new adult
Recently grown up
New adult is a publishing category for fiction that bridges young adult and adult genres, typically featuring protagonists in their late teens to mid-twenties navigating early adulthood—college, first jobs, new relationships, independence from family.
The genre often includes more explicit content than young adult allows: The bookstore's new adult section was full of steamy romance.
- coming of ageReaching adult status
- quarter-life crisisEarly adulthood identity struggle
- bildungsromanFiction of psychological maturation
- first loveEarliest romantic attachment
- novelNew and unusual
personal growth · finding yourself · college life · transitional phase · first apartment · social issues · generational conflicts · urban fantasy · independent living · dystopian fiction · coming-of-age · romantic drama · steamy romance · family dynamics · chosen family · romance · hookup culture · contemporary fiction
- booksnovel, textbooks, study guides, book, paperback
- book worlddystopian fiction, fantasy novels, graphic novels, memoir, literary fiction
- fiction genresfiction, fantasy, novel, horror, thrillers
- romance fictionlove stories, romance novel, romance novels, contemporary romance, romantic fiction
- ebook genresliterary fiction, historical fiction, crime fiction, paranormal romance, urban fantasy
- life stage fictioncoming-of-age, bildungsroman, middle grade, loss of innocence, youth fiction
new adultelderly
Advanced in age
senior citizen · retiree · middle-aged · child · adolescent
new adultmiddle grade
Literature for ages 8-12
children's literature · picture books · early reader · board books · juvenile fiction
new, adult, newly, newer, newest, newness, renew, renewal, renewable