October 2023 New Releases

There are no tricks in our list of the best new YA releases for October, only reading treats! Our list of new YA titles for October is filled with stories you’ll love to read while enjoying the cozy start to fall. Whether you’re in the mood to learn something new, be scared out of your wits, or experience the past, we’ve got the ideal book for you!

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Eight Dates and Nights

Eight Dates and Nights

By Betsy Aldredge

Two teens with two very different ideas of how to spend Hanukkah learn to work together to save the last Jewish remnant in small town Texas in this cozy holiday romance!

The Homecoming War

The Homecoming War

By Addie Woolridge

When plunging enrollment forces two rival high schools to merge, two class presidents must work together to make the schools unite. But when a mutual crush emerges, they’ll both have to figure out what they want and where their loyalties lie before they become the most hated people at school.

Plan A

Plan A

By Deb Caletti

A sixteen-year-old girl’s road trip across the country to get an abortion becomes a transformative journey of vulnerability, strength, and above all, choice. From the acclaimed author of A Heart in a Body in the World, this is both an achingly tender love story and a bold, badly needed battle cry about bodily autonomy and the experiences that connect us.

The Epic Story of Every Living Thing

The Epic Story of Every Living Thing

By Deb Caletti

From the award-winning author of A Heart in a Body in The World comes a gorgeous and fiercely feminist young adult novel. When a teen travels to Hawaii to track down her sperm donor father, she discovers the truth about him, about the sunken shipwreck that’s become his obsession, and most of all about herself.

Legends of Lor'yan 4-Book Boxed Set

Legends of Lor'yan 4-Book Boxed Set

By Elizabeth Lim

New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lim’s first four books are now available in a collectible boxed set, perfect for existing fans and first-time readers alike!

Hatchet Girls

Hatchet Girls

By Diana Rodriguez Wallach

Set more than one hundred years after the Borden murders, this propulsive, supernatural thriller imagines what might happen if history were to repeat itself today. Perfect for fans of Kara Thomas and Courtney Summers!

The Uninhabitable Earth (Adapted for Young Adults)

The Uninhabitable Earth (Adapted for Young Adults)

By David Wallace-Wells

An exploration of the devastating effects of global warming—current and future—adapted for young adults from the #1 New York Times bestseller. This is not only an assessment on how the future will look to those living through it, but also a dire overview and an impassioned and hopeful call to action to change the trajectory while there is still time.

The Reckoners Series Paperback Box Set

The Reckoners Series Paperback Box Set

By Brandon Sanderson

Discover a world of epic proportions with this new paperback boxed set, including all three books in the bestselling Reckoners series–SteelheartFirefight, and Calamity–from the mind of #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderon, author of the Mistborn Series, the Stormlight Archives, and the Skyward Series.

Sinner's Isle

Sinner's Isle

By Angela Montoya

A spellbinding romantic fantasy about a powerful witch who will do anything to escape the remote island she’s being held captive on, including blackmail a notorious, charming pirate who washes up on shore, from debut author Angela Montoya.

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