Young adult literature
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Young adult literature is literature written for readers aged 12 to 18. It may include themes found in adult fiction, such as family dysfunction, substance abuse, alcoholism, and sexuality.
Title page from Sarah Trimmer's The Guardian of Education, vol. I, 1802
Department with new-adult books in a German bookstore (2023)
Light novel
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A light novel is a type of popular literature novel from Japan usually classified as young adult fiction, generally targeting teens to twenties or older. The definition is very vague and wide-ranging,
Young adult literature
…Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, The Maze Runner, and Divergent. It has continued to expand into other media and genres: graphic novels/manga, light novels, fantasy, mystery fiction, romance novels, and even subcategories such as cyberpunk, techno-thrillers, and contemporary Christian fiction. There was…
A light novel bookstore in Macau