Our Most Anticipated YA Books May 2024

If you’ve been patiently waiting for the next season of The Summer I Turned Pretty, this friends-to-lovers romance is the perfect fix.

A heartbreaking and hopeful novel of addiction and recovery from a winner of the Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent.

Korean historical drama meets murder mystery in this propulsive detective story perfect for fans of Holly Jackson.

Get ready to read this one from behind your fingers; this tense, thrilling sequel to The Girls I’ve Been packs in higher stakes and even bigger lies…

If you were obsessed with Percy Jackson, this is your next step. Jennifer Armentrout’s Covenant series combines Greek myth with adventure and budding romance.

A story of memory and the way we hold on to trauma, this historical narrative is a rich and powerful novel perfect for fans of Alan Gratz.

Original and accessible high fantasy with all the fixings — magnificent beasts, dynamic characters, innovative magic and so much more.

Leaving for college is complicated enough, but what if you don’t even know the truth of your own story? Dark academia and magic collide in this fresh fantasy perfect for fans of Legendborn.

Revisit a swirl of fae, werewolves and more at The Calder Academy in a deluxe and limited edition of the first installment of the fabulous series from Tracy Wolff.

We’ll read anything Natasha Preston writes; this thriller that asks how far would you go to protect the status quo is — hands-down — a total winner.

Calling all fans of Mercedes Ron and Jandy Nelson — we have the next addition to your #TBR. This is a story of love, friendship and betrayal… and the realization that our loved ones aren’t always who they seem.

A retelling of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night built around an MMORPG and a protagonist exploring who they really are in the freedom of a virtual space. But with a meaningful relationship brewing, the balancing act between real life and virtual alter-ego is about to get complicated.