#Discussion: New Adult Book Recommendations!

A Twitter firestorm was had over YA books set in college versus NA books versus everything else in the world, pretty much. Each side had it's valid points but in all honesty, it is an overdone and tired conversation. One mostly perpetuated by people who only see the surface of what NA is and think that it is nothing more than a stereotype.

So today's post is for you if you want to start reading more older YA/NA which I'm titling "Books With Protagonists Who Are 18-25 That Have Minimal Romance" I am going to do the best I can to be inclusive, diverse, and hit as many genres as possible, but I am one woman and cannot do it all.

Note: Some of these books may be labelled "YA," some may be labelled "NA," and some may be labelled "Adult." But I am including them if the protagonists is between 18-25.

Contemporary

• WE ARE STILL TORNADOES by Michael Kun and Susan Mullen
• I HATE EVERYONE BUT YOU by Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin
• FLIGHT SEASON by Marie Marquardt (Recommended by Tika!)
• INTERIM GODDESS OF LOVE by Mina V. Esguerra
• AMERICAN PANDA by Gloria Chao
• QUEENS OF GEEK by Jen Wilde
• YOU BEFORE ANYONE ELSE by Julie Cross and Mark Perini
• SING by Vivi Greene
• FANGIRL by Rainbow Rowell
• GAP LIFE by John Coy
• NICE TRY, JANE SINNER by Lianne Oelke
• THE BIG F by Maggie Ann Martin
• ROOMIES by Sara Zarr
• LOVE STORY by Jennifer Echols
• A LITTLE SOMETHING DIFFERENT by Sandy Hall
• THE IVY by Lauren Kunze
• PSYCH MAJOR SYNDROME by Alicia Thompson
• AN OFF YEAR by Claire Zulkey
• EMERGENCY CONTACT by Mary H.K. Choi
• LOVE AND OTHER CARNIVOROUS PLANTS by Florence Gonsalves
• WE ARE OKAY by Nina LaCour
• OUT ON GOOD BEHAVIOR by Dahlia Adler
• AUTOBOYOGRAPHY by Christina Lauren
• THIS LULLABY by Sarah Dessen
• ALONG FOR THE RIDE by Sarah Dessen
• GENA/FINN by Hannah Moskowitz and Kat Helgeson
• ALL THE FEELS by Danika Stone

Science Fiction

• RED RISING/IRON GOLD by Pierce Brown
• STEELHEART by Brandon Sanderson
• FALSE HEARTS by Laura Lam
• THE ROOT by Na’amen Gobert Tilahun
• THE PREY OF GODS by Nicky Drayden
• NINEFOX GAMBIT by Yoon Ha Lee
• A LONG WAY TO A SMALL, ANGRY PLANET by Becky Chambers
• THE VANISHING GIRL by Laura Thalassa

Fantasy

• THE QUEEN OF THE TEARLING by Erika Johansen
• AN ACCIDENT OF STARS by Foz Meadows
• CITY OF STRIFE by Claudie Arseneault
• THE FAERIE GODMOTHER'S APPRENTICE WORE GREEN by Nicky Kyle
• EVERY HEART A DOORWAY by Seanan McGuire
• THE MAGICIANS by Lev Grossman
• BINTI by Nnedi Okorafor
• FIRE LOGIC by Laurie J. Marks
• SOCIETY OF WISHES by Elise Kova and Lynn Larsh
• THE THOUSAND NAMES by Django Wexler
• DAYBREAK RISING by Kiran Oliver
• THE ALCHEMISTS OF LOOM by Elise Kova
• THE POPPY WAR by R.F. Kuang
• THE SEAFARER'S KISS by Julia Ember
• BORDERLINE by Mishell Baker
• FROSTFIRE by Amanda Hocking
• WINTERSONG by S. Jae-Jones