: Is YA as a genre being supplanted? Since Divergent, Hunger Games, and Maze runner have come to a close. I'm wondering if the YA genre is resting. Am I right about YA ending, and what genre

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YA is treated as a genre. It is used in both publishing and libraries. It is books that are intended for a youngish audience. There is violence, there is often sex not quite as sanitized as cozy mysteries are but usually less than urban fantasy.

Yes, a few big names do tend to dominate, but there are many more titles and authors in that genre. And like all genres there is a wave effect. You get a lot of books in it for a while, and then the market sort of gets saturated and the number of new titles falls off. Then it comes up again. Cyclical business cycle. Not unexpected, nor new. Currently Sci/Fi which had a major down turn the last few years is heating up again with more new titles and authors. Which I notice a lot of cross over authors from other genre's mainly mystery putting out sci/fi titles.Just wait it out if you want more YA.

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YA isn't a genre, it's an audience (from the story-telling perspective) or a market (from the business perspective). In that regard, it would surprise a great many of us if it were supplanted, ever.

It is certainly true that the YA market is presently occupied with a few big-name works, but it did not come into existence with these works and it won't be going away when they are concluded.

The YA audience/market will be around until kids stop being born, and as long as they're around there will be someone producing (with the hope of selling) works intended for their consumption.

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