Campus novels? Wow. Some in English, I assume? Can you direct me to some? I'd love to read them.
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Very good and though-provoking response--articulated a lot of what I was thinking of! Check out my posts, too, near the bottom!

New Adult is a wonderful concept. Just because we're in college (or not, or want to read about college) doesn't mean we instantly have to go for the classics/adult section, etc. I actually recently read a YA novel with a college-age protagonist, that you definitely should check out: Light Years, by Tammar Stein. Excellent. And it was refreshing to have someone precisely (or around) my age.
And speaking of being a precocious reader, where would I be now if I hadn’t read Judy Blume’s Are You There, God, It’s Me, Margaret? at the tender age of 7 (!) and learned all about what a period was and bra cup sizes. Sure, Margaret was—I don’t know, 12?—but I related to her woes nonetheless, because of Blume’s funny, accessible writing, just as I was still reading Beverly Cleary books and identifying with 8-year-old Ramona.
In studying the classics, even in high school, they make us read about much older characters. Then what’s the difference???

Thank you for this post! I'm 20 years old, love both Adult and YA (but have a soft spot for YA due to all the wonderful novels I read in elementary/middle school (note I was a VERY precocious reader, hence elementary too), and am an aspiring writer currently writing and workshopping short stories in college, and hoping to venture into the novel-writing world soon. However, I don't know what I want to write (and am not sure I will, until I do), in terms of age group, because although there are a few very poignant high school experiences I'd like to draw from, definitely, I'm not sure I can write about a 12- or 14-year-old anymore. I'd even like to write about older adults...without actually being one yet. And, to be honest, the adult market is intimidating me. SO much competition to be unique, experimental...AND I JUST WANT TO WRITE A GOOD STORY.