Coupledom can be overrated, especially on Valentine’s Day (which is why we sometimes prefer Galentine’s Day). It’s better to celebrate yourself than jump into a bad romance—just ask the hapless victims of these terrible YA boyfriends and girlfriends. Not all are straight-up villains (except for that charming-evil scoundrel, Billy Nash); nevertheless, they’re best avoided. From the sympathetic, to the […]

In a world where YA heroines are in charge of the United States, our President is obviously Hermione Granger, right? It doesn’t even matter that she wasn’t born in the U.S., because we simply changed the Constitution just for her. Then she achieved the first ever unanimous vote. But Hermione knows what’s up, and just […]

While the political world plays yet another round of Where In the World Is Edward Snowden (is he in Moscow? Ecuador? Narnia?), let’s take a look at some romantic heroes and heroines who play the spy game much more successfully—and with more time for sexy assignations: The Black Hawk, Joanna Bourne. The fourth in Bourne’s series […]

One bright spot in 2017 was that publishing began to make strides–to be continued, for sure–toward publishing more books by marginalized voices. And if this list is any indication, 2018 will be an even more stellar year for your bookshelves (and mine!). Here, some of your favorite authors offer truly diverse contenders for your 2018 […]