Today, we’re chatting about a teen with premonition-like powers who must solve her friend’s disappearance, a man overcome with grief trying to find his wife after she mysteriously goes missing, and a reclusive Earl whose life is turned upside down when a stranger shows up on his doorstep with an astonishing proposal. NEEDY LITTLE THINGS […]
Tag: YA thriller
Banned Books Staff Picks (9/26/24)
This month, we’re sharing banned books we love in honor of Banned Books Week! AMANDA’S PICK: THE TALK BY DARRIN BELL This is a graphic memoir by a Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Cartooning that offers a deeply personal meditation on the “the talk” parents must have with Black children about racism and the brutality […]
Booklist YA Webinar Recap (8/13/24)
A big thank you to all who attended today’s Booklist YA webinar! In case you missed it, check out the titles we talked about below, and click here to watch the recording! FOR SHE IS WRATH by Emily Varga | 9781250877383 | 10/29/24THE DEBUTANTES by Olivia Worley | TP: 9781250881465 | HC: 9781250881441 | 10/29/24WHERE […]
Happy Half Hour (8/12/24)
Today, we’re chatting about a group of teens who must solve a murder amidst the glittering world of Mardi Gras in New Orleans, a collection of truly astounding facts based on a hit podcast, and a young girl whose strange obsession with roadkill leads her straight into a crime scene. THE DEBUTANTES by Olivia Worley […]
More Debuts (8/6/24)
We have no shortage of upcoming debuts–from literary fiction to coming of age to YA dark fantasy, and more! ELEVEN PERCENT BY MAREN UTHAUG 9781250329646 | 4/22/25 It is the New Time, a time not so different from our own except that the men are gone. All but eleven percent of them, that is, the […]
Happy Half Hour (6/24/24)
Today, we’re chatting about a group of teens stranded in a monster-infested forest, a secret book mailing operation that leads to a missing person case, and a young woman who rises from social pariah to power in a reimagining of pre-colonial West Africa. WHAT THE WOODS TOOK by Courtney Gould | 9781250340672 | 12/10/24 ROUGH […]
If You Like True Crime…
From a supposed murder being revisited years later on a podcast, to suspicious secrets at an elite private school, to a woman reckoning with being a suspect in a cold case, to a missing person/potential imposter mystery, these novels are for everyone who wants more true crime in their lives! LISTEN FOR THE LIE BY […]
Thriller Thursday (12/14/23)
Get your thrills with a gifted detective investigating nine mysterious deaths, a suburban family embroiled in a murder case, and high school students digging into the strange reappearance of a girl who went missing. BLACK WOLF BY JUAN GÓMEZ-JURADO Available for download on Edelweiss know more. LibraryReads votes due by February 1st. “First seen in…THE […]
YA Spotlight (10/30/23)
We can’t wait for these new YA releases tomorrow–including a teenager searching for answers in Cairo after her parents’ death, ten influencers trying to evade murder on a secluded island, and a young girl learning to access her powers after a disastrous boat crash. WHAT THE RIVER KNOWS: A SECRETS OF THE NILE NOVEL BY […]
YA Spotlight (10/2/23)
Haunting of Hill House meets found-footage horror in this edge-of-your-seat thriller that explores the power of family ties and the trauma that lurks there. WHEN GHOSTS CALL US HOME BY KATYA DE BECERRA As a kid, Sophia stars in her older sister Layla’s amateur horror film. It amasses an army of fanatical fans and gossip […]
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