Our Most Anticipated YA Books September 2024

A fairytale romance with an edge, The Thirteenth Child works layers of lore and intrigue into a quest for love. It’s haunting and heartwarming, all in one.

Populated by characters full of humanity, this is the story of one family over years of coming together and falling apart. At times devastating, it never loses its optimism.

Coming in hot following The Sunbearer Trials, Celestial Monsters pits Teo, Aurelio and Nya against the fate of the world in a heart-stopping duology finale.

Starring a dynamic leading character, Mismatched is the story of matchmaking gone wrong. Friendships will be tested and feelings will be hurt in this tense ride through high school.

Vampires and dark academia collide in this bloody feast of story. There’s romance, there’s revenge, there’s so much red.

This is a book with something to say, packing an action-oriented narrative alongside a political deep dive into the generational gap and the politics that divide us.

So many suspects — some magical, some not — all locked in together. One is the killer.

Trapped in a manor stalked by monsters, two sisters have their work cut out for them. Straight-up eerie from start to finish, this is a terrifying story with tension always looming just out of sight.

If you were devastated by You’ve Reached Sam, then good news! You can be devastated all over again in all the best ways as we join Eric Ly and his journey to overcome loss and rediscover human connection.

It’s a time loop! Stranded on an island, it’s time and time again (and again) to figure out how to make sense of reality and the relationships contained within it.

Tension, magic and angst, oh my! Picking up following the events of House of Marionne, Shadows of Perl throws you right back into the multiple fires that make for compulsive reading.