Our Monthly Picks January 2024
You did it! The presents were wrapped, festive meals made, carols sung and parties thrown. Or you successfully hid out…
You did it! The presents were wrapped, festive meals made, carols sung and parties thrown. Or you successfully hid out…
Why wait for the holidays to gift yourself a good book? Our monthly picks have you covered, whether you’re looking…
Today on the Barnes & Noble Teen blog, we’re pleased to welcome debut author Nina Varela, whose stunning fantasy Crier’s War features…
Perhaps the toughest genre for even the most seasoned writer to explore is historical fiction. When done right, it’s intensely…
Happy Pride Month! This is a month with so much history behind it, and of course, there’s one way we…
Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut Booksmart can be summed up as “Superbad for girls,” but just like the dynamic duo at…
“Thank you so much to the readers who time and again remind me why I took this leap, why it…
There are more than a few stories about remarkable girls, torn between worlds, who overcome all odds to become the…
Meet the Young Adults, the B&N Teen Blog’s swat team of awesome teenaged bloggers. YA literature is a strange and…
As far as lists go, the 2017 long list for the National Book Awards in the young people’s literature category is pretty…
There are many ways to find new books to read. Some people like to head to their nearest Barnes &…
Hey, do you like mind-puzzling sci-fi with an organically diverse cast and on the edge of your seat tension? Yeah,…
We’re officially halfway through the season of surf, sun, sand, and swimsuits—which means that for many of us, we’re officially…
Be warned: You won’t make it out of The Memory Book alive. In Lara Avery’s latest, Sammie McCoy is a girl focused…
Welcome to the B&N Teen Blog’s feminist YA book club! In this semi-monthly series we’ll be highlighting kickass new and…
Everything is life or death when you’re a teenager. The angst, the drama, the joy, the pain—it’s why we read…
Welcome to the B&N Teen Blog’s feminist YA book club! In this semi-monthly series we’ll be highlighting kickass new and forthcoming…
Required reading mainstays like Carson McCullers, Toni Morrison, and Arthur Miller should and will always be read, but there are other…
One of our favorite things to zero in on here at the B&N Teen Blog is YA’s that “Get it…
If you’re stuck in a genre slump or just tired of reading novels that seem to follow a pattern a bit…