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Keep up with the latest in new YA books, news about young adult books, and enjoy a wide range of book lists to meet every kind of reading interest.
2025 is already half over, which means we're beginning to think about next year's TBR. Here are 7 exciting new SFF books out in early 2026!
Nature is good for you. Get the data, fire up your sense of wonder, and find inspiration to fuel your climate activism.
These middle grade historical fiction books will whisk young readers across the globe and back in time, from 1960s Oakland to Partition-era Pakistan.
Meet the fabulous, messy, passionate, real Marsha P. Johnson in this definitive new biography by trans activist and artist Tourmaline.
From teens leading in the work against book censorship to a necessary docuseries exposing Christian fundamentalism, catch up on these previous literary activism posts.
What is your favorite thriller set on a plane or train?
It's the perfect season for horror books by trans and nonbinary writers.
Author and YA fan Ray Stoeve shares the inspiration behind their project to document and highlight all of the new YA and MG trans books.