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    10 Adult Novels For Kids

    When kids think The Hunger Games is too pedestrian, hand them one of these books.

    In 2008, right around Twilight’s first theatrical release, it seemed that most people I knew were extolling the virtues of reading young adult fiction as actual adults. I always sort of winced at the notion. There are so many wonderful works of adult fiction already in existence, ready to expand minds — and what about the kids who think that stuff like The Hunger Games or The Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a bit too pedestrian?

    Well, they might cozy up to this list: a handful of works meant for adults but suitable for the more voracious youthful readers too.

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