So lately I’ve had several book recommendations here and in other subreddits for novels or audiobooks that sounded great, but when I pursued them, I found these were young adult novels. Despite long discussion threads, no one mentioned this.

Don’t get me wrong, I like the occasional YA book. But it seems like something people should mention it is YA, like you might mention if something was softcore. It makes me wonder: Is this is not a big deal to people? Or do people not even realize these are YA?

The most recent was Red Rising, which was suggested as an audio book recommendation. One comment mentioned that they found this after looking for something like Game of Thrones . This is a fun book, and the audio narrator is great, but it is definitely YA and nothing like Game of Thrones, lol.

Anyway, just a thought…

  • bookbookbookbook50@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It also doesn’t help that some books are marketed as YA purely from a sales perspective even if they’re not; most of the time because the writer is a woman.

    I’m 90% sure this is just victim complex nonsense by people who are upset that the fiction they read/write is classified as YA. You thinking Hunger Games isn’t YA and the person below saying they think Game of Thrones would be classified YA if it was written by a woman isn’t helping the situation either.