Our Most Anticipated New YA Book Releases of September 2022

Fans of Once Upon a Broken Heart won’t want to miss this pulse-pounding, magical sequel. Fraught with Stephanie Garber’s signature twists and turns, The Ballad of Never After is an atmospheric return to a fairytale world that will leave readers enthralled through the very last page.

Chloe Gong is back with the start of another duology full of historical Shanghai, a pair of spies, and murder. With individual agendas, secrets, and a conspiracy to unravel, prepare to get lost in this riveting story that will keep you on your toes.

The first-ever graphic novel in Leigh Bardugo’s beloved Grishaverse is a stunning prequel to the Shadow and Bone series following the early days of The Darkling. This origin story of one of the Grishaverse’s most notorious villains is a must-read for Bardugo fans old and new.

The beloved author of The Cemetery Boys is back with the first installment of a Mexican-inspired fantasy duology that will have readers on the edge of their seats through a series of trials with the highest of stakes with fame, glory, and survival on the line.

Filled with magic, romance, betrayal, and so much more, this second book in the Defy the Night series is just as captivating as the first volume with a shocking ending sure to leave readers clamoring for the next installment.

This swoonworthy romance is perfect for K-drama fans as well as anyone who loves childhood best friends-to-lovers romances. With a summer romance spurred on by change, friendship, and embracing one’s heritage, Seoulmates is certain to keep readers swooning.

Get ready to sleep with your lights on because Tiffany D. Jackson has returned with another horror novel that will make shivers rip down readers’ spines. Tackling America’s history and legacy of racism through a Georgian high school’s first integrated prom, The Weight of Blood will chill anyone reading Maddy’s story and as they learn about the bullying video that starts it all.

Set at an eerie seaside theater camp, Secrets So Deep is a haunting, edge-of-your-seat paranormal thriller about a girl trying to uncover the truth behind her mother’s mysterious death at the same camp twelve years earlier. Twists and turns on every page make this mystery unputdownable.

This unmissable conclusion to Kerri Maniscalco’s stunning Kingdom of the Wicked series follows Emilia and the Prince of Wrath on one final journey that reveals shocking truths readers will never see coming.

1 tropical island, 2 Victorian ghosts, and 1 girl trying not to get trapped for eternity like the ghosts all await readers in this thrilling story about an eerie paradise where the dark, tangled secrets are interwoven with the beautiful beaches and full forests. Prepare yourself for this unputdownable read and find out if the secrets of the island will be unravelled or if the island will trap yet another victim.

Historical fiction and crime writing collide in this clever and captivating mystery set against the backdrop of World War II. With a serial killer on the loose, it’s up to Kit Sutherland and her fellow female codebreakers to uncover who is behind the gruesome homicides targeting fellow government girls.This sweeping atmospheric tale boasts high-stakes action, terrifying monsters, and a dystopian setting perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and The Scorpio Races

Get ready for this stand-alone modern reimagining of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. This supernatural story is full of twists and turns that interweaves the past and present through the presence of a journal, and the stakes couldn’t be higher with a two-hundred-year-old secret, its repercussions on a teen girl, and the need to protect what one truly loves

This sweeping atmospheric tale boasts high-stakes action, terrifying monsters, and a dystopian setting perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and The Scorpio Races.