adult literature
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Especially through Chapin’s character, Alexandra argues that fashion should be treated as a serious craft — similar to young adult literature.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025
For one thing, I don't know of another adventure story that has a gay protagonist, at least in adult literature.
From Salon • Sep. 27, 2022
When you walk into the high-ceilinged space, you’re greeted by a display of beautiful photography and coffee table books, with genre fiction and young adult literature on the left wall and nonfiction along the right.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2021
The plague of first-person narration that has filtered down over the decades from adult and young adult literature to middle grade novels, including these two titles, often results in tween protagonists whose self-awareness strains credulity.
From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2021
The great distinction between juvenile and adult literature is a very obvious and natural one.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 by Various
