There are so many paths to publishing books, and even within those paths, there are others. One that so often yields excellent books that don’t get nearly the publicity they deserve is that of traditionally publishing through an independent publisher—one that isn’t affiliated with a larger corporation and therefore doesn’t have quite the same financial […]
Spring is coming, and with it a whole barrel load of YA books so good I’d tramp through a late-season blizzard in flip-flops to get to them. The month’s most exciting releases include stellar debuts, tricky thrillers, stories of loss and healing, and a fairy tale–inflected beauty that’ll mess with your head. Find a comfy chair and get […]
March’s most exciting YA reads include hotly anticipated returns to dark fantasy worlds, edgy debuts exploring identity, sin, and a totally fresh mashup of Eastern myth and the Wild West, and a book best described as the Breakfast Club at sea. Here are 9 picks your favorite teen (or lover of teen reads) can’t miss.
Nothing gives me joy like seeing more great representation for teens in various letters of the rainbow, especially when we get past the same old narratives in the same old genres with the same old rep. The first half of the year was rife with great LGBTQIAP+ reads—you can see 15 of them here, to […]
