Some great books get nominated for awards, get movie deals, hit bestseller lists, and get so much publicity you can’t swing a stick without hitting a display. Some…don’t. Thanks to some fantastic award picks this year, most notably by the Morris committee (which awards excellence in a debut), this list isn’t quite as long as […]
Can you feel it? That sheer glow of so many favorite authors converging on a single month in ac plot to empty our wallets? This September’s releases bring together authors who haven’t published YA in years, highly anticipated sequels, sophomores from some of the most notable debuts in years, and brand-new voices guaranteed to change the way […]
Get ready to have your mind blown in some very different ways by today’s releases! Whether it’s reading a multigenerational epic from perspectives you’ve never seen before or grieving along with a teen exploring her asexuality in Hawaii or discovering brand-new fantasy that’s epic in all the ways, or prepping yourself for Halloween by reading […]
Welcome back, sophomores! We loved their first books, we’ve anxiously awaited their followups, and now they are magically almost here. While they’re dominated by contemporary (largely because this post is strictly for standalones; great in-series sophomore novels can be found as part of the upcoming sequels preview), they range from sweet summer romance to sweeping intergenerational, […]
It may have crept up slowwwwly as a trend, but YA anthologies are all the rage the days, giving readers a chance to get glimpses of their favorites’ short fiction skills alongside new-to-them names and to get some glorious and diverse variety within the realms of cool themes and topics that don’t get nearly enough […]
