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New YA Book Releases This Week, April 16, 2025

The new releases include a West African fantasy, a luscious and queer Latine romance, and a contemporary autistic and Black story.

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Winning at Love: 6 Diverse YA Sports Romances

These diverse YA romances feature first love between rival basketball teams, a Muay Thai fighter battling for approval, and more.

New YA Book Releases This Week, April 9, 2025

This week's new YA book releases lean into nerdiness and queer romance. Dive on into some excellent reads.

Celebrate Poetry With These 2025 YA Verse Novels

2025 is an incredible year for YA verse novels. Dive into over a dozen new releases hitting shelves this year written partially or fully in poetry.

New YA Book Releases This Week, April 2, 2025

From a gay take on Emma to a work of horror in translation from Norway, dive into this week's new YA book releases in hardcover and paperback.

Catch Up on March’s YA Book News

There is so much YA adaptation news!

New YA Book Releases This Week, March 26, 2025

Two new dark academia stories, a story of rage, and more of this week's new YA book releases.

New YA Nonfiction and Comics Out in March

Dive into the new YA comics and YA nonfiction hitting shelves this month.

New YA Book Releases, March 19, 2025

Read your way into the best new YA book releases this week.