Y.A.

Updated May 21, 2026
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The counselors
Goodman, Jessica
Paper Book
"A nervy, intense, and expertly crafted thriller that kept me hooked page after page. Dark secrets? Summer camp setting? Complex teen girls? Murder? Count me in. A simply stunning book." -Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces, You'd Be Home Now,<...

Also available in e-book format

Run home
Bermudez, Alyssa.
Paper Book
This heartrending graphic memoir by Alyssa Bermudez (Big Apple Diaries) is a moving and unforgettable story about inner strength, healing, and finding hope. It's 2002, and 14-year-old Alyssa is a freshman at a new high school where she knows NO ONE and the...
49 miles alone
Richards, Natalie D.
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of Five Total Strangers and Seven Dirty Secrets, a tense new thriller! Four days alone in the desert. Except they're not as alone as they think. A year ago, Katie and her cousin Aster survived a night that left...
While We're Young
Walther, K. L.
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A whirlwind romance inspired by Ferris Bueller's Day Off about four friends whose hearts are broken and mended over the course of an epic senior skip day--from the bestselling author of The Summer of Broken Rules! Grace, Isa, and...
Starchaser
Gray, R. M.
Paper Book
I am vengeance. Fury. Power. Layered with devastating revelations and twisty romance, this heart-pounding sequel to Nightweaver will leave readers racing toward the truth about Aster and her destiny. Seventeen-year-old pirate Aster Oberon...
The summer of broken rules
Walther, K. L.
Ebook
A romance novel inspired by the songs of Taylor Swift! *NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* This BookTok sensation is perfect for fans of Jenny Han's The Summer I Turned Pretty and Sarah Dessen's Along for the Ride. Meredith's family's annual game of assassin at Martha's...
The last bookstore on Earth
Braun-Arnold, Lily
Paper Book
The instant New York Times bestseller. A heartbreaking and high-stakes story of queer love and survival set against the backdrop of a climate change apocalypse, this book is Station Eleven and The Last of Us meets All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown.

Available in Paper

Sunrise on the reaping
Collins, Suzanne
Paper Book
The Hawthorne legacy
Barnes, Jennifer Lynn
Paper Book
Intrigue, riches, and romance abound in this thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Inheritance Games, perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson. The Inheritance Games ended with a bombshell, and now heiress Avery Grambs has...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. the fifth turtle. Jennika
Eastman, Kevin B.
Paper Book
The newest member of the TMNT team, Jennika, embarks on her own adventures in these standalone stories! First, relive the events that led up to Jennika's mutation into a Turtle. Then, as she tries to acclimate to life as a mutant, she must come to terms with both her troubled...
Escape Game
Meyer, Marissa.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * An unforgettable young adult murder mystery set in an escape-room themed game show filled with sabotage, betrayal, and puzzles to die for. "An absolute winner--sharp, suspenseful, and so much fun." --Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times...
As long as the lemon trees grow
Katouh, Zoulfa
Paper Book
A love letter to Syria and its people, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow is a speculative novel set amid the Syrian Revolution, burning with the fires of hope, love, and possibility. Perfect for fans of The Book Thief and Salt to the Sea.
Destroy the day
Kemmerer, Brigid
Paper Book
_______________ 'A kinetic tale of the tension between duty, love and trust' - Cassandra Clare 'Defy the Night is everything I crave in a fantasy romance' - Stephanie Garber 'Addicting from page one!' - Jennifer L. Armentrout __...

#3 in the Series

Hollow
Grothe, Taylor.
Paper Book
Don't Let the Forest In meets The Whispering Dark in a queer YA cult horror following a recently diagnosed autistic teen who becomes enmeshed in a community of outcasts harboring sinister secrets. "One of the best horror novels of the year, full stop. Haunting...
What happens after midnight
Walther, K. L.
Paper Book
Lily Hopper has two more weeks until she's officially finished with boarding school. With graduation quickly approaching Lily is worried that she's somehow missed out on the fun of being in high school. So, when she receives a mysterious note inviting her to join the anonymous senior class Jester in...
The final gambit
Barnes, Jennifer Lynn
Paper Book
Avery's fortune, life, and loves are on the line in the game that everyone will be talking about. To inherit billions, all Avery has to do is survive a few more weeks in Hawthorne House. The paparazzi are dogging her every step. Financial pressures are building. Danger is a fact...
Nightweaver
Gray, R. M.
Paper Book
For seventeen-year-old pirate Aster Oberon and her family, life at sea has been a refuge from Nightweavers - mystical beings with elemental powers that rule the land. But when the Oberons are finally defeated in an epic battle that shatters Aster's world, they are thrust into a new life...
The backstagers. Volume one: Rebels without applause
Tynion, James, IV
Paper Book
When Jory transfers to an all-boys private high school, he's taken in by the only ones who don't treat him like a new kid, the lowly stage crew known as the Backstagers. Not only does he gain great, lifetime friends, Jory is also introduced to an entire magical world that lives beyond the...

First in the Series

Enola Holmes and the clanging coffin
Springer, Nancy
Paper Book
Song of freedom, song of dreams : a novel in verse
Green, Shari
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE 2025 GEOFFREY BILSON AWARD FOR HISTORICAL FICTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE From award-winning verse novelist Shari Green comes an unforgettable story of friendship, first love, and an impossible choice between integrity and duty, family and friends, all while fighting...
Dungeons and drama
Boyce, Kristy
Paper Book
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER . When it comes to romance, sometimes it doesn't hurt to play games. A fun YA romcom full of fake dating hijinks! A COSMOPOLITAN BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR No one loves musicals more than Riley Morris-her dream is to be a...
Under the same stars
Bray, Libba
Paper Book
'Under the Same Stars will leave you shattered and wildly hopeful' E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars and Genuine Fraud 'Stirring and absolutely unforgettable' Samira Ahmed, New York Times-bestselling author of Internment and...
Firekeeper's daughter
Boulley, Angeline.
Paper Book
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick! A Printz Medal AND Morris Award Winner! Soon to be adapted at Netflix for TV with President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's production company, Higher Ground.

Available in Ebook

The Rosewood hunt
Reed, Mackenzie
Paper Book
Irresistible intrigue, captivating suspense, a swoony friends-to-rivals-to-lovers romance, and heartbreaking betrayal drive this thrilling debut novel that is perfect for fans of The Inheritance Games and Knives Out. Lily Rosewood has lived with her grandmother since her dad...
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