Guidebook

What is New Adult?

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There's a cusp between young adult stories and adult stories, and it's called New Adult. It's not a genre but a demographic, and generally appeals to readers between 18 and 25 years of age. Why is this necessary?

While young adult tends to touch on themes such as bullying, high school, peer pressure, family issues, and the struggles of first loves, adult fiction usually includes the other end of the spectrum from a parent's point of view. That delicate in-between stage of transitioning into adulthood from teenhood has never seemed to fit under either of those umbrellas, and thus, New Adult was born!

There's been controversy in the publishing world as to whether New Adult is a legitimate category, as it's seemed to have the most success with self-published books. But Wattpad recognizes it, and so do readers, so we're here to curate all the best New Adult content for your library!

Encompassing all genres from contemporary romance to horror to sci-fi and back again, hang out here and enjoy the best of the best that Wattpad's New Adult has to offer.

Read on to find out about our reading lists, and learn more about the different aspects of this profile.