One City One Book Recommendations: Coming Of Age

If you run a One City One Book program and are looking specifically for coming-of-age books for your selection this year, look no further! For even more recommendations of all genres, check out this post and this Edelweiss catalog. THE HOUSE OF FORTUNE by Jessie Burton9781639731626Trade paperback available 7/9/24 Alive with the magic of eighteenth-century […]

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2023 Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers List

Check out these fantastic titles included in YALSA’s 2023 Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers List!! DAUGHTER by Kate McLaughlin (in the top ten!!) HOMETOWN VICTORY: A Coach’s Story of Football, Fate, and Coming Home by Keanon Lowe OUR CROOKED HEARTS by Melissa Albert THESE DEADLY GAMES by Diana Urban THIS GOLDEN STATE by Marit Weisenberg WHEN […]

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2023 Best Fiction for Young Adults

We’re thrilled to have 7 titles on YALSA’s 2023 Best Fiction for Young Adults list! ALL OF US VILLAINS by Amanda Foody and C.L. Herman HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE by Dahlia Adler I KISSED SHARA WHEELER by Casey McQuiston I’M THE GIRL by Courtney Summers OUR CROOKED HEARTS by Melissa Albert THIS VICIOUS GRACE by Emily […]

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Kirkus Best Books of 2022 – YA

Feast your eyes on Kirkus‘ Best YA Books of 2022! Best YA Fiction of 2022 FULL FLIGHT by Ashley Schumacher Best YA Romance of 2022 BEATING HEART BABY by Lio Min Best YA Mystery and Thriller of 2022 I’M THE GIRL by Courtney Summers Best YA Horror of 2022 OUR CROOKED HEARTS by Melissa Albert […]

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Booklist Editors’ Choice 2022

The smart folks over at Booklist have released their Editors’ Choice lists for 2022! Adult Books: DUCKS: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate BeatonEQUAL PARTNERS: Improving Gender Equality at Home by Kate ManginoTHE VIRAL UNDERCLASS: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide by Steven W. ThrasherIF I SURVIVE YOU by Jonathan EscofferyTHE […]

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SLJ’s Best YA Books of 2022

School Library Journal selected five of our books for their list of Best YA Books of 2022! OUR CROOKED HEARTS by Melissa Albert“This is a multi-genre, coming-of-age story that explores diverse relationships that teens will relate to. Albert’s fast-paced storytelling is both thrilling and accessible, with her descriptive similes, knowledge of the occult, and imaginative […]

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Booklist 2022 Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror Spotlight

Booklist knows the Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror books you’ll want on your shelves this year! TOP 10 SF/FANTASY & HORROR NETTLE & BONE by T. Kingfisher THE ESSENTIALS: SF/FANTASY & HORROR CLI-FI GOLIATH by Tochi OnyebuchiA HALF-BUILT GARDEN by Ruthanna Emrys TOP 10 SF/FANTASY & HORROR DEBUTS 40 by Alan HeathcockTHE BOOK EATERS by Sunyi DeanMANHUNT by Gretchen Felker-MartinA MARVELLOUS […]

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PW’s Best Summer Reads 2022

Publishers Weekly picked the Summer 2022 books that should be on your radar: Staff Picks EVERYTHING I NEED I GET FROM YOU: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It by Kaitlyn TiffanyTHE THIRD PERSON by Emma Grove Fiction CULT CLASSIC by Sloane Crosley Mystery/Thriller THE KINGDOMS OF SAVANNAH by George Dawes GreenLAST CALL […]

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Day’s YA: OUR CROOKED HEARTS

OUR CROOKED HEARTS by Melissa Albert97812508263676/28/2022Flatiron BooksAges 14-18 E-galley is available on Edelweiss and NetGalley Dana and Ivy are mother and daughter, and they’re inextricably linked not only by their blood, but also by their connection to the supernatural. Ivy is seventeen, and is just discovering the secrets that have been kept from her for […]

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2022 YA Starred Reviews Round-Up (so far)

These YA reads are all pretty stellar, but don’t just take our word for it check out what Booklist, Publishers Weekly, BCCB, and Kirkus Reviews have to say in their starred reviews! WAKING ROMEO by Kathryn Barker9781250174109 | available now “Packed with Shakespearean references both playful and somber . . . This breathtaking, meticulously plotted […]

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