4 new trends for YA novels

Vampires? Check. Zombies? Been there. Werewolves? Done that. For the last decade, young adult literature has enjoyed an extended moment in the sun thanks to the popularity of magic-, vampire-, and fantasy-filled hits like “Harry Potter,” “Twilight,” and “The Hunger Games.” But after a decade-long run, we’re suspecting readers may be tiring of the magic spells, death matches, and dystopian plotlines. “Dystopia is pretty much dead,” literary agent Barry Goldblatt said in an earlier Monitor post on the next chapter in YA Lit, “After dystopia, what next?”

So what is next in young adult lit? For publishers, that is – literally – the million dollar question. Fortunately for us, the folks at Bookish have proposed four possibilities for the next big thing in YA lit – an early look at what might just be the next hot thing to hit shelves and bestseller lists.