Every month feels like the best month ever for YA releases, but this time I really, seriously mean it: the sheer saturation of must-reads about to hit shelves is nigh overwhelming. Turn off your phone and climb into your fully-stocked blanket fort. It’s time to read.
September’s embarrassment of bookshelf riches continues this week with strange fantasy, dark sci-fi, horror set in a hungry cornfield, and a topical tale about complicity and guilt. Here are 13 books worth clearing your DVR for right now:
Some great books get nominated for awards, get movie deals, hit bestseller lists, and get so much publicity you can’t swing a stick without hitting a display. Some…don’t. Thanks to some fantastic award picks this year, most notably by the Morris committee (which awards excellence in a debut), this list isn’t quite as long as […]
Some books lend themselves easily to comparisons of books past. Take, for instance, Dhonielle Clayton’s incredible new novel The Belles, which pulls inspiration from Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies—shared ground the authors talked about on the site. But for every new YA book you love, there’s a wonderful book past to serve as a perfect companion read. […]
With fall finally upon us, there’s no better time to curl up with something slightly spooky and a little romantic. When the weather begins to cool down, you can’t ask for a better book to curl up with than a good gothic novel. Now is the time for the subtly supernatural and the hauntingly ominous […]