Get Them to the Shelves: Young Adult Books for Boys

by Iva-Marie Palmer

With their action-packed premises, abundant world-building, and quick pace, young adult novels really are for everyone. But, thanks to a heavy emphasis on love triangles and female protagonists, it’s fair to say that boys might tend to back away from some of the young adult shelves. While it would serve guys well to pick up the Divergent or Hunger Games series (and many have), here are a few more classically boy-centric YA novels they may enjoy.