What to Read Now - Young Adult Books (Paperback)

A selection of new & notable Young Adult (YA) titles in paperback. Also check out our list of New & Notable YA - Hardcover.

Last updated September 9, 2023.

A Scatter of Light By Malinda Lo Cover Image
$12.99
ISBN: 9780525555308
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Published: Dutton Books for Young Readers - September 5th, 2023

The year is 2013, and Aria's plans for a summer in Martha's Vineyard are disrupted in favor of a quiet summer with her artist grandmother in California. Where Aria had expected a boring summer, she's instead introduced to the vibrancy of the working class queer community. A Scatter of Light kindly and tenderly explores many of the experiences of a young person coming into their queer identity, detailing the beauty and pain that can exist while finding and coming home to yourself. This will give you both a heartfelt cry and needed catharsis. --Jordan


All of Our Demise (All of Us Villains #2) By Amanda Foody, C. L. Herman Cover Image
$11.99
ISBN: 9781250789365
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Published: Tor Teen - August 29th, 2023

The Weight of Blood By Tiffany D. Jackson Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9780063029156
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Published: Katherine Tegen Books - September 12th, 2023

Take Me With You When You Go By David Levithan, Jennifer Niven Cover Image
$11.99
ISBN: 9780525581024
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Published: Ember - August 1st, 2023

Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories By Yamile Saied Méndez, Amparo Ortiz, Ricardo López Ortiz (Illustrator) Cover Image
$11.99
ISBN: 9781643754048
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Published: Algonquin Young Readers - September 5th, 2023

Dead Flip By Sara Farizan Cover Image
$11.99
ISBN: 9781643754031
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Published: Algonquin Young Readers - September 5th, 2023

A tight-knit group of friends is shaken when tragedy strikes and one of their own disappears without a trace. With no answers and no closure, the kids drift apart. But then a few years pass and their missing friend randomly shows back up, having not aged a day. I'm a sucker for any story dealing with a supernatural mystery, but then you put it in the 90s - a decade I'm familiar with, being *coughcoughcough* years old - and I'm totally on board. This is a great story about friendship and acceptance, and I couldn't get enough! --Colin


Rust in the Root By Justina Ireland Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9780063038233
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Published: Balzer + Bray - September 12th, 2023

How lucky we are to have another historical fantasy from Justina Ireland! In Rust in the Root, Ireland reimagines the origins of Prohibition, the Dust Bowl and Depression-era America as the result of an ongoing battle between magical philosophies: Dynamism or "the possibilities" vs Mechomancy. In addition to being a devastatingly clever and insightful commentary on the inherently racist roots of capitalism in this country, it's a just a really good story. Makes me wish we all had well-verns in our backyard. --Elese


Tilly in Technicolor By Mazey Eddings Cover Image
$14.00
ISBN: 9781250328120
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Published: Wednesday Books - August 15th, 2023

Aces Wild: A Heist By Amanda DeWitt Cover Image
$12.99
ISBN: 9781682636237
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Published: Peachtree Teen - September 5th, 2023

Secrets Never Die By Vincent Ralph Cover Image
$12.00
ISBN: 9781250882158
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Published: Wednesday Books - August 29th, 2023

Maybe Meant to Be By K. L. Walther Cover Image
$11.99
ISBN: 9781728279343
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Published: Sourcebooks Fire - September 5th, 2023