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Hey YA Readers!
I hope you’re finding whatever it is you need in this final month of 2021: comfort, joy, rest….a sigh of relief? As someone who struggles with this time of year, I see those of you who are in the same space. I’m still in early October mentally, finding solace in mainlining YA horror books (I like them all year, but usually not in this quantity!).
Since last week there wasn’t a newsletter on Thursday, let’s catch up on the last couple of weeks of book news and new books.
YA Book News
- The best YA books of 2021 from School Library Journal. There are also a nice array of YA titles on their best audiobooks list, their best nonfiction, and the best graphic novels.
- Here’s an excerpt from the upcoming Here’s To Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera.
- Speaking of Adam Silvera, guess who just announced new books in the They Both Die at the End universe?
- Marie Lu’s Legend books are being developed into a series.
- This forthcoming YA book — a thriller starring Black and Brown boys — sounds outstanding. That it hit the Associated Press is a big deal!
- Sarah Enni’s podcast First Draft hit a huge milestone. Here’s a really nice piece about the podcast — it’s one YA readers will love.
- YA author Tiffany Schmidt talks about her recent book being caught up in the supply chain slow down. This is a great look at why so many books have had their publication dates change in the last few months.
New YA Books
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.
These releases include the books which hit shelves last week, as well as this week. We’re hitting a quieter time in publishing, so anticipate shorter roundups here through the end of 2021.
Hardcover
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You’ll Be The Death of Me by Karen M. McManus
Paperback
Good Girls Die First by Kathryn Foxfield
Killer Content by Kiley Roache
Outer Banks by Alyssa Sheinmel (tie-in novel)
Ruinsong by Julia Ember
Still With Me by Jessica Cunsolo
Warmaidens by Kelly Coon
Don’t forget you can get three free audiobooks at Audiobooks.com with a free trial!
YA Book Talk on Book Riot
- YA fantasy books with love triangles.
- Not all of these lovers-to-enemies books are YA books, but there are some YA books included on this fabulous lovers-to-enemies book list.
- “I recently started a reread of Tamora Pierce’s Song of the Lioness books for the second time in less than six months without realizing it. This is unusual for me, because I am not much of a rereader, so I began to examine why I keep coming back to the story of a girl who will stops at nothing to become a knight in a country that doesn’t believe that that’s something a woman should do. Like most of us, I’m going through a period of change, and Alanna reminds me of the value of perseverance.”
- YA books featuring a night to remember.
- This is a chilling story about school police censoring teens in their own classroom….and how the teens responded.
- A collection of YA books with little or no romance.
- Read your way into these excellent teen literary journals created by teens.
- This was so fun to put together: ’90s franchise and tie-in novels you’ve forgotten.
- Finally, a roundup of YA remixes of Little Women.
As always, thanks for hanging out. I hope you’re reading your next favorite book, and we’ll see you again on Saturday with some YA ebook deals.
— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram