Harry Potter was a smash hit about a boy discovering he’s a wizard and going to school in a magical world full of wonder and adventure. Twilight didn’t hit quite that high a note, but the story of a teenage girl who learns her classmate is a vampire and falls in love with him did quite well. The Hunger Games popularized the dystopian genre with a bow wielding teenager stepping up to survive death games, have angsty romances, and fight the power.
As far as I can tell, nothing has quite hit that same kind of high since and it may be awhile until the next truly big wave. But if it were up to you, what would the next big thing be about?
The one that came closest is probably Percy Jackson, and that still got lapped like half a dozen times.
Rick Riordan has a whole ass “Mythology Universe” going right now. I’m pretty sure he’s at the point where he’s like Clive Cussler and has people writing books that say “with Rick Riordan” where he just hands them a basic premise and says go have fun.
I mean, there’s the books he actually wrote, and then there’s “Rick Riordan Presents” which is it’s own separate thing.
Yeah that’s what I was referring to- although I definitely could have phrased it better lol