adult literature
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Especially through Chapin’s character, Alexandra argues that fashion should be treated as a serious craft — similar to young adult literature.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025
For one thing, I don't know of another adventure story that has a gay protagonist, at least in adult literature.
From Salon • Sep. 27, 2022
“Last Night at the Telegraph Club,” by Malinda Lo, won in the young adult literature category.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2022
When you walk into the high-ceilinged space, you’re greeted by a display of beautiful photography and coffee table books, with genre fiction and young adult literature on the left wall and nonfiction along the right.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2021
The public of Warton's day had relegated all tales about knights, dragons, and enchanters to the nursery, and Thomas Warton shows courage in insisting that they are excellent subjects for serious and adult literature.
From Some Diversions of a Man of Letters by Gosse, Edmund
