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8 of the Most Anticipated YA Debuts of 2023

Prepare your preorder lists or library holds, YA readers! Get ready to mark your calendars for the most anticipated YA debuts of 2023.

9 Essential YA Nonfiction Books About Black History

These books about Black history, including Stamped: Racism, Anti-racism, and You by Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, are written to be accessible to teens and introduce essential information about the history of the USA.

11 Popular Teen Books for 2022

Teen fiction is in for a treat this year, with the publication of a huge number of exciting books. Check out the popular teen books of 2022, including Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi.

Extra Credit: Bookishly Honoring the Victims of the Atlanta Shootings

Hannah invites Japanese-American author Misa Sugiura to the podcast to discuss some AAPI YA authors that are a little more under the radar than the ones you've heard of.

10 Middle Grade Books Teens Want You To Read Right Now

A librarian on the most popular middle grade books in circulation and flying off the shelves of one high school library.

7 Diverse Jewish Children’s and YA Books

Add to your library and expand your knowledge of the Jewish community with this selection of diverse Jewish children’s and YA books, like Color Me In by Natasha Diaz.

Volunteer as Tribute and Take the Hardest YA Quiz!

Only super readers can pass this hardest YA quiz packed with trivia about the most popular YA books and authors of the last decade.

Millennial Pink YA Books

I'm not telling you to turn these gorgeous millennial pink YA books into the perfect bookstagram aesthetic shelf, but I'm also not NOT telling you that.

Coming Back to YA as an Older Reader

A reader on returning to YA books--what that reading experience looks like as an adult and parent, and the books that pulled her back in.

YA Books for Every Introverted Myers-Briggs Type