Comments on: 15 Young Adult Fiction Properties That Could Be The Next ‘Twilight’ Or ‘Hunger Games’

By: Tina

Tina — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

DIVERGENT?!?!? Why isnt it on this list?? Its soooo good, may e better than HG?

By: p2

p2 — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

PLAYLIST, love it when you make these kinda lists.

By: nick

nick — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

The Seventh Son is actually being made right now in Canada staring Jeff Bridges

By: Hugh

Hugh — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

My money: the ALONE trilogy by James Phelan. A YA take on 28 Days Later meets I Am Legend kind of territory, and the first book has the wow factor of the Sixth Sense, while the trilogy shows a realistic portrayal of what a post-apocalyptic city really seems like. Brilliant.

By: Penny

Penny — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

wait….. Jamie Campbell Bower isnt playing Jace any more?

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

Missed "The Maze Runner"

By: Jess

Jess — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

How about DIVERGENT?!!? How could this be left out.

By: Zack

Zack — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

I'd love to see someone do Clive Barker's (still in-progress) "Abarat" series, but it's probably way too dark to pull off for a mass audience.

By: Kevin Klawitter

Kevin Klawitter — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

My favorite young adult series growing up, the "Animorphs" books, are being rereleased. Maybe they could be turned into a movie, though a TV show would probably be more suitable (let us forget the abomination which Nickelodeon wrought upon us).

And if Jennifer Lawrence hadn't already been Katniss, I'd say she'd make a perfect Rachel.

By: TheoC

TheoC — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

Nice list, I think Pure is a good yarn, but the universe is slightly unconvincing. Maybe they'll try cash in after the Proposed Stephen King "Under the Dome" TV series. Who doesn't want to see a police man with a dog for a foot?

Not on the list, yet I could see working is "Across the universe" by Beth Revis, a cryo-stasis romance novel/ murder mystery.

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

What about The Tiger Sage by Colleen Houck??? They're excellent and the perfect mix of action and romance to bring in the tween viewers. Plus there are five books, three of which are already out. 🙂

By: jonathan

jonathan — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

The Wildwood Chronicles by Colin Meloy from the band The Decemberists could be awesome as a live action movie, or it could end up looking something like The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe. I heard Laika bought the rights, so it'll end up being stop-motion movie (if it gets made) which should still be cool. Anyway, the first book is really good, like a Narnia/Stardust kinda feel, but still fresh.

By: Connor

Connor — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

Matched by Ally Condle is about a girl who lives in a society where people are matched to fall in love and get married. Its a trilogy and Walt Disney won the rights in a bidding war with Paramount Pictures. Adam Shankman (A Walk To Remember, Hairspray) and Jennifer Gibgot (17 Again, Hairspray) are attached to produce.

By: carrie

carrie — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

Penny, Jamie Campbell Bower is still playing Jace. That was just one of many inaccuracies in this article, especially the Mortal Instruments section (Screen Gems didn't pull the plug, etc). Also since fans of the books were called on to comment, the Mortal Instruments are not Twilight meets Buffy (not that we've exactly had many of those) but unique pieces of urban fantasy with their own mythology.

As for "wow" — sorry kid but while Miss Peregrine and Divergent were both bestsellers neither can touch the sales of Mortal Instruments or The Graveyard Book. They are too new and in the case of Divergent, just have not sold enough. The Graveyard Book has sold millions as has The Mortal Instruments. Divergent has sold maybe two hundred thousand, MP a bit more. And that's not even counting worldwide sales where Gaiman and Clare's sales outstrip the others by literally millions.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

What about Divergent by Veronica Roth and Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead?

By: Phia

Phia — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

Divergent, Shiver, Matched and The Maze Runner are all soon-to-be movies that should probably be included in this list.

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

I think "Pure," while incredibly imaginative and visually is crazy, it would be hard to do. Some of the images told in the book are very scary, they're not pretty, they're disturbing, the world is really hard (I can imagine that scene with Partridge and the Moms being something they cut out… The entire Moms scene all together would be that way). Hellmund though, he would be AMAZING to see on the big screen.

By: Riley

Riley — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

Last year there was an announcement that Worldshaker by Richard Harland is being adapted for film. When I read it, it reminded me of a beautiful Shakespearing love story.

By: tegan

tegan — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

Why isn't Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead on here?!?!

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

Ender's Game sounds most promising as a movie but still think it'd be better as a tv series then movie, the same goes for the graveyard book i think it could be a good tv series but not that good of a movie. and hasn't the seventh son already been done as the seeker?

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

I liked the following books Halo by Alexandra Adornetto, Born at Midnight by C.C. Hunter, and The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting. They might not have that big of a following to make as movies.

By: Vera

Vera — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

Oh dear. Someone doesn't understand Bookscan. Nielsen Bookscan makes an estimate of total books sold based on a sample, which they claim to be a third of all book sales. So if Nielsen says two million copies, they mean that they think two million copies were sold, not that they counted two million and that translate into six million. And that's two million copies spread across four separate titles. Also, if you actually knew what you were talking about, you would know that appearing on a Bestseller list does not always translate into millions of books sold. There is quite a large drop-off between the top of the charts and the middle of the chart, and even the books at the top of the chart are probably not selling as much as you think they are.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

I would love to see "Among the Hidden", by Margaret Peterson Haddix, made into a movie. It's another dystopian book about a future where only 2 children are allowed per family. Third children are kept hidden from the Population Police.

By: AVV

AVV — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

Any chance that any of these novels/stories include more diversity (racially speaking) amongst its lead characters? Oh, wait. That's a stupid question. They probably wouldn't be all that popular if they did.

By: Linn Baker

Linn Baker — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:18:28 +0000

"Deep Creek" by Dana Hand, definitely. Named a Best Novel of 2010 by the Washington Post, and features five attractive young characters, aged 11-22–two Chinese boys, an Anglo girl, a young Chinese man, a young Native American–who help solve a terrible racial crime in frontier Idaho. (The story is based on a real-life incident.) http://www.dana-hand.com/