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Hey YA Readers!
It’s been a quieter week in terms of YA book news, and chances are, we’ll see a quieter few weeks as we roll out of 2021 (but maybe we won’t — it’s been a weird year, so who knows?). The good news is this means you’ve got time to catch up on the latest YA book releases, as well as those books that’ve been teetering on your TBR.
Let’s dive in.
YA Book News
Note: I’ve not included book challenges, as you can follow those weekly on Book Riot. I round ’em up on Fridays, and the previous week’s are linked later in the newsletter.
- Buried in this piece is news of the adaptation of Peter Bognanni’s YA novel Things I’m Seeing Without You.
- I dug this interview with a YA book cover artist, whose work you likely know from the Aristotle and Dante duology.
- A fun look at the most popular Judy Blume books, according to Goodreads users. Her YA titles seem to land somewhere in the middle.
- Have you heard of the Big Library Read from Libby/Overdrive? This program, running through November 15, will let everyone download Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards from their library platforms. Full details and how to take part.
New YA Book Releases
Please note that with supply chain issues, paper supply challenges, and the pandemic more broadly, publication dates are changing at a pace I can’t keep up with. Some release dates may be pushed back. If a book catches your attention, the smartest thing to do right now is to preorder it or request it from your library. It’ll be a fun surprise when it arrives. This goes, too, for any books you might be planning to purchase for the holidays — the sooner you pick up the hard copies, if that’s your preference, the better.
Hardcover
Briar Girls by Rebecca Kim Wells
Dreams Lie Beneath by Rebecca Ross
Every Line of You by Naomi Gibson
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A Face for Picasso by Ariel Henley (nonfiction)
Faith: Greater Heights by Julie Murphy (series)
Fat Angie: Homecoming by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo (series)
Freedom Swimmer by Wai Chim
Gilded by Marissa Meyer
Girls of Fate and Fury by Natasha Ngan (series)
A Hot Mess by Jeff Fleischer (nonfiction)
In The Ballroom with a Candlestick by Diana Peterfreund
Into The Bloodred Woods by Martha Brockenbrough
Margot Mertz Takes It Down by Carrie McCrossen and Ian McWethy
The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath
A Rush of Wings by Laura E. Weymouth
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Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen (series)
Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes
The Story of More: Young Reader Edition by Hope Jahren (nonfiction)
Sway With Me by Syed M. Masood
Terciel and Elinor by Garth Nix (series)
When We Were Them by Laura Taylor Namey
You Can Go Your Own Way by Eric Smith
You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao
Paperback
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Archenemies by Marissa Meyer (series)
Beautiful Wild by Anna Godbersen
Blame It On The Mistletoe by Beth Garrod
The Camelot Betrayal by Kiersten White (series)
Come On In by Adi Alsaid
A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey
The Enigma Game by Elizabeth Wein
Finding My Voice by Marie Myung-Ok Lee
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Food-Related Stories by Gaby Melian (nonfiction)
Going Viral by Katie Cicatelli-Kuc
The Grimrose Girls by Laura Pohl (series)
Lost Roads by Jonathan Maberry (series)
Seven Dirty Secrets by Natalie D. Richards
Storm The Earth by Rebecca Kim Wells (series)
Supernova by Marissa Meyer (series)
Those Who Prey by Jennifer Moffett
Warriors of Wing and Flame by Sara B. Larson (series)
This Week at Book Riot
- A look at the rise of Black horror in YA and middle grade.
- This look at Jewish YA books is fantastic.
- Did “The Girl With The Green Ribbon” scare you as a kid? Here’s a history of the story and some of its modern iterations — including in YA.
- Sink your teeth into some new YA vampire stories.
- How much do you recall about Twilight? Take this quiz to see if you’re (still?) a Twi-hard.
- A roundup of book challenges across the country from the past week or so.
As always, thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you again on Saturday with some YA ebook deals. Monday will launch a series of newsletters focused on YA nonfiction in honor of my favorite bookish celebration, Nonfiction November.
Until then, happy reading!
— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram.