10 Most Anticipated YA Books for Fall & Winter 2024

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2 months ago

It has occurred to me that I miss talking about books, deeply. And so I thought about getting excited about books again and there it was: this little post of me screaming about some upcoming releases I can’t wait to read.

Can you believe half of 2024 has gone by already, because I certainly can’t. I wanted to compile some of my most anticipated ya books for this later half of the year and I hope you’ll find some book(s) to get excited about, with me, here!!

Please let me know if you have other recommendations in comments, I’m always looking forward to hearing them! ❤️

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10 Fall & Winter 2024 YA Books To Read

Last Seen Online, Lauren James

I absolutely adore Lauren James’ work, it’s always so one of a kind and thrilling. This one’s a YA murder mystery set in LA, ft. old fandom conspiracy theories and high Hollywood society teens and this sounds like a DREAM I’m so here for this!

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Girls Who Burn, M.K. Pagano

This is a YA enemies-to-lovers kind of thriller, where the main character has to pair up with her childhood rival to figure out what happened to her sister… and to someone else, barely a year later. This sounds like such an exciting mystery and I love that cover!!

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The Loudest Silence, Sydney Langford

Casey’s learning to navigate the world as a deaf person, while trying to conceal it from her classmates. Hayden wants to pursue a career on Broadway, but his own anxiety makes it hard to share that plan with his loved ones. This book seems like such a heartfelt YA contemporary book ft. mental health + disability rep and I am SO pumped for that!

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With Love, Echo Park, Laura Taylor Namey

I adore Laura Taylor Namey’s book and I’m SO pumped for her upcoming YA contemporary! It’s about two Cuban teens in LA’s Echo Park neighborhood and it’s supposed to have these Gilmore Girls small town kind of vibes and I’m so here for that!

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Nothing Like The Movies, Lynn Painter

I recently fell for Lynn Painter’s books and can’t WAIT to read Nothing Like The Movies, now! I absolutely loved the first book and am curious to see where things go, next. I’m expecting and hoping for the banter, the fluff and all the softness I found in the first book.

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Us in Ruins, Rachel Moore

In this book, Margot is on a quest to find a cursed vase… with the help of a boy who disappeared back in 1932. Sounds soooo exciting right? I love adventure kind of books like that, I loved Rachel Moore’s The Library of Shadows and I’m pumped for this one!

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When the World Tips Over, Jandy Nelson

Jandy Nelson is ready to break all of our hearts again. I was such a fan of her previous YA novels, I’m so curious to read this next one. It’s about a family, an enigmatic rainbow-haired girl coming into their lives, it has road trips and love stories and emotions and I can’t wait!

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Remember Me Tomorrow, Farah Heron

This one sounds so unique! It’s about a lonely college freshman who discovers she can text a former resident of her dorm… who disappeared. Doesn’t that sound kind of awesome?!

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Silent Sister, Megan Davidhizar

This is a super exciting YA thriller featuring two sisters that went missing… and only one coming back, with no memory of what happened. I just love that synopsis and I feel like I could really fall for this one!

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A Song To Drown Rivers, Ann Liang

I’m obsessed with Ann Liang’s YA contemporary books, so I can’t wait to see what she does in the fantasy genre. This one is about Xishi, using her beauty as a weapon to infiltrate the palace and avenge her sister. This sounds so exciting and I can’t wait to read it!

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🌟 Bonus: 2 Fall/Winter 2024 Adult Books

Where are you, Echo Blue? Hayley Krischer

I’m already obsessed with this book, I’ll admit it. It’s about a famous child star of the nineties disappearing and a journalist, knowing there’s more to this story and investigating. I’m already obsessed, I’m telling you.

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This Will Be Fun, E. B. Asher

Okay so this one’s written by Bridget Morrissey, Emily Wibberley, and Austin Siegemund-Broka… and it seems like a super fun and exciting romantasy ft. a royal wedding, a group of friends and definitely a bit of saving the world. I’m here for that!

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