There was a great post over at Sci/Fi Signal pulling from several blogs, various recommendations for YA SFF books, that appeal to adults too. I figured I share in case some of you are like me and still shop the YA section even as adults. It can be hard sometimes finding a YA appropriate title with universal appeal. To often authors dumb down their books for teens and a series won’t grow with it’s readers.
I agree with many of these picks, and I’d also recommend Eion Coilfer’s Airman to the list. It is a short read for a much younger YA, but I love his characters.
Personally, Sci-fi is the reason why I really started to like books in the first place. So cheers to YA Sci-Fi. The Star Wars: Young Jedi Nights series was the first series of books I ever bought with my own money. From there I moved to classic Sci-Fi like Fahrenheit 451 & Ringworld and the rest of the Star Wars expanded universe canon.
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