YA fantasy books for older readers?
Just wondering if there were any YA fantasy books with the protag. perhaps 18-mid/late twenties?
I've had a look around but they all seem to be 12-16 lol
Just wondering if there were any YA fantasy books with the protag. perhaps 18-mid/late twenties?
I've had a look around but they all seem to be 12-16 lol
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Still writing:
The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan (continued by Brandon Sanderson)
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King (I've only read the first one so I really don't know if it's finished or not)
Finished:
The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Mcguire
The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake
The Old Kingdom Trilogy (renamed Abhorsen Trilogy) by Garth Nix (well he's call some of this new books continuations of the series but they're not really)
Jonathan Strange & Mister Norrell by Susana Clarke
The Earthsea Quartet by Ursula K. Le Guin
Dracula by Bram Stoker (the original vampire stuff)
The Discworld series by Terry Practchett (again I haven't read all of them so I don't know)
Anyone of anyage can read any of Lewis Carroll's.
Absolutely avoid Brandon Sanderson (unless its the Wheel of Time, he's writing according to what the original author wishes), his books are full of Mary Sues and Marty Stues.
The Xanth series I thought wasn't quite worth the time. It was full of, what should I call it, "adolescent ***"?
pigpenguin91
The Books of Bayern by Shannon Hale feature an older protagonist. In the first book she's 16, but by the last book she's in her 20s. The books are, in order, The Goose Girl, Enna Burning, River Secrets, and Forest Born.
The Seven Realms series has a protagonist who's 16, and one who's 17. I know it's not quite in the age range you're looking or, but they're still excellent books. The series is written by Cinda Williams Chima, and the books are The Demon King, The Exiled Queen and the Gray Wolf Throne. A fourth book, The Crimson Crown, is coming in the fall.
Hope this helps!
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Whoever said that there aren't YA books with older protagonists is simply wrong. Some of the most popular books are about older teens (16-20; I dunno about mid-late twenties though).
Check out
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
If you want a more adult book that has YA appeal and is about college students and that age, look for The Magicians by Lev Grossman.
And I'd add The Lord of the Rings to this list, too.
You can find a lot more YA book ideas at www.youngadultfantasy.com
Good luck!
Anonymous
YA books don't have adult protagonists - younger protagonists is one of the distinguishing features of the genre.
Honestly, probably not. By the time serious readers have got past 16, most of them are reading adult books anyway. There simply isn't that much of a market for YA books which are aimed at 16-18 year olds. You might find that later books in series have older protagonists, simply because they have aged through the series.
Anonymous
My book Flame of Surrender (The Ferryman and the Flame #1) features a female heroine that's 15 - 18 and a male protagonist that's 16-19.
About the book: A boy who follows death, a girl who could cause the apocalypse, an unrelenting foe, a mistake that will change everything . . . How far would you go to save everything you ever loved?
I hope this helps.
Namaste,
Rhi