These titles have been suggested by the team or through the title suggestion form, read by multiple team members, and ...

I wanted to illustrate “In Case You Read This” to not just be about trans teens, but two particular trans teens. And Gabe, ...

In this powerful installment of the YALSA HUB Advisory Board’s Banned Book Series, we sit down with acclaimed author Lamar ...

2014 Teens’ Top Ten: Everything You Need to Know About Rainbow Rowell The Teens’ Top Ten is a “teen choice” list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Nominators ...

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath: So, yes – my very favorite book of all time. Originally published under a pseudonym in 1963, The Bell Jar tells the semi-autobiographical tale of Sylvia’s time in New ...

Phoebe, or “Phibs” as her friends call her, has always felt a calling to the ocean. With her scuba diving buddies, The Salt Squad, she explores the sea and its treasures surrounding her home in the ...

Summerween, the celebration of Halloween during the summer months, is upon us! Join us as we highlight horror books that will ...

Up in Smoke by Nick Brooks Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) / Macmillan Publication Date: May 5, 2025 ISBN: 9781250359933 Up in Smoke opens with a murder at a Black Lives Matter protest sparked by a recent ...

The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner Bloomsbury Publication Date: April 29, 2025 ISBN: 9781547616398 Finn Connelly is in big trouble – he’s about to fail seventh grade if he doesn’t complete a ...

The History of Everything by Victoria Evans HarperAlley / HarperCollins Publication Date: February 18th, 2025 ISBN-13: 9780063268906 Agnes and Daisy are goth besties who do everything together: ...

Extra Large by Tyler Page First Second Publication Date: March 11, 2025ISBN-13: 978-1250851567 It’s the beginning of seventh grade and Tyler is starting to notice that things have changed. There are ...

The Selected Lists teams read throughout the year in search of the best titles published in their respective categories. Once a book is suggested (either internally or through the title suggestion ...