I know that I’ve fallen off the New Adult bandwagon a little bit since I’ve been posting more Young Adult reviews recently, but I still really love the genre. In a recent Top Ten Tuesday post, I was surprised (and inspired) by all of the comments by people who wanted to start reading more NA books. I thought, hey, why not do a blog post about this? I’ve read a lot of NA in my time, some of it really great and some of it really horrible. (I mean, just check out my NA tag.) Down below I’m listing my favorite NA novels of all time. I hope you love them as much as I do!
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| The Allure of Julian Lefray by R.S. Grey |
Anything You Can Do by R.S. Grey |
The Foxe & the Hound |
| romantic comedy | romantic comedy | romantic comedy |
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Like Us (series) |
The Deal by Elle Kennedy |
Tattoo Thief by Heidi Joy Tretheway |
| M/M forbidden romance | college romance | rockstar romance |
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| Addicted (series) by Krista & Becca Ritchie |
Aerial Ethereal (series) by Krista & Becca Ritchie |
Some Sort of Happy by Melanie Harlow |
| friends-to-lovers | forbidden romance | second chance romance |
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| The Hating Game by Sally Thorne |
Beyond the Stars by Stacy Wise |
Undone by Shannon Richard |
| enemies-to-lovers | celebrity romance | small town romance |
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| Boomerang by Noelle August |
Fraternize |
The Feeling of Forever by Jamie Howard |
| coworker romance | sports romance | rockstar romance |
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| Prick by Sabrina Paige |
My Best Friend’s Brother by Hazel Kelly |
The Hook-Up Experiment |
| stepbrother romance | friends-to-lovers | second chance romance |
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| Crush (series) by Renita Pizzitola |
Royals in Exile (series) by Marquita Valentine |
Trophy Husband by Lauren Blakely |
| friends-to-lovers | royal romance | friends-to-lovers |
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Remember When |
V-Card by Alicia Michaels |
Sincerely, Carter |
| friends-to-lovers | friends-to-lovers | friends-to-lovers |
Have you read any of these books? What are your favorite new adult titles? Let me know in the comments!
The Bibliophagist 
LOVE The Hating Game!! You should check out The Kiss Quotient. I wouldn’t consider it NA because the characters are 30ish but I think it is in the same vein as Hating Game – smart romance! I’m going to check out some of the other here!!
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I’m actually planning to read The Kiss Quotient soon so I’m glad to hear that it’s similar to one of my favorites!
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Why do I get the impression that new adult books are basically romances for the 18-25 set? What is the point of them? At first, I thought NA is the genre term for coming-of-age but slowly it dawned on me that’s not the case at all…
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Officially, NA is just a book about characters between 18-30. It’s not even really technically a genre, just an age group. It covers those years (that I’m in right now) between the usual end of YA and beginning of adult fiction.
I usually prefer NA that has a coming-of-age theme, navigating a first real job, living on your own for the first time, trying to figure out your identity, etc.
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So, tell me…if I’m unfamiliar with all of these, which one should I start with xD
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Probably The Hating Game! It’s one of my all-time favorites.
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I would love to read more NA but I really get put off by the over-sexualizsed covers. I know you should never judge a book by its cover but let’s be honest we do. They come across to me as being trashy romance with little plot which is probably not true, they just remind me of mills & boon covers haha
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I know exactly what you mean! I’m really over the whole “half-naked guy as a cover” trend and I hope it’s over soon!
There are definitely a lot of NA books that would fall into the category of trashy with little plot, but if you’re looking for NA books with an actual plot and without over-sexualized covers, try R.S. Grey!
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I’ll definitely look into R.S. Grey 🙂 Thank you!
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I’ve read The Deal and The Hating Game and I really liked them both!! I want to reread The Hating Game soon to re experience it 😍
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I would love to re-experience The Hating Game! I don’t do a lot of rereads but I can see myself rereading this one!
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Some of these covers are something else, lol. I try not to read too much YA or NA anymore, but I remember years ago when NA started to be a thing, I read “The Ivy” series and I remember liking it, and that it was very gossip girl for the college crowd
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I know, some of these covers are a little embarrassing! I’m so over abs as a cover and I hope that trend will be done soon. I’ve never read The Ivy but it sounds interesting!
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