Encourage Young Adults to Read With Popular Fiction

Provide books with teen appeal from these popular fiction genres. These titles include themes familiar to your students and provide the satisfaction of reading for pleasure.

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Adventure & Survival

Featuring fast-paced, continuous action, highlighting the
heroic nature of the
main character and
the desperate need
to survive.

Chick Lit

This genre within women’s fiction is told in a confiding, personal tone sprinkled with humor; it’s like a best friend telling you about
her life.

Fantasy

Time travel, fairies, ghosts, magic, witches, clairvoyance, werewolves, vampires and zombies are themes you’ll find in these titles.

Historical Fiction

Engage students in
history with fictionalized accounts or dramatizations of historical events
and periods.

Mystery

Puzzles are essential to the plot, and there are clues that the reader should be able to use to solve the mystery.

Realistic

Self-esteem, family life, feminism, body image, eating disorders, weight control, popularity and moving are highlighted in
this genre.

Romance

These themes are familiar to teens, including beaches, cousins, friendships, marching bands, a first kiss and humorous romantic developments.

Science Fiction

These titles include time travel, spaceships, life on other planets, ecology, environmental disasters, a post-apocalyptic world, advanced medical technology and genetically engineered beings.

Short Stories

A selection of science fiction and fantasy,
tales of life, death,
love, the supernatural, horror, teens facing personal issues
and tales of acceptance, understanding
and epiphany.

Sports

Themes of character building, values, teamwork, strength
and friendship, and how interpersonal relationships are developed within
a sport.

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