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Kelly and Erica look back on 8 years of Hey YA, highlighting their favorite (and messy!) YA moments, their most memorable episodes, and some YA books they think deserve more attention. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Ready for a cozy, bookish autumn? Let Tailored Book Recommendations help you find your next favorite read with handpicked suggestions from professional book nerds. Get started today from just $18! Memorable Moments: Hey YA episode “Podcasting While Eating Chocolate Cake” Hey YA episode “I See a Cat, I Like It” How YA Twitter Took Down a Best-Seller Pretender The Blues Traveler Story The Worst Bestsellers Episode on Handbook for Mortals “A History of Buying Books Onto the Bestseller List”  Hey YA episode "I'm Optimistic Because It Saved My Life" Noor.org Books Discussed: East by Edith Pattou Frost by Marianna Baer  Invisible Son by Kim Johnson The Suffragist’s Guide to the Antarctic by Yi Shun Lai The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros 13 Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby Aya by Marguerite Abouet The Cuffing Game by Lyla Lee This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first half of this two-part episode, Erica goes back in time to the late '80s with Mariko Tamaki's and Nicole Goux's sapphic murder mystery This Place Kills Me. Next, Kelly Jensen speaks to Hannah V. Sawyerr about her novel-in-verse Truth Is. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Ready for a cozy, bookish autumn? Let Tailored Book Recommendations help you find your next favorite read with handpicked suggestions from professional book nerds. Get started today from just $18! Show Notes: This Place Kills Me by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Nicole Goux Nicole Goux's current reading list: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Audiobook), The Corus Wave by Karenza Sparks Mariko Tamaki's current reading list: Collected Millar by Margaret Millar, My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones, The Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo Follow Mariko Tamaki on Instagram and Nicolce Goux on Instagram The Turnaway Study Brave New Voices When Devils Sing by Xan Kaur Six Truths and a Lie by Ream Shukairy Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo Plan A by Deb Caletti Ask Me How I Got Here by Christine Heppermann Find Hannah V. Sawyerr on Instagram and TikTok. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly and Erica highlight the best of September's new YA books, including some feminist nonfiction, thrilling mysteries, goth-y fun, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Ready for a cozy, bookish autumn? Let Tailored Book Recommendations help you find your next favorite read with handpicked suggestions from professional book nerds. Get started today from just $18! Show Notes: Self-Silencing Is Making Women Sick Twilight Will Be Back in Theaters This October The Story of My Anger by Jasminne Mendez YA Novels in Verse for 2025 Truth Is by Hanna V. Sawyerr Arm in Arm: The Grimke Sisters' Fight for Abolition and Women' s Rights by Angelica Shirley Carpenter Loudmouth: Emma Goldman vs. America by Deborah Heiligman You’ve Goth My Heart by L.C. Rosen By Invitation Only by Alexandra Brown Chang When We Were Monsters by Jennifer Niven The Secret History by Donna Tartt Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley Blood Moon by Britney S. Lewis Through Our Teeth by Pamela N. Harris Who’s All Going (To Die)? by Lisa Springer If Looks Could Kill by Julie Berry This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica highlights some new YA genre-bending thrillers and Kelly talks with YA author Candace Fleming about her latest book, Death in the Jungle, as well as cults and YA nonfiction. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Ready for a cozy, bookish autumn? Let Tailored Book Recommendations help you find your next favorite read with handpicked suggestions from professional book nerds. Get started today from just $18! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Show Notes: The Devil's in the Dancers by Catherine Yu Roar of the Lambs by Jamison Shea When Devils Sing by Xan Kaur Empty Heaven by Freddie Kölsch Predatory Natures by Amy Goldsmith Death in the Jungle by Candace Fleming The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming The Great and Only Barnum by Candace Fleming "What Makes for Good YA Nonfiction" from School Library Journal Wake the Wild Creatures by Nova Ren Suma The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater All Thirteen by Christina Soontornvat Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed Cultish by Amanda Montell The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams Underground by Haruki Murakami A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina The Color of a Lie by Kim Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly and Erica discuss the latest media they've been consuming and the YA books coming out in August that they're most excited about. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Book Riot is hiring a digital content specialist! If you love books and know the ins and outs of social media strategy, and especially social video, consider joining the team. Find details and apply by August 22, 2025, at riotnewmedia.com/careers. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: Tin House Workshop Legendary Fry Bread Drive-In edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith A Beautiful and Terrible Murder by Claire M. Andrews Songs for Ghosts by Clara Kumagai The L.O.V.E. Club by Lio Min White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War, Then Rewrote the History by Ann Bausum The Next Generation United Daughters of the Confederacy: Book Censorship News, April 28, 2023 Tall Water by SJ Sindu, Dion MBD Rosa By Any Other Name by Hailey Alcaraz Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez This Place Kills Me by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Nicole Goux What Hunger by Catherine Dang Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-Opoku Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica talks queer YA graphic novels you should read and Kelly speaks with author and activist Frederick Joseph. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations is here to help! TBR delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. You can get your recommendations via email, or receive hardcovers or paperbacks in the mail. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Plans start at just $18! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag Daybreak Volume One by Moosopp The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1 by Mokumokuren, Ajani Oloye (Translator) The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen Brooms By Jasmine Walls, Teo Duvall (Illustrator) This Thing of Ours by Frederick Joseph The Black Friend by Frederick Joseph Ruin Road by Lamar Giles Hey YA interview with Lamar Giles Dwyane Wade The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir On the Come Up by Angie Thomas The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze by Derrick Barnes Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo 24 Seconds From Now . . . by Jason Reynolds Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas Nic Stone Gayle Forman Ibi Zoboi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danika joins Kelly this week to talk about exciting new YA books that hit shelves in June and July, as well as to talk the best YA books of 2025 so far. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations is here to help! TBR delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. You can get your recommendations via email, or receive hardcovers or paperbacks in the mail. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Plans start at just $18! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News: Best YA books of 2025 So Far Trailer for Mason Deaver’s I Wish You All The Best has dropped We Were Liars released to Prime, The Summer I Turned Pretty Season Three is releasing its first two episodes on Prime July 16, and the animated take on Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan is dropping on Netflix July 10.  Marissa Meyer’s “The Lunar Chronicles” is being adapted for animation in fall 2028. Books Discussed: On Again, Awkward Again by Erin Entrada Kelly and Kwame Mbalia Death in the Jungle by Candace Fleming Messy Perfect by Tanya Boteju Love Points to You by Alice Lin "The Complicated World of YA Books for Younger Teens" "Do Teens Get Pushed Out of YA Books When It’s Called A Genre?" (S)Kin by Ibi Zoboi Hear Us Out by Nancy Garden The Year They Burned the Books by Nancy Garden Wednesday The Haunting of Hill HouseCall Your Boyfriend by Olivia A. Cole and Ashley Woodfolk Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by CB Lee Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel Dan in Green Gables by Rey Terciero, illustrated by Claudia Aguirre Ana of California by Andi Teran Amelia, If Only by Becky Albertalli Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli Hit Me with Your Best Charm by Lillie Vale The Tournament by Rebecca Barrow This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow Nobody in Particular by Sophie Gonzales Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins Not So Shoujo Love Story, Volume 1 by Curryuku Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly talks with YA author L.M. Elliott about historical fiction, Watergate, and contemporary politics for teens. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations is here to help! TBR delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. You can get your recommendations via email, or receive hardcovers or paperbacks in the mail. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Plans start at just $18! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: Truth, Lies, and The Questions In Between by L.M. Elliott Walls by L.M. Elliott The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The West Wing Hamilton Suspect Red by L.M. Elliott Truth, Lies, and The Questions In Between Playlist L.M. Elliott's blog Mrs. America Countdown by Deborah Wiles (series) This Promise of Change by Debbie Levy Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World edited by Kelly Jensen (Don't) Call Me Crazy edited by Kelly JEnsen A Dangerous Idea by Debbie Levy Bluebird by Sharon Cameron The Silent Unseen by Amanda McCrina The Color of a Lie by Kim Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're revisiting a fantastic interview from earlier this year! Kelly talks with YA author and children’s literature champion Jason Reynolds about his career, writing the inner lives of teen boys, his favorite middle grade and YA books, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News: Jason Reynolds wins a MacArther Genius Grant Books Discussed: When I Was The Greatest by Jason Reynolds Coretta Scott King Book Awards Judy Blume Forever documentary Forever . . . by Judy Blume George M. Johnson Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds Eugene Yelchin "Coca Cola Classic 'Polar Bears' TV commercial 1993" The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley The Fire Next Time: A Letter to My Nephew by James Baldwin Erin Entrada Kelly A.S. King Randy Ribay King and the Dragonfly by Kacen Callender Love That Dog and Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech Weirdo by Tony Weaver, Jr. Jason's recommended reading order of his books if . . . You're a teacher or librarian planning to teach the books: Long Way Down Look Both Ways Ghost If you're an adult wanting to read them for yourself: Boy in the Black Suit The Track Series As Brave As You For Teens 14+: Long Way Down Ghost All American Boys (with Brendan Kiely) For Tweens: Stuntboy, in the Meantime (with Raúl the Third) Ghost Look Both Ways Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a YA blast-from-the-past meets popular-still-for-a-reason this week. Kelly talks with E. Lockhart about the We Were Liars adaptation, and Erica talks with Rioter Danika Ellis about the 10th anniversary of Nimona. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Show Notes: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Family of Liars by E. Lockhart We Fell Apart by E. Lockhart Hey YA Interview with Gayle Forman We Were Liars on Prime Instagram My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han Again, Again by E. Lockhart Nimona by N.D. Stevenson Nimona on Netflix 10 Years Later, We Need Nimona More Than Ever by Danika Ellis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica goes over a nice mix of new YA books by AAPI authors, while Kelly has a great convo with Erin Entrada Kelly and Kwame Mbalia, authors of the new rom-com On Again, Awkward Again. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Ready to level up your reading life? Become a Book Riot All Access member and explore our full library of members-only content, including must-reads, deep dives, and reading challenge recommendations. For a limited time, the first 50 new All Access annual members get a FREE copy of Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz courtesy of Tor Publishing! Join Book Riot All Access to level up your reading life and claim your free copy of Automatic Noodle. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: Eliza, from Scratch by Sophia Lee Fitting Indian by Jyoti Chand, illustrated by Tara Anand Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier When Devils Sing by Xan Kaur The Summer I Remembered Everything by Catherine Con Morse On Again, Awkward Again by Erin Entrada Kelly, Kwame Mbalia A Universe of Wishes edited by Dhonielle Clayton Black Boy Joy edited by Kwame Mbalia The White Guy Dies First edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker The Black Girl Survives in This One edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley Then Again, Maybe I Won't by Judy Blume The Fell of Dark by Caleb Roehrig Darius The Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero You Should See Me In a Crown by Leah Johnson Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead Shine by Candy Gourlay Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender Hello Universe and Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly Kaya Morgan's Crowning Achievement by Jill Tew Moko Magic: Carnival Chaos by Tracey Baptiste Kwame Mbalia's Freedom Fire imprint (more info) You can follow both Erin Entrada Kelly and Kwame Mbalia on Bluesky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica shares a few new books to start the month off with. Then, we revisit a great past episode where Kelly and Erica discuss the first book of the super-popular 1980s/1990s series Sweet Valley High. We also find out who is more of a Jessica/Elizabeth. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Ready to level up your reading life? Become a Book Riot All Access member and explore our full library of members-only content, including must-reads, deep dives, and reading challenge recommendations. For a limited time, the first 50 new All Access annual members get a FREE copy of Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz courtesy of Tor Publishing! Join Book Riot All Access to level up your reading life and claim your free copy of Automatic Noodle. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News: Graphic novels are booming in popularity. It’s changing children’s relationship with books LA Book Prize finalists announced Books Discussed: Audre & Bash Are Just Friends by Tia Williams The Glittering Edge by Alyssa Villaire Death in the Cards by Mia P. Manansala Salvación by Sandra Proudman Double Love (Sweet Valley High No. 1) by Francine Pascal From the ghostwriter On Again, Awkward Again by Erin Entrada Kelly and Kwame Mbalia The Apothecary Diaries, Vol. 11 by Natsu Hyuuga, illustrated by Nekokurage, translated by Julie Goniwich Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica gets into some cutesy/cozy YA books, and Kelly speaks to Huda Fahmy about her fictionalized memoir series. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed If You’ll Have Me by Eunnie I Shall Never Fall in Love: A Graphic Novel by Hari Conner If We Were a Movie by Zakiya N. Jamal Off Menu: A Graphic Novel by Oliver Gerlach, illustrated by Kelsi Jo Silva Delicious in Dungeon by Ryoko Kui If You're Not the One by Farah Naz Rishi Huda F Wants to Know by Huda Fahmy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly and Erica discuss their most anticipated YA books coming out in April. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News LJ Smith Dies at 66 The Gossip Mill Sunrise on the Reaping sees phenomenal early sales Books Discussed Messy Perfect by Tanya Boteju Somadina by Akwaeke Emezi Run Away With Me by Brian Selznick Sunlight Playing over a Mountain by Selina Li Bi  We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride  The House No One Sees by Adina King Renegade Girls by Nora Neus and illustrated by Julie Robine Get to know Nellie Bly The Corruption of Hollis Brown by K. Ancrum The Payback Girls by Alex Travis The Summer I Ate the Rich  by Maika Moulite They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica gets into some new YA graphic novels that she's excited about, and Kelly interviews YA author Ava Reid about her latest release, the art of homage, and being a life-long Hunger Games fan. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Article discussed Graphic novels are booming in popularity. It’s changing children’s relationship with books Books Discussed Raised By Ghosts by Briana Loewinsohn Brielle and Bear: Volume 1 Salomey Doku Strange Bedfellows by Ariel Slamet Ries Huda F Wants to Know? By Huda Fahmy Renegade Girls: A Queer Tale of Romance and Rabble-Rousing by Nora Neus, illustrated by Julie Robine Fable at the End of the World by Ava Reid Juniper and Thorn by Ava Reid The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi Legend series by Marie Lu Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White The Fever King series by Victoria Lee Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan The Scorpio Races by Maggie Steifvater An Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly and Erica share their picks for the best YA books coming out in March and get into a little adaptation news and horror. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Summer Scares 2025!  Forever...the adaptation will hit Netflix in May and it looks amazing Books Discussed They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran Movie mentioned: Beasts of the Southern Wild A Catalog of Burnt Objects by Shana Youngdahl Lovely Dark and Deep by Elisa A. Bonnin Red Car to Hollywood by Jennie Liu Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee The Scorpion and the Night Blossom by Amélie Wen Zhao Say a Little Prayer by Jenna Voris Church Camp: Bad Skits, Cry Night, and How White Evangelicalism Betrayed a Generation by Cara Meredith The House No One Sees by Adina King Messy Roots: A Graphic Novel of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao Kirby’s Lessons for Falling (In Love) by Laura Gao Heartstopper by Alice Oseman Oathbound (The Legendborn Cycle) by Tracy Deonn Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) by Suzanne Collins Banned Together: Our Fight for Readers’ Rights edited by Ashley Hope Pérez, illustrated by Debbie Fong Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton Wake the Wild Creatures by Nova Ren Suma Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly and Erica discuss the first book of the super-popular 1980s/1990s series Sweet Valley High. We also find out who is more of a Jessica/Elizabeth. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Graphic novels are booming in popularity. It’s changing children’s relationship with books LA Book Prize finalists announced Books Discussed Double Love (Sweet Valley High No. 1) by Francine Pascal From the ghostwriter On Again, Awkward Again by Erin Entrada Kelly and Kwame Mbalia The Apothecary Diaries, Vol. 11 by Natsu Hyuuga, illustrated by Nekokurage, translated by Julie Goniwich Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly talks with New York Times bestselling author Gayle Forman about her new book, about the afterlife, and about the growth and evolution of YA as a category. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed After Life by Gayle Forman Our Town by Thornton Wilder Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin The Everafter by Amy Huntley The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Not Nothing by Gayle Forman How to Read a Book by Monica Wood Lamar Giles on Hey YA When The World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson On a Wing and a Tear by Cynthia Leitich Smith One Day by David Nicholls Wicked by Gregory Maguire We Need Diverse Books Shoutouts to Lexapro and Zoloft Gayle emailed the following additional recommendations from our segment on books about/related to the afterlife: The In Between by Hadley Vlahos, Briefly Perfectly Human by Alua Arthur, When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalinthi, and Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly and Erica talk about the YA books out in February they're most excited about...and maybe a demon or two. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Our Book Club Pick for our February 26th episode: Double Love by Francine Pascal (Sweet Valley High #1) Award-Winning YA Books from the ALA Youth Media Awards Adult novels in verse The Rainbow List  Malinda Lo's queer YA book counts Books Discussed Needy Little Things by Channelle Desamours Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray (S)Kin by Ibi Zoboi Dropping Beats by Nathanael Lessore The Forest King’s Daughter by Elly Blake The Girl You Know by Elle Gonzalez Rose The History of Everything by Victoria Evans Hakutaku by Kouki Ishikawa Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks Nimona by ND Stevenson Emily the Strange by Rob Reger, Jessica Gruner, and Buzz Parker Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham A Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly and Erica discuss a mega list of the best YA books of 2024, the romance bookstore boom of the last few years, and our current book club pick. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News The best of the best YA books for 2024 From The New York Times: Romance Bookstores Are Booming **Book Club Alert**: Make sure to pick up Double Love by Francine Pascal, the first book in the Sweet Valley High series, for our discussion of it on February 25. Books Discussed Build a Girlfriend by Elba Luz The Queen’s Spade by Sarah Raughley Love on Paper by Danielle Parker Dreamover by Dani Diaz Breath of the Dragon by Fonda Lee and Shannon Lee The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold A Catalog of Burnt Objects by Shana Youngdahl Truth, Lies, and The Questions in Between by L. M. Elliott The Assassin’s Guide to Babysitting by Natalie C. Parker No Rules Tonight by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada, Banned Book Club Devour by Jazmine Joyner, illustrated by Anthony Pugh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly talks with YA author and children's literature champion Jason Reynolds about his career, writing the inner lives of teen boys, his favorite middle grade and YA books, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Jason Reynolds wins a MacArther Genius Grant Books Discussed When I Was The Greatest by Jason Reynolds Coretta Scott King Book Awards Judy Blume Forever documentary Forever . . . by Judy Blume George M. Johnson Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds Eugene Yelchin "Coca Cola Classic 'Polar Bears' TV commercial 1993" The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley The Fire Next Time: A Letter to My Nephew by James Baldwin Erin Entrada Kelly A.S. King Randy Ribay King and the Dragonfly by Kacen Callender Love That Dog and Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech Weirdo by Tony Weaver, Jr. Jason's recommended reading order of his books if . . . You're a teacher or librarian planning to teach the books: Long Way Down Look Both Ways Ghost If you're an adult wanting to read them for yourself: Boy in the Black Suit The Track Series As Brave As You For Teens 14+: Long Way Down Ghost All American Boys (with Brendan Kiely) For Tweens: Stuntboy, in the Meantime (with Raúl the Third) Ghost Look Both Ways Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're sharing a rerun of a favorite episode from last year in which Erica speaks with Madeline Berberian-Hutchinson about being a 16-year-old NYS and NYC Youth Poet Laureate Finalist and co-founder of a literary arts magazine, and Kelly talks with author Veronica Chambers about Ida In Love and Trouble, Black historical YA, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books, Media, and Writers Discussed Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson Chen Chen  Tony Hoagland Danez Smith A Tale for the time being by Ruth Ozeki  Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson Ida, In Love and Trouble by Veronica Chambers Veronica Chambers at The New York Times Suffs on Broadway Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton The Memphis Diaries by Ida B. Wells Ida: A Sword Among Lions by Paula Giddings Quinceanera Means Sweet Fifteen by Veronica Chambers Amigas: Fifteen Candles by Veronica Chambers Sabaa Tahir The Davenports by Krystal Marquis The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee Saving Savannah by Tonya Bolden Babel by R. F. Kuang Resist: 35 Profiles of Ordinary People Who Rose Up Against Tyranny and Injustice by Veronica Chambers Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter by Jennifer Harlan and Veronica Chambers The New York Times writing contests for teens Playlist for Ida in Love and Trouble Follow Madeline Berberian-Hutchinson's art and literature magazine at Noor.org and on Instagram Donate to Noor.org on Gofundme Follow Veronica Chambers on Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica gets into some new YA fantasy graphic novels, comics, and manga she's excited to read in the new year. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Ichi the Witch by Osamu Nishi, illustrated by Shiro Usazaki The Fade by Aabria Iyengar, illustrated by Mari Costa RuriDragon, Vol. 1 by Masaoki Shindō West Hollywood Monster Squad by Sina Grace, illustrated by Bradley Clayton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly and Erica discuss their year in YA reading, looking back at their favorite books and themes that emerged. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! At Tailored Book Recommendations, we’ve recommended over 150,000 books to readers of every type. And we’ve got good news— TBR makes a novel gift for the book lover on your list! All your gift recipient has to do is fill out a survey about their reading likes and dislikes, and our expert bibliologists will use their bookish knowledge to round up three personalized recommendations for reads we think they’ll love. Whether they’re a mystery maven, a historical fiction fanatic, or a contemporary connoisseur, we’ve got the chops to match the book lover in your life with their next favorite read. And it only takes a few clicks to gift TBR! Simply head to mytbr.co/gift to get started. You can even schedule the delivery of the welcome email, which means no more waiting on gifts to arrive last minute. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Morris and Nonfiction Awards Hey YA Episode with Paula Yoo Books Discussed Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee Cat + Gamer series by Wataru Nadatani, translated by Zack Davisson Hirayasumi, Vol. 1 by Keigo Shinzō, translated by Jan Mitsuko Cash Flying Witch by Chihiro Ishizuka, translated by Melissa Tanaka Clever Creatures of the Night by Samantha Mabry Flamboyants by George M. Johnson Shift Happens: The History of Labor in the United States by J. Albert Mann “The First American Union Understood The Necessity of Public Libraries and Education” Heir by Sabaa Tahir Suffragist’s Guide to the Antarctic by Yi Shun Lai Morgana and Oz by Miyuli Moon Dogs #1 (One Shot) by Tananarive Due, illustrated by Kelsey Ramsay The Fade #1 by Aabria Iyengar, illustrated by Mari Costa After Life by Gayle Forman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Hey YA, Kelly talks about five upcoming 2025 YA anthologies you'll want on your TBR. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! At Tailored Book Recommendations, we’ve recommended over 150,000 books to readers of every type. And we’ve got good news— TBR makes a novel gift for the book lover on your list! All your gift recipient has to do is fill out a survey about their reading likes and dislikes, and our expert bibliologists will use their bookish knowledge to round up three personalized recommendations for reads we think they’ll love. Whether they’re a mystery maven, a historical fiction fanatic, or a contemporary connoisseur, we’ve got the chops to match the book lover in your life with their next favorite read. And it only takes a few clicks to gift TBR! Simply head to mytbr.co/gift to get started. You can even schedule the delivery of the welcome email, which means no more waiting on gifts to arrive last minute. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed (Wh)Y A(n) Anthology: On the Rise and Reach of YA Anthologies YA Anthologies: Discovering and Using New Collections for Teen Readers (School Library Journal) (Don’t) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation About Mental Health, Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World, and Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy edited by Kelly Jensen All The Love Under the Vast Sky edited by Kip Wilson (January 14) Banned Together: Our Fight for Readers’ Rights edited by Ashley Hope Perez (March 4) Generation Queer: Stories of Youth Organizers, Artists, and Educators edited by Kimm Topping, with illustrations by Anshika Khullar (May 27) Legendary Frybread Drive In edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith (August 26) Ancestor Approved edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith Why on Earth: An Alien Invasion Anthology edited by Vania Stoyanova and Rosiee Thor (February 4) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly and Erica discuss some of the YA books out in December that they're the most excited for. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! At Tailored Book Recommendations, we’ve recommended over 150,000 books to readers of every type. And we’ve got good news— TBR makes a novel gift for the book lover on your list! All your gift recipient has to do is fill out a survey about their reading likes and dislikes, and our expert bibliologists will use their bookish knowledge to round up three personalized recommendations for reads we think they’ll love. Whether they’re a mystery maven, a historical fiction fanatic, or a contemporary connoisseur, we’ve got the chops to match the book lover in your life with their next favorite read. And it only takes a few clicks to gift TBR! Simply head to mytbr.co/gift to get started. You can even schedule the delivery of the welcome email, which means no more waiting on gifts to arrive last minute. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Kelly's mega list roundup of the best YA books of 2024 Books Discussed The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum Dust by Alison Stine My Fairy God Somebody by Charlene Allen Far From The Tree by Robin Benway  We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds Visitations by Corey Egbert When The Mapou Sings by Nadine Pinede Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Ex Marks the Spot by Gloria Chao What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould A Cruel Thirst by Angela Montoya Heavenly Tyrant and Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao  Imagination: A Manifesto by Ruha Benjamin  The Davenports: More Than This by Krystal Marquis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Kelly talks with Maggie Tokuda-Hall about book banning, its impacts on teens, and what Authors Against Book Bans is doing in response. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Keep up to date with the world of books and reading with Today in Books, Book Riot's daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Our editors offer commentary, context, and the occasional clap-back to keep you informed and entertained. Visit bookriot.com/todayinbooks to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Authors Against Book Bans Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall The Siren, the Song, and the Spy by Maggie Tokuda-Hall The Worst Ronin by Maggie Tokuda-Hall Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe Maggie's blog post about Scholastic requesting the removal of "racism" from Love in the Library Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT) 5 Calls app Books Not Bans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vanessa and Erica talk about the perfect YA books to gift, plus some other little goodies for others, or—let's be real—yourself. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Keep up to date with the world of books and reading with Today in Books, Book Riot's daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Our editors offer commentary, context, and the occasional clap-back to keep you informed and entertained. Visit bookriot.com/todayinbooks to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma The Agathas series by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson The Davenports and The Davenports: More Than This by Krystal Marquis A Million to One by Adiba Jaigirdar Bodega Bakes by Paola Velez Anatomy duology by Dana Schwartz The Unofficial Ghibli Park Cookbook by Andy Cheng The Unofficial Studio Ghibli Cookbook by Jessica Ann Yun This Poison Heart series by Kalynn Bayron All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson Non-Book Recs Momo Cocoa Korean skincare sites Olive Young Stylevana Skin Cupid Jolse Misc. Self Care ScentBird A nice robe Cute instant camera e.l.f. Squeeze Me Lip Balm Tree Hut scrub gift set Fenty Onesie Hoodie Act Up Sis Also have puzzles that Oprah likes Games Mika and the Witch's Mountain Reka Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica speaks to Susen Shi, the New York Public Library's Young Adult Staff Engagement and Support Manager, about the library's list of the 50 best YA books of the year. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Keep up to date with the world of books and reading with Today in Books, Book Riot's daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Our editors offer commentary, context, and the occasional clap-back to keep you informed and entertained. Visit bookriot.com/todayinbooks to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Further clarification on hi-lo titles from Susen Shi: "they are defined as high-interest stories written at a lower reading level to engage readers and strengthen their love for literature. Our list does contain books that I consider hi-lo that would pique readers interest in an accessible way." Snowglobe by Soyoung Park, translated by Joungmin Lee Comfort Wildfire: The Culture, Science, and Future of Fire by Ferin Davis Anderson, Stephanie Sammartino McPherson Night Owls by A.R. Vishny Secret Staircase series by Gigi Pandian Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery series by Mia P. Manansala The Unboxing of a Black Girl by Angela Shanté Links: Best Books for Teens 2024 NYPL Teens Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vanessa and Erica talk lotería, a land where Christmas is year-round, predatory and dark magic, and the best new YA out in November to add to your TBR. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Keep up to date with the world of books and reading with Today in Books, Book Riot's daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Our editors offer commentary, context, and the occasional clap-back to keep you informed and entertained. Visit bookriot.com/todayinbooks to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Emily The Strange Animated Feature In Works From Bad Robot, Warner Bros Pictures Animation Books Discussed Flopping in a Winter Wonderland by Jason June Fortune's Kiss by Amber Clement Rani Choudhury Must Die by Adiba Jaigirdar Darkly by Marisha Pessl In Want of a Suspect by Tirzah Price Greater Secrets by Ananth Hirsh, Tess Stone Leap by Simina Popescu When Mimi Went Missing by Suja Sukumar The Wedding People by Alison Espach Halfway There: A Graphic Memoir of Self-Discovery by Christine Mari Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica gets into some new YA books by Native American authors — which include a graphic novel collection, a debut horror, Lipan Apache fabulism, and a mystery — just in time for Native American Heritage Month. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This October, Tailored Book Recommendations is giving away a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! TBR is the perfect way to take the guesswork out of finding your next favorite read. To get started with TBR, just fill out a quick survey about your reading likes and dislikes, and we’ll pair you with a professional book nerd— aka bibliologist— who uses their bookish knowledge to match you with three books they think you’ll dig. You can sign up to receive your recommendations via email or have your bibliologist’s picks delivered right to your door as either hardcovers or paperbacks. And if you sign up or gift TBR in the month of October, you’ll be automatically entered to win a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! Current TBR subscribers also have a chance to win by purchasing a drop-in round of recommendations in October. Sign up today at mytbr.co This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Indiginerds, edited by Alina Pete The Unfinished by Cheryl Isaacs Sheine Lende and Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger, illustrated by Rovina Cai Where Wolves Don't Die by Anton Treuer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Erica speaks with Madeline Berberian-Hutchinson about being a 16-year-old NYS and NYC Youth Poet Laureate Finalist and co-founder of a literary arts magazine, and Kelly talks with author Veronica Chambers about Ida In Love and Trouble, Black historical YA, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This October, Tailored Book Recommendations is giving away a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! TBR is the perfect way to take the guesswork out of finding your next favorite read. To get started with TBR, just fill out a quick survey about your reading likes and dislikes, and we’ll pair you with a professional book nerd— aka bibliologist— who uses their bookish knowledge to match you with three books they think you’ll dig. You can sign up to receive your recommendations via email or have your bibliologist’s picks delivered right to your door as either hardcovers or paperbacks. And if you sign up or gift TBR in the month of October, you’ll be automatically entered to win a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! Current TBR subscribers also have a chance to win by purchasing a drop-in round of recommendations in October. Sign up today at mytbr.co This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books, Media, and Writers Discussed Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson Chen Chen  Tony Hoagland Danez Smith A Tale for the time being by Ruth Ozeki  Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson Ida, In Love and Trouble by Veronica Chambers Veronica Chambers at The New York Times Suffs on Broadway Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton The Memphis Diaries by Ida B. Wells Ida: A Sword Among Lions by Paula Giddings Quinceanera Means Sweet Fifteen by Veronica Chambers Amigas: Fifteen Candles by Veronica Chambers Sabaa Tahir The Davenports by Krystal Marquis The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee Saving Savannah by Tonya Bolden Babel by R. F. Kuang Resist: 35 Profiles of Ordinary People Who Rose Up Against Tyranny and Injustice by Veronica Chambers Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter by Jennifer Harlan and Veronica Chambers The New York Times writing contests for teens Playlist for Ida in Love and Trouble Follow Madeline Berberian-Hutchinson's art and literature magazine at Noor.org and on Instagram Donate to Noor.org on Gofundme Follow Veronica Chambers on Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly talks about Summer Scares and highlights several awesome YA horror books honored as part of the program. Get ready to get the chills. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Join Book Riot's editorial staff and expert guest writers at The Deep Dive, your destination for deep thoughts on all things reading, behind-the-scenes insights, informed takes, and so much more. Whether we're analyzing book deal trends, whittling down the best books of the century, or letting you in on the best book club book of the summer, you'll find something to nerd out over and enrich your reading life. With decades of experience in books and publishing between us, we have a wealth of knowledge, thoughts, and curated goodness we can't wait to share with you. Go ahead and take the plunge. Visit bookriot.com/deepdive to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Summer Scares Resource Page All These Bodies by Kendare Blake #MurderTrending by Gretchen McNeil Dead Flip by Sara Farizan Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, illustrated by Lisa Sterle Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Vanessa Diaz and Erica Ezeifedi as they discuss the best new YA books out this month and authors who chose to write books because otherwise, they would have done crime.  👀 Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This October, Tailored Book Recommendations is giving away a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! TBR is the perfect way to take the guesswork out of finding your next favorite read. To get started with TBR, just fill out a quick survey about your reading likes and dislikes, and we’ll pair you with a professional book nerd— aka bibliologist— who uses their bookish knowledge to match you with three books they think you’ll dig. You can sign up to receive your recommendations via email or have your bibliologist’s picks delivered right to your door as either hardcovers or paperbacks. And if you sign up or gift TBR in the month of October, you’ll be automatically entered to win a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! Current TBR subscribers also have a chance to win by purchasing a drop-in round of recommendations in October. Sign up today at mytbr.co This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News ‘Look Back’ Review: Teen Girls Become Manga Superstars in a 53-Minute Anime Stunner About the Agony and Ecstasy of Artistic Creation National Book Awards Shortlist announced Books Discussed Solis by Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher Heir by Sabaa Tahir and Ember in the Ashes A Vile Season by David Ferraro Killer House Party by Lily Anderson For She is Wrath by Emily Varga The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas  Thief of the Heights by Allison M. Charette (Translator), Robin Yao They Watch from Below by Katya de Becerra  Tangleroot by Kalela Williams An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson Lightborne by Hesse Phillips  The Crescent Room Tea Room by Stacy Sivinski Morgana and Oz by Miyuli The Piano Lesson by August Wilson Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko, translated by Julia Meitov Hersey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica goes over some new spooky YA graphic novels to get into the mood of the season. Get ready for cute, goth vampire moms, queer werewolves, and Romeo & Juliet, but make it witches and vampires. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This October, Tailored Book Recommendations is giving away a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! TBR is the perfect way to take the guesswork out of finding your next favorite read. To get started with TBR, just fill out a quick survey about your reading likes and dislikes, and we’ll pair you with a professional book nerd— aka bibliologist— who uses their bookish knowledge to match you with three books they think you’ll dig. You can sign up to receive your recommendations via email or have your bibliologist’s picks delivered right to your door as either hardcovers or paperbacks. And if you sign up or gift TBR in the month of October, you’ll be automatically entered to win a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! Current TBR subscribers also have a chance to win by purchasing a drop-in round of recommendations in October. Sign up today at mytbr.co This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Ghost Roast by Shawnée Gibbs, Shawnelle Gibbs, illustrated by Emily Cannon Noss and Zakuro Vol. 1 by Rariatto Flying Witch by Chihiro Ishizuka, translated by Melissa Tanaka  Hozuki's Coolheadedness by Natsumi Eguchi Full Shift by Jennifer Dugan and Kit Seaton Coven by Jennifer Dugan and Kit Seaton Morgana and Oz Volume One by Miyuli Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica speaks with Caitlyn Colman-McGaw, Associate Director for Young Adult Programs and Services at the New York Public Library, about the launch of their Freedom to Read Campaign, which includes their Teen Banned Book Club and a contest. Then, Kelly joins Lamar Giles to discuss his new book Ruin Road, writing cross genre, and the growth of Black horror YA. It's all very exciting, really. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Join Book Riot's editorial staff and expert guest writers at The Deep Dive, your destination for deep thoughts on all things reading, behind-the-scenes insights, informed takes, and so much more. Whether we're analyzing book deal trends, whittling down the best books of the century, or letting you in on the best book club book of the summer, you'll find something to nerd out over and enrich your reading life. With decades of experience in books and publishing between us, we have a wealth of knowledge, thoughts, and curated goodness we can't wait to share with you. Go ahead and take the plunge. Visit bookriot.com/deepdive to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Important Links Teen Banned Book Club at NYPL NYPL Teen Art Contest-Enter Here The NYPL Teen Instagram Winning Teen Vogue essay by Tara Lago, winner of the New York Public Library’s Freedom to Read Writing Contest 100 Years of James Baldwin Lamar Giles on Instagram, Website Books Discussed Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin Flamer by Michael Curato Run by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin Go With the Flow by Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth Ruin Road by Lamar Giles Blood Brothers by Stephen Barnes Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron Dread Nation by Justina Ireland The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson The White Guy Dies First by Terry J. Benton-Walker She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran Beholder by Ryan La Sala Come Out, Come Out by Natalie D. Parker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly serves up a delicious array of YA foodie romances to satisfy your appetite. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about. Visit bookriot.com/betterliving to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Guava and Grudges by Alexis Castellanos A Banh Mi for Two by Trinity Nguyen With Or Without You by Eric Smith You Can Go Your Own Way by Eric Smith Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee Batter Royale by Leisl Adams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly and Erica discuss book censorship and get into some YA books out in September that you should TBR. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Join Book Riot's editorial staff and expert guest writers at The Deep Dive, your destination for deep thoughts on all things reading, behind-the-scenes insights, informed takes, and so much more. Whether we're analyzing book deal trends, whittling down the best books of the century, or letting you in on the best book club book of the summer, you'll find something to nerd out over and enrich your reading life. With decades of experience in books and publishing between us, we have a wealth of knowledge, thoughts, and curated goodness we can't wait to share with you. Go ahead and take the plunge. Visit bookriot.com/deepdive to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Greenville County Libraries (SC) ban all “trans” YA books from the teen section; will move to the adult section Katy Independent School District (TX) bans all books about “gender fluidity” in the district (& will require all book fairs to follow this policy, too) Books Discussed Such Lovely Skin by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne  Pick the Lock by AS King The Collectors by AS King Ida in Love and Trouble by Veronica Chambers The Davenports by Krystal Marquis Saving Savannah by Tonya Bolden To The Bone by Alena Bruzas Heir by Sabaa Tahir They Thought They Buried by NoNieqa Ramos The Disturbed Girl’s Dictionary by NoNieqa Ramos Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White Ruin Road by Lamar Giles The Getaway by Lamar Giles Blackward by Lawrence Lindell Spirit Sleuths by Gail Jarrow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica gets into some new YA dark academia books, just in time for back-to-school season. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Join Book Riot's editorial staff and expert guest writers at The Deep Dive, your destination for deep thoughts on all things reading, behind-the-scenes insights, informed takes, and so much more. Whether we're analyzing book deal trends, whittling down the best books of the century, or letting you in on the best book club book of the summer, you'll find something to nerd out over and enrich your reading life. With decades of experience in books and publishing between us, we have a wealth of knowledge, thoughts, and curated goodness we can't wait to share with you. Go ahead and take the plunge. Visit bookriot.com/deepdive to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Tigest Girma on how to pronounce the names of characters in her new book Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé Zodiac Rising by Katie Zhao Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica talks about recent YA books to read during Summerween, while Kelly interviews debut YA author Chatham Greenfield about their book Time and Time Again, time loop stories, and disability in YA. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about. Visit bookriot.com/betterliving to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Gravity Falls clip The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch by Codie Crowley Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson Dead Girls Walking by Sami Ellis The Dark We Know by Wen-yi Lee Monstrous by Jessica Lewis Bad Witch Burning by Jessica Lewis She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran Gravity Falls (show) X-Files (shows) So Weird (shows) The Evil Dead (movie) So Witches We Became by Jill Baguchinsky This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings Come Out, Come Out by Natalie C. Parker Time and Time Again by Chatham Greenfield The No Girlfriend Rule by Christen Randall This Is Why They Hate Us by Aaron H. Aceves See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon How To Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow Groundhog Day (movie) Russian Doll (show) Palm Springs (movie) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Kelly highlights several YA authors who are debuting their adult novels this year. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about. Visit bookriot.com/betterliving to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Running With Lions by Julian Winters As You Walk On By by Julian Winters I Think They Love You by Julian Winters Reggie and Delilah’s Year of Falling by Elise Bryant One True Loves by Elise Bryant It’s Elementary by Elise Bryant The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera Never Look Back by Lilliam Rivera Tiny Threads by Lilliam Rivera All These Monsters by Amy Tintera Ruined by Amy Tintera Reboot by Amy Tintera Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera Growing Up: YA Authors With Debut Adult Novels in 2024 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly and Erica discuss August's new must-read YA releases. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about. Visit bookriot.com/betterliving to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Francine Pascal dies at 92 A first look at the Uglies Netflix adaptation  The Uglies adaptation is actually happening Books Discussed Hovergirls by Geneva Bowers Ash’s Cabin by Jen Wang The Girl with No Reflection by Keshe Chow A Banh Mi for Two by Trinity Nguyen This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings The Medici Heist by Caitlin Schneiderhan The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko Come Out, Come Out by Natalie C. Parker Ruin Road by Lamar Giles Imaginary Borders by Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica mixes and matches her summer playlist with YA books that keep the same energy. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about. Visit bookriot.com/betterliving to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Songs Mentioned Mamushi by Meg Thee Stallion feat. Yuki Chiba Good Luck, Babe by Chappell Roan Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter Nasty by Tinashe Books Discussed A Song Below Water and A Chorus Rises by Bethany C. Morrow A Thousand Steps Into Night by Traci Chee The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes Café Con Lychee by Emery Lee A Girl's Guide to Love & Magic by Debbie Rigaud Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica talks about recent library finds and Kelly interviews author and editor Rob Costello about short story collections, horror, and queer reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Make this your most bookish summer yet with personalized reading recommendations from Tailored Book Recommendations! Our bibliologists (aka professional book nerds) are standing by to help you find your next favorite read. Get your recommendations via email, or opt to receive hardcovers or paperbacks delivered right to your door. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Get started today from just $18! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed My Lady Jane (on Prime) Cat + Gamer by Wataru Nadatani A Certain October by Angela Johnson A Sign of Affection, Vol. 2 by Suu Morishita Space Trash Vol. 1 by Jenn Woodall We Mostly Come Out of Night edited by Rob Costello Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America edited by Nora Shalaway Carpenter  Looking for Love in All The Haunted Places by Claire Kann The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick The Marbury Lens and Passenger by Andrew Smith All These Bodies by Kendare Blake Wrath Becomes Her by Aden Polydoros The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters Monstrous Affections edited by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant Slasher Girls & Monster Boys edited by April Genevieve Tucholke Night of the Living Queers edited by Shelly Page and Alex Brown Our Shadows Have Claws edited by Yamile Saied Méndez and Amparo Ortiz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly highlights some of the most exciting YA nonfiction hitting shelves this fall, including several works of graphic nonfiction. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Make this your most bookish summer yet with personalized reading recommendations from Tailored Book Recommendations! Our bibliologists (aka professional book nerds) are standing by to help you find your next favorite read. Get your recommendations via email, or opt to receive hardcovers or paperbacks delivered right to your door. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Get started today from just $18! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Represent: The Unfinished Fight for the Vote by Michael Eric Dyson, Marc Favreau (September 10) Shift Happens by J. Albert Mann Unequal: A Story of America by Michael Eric Dyson and Marc Favreau Spirit Sleuths: How Magicians and Detectives Exposed the Ghost Hoaxes by Gail Jarrow (September 10) Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I’d Known by George M. Johnson and illustrated by Charly Palmer (September 24) Don’t Look Back: A Memoir of War, Survival, and My Journey from Sudan to America by Achut Deng, Keely Hutton (October 8) A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah Side Quest: A Visual History of Role Playing Games by Samuel Sattin and Steenz (October 8) Halfway There: A Graphic Memoir of Self-Discovery by Christine Mari (October 15) Ay, Mija by Christine Suggs  I Was There American Dream by Malaka Gahrib Visitations by Corey Egbert (November 19) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica and Kelly highlight some of the best new YA releases hitting shelves in July. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Make this your most bookish summer yet with personalized reading recommendations from Tailored Book Recommendations! Our bibliologists (aka professional book nerds) are standing by to help you find your next favorite read. Get your recommendations via email, or opt to receive hardcovers or paperbacks delivered right to your door. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Get started today from just $18! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News The New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century Books Discussed Feed by MT Anderson The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Unbecoming by Seema Yasmin We Don’t Have Time For This by Brianna Craft Portrait of a Shadow by Meriam Metoui The White Guy Dies First edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker The Black Girl Survives In This One edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell We Mostly Come Out at Night edited by Rob Costello Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror Delight edited by Shelly Page The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington Not About a Boy by Myah Hollis So Witches We Became by Jill Baguchinsky Mammoth by Jill Baguchinsky The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes Time and Time Again by Chatham Greenfield Reese Witherspoon's LitUp Program A Sign of Affection, Vol. 1 by Suu Morishita, translated by Christine Dashiell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica offers up some YA books led by disabled characters to celebrate Disability Pride Month. There's a queer Greek retelling, autistic changelings, and a little polyamory, as a treat. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Make this your most bookish summer yet with personalized reading recommendations from Tailored Book Recommendations! Our bibliologists (aka professional book nerds) are standing by to help you find your next favorite read. Get your recommendations via email, or opt to receive hardcovers or paperbacks delivered right to your door. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Get started today from just $18! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books and Links Discussed Disability Pride Month Iron Widow's character bios Disability Visibility for Young Readers by Alice Wong Icarus by K. Ancrum Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao Unseelie by Ivelisse Housman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Erica talks about YA from earlier in 2024 you may have missed and Kelly talks with author Hope Jahren about remixing classic literature for YA readers, writing for multiple audiences, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Make this your most bookish summer yet with personalized reading recommendations from Tailored Book Recommendations! Our bibliologists (aka professional book nerds) are standing by to help you find your next favorite read. Get your recommendations via email, or opt to receive hardcovers or paperbacks delivered right to your door. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Get started today from just $18! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Ghost Roast by Shawnee Gibbs, Shawnelle Gibbs, illustrated by Emily Cannon Wander in the Dark by Jumata Emill Blue Period by Tsubasa Yamaguchi, translated by Ajani Oloye One Killer Problem by Justine Pucella Winans Hirayasumi by Keigo Shinzō, translated by Jan Mitsuko Cash Adventures of Mary Jane by Hope Jahren Lab Girl and The Story of More by Hope Jahren James by Percival Everett Hope Jahren's website (psst, educators: she does free Zoom visits!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly talks about the history and legacy of Robert Cormier's The Chocolate War for its 50th anniversary, including its long-running favor among book banners. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about. Visit bookriot.com/betterliving to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier Cormier Archives on Censorship Cormier Archives letter to Liz New York Times on Cormier and The Chocolate War's Censorship Legacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly and Erica talk about an exciting book release + adaptation combo and get into YA books released this month that you should have on your TBR. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about. Visit bookriot.com/betterliving to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News New Hunger Games book + Movie! Books Discussed Kelly's Picks: Adventures of Mary Jane by Hope Jahren Adventures of Huck Finn by Mark Twain James by Percival Everett The Color of a Lie by Kim Johnson Sundown Towns by James Loewen There Is A Door in the Darkness by Kristin Cashore Where Wolves Don’t Die by Anton Treur Shift Happens: The History of Labor in the United States by J. Albert Mann Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-Winning Stamped from the Beginning by Ibrim X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds Erica's picks: Girls Like Her by Melanie Sumrow The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson Sleep Like Death and Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron We Shall Be Monsters by Tara Sim Dancers of the Dawn by Afzal Zulekha Huda F Cares? by Huda Fahmy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices