Twenty-Something

[author_by_night]

So lady_sarai and I were talking earlier about some of our beloved teens' books, and I had a thought.

Are there any books for us twenty-somethings?

I can read books about sixteen year olds, and about forty year olds - not a problem. But there seems to be a lack of books written about the 18-25 age group. That, or I just haven't found those books.  The books I have found that involved kids my age were mostly beach reads, like Grecian Holiday and Spanish Holiday.

I dunno, I would just like to read about someone in that age gap for once. Someone who is in college, just out of college, or was never in college - either way, trying to find their place.  Or just something unrelated, but with people who are closer to my age and easier to relate to.

Just some thoughts. :) I would love to read a Sisterhood of the Travelng Pants type book or a Ya Ya Sisterhood type book - with characters someone my age can more easily relate to.

Comments

[kit-the-brave.livejournal.com]

Goodbye Without Leaving, by Laurie Colwin! If you like science fiction, Deep secret by Diana Wynne Jones. If you like fantasy other than HP, The Year of the Gryffin, by Diana Wynne Jones, and its prequel, Dark Lord of Derkholm.

More fantasy: A College of Magics and the sequel, which is called... um...sA Scholar of Magics, that's it.

Classics: The Color Purple, by Alice Walker. A really thick classic, but compelling, The Mill on the Floss, by George Eliot.

Geez, this is way more than you wanted to know, right? But I can go on! I'll stop now, though. :)

[petitecrivan.livejournal.com]

Well, I plan on writing one someday, would you like to read it when I do? :p

I'm trying to think of one...I'll get back to you if I do.

[kasuchi]

Maybe writers figure that's what TV is for? I don't mean to sound facetious, but the target demographic for most television programs and their networks is the 18-25 range.

[lotuseyes.livejournal.com]

I picked up a bunch of series about college-post college type books...they were all from the 50/60's though. so they were rather limited in their scope of what girls could do...I haven't read any recent ones. I've read mostly ones about girls 17-18, or books dealing with girls about 25ish who never went to college (cause they're fantasy books).

there is a wide derth of books for people in our age bracket. its annoying to only find romances...::Sigh::

[sparkly-stuff.livejournal.com]

Read the Jessica Darling books (Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings and Charmed Thirds) by Megan McCafferty. She's hilarious and over the course of the 3 books you follow the protagonist from high school all the way to her college graduation, and you can relate a lot to her. Well, I do at least. They remind me of the Traveling Pants books (which I also love).

[parsimonia.livejournal.com]

I think there are probably a few "chick-lit" type books out there that are about young 20-somethings, but they are probably crap.

[purple-ladybug1.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_young_adult_authors

This has a list of YA authors. I've skimmed the titles. Some are about preteens, some are about teens, and some are about our aged people.