16 YA authors whose books we love dish on some of their favorite reads of 2015. We apologize for any damage done to the load-bearing structure of your to-be-read lists.
I’m a sucker for weird YA, vivid world-building, powerful girls, uncanny boys, enchanted objects, lush imagery, monsters with human faces, and the thin places between the mundane and the magic, so next year’s crop of fresh fantasy has me lying atop my pile of books like Smaug on his hoard. 2016 will herald the close of irresistible series from authors […]
This month’s most anticipated teen novels take young readers on trips across time, into dark dystopias, and, most dangerously of all, into the halls of a modern-day high school under siege. From a paranormal standalone by The Selection author Kiera Cass, to a series starter from The Darkest Minds author Alexandra Bracken, these are the […]
We’re exploding into 2016 with a to-be-read list so unwieldy it has grown different heads like a hydra (emails, Notes drafts, random pieces of paper, internet lists, elaborately decorated cakes…). January kicks off a crazy exciting year of new books with series starters everyone wants, ballsy concepts that will terrify and fascinate, subversive fantasies, and funny, updated noir. […]
If you have any question about the excellence of 2016’s crop of fresh YA, just look to today’s releases, the very first to hit in the new year. From deeply bonded witches on the run, to a high school student offering a very hands-on public service, to a “Chosen One” facing life after failure, these are the characters […]