> Discover > Articles > Countdown to Midnight with These YA Books
Share
Get ready to countdown to midnight, Book Nerd style! As readers, we’re no strangers to staying up until (or past) midnight, telling ourselves “just one more chapter” again and again because the book we’re reading is too good to put down! So when it comes to staying up until midnight to ring in the new year, we know our best bet is to have a captivating book in our hands.
But which book do you choose to read on New Year’s Eve? Why, a book that has “midnight” in the title, of course! Here are a few books that take place at midnight and are perfect to ring in the new year. Now turn on Taylor Swift’s Midnights album and you’re ready for your midnight countdown!
In this explosive fantasy debut, a provincial girl must work with an infuriatingly handsome prince to escape a nightmarish curse that forces them to relive the same night over and over.
“The time-loop fantasy you never knew you needed, where the fairytale ball is bloody and Cinderella is the Final Girl.”—Gina Chen, New York Times bestselling author of Violet Made of Thorns
A girl discovers a surreal hotel where no one ever leaves. When the clock strikes midnight, she’ll be trapped there forever unless she’s able to break free from magic that in turn breaks all her rules. Perfect for fans of Caraval and The Starless Sea!
For fans of The Maze Runner and The Fifth Wave, this debut YA novel from Hugo Award winner Will McIntosh pits four underprivileged teens against an evil billionaire in the race of a lifetime.
In this dazzling opener to a new fantasy series that Danielle Page, author of Dorothy Must Die, calls “inventive, gorgeous, and epic,” a girl caught between two ancient peoples must struggle to find the legendary magic that will end the conflict between them.
Did you enjoy this list of books to read for your New Year’s Eve countdown to midnight? Discover more books to read in the new year here and get social with us at @getunderlined!
