*New & Notable Teen Books - October Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

Updated October 22, 2025
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*New & Notable Teen Books - October Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

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The Prince of Mourning
Bennett, Jenn
Paper Book
Belladonna by Adalyn Grace meets A Study in Drowning in this sizzling gothic romantasy that follows the forbidden romance between a young nurse and a mysterious young man imprisoned by a dangerous occultist. After receiving a strange summons, eighteen-year-old...
These Bodies Ain't Broken
Dyer, Madeline
A monstrous transformation within your own body.A sacrificial imprisonment.A fight to the death against an ancient evil.These stories showcase disabled characters winning against all odds.Outsmarting deadly video games, hunting the predatory monster in the woods, rooting out evil within their...
The dysfunctional family's guide to murder
Emery, Kate
In this hilarious, contemporary YA whodunit, a mystery-loving teen finally gets a chance to solve a real-life crime. But solving a murder is complicated when all the prime suspects are related to you... 14-year-old Ruth was expecting a few fights on her family's vacation at their...
King of the neuro verse
Goodwin, Idris
A powerful, joyful novel in verse about a Black teen with ADHD who finds self-expression and first love during one epic summer school season, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and On the Come Up. For the third summer in a row, Pernell is back in the classroom, facing the...
He's so possessed with me
Liu, Corey
Jennifer's Body meets Heartstopper in this terrifying, tender, and bitingly hilarious supernatural horror about a boy who must save his best friend from a demon that wants to steal his heart--literally.   Ren says he's in love, but Colin...
The leaving room
McBride, Amber
Paper Book
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST! "A must-read." "Achingly tender." "Intimate and astonishing." For fans of You've Reached Sam and If I Stay, a hauntingly beautiful, ultimately hopeful novel-in-verse about a girl in between life and death,...
A Riddle of Thorns
Nanua, Sarena
A Riddle of Thorns is a twisty Dark Academia mystery--glittering, elegant, unsettling, and perfect for fans of Divine Rivals and The Inheritance Games. Sana Gupta has waited years to return to her ancestral home in Paris, with its labyrinthine halls and...
Angelica and the Bear PrinceA Graphic Novel
Nguyen, Trung Le
Being a teenager is no fairy tale . . . but that doesn't mean you can't find a little magic. A high schooler's journey to recover from burnout leads to a surprising romance with a twist from the bestselling author of The Magic Fish. Angelica was the girl who could do...
The Rose Field
Pullman, Philip
The breathtaking conclusion to Philip Pullman's Book of Dust! This landmark trilogy, set in the world readers first glimpsed in The Golden Compass, continues the story of Lyra: "one of fantasy's most indelible heroines" (The New York Times Magazine). "It's a...
The Dark Cove Theatre Society
Riley, Sierra Marilyn
An aspiring young actor must find her place at a cutthroat arts boarding school in this gothic YA debut for fans of Ace of Spades and If We Were Villains. Violet Costantino knows she is already on thin ice this school year: her scholarship has taken a significant hit due to her panic...
A curious kind of magic
Rutherford, Mara
"If anyone's looking for me, I live in this book now." - Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling author of Strange the Dreamer and Daughter of Smoke & Bone Howl's Moving Castle meets Little Thieves in this cozy fantasy about the teenage...
Never, ever after
Tan, Sue Lynn
Paper Book
Not all fairy tales end happily ever after in this powerful and fierce reimagining of Cinderella by the bestselling author of Daughter of the Moon Goddess--for fans of Renée Ahdieh, Tahereh Mafi, and Stephanie Garber. Order now and...
Don't forget to breathe
Waxelbaum, Sara
"Earnest, evocative, and unapologetically tender. Don't Forget to Breathe is the sort of love story that wears its heart on its sleeve." - Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon Vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda and Imogen, Obviously
And the river drags her down
Yun, Jihyun
She has always known the rules: Never resurrect anything larger than the palm of her hand. But that was before her sister died. . . . The stunning hardcover of And the River Drags Her Down features gorgeous stenciled edges and a matching case stamp! "Yun...
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