Crier’s War Author Nina Varela Shares Her Favorite Sapphic YA Must-Reads
Today on the Barnes & Noble Teen blog, we’re pleased to welcome debut author Nina Varela, whose stunning fantasy Crier’s War features…
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Guest Post: Our Wayward Fate Author Gloria Chao on the Mid-Autumn Festival
Today on the B&N Teen Blog, we’re celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival, celebrated in many Asian countries, with a guest post…
14 YA Authors on the Queer Books That Changed Their Lives
Happy Pride Month! This is a month with so much history behind it, and of course, there’s one way we…
Internment Author Samira Ahmed Shares 6 Muslim YA Contemporary Authors You Should Have On Your Radar
Today on the B&N Teen blog, we welcome Samira Ahmed, who made a big impression with her debut, Love Hate &…
7 YA Books to Celebrate Lunar New Year With
Welcome, friends, to the Year of the Pig. The Lunar New Year—which marks the beginning of a new year on…
8 Amazing Diverse Middle Grade Fantasies
There’s something special about a middle grade fantasy novel. The magic found within has the ability to transport and influence…
8 Diverse YA Romances to Read Right Now
It’s that time again. Spring has sprung, love is in the air, and finally—finally!—publishing has started featuring kids of color…
Guest Post: Aru Shah and the End of Time Author Roshani Chokshi Shares 10 Questing Essentials
As a young girl who unwittingly awakens an ancient demon bent on destruction, twelve-year-old Aru Shah knows a thing or…
8 Diverse Fantasy Reads for Harry Potter fans
You love Harry Potter. I love Harry Potter. Odds are most of the people you know love Harry Potter. And…
Brown and Proud: 11 Books from the South Asian Diaspora To Read Right Now
When I was a kid, I never saw myself on the page. Like never. Occasionally, there’d be a brown person…
16 Great 2017 YAs that Celebrate Bi Visibility
Happy Bi Visibility Week! Bisexual visibility is a tough battle on any ground; more often than not, despite being one…
7 LGBTQIA Latinx Books That Make 2017 Better
The Latinx experience is not an easy one to capture. Even our language is evolving, with the more recognized use of…
5 Magical LGBTQIA Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
Since abandoning the genre for contemporary during high school, I haven’t been much of a fantasy reader. It was hard…
6 Awesome Diverse YA Thrillers To Read Right Now
Already addicted to Sabaa Tahir’s An Ember in the Ashes and its sequel, A Torch Against the Night? Of course you are:…
Coming Out Is Complicated In These YA Books
Every year on October 11 we celebrate National Coming Out Day, a 28-year-old holiday that encourages LGBTQ+ people to come…
7 Awesome Diverse YA Thrillers
I happen to love all subgenres of contemporary, but there’s a special place in my heart for the stuff that…
5 Reasons to Read Corinne Duyvis’s On the Edge of Gone
Hey, do you like mind-puzzling sci-fi with an organically diverse cast and on the edge of your seat tension? Yeah,…
Mia Siegert’s Jerkbait Explores Ableism and Homophobia in Hockey and Society
Mia Siegert’s debut YA novel, Jerkbait, is an intensely personal work. On the surface, this might seem strange to say:…
11 YA Authors Discuss the Role of Faith in Their Lives
When sweeping generalizations are made about faith communities, the human stories of those whose grew up in various religious traditions are erased. Today,…