.6 | reader. |
| 0:42.6 | And then I share a list of adult book recommendations |
| 0:45.6 | for teens who love to read. |
| 0:47.5 | But these are books that are written for adults |
| 0:49.2 | yet are appropriate enough and potentially |
| 0:51.2 | interesting enough for teen readers. |
| 0:53.4 | So we'll get right into all this, but always, quick reminder to make sure you're signed up for |
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| 1:05.0 | Basically you get links to five things from the week I either created or loved |
| 1:08.2 | plus occasional news you'd otherwise miss because I don't share it anywhere else. |
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| 1:23.6 | All righty, so let's get into it. |
| 1:25.1 | Here's Nicole, chatting with me about why so many adults are drawn to reading |
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