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2025 Quick Picks for Young Adults

from YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association)

FANTASY

RiseThe action and adventure of Percy Jackson meets the com…

The Dark Fable (The Dark Fable #1)Magical heists. Deadly secrets. Come along for the ride…

Relit: 16 Latinx Remixes of Classic StoriesThese sixteen stories by award-winning and bestselling …

Into the Sunken CityIn the slowly sinking city of Coconino, Arizona, the da…

GRAPHIC NOVEL or ILLUSTRATED TEXT

Ghost Roast: A Graphic NovelGhost Roast delivers a paranormal adventure full of fir…

Plain Jane and the MermaidFrom Eisner Award winner Vera Brosgol comes an instant …

In UteroAkira meets Aliens , and Annihilation meets Evangelion …

Hockey Girl Loves Drama BoyNew York Times bestseller Faith Erin Hicks is back with…

Thief of the Heights: A Graphic NovelEnter the world of Muqadas, where the climb to the top …

The Deep DarkFrom Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator, comes a d…

Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the HolocaustCourage to Dream plunges readers into the darkest time …

PearlIn a beautifully crafted and captivating graphic novel …

Lunar New Year Love StoryGraphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham…

HISTORICAL FICTION

My Salty Mary (Mary, #3)Perfect for fans of The Princess Bride and A Gentleman’…

BladestayBe careful who you root for When a violent, decades-lon…

Escaping Mr. RochesterIn this fresh reimagining of Charlotte Brontë’s classic…

HORROR

Aisle Nine: A Dark Coming-of-Age Adventure of Hell Port…“It's Black Friday—and the apocalypse is on sale! Ever…

We Mostly Come Out At Night: 15 Queer Tales of Monsters…An empowering cross-genre YA anthology that explores wh…

Ruin Road"My twin, Lamar, is a phenomenal innovative storyteller…

Your Lonely Nights Are OverScream meets Clueless in this YA horror from Adam Sass …

MYSTERY / THRILLER

That's Not My NameShe thought she had her life back. She was wrong. It wa…

Wander in the DarkIn this new pulse-pounding thriller from the author of …

Better Left BuriedLucy Preston just wants to go on vacation. The beach-sw…

Girls Like HerA raw, gripping, authentic, and boldly original novel a…

Where Wolves Don't DieEzra Cloud hates living in Northeast Minneapolis. His f…

POETRY

Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Bl…Starring thirty-seven poets, with contributions from ac…

REALISTIC FICTION

ShadowedBeloved, award-winning author Carl Deuker serves up ano…

Diet Soda ClubWhen their mom leaves, Reed must care for his sister wh…

Shut Up, This Is SeriousAn unforgettable YA debut about two Latina teens growin…

Stepping OffJesse Dienstag's favorite sweatshirt says, "The real wo…

ROMANCE

Even If It Breaks Your HeartA heart-buckling ride of a romance by beloved author Er…

Every Time You Hear That SongThey say to never meet your idols. But they never said …

Crashing into YouIn this fiercely moving YA romance novel, Leti Rivera's…

The Atlas of UsAtlas James has lost her way. In a last-ditch effort t…

Wild About YouTwo total opposites. One race through the Great Outdoor…

Thanks for ListeningPerfect for fans of Loveless and You Should See Me in a…

The No-Girlfriend RuleJulie Murphy meets Casey McQuiston in this unforgettabl…

EmmettA modern-day gay YA Emma, with the spikey social critiq…

On the Bright SideA hopeful novel about love, disability, and the inevita…

SCIENCE FICTION

The Last Dragon on Mars (The Dragonships #1)A boy living on Mars unexpectedly becomes a dragon ride…

NONFICTION

Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Sec…From award-winning author Candace Fleming, comes the po…

A Deathly Compendium of Poisonous Plants: Wicked Weeds …"Should you encounter any of the plants in this book, d…

Shackled: A Tale of Wronged Kids, Rogue Judges, and a T…Here is the explosive story of the Kids for Cash scanda…

The Girl Who Fought Back: Vladka Meed and the Warsaw Gh…The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is one of history's most pow…

Hurdles in the Dark: My Story of Survival, Resilience, …A Mexican-American teen girl dreams of winning an athle…

Waist-Deep in Dung: A Stomach-Churning Look at the Gros…A hilarious illustrated middle-grade nonfiction offerin…

Loch Ness Uncovered: Media, Misinformation, and the Gre…An extensively researched, myth-busting account of the …

Black Girl You Are AtlasA thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-win…

The Race to Be Myself: A MemoirWorld champion runner Caster Semenya offers an empoweri…

Homebody: A Graphic Memoir of Gender Identity Explorati…In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves a…

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