Five on the Fifth: YA Fiction for Guys

[temporaryworlds]

When I was in high school, one of my favorite places to shop was the young adult section of Barns and Noble. As time passed, I began to notice a trend. Most of the covers were pastel (usually pink) and had cute illustrations on the cover. The chick lit trend was big and, spurred on by the success of books like The Princess Dairies and Angus, Thongs

Comments

[elphaba_thropp]

Personally, one of my favorite books as a teen (that seemed to be male slanted) was Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. The problem is that my copy is pastel-ish green. So maybe some guys don't realize it's a book for them.

[temporaryworlds]

OOh that was one of my favorites during freshman year (as well as Speak). I did notice that I saw a lot more girls reading it then guys though.

[elphaba_thropp]

I do think that is a judging a book by its cover though since the girly green cover is the one that seemed to be popular at that time.