: What is the expected target age for a YA (Young Adult) novel? I'm curious about what the expected age for a YA young adult novel is, because it seems to have a huge range. I think most

I'm curious about what the expected age for a YA young adult novel is, because it seems to have a huge range. I think most people believe these books are targeted at roughly 12-16 year olds, but to me young adult really means something more like 18-25. (An adult -- in US -- is 18, so a young adult would be in the range of 18-25.) In light of all this, what ages are normally targeted for YA?

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Technically, a "young adult" is someone aged 18 (just having reached majority), to about 25.

But for books, a "young adult" audience starts at a somewhat younger age range, 12-14.

That's because an audience for a genre is larger than a genre itself. Or put another way, young adult readers include not only actual young adults, but people who will soon be (and are looking forward to being) young adults. That's why the target age range is lowered somewhat.

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: What is the expected target age for a YA (Young Adult) novel? I'm curious about what the expected age for a YA young adult novel is, because it seems to have a huge range. I think most

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