Teenagers read a lot, but what are they passionate about? What catches their attention? The latest Reading and purchasing habits barometer prepared by the Catalan Institute of Cultural Companies (ICEC) gave very optimistic figures: in 2024, 75.3% of young people between 14 and 24 years old read in their free time. In terms of language, the barometer itself shows that 45.3% of these young readers read in Catalan. However, there are sales data (not reading data) that show a higher percentage for books in Spanish. "Last Sant Jordi, at Abacus, in young adult literature, 17% were sold in Catalan, compared to 83% in Spanish. There is a very high and varied offer of titles in Spanish that are not available in Catalan," says Pema Maymó, editorial director of the children's and young adult literature labels of Abacus Futur. There are many publishers that publish in Spanish that have enthusiastically focused on literature that some describe as young adult and others Romance and fantasyIn many cases, the phenomenon has been driven by platforms like Wattpad and recommendations to TikTok and Instagram. bookstore owners either bookstagrammers.