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Must-Read Young Adult

Kelcy selects the young adult fiction for DCL—she knows the best new titles hitting our shelves. Put some (or all) on hold to discover something a little different, and enjoy!

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  • An unputdownable thriller in which 17-year-old Eva must solve her boyfriend's murder while interviewing to attend Oxford, her dream school.
    Book, 2026[New York, N.Y.] : Wednesday Books, 2026. — Y DAVISFEATHERSTONE, R
  • This cottagecore adventure follows Calisa as her heartbreak getaway turns to chaos when her great-aunt disappears from the magical and unruly Faraway Inn.
    Book, 2026New York : Delacorte Press, 2026. — Y DURST, S
  • Schitt's Creek fans will love this heartfelt and funny story of a teen influencer who gets a reality check when her family files for bankruptcy and must move from LA to an old farmhouse in a small town.
    Book, 2026New York, NY : Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2026. — Y SHIM, G
  • Aurora never expected to become entwined with the legend of her village Reverie: the Sun fell in love with a mortal and bestowed a gift of light to her lover when she returned to the sky. Now, Aurora has manifested the Starmaker power and must learn…
    Book, 2026Naperville, IL : Sourcebooks fire, [2026] — Y GRIFFIN, R
  • Having suffered a TBI that caused memory loss during a fire that killed her best friend, Steffi and the rest of the fractured friend group are invited back to the escape room where it happened. But this time there's a killer out to get them all.
    Book, 2026[New York] : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2026. — Y WLOSOK, V
  • A vibrant, Irish-inspired fantasy set in a world where dragons soar and magic is a privilege reserved for the elite. When Ionáin fails to channel power at the Reckoning, his commoner friend Éadha secretly funnels magic to him.
    Book, 2026[New York, N.Y.] : Viking, [2026] — Y OSULLIVAN, C
  • Lydia Chen's focus on being a figure skating champion is interrupted when her rival, Elaine Yee, joins the same training camp. Bonded by the immense pressure, the pair become friends and may even find love.
    Book, 2026New York, New York : Dial Books, 2026. — YGN KON, A
  • In a land destroyed by dragons and constantly attacked, Isola lives in the last human settlement and was named Valor Reborn after surviving a past dragon attack. Now she has to prove herself in this romantasy.
    Book, 2026Shrewsbuury, PA : Mayhem Books, an imprint of Entangled Publishing, 2026. — Y KOVA, E
  • After a letter from the future claims to come from her true love, Emma is pulled into a sweet, time‑twisting mystery to uncover who he might be. Her search pushes her to rethink love, family, and the future she wants.
    Book, 2026New York : Sarah Barley Books/Simon & Schuster, [2026] — Y JEAN, E
  • Mindworks

    An Uncanny Compendium of Short Fiction

    Shusterman, Neal
    Shusterman's short stories span from hilarious laugh-out-loud comedy, to weird, to completely horrifying in this anthology of sci-fi, dystopia, and horror.
    Book, 2025New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2025. — Y SHUSTERMAN, N