I don't think it's helpful to think in terms of the 'right' or 'wrong' kind of books. Notwithstanding the fact that it's quite hard to define what makes certain

I don't think it's helpful to think in terms of the 'right' or 'wrong' kind of books. Notwithstanding the fact that it's quite hard to define what makes certain books better/more valuable than others, we should be commending/encouraging any reading of literature, as opposed to, say, just messing around on Reddit all day (I speak from great experience of this!) We should be careful, also, not to be too disparaging of 'Young Adult' fiction. Yes, you may have some shockers in there at the moment, but Jane Eyre, To Kill a Mockingbird, David Copperfield (along with many, many other 'classic' works) would all probably have been considered Young Adult titles if the genre had existed back then. For more: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/is-popular-teen-fiction-like-the-fault-in-our-stars-wasted-on-young-readers-9547232.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/featur...