February 3rd
Queen of Faces by Petra Lord (Henry Holt) - moved from November 2026, description not yet updated on Goodreads.
Anabelle Gage is trapped in a boy’s body, and it’s rotting from the inside out. In the nation of Caimor, the wealthy buy and swap fabricated bodies like clothes, but Ana doesn't have the money to escape her grey, withering form. Her last hope—securing a spot at the prestigious Paragon Academy—comes crashing down when Ana fails the entrance exam.
As a last resort, she puts her illusion magic to the task of stealing a healthy body. But when Ana is caught by the Paragon headmaster, he offers her a choice: die for her crime or become a mercenary at his command charged with crushing the resistance fighters trying to topple the magical elite. Desperate, Ana accepts.
But revolt brews in Caimor's smog-choked underworld, and at its helm is the Black Wraith, the most infamous outlaw mage in history. As Ana steals, fights, and kills, her survival will depend on a lethal band of renegades: an assassin, a bombmaker, and a blood-soaked exile who might just be the death of her. In this debut trilogy, secrets upend Ana's idea of who the heroes of her story are—and which side is worth saving.
According to Plan by Christen Randall (Simon and Schuster) - moved from October 2025.
As editor in chief of their school’s literary magazine, Mal Flowers expected senior year fall to be full of cozy sweaters, good coffee, and copyediting. They just want to stick to The Plan to graduate and get out of their small Midwestern town—a place where, as a broke, fat, queer person with ADHD, they’ve never really fit in. But when budget cuts result in the lit mag’s cancellation, Mal is suddenly scrambling to fill the hole in their college application.
That is, until Emerson Pike—who also has ADHD but is loud, confident, and Mal’s complete opposite—suggests the staff go rogue and create a zine instead. Which would be cool, except that making and selling contraband isn’t exactly what Mal envisioned as the extracurricular activity on their college application. A zine would be unofficial, unapproved, and definitely not in The Plan.
But a zine is also a good way to spend more time with Emerson, whose playful banter and bad jokes Mal can’t seem to get enough of. And maybe, with a group of new friends, the back of the charming coffee shop where Emerson works could be somewhere Mal does belong. Because breaking the rules with Emerson—and flirting with her over coffee—is fun.
Maybe The Plan isn’t the only way to find happiness, but can Mal let go of something they’ve depended on for so long?
Until the Clock Strikes Midnight by Alechia Dow (Feiwel and Friends) - moved from 2025, previously titled All's Fair(y) in Love & War.
Darling is the most talented—and unusual—Guardian to get a chance at winning the coveted once-in-a-generation Mortal Outcome Council mentorship. Getting the spot would mean having the opportunity to shape the future happiness of all mortal realms—if she succeeds at her first assignment, Lucy Addlesberg. Darling thinks it’ll be an easy razzle-dazzle job… until she actually meets Lucy. Her life is a complete mess, from her failing bookshop in her downtrodden village to her doomed flirtation with the princess of Lumina. But if there’s one thing Darling’s good at, it’s a makeover.
Calamity is the most talented—and arrogant—Misfortune of his class. It’s his job to save mortals from their own terrible decisions made in the pursuit of the mythical "Happily Ever After." When Calam is granted a shot at the Mortal Outcome Council mentorship, he thinks his dreams are finally coming true. But first, he must pass the test. It should be easy—Lucy Addlesberg has been unfortunate for years. All he has to do is continue her string of bad luck so she can finally come to terms with reality and settle for a safer, more logical path in life. Yet when he arrives, he finds that Lucy has a Guardian assigned to her too—a chipper overachiever who is as colorful as the magic pouring from her glittery wand.
To thwart each other, Darling and Calam insert themselves into Lucy’s life posing as a betrothed couple. As they try to guide her down what they each see as the best path for her, they start questioning their roles and ultimately what they truly want for themselves... and if those feelings of loathing they have for each other might actually be something more like love.
Heart's Gambit by J.D. Myall (Wednesday Books)
The Baldwins and the Davenports have been sworn enemies for centuries. Ever since Venus Davenport and Titus Baldwin, two enslaved kids, fell in love, tried to run away, and got caught by their mistress, Sabine, a powerful witch. Desperate for freedom, they struck a bargain, and she gifted their families the ability to exist outside of time, along with magic to survive and thrive.
Those gifts came at a price.
Once a generation, their families must put forth a competitor for a magical duel to the death to feed Sabine's immortality. This time, Emma Baldwin - a wish spinner - and Malcolm Davenport - a maker of illusions - are chosen.
But when they meet to check out the competition, sparks fly. Soon, the two are exchanging letters, having secret meetings, and fighting off their cursed urges to hurt one another, all while trying not to fall in love. And if they are ever going to have a chance to be together, they only have one choice: to put an end to Sabine’s curse, once and for all.
J.D. Myall's Heart's Gambit is an irresistible journey of dazzling magic, unforgettable first love, and daring to dream of something more.
Lights Out by Jenni Fletcher (Simon and Schuster)
He’s a future F1 champion, but she’s making it hard to stay on track…
F1’s resident bad boy Giovanni Bauer isn’t used to losing, but when his non-stop partying leaves his position on the team at risk, he needs to turn his reputation around - fast.
Maisie Evans is a dedicated psychology student, desperate to break into Gio’s competitive world and reignite her dreams of a glittering sports career, but with no clue how to do it.
When Gio and Maisie’s worlds collide, the answer to their problems seems a fake relationship. She gets to travel the world and brush shoulders with sports royalty, and he gets to fix his image by settling down.
But as sparks fly on and off the track, will their ‘relationship’ see them cross the line together, or crash and burn?
Love Me Tomorrow by Emiko Jean (Sarah Barley Books) - moved from March 2025, April 2026 and November 2026. Change of publisher from Flatiron to Sarah Barley Books.
“If I’m being honest, I’ve loved you from the beginning.”
Seventeen-year-old Emma Nakamura-Thatcher doesn’t believe in forever love, not after her parents’ heartbreaking divorce. Which is why, when she attends the summer festival of Tanabata with her grandfather, she wishes for proof that love is real—and that it can last.
Emma doesn’t expect anything to come of her wish until she discovers a note from someone claiming to be her true love…contacting her from the future. Someone has to be pranking her, right? But as more notes pour in, Emma is forced to admit the mysterious writer knows her in a profound way, which can only mean one thing: This is real. Someone she knows now is actually contacting her from the future.
But who?
Is it Ezra, the absurdly popular musical genius? Theo, the literal boy next door, who knows Emma best? Or Colin, the overly confident, overly handsome, overly rich kid she meets when she starts cleaning his mega-mansion?
As Emma tries to uncover the identity of the letter writer, the mystery turns into something greater: a process of self-discovery. In the end, Emma will learn the key to making love last—and how it’s the point of, well, everything.
Sibylline by Melissa de la Cruz (G.P. Putnam and Sons)
Raven, Atticus, and Dorian have dreamed of attending Sibylline for as long as they can remember. But when the magical ivy league rejects them, the friends’ plans of a future together studying the arcane begin crashing down.
Until they decide to steal an education.
Getting jobs on campus, they sneak into lectures and swipe forbidden texts, dodging the administration’s watchful eye. In the quiet of night, in the thrill of secrecy, their magic awakens. And so do long-buried attractions that turn their friendship into something more.
But like magic, love can create, and it can destroy. As unrequited feelings and resentment threaten to fracture their bond, the trio discovers an insidious magic that has sunk its claws into Sibylline, killing students and corroding the very bones of the university. Now the three intruders may be the key to saving the institution from wreckage... if they don’t wreck one another first.
Enchanted to Meet You by Cara Stout (HarperTeen) - description and cover not yet updated on Goodreads, originally published in the UK, moved from September 2025, Avon listed as publisher but will publish through HarperTeen in the US.
Once upon a time in a fake castle not so far away...
Imogen Rogers dreams of happily-ever-afters—but she can’t seem decide what she wants her story to be. She spends her summer hopping from job to job—or getting fired, literally. But when her best friend and soon-to-be investigative reporter suggests that she go undercover at Fairytale Gardens, Imogen is intrigued. And when she gets cast as the fake-royalty theme park’s Princess, it turns out... the tiara fits.
Tristian Walsh was born to be Prince Charming—his parents built Fairytale Gardens with Tristian and his brothers in mind. But since his mom died, it feels like the magic has gone and this heir to the make-believe throne wants more. Can he escape a life that’s already been written for him?
When you’re pretending to fall in love, one kiss can blur the lines between fairytale and real life. And when reality steps in, only Imogen and Tristian can choose how this story ends.
A Practical Guide to Dating a Demon by Hannah Reynolds (G.P. Putnam and Sons)
As a scholarship student at the magical Lyceum, Naomi would rather focus on deciphering ancient scrolls than dating. Especially since the only boys asking her out are less interested in a night in Naomi’s company than an introduction to her influential aunt.
So Naomi devises an excuse to turn down her persistent suitors: She claims to be betrothed to a demon.
Her story works perfectly. Until she arrives home one night and finds the demon Daziel lounging in her rooms, insisting he’s her betrothed. Naomi knows he’s lying—after all, the betrothal was never real—but the gorgeous and infuriating demon is surprisingly resistant to her banishing spells. And with his penchant for baking and home décor, it’s not so bad having him around.
Besides, she has bigger worries—like the ancient scroll she’s trying to translate, and the way the city’s magic has become suddenly unstable. But the more Naomi learns about the scroll, and the more she gets to know Daziel, the more it seems like she might be at the center of something bigger than she could have imagined.
The Darkness Greeted Her by Christina Ferko (Sourcebooks Fire)
Penny's abusive father is dead…but she still hears his voice in her head, encouraging her to hurt those around her. She can't go to school or be around her friends or even draw with a sharp pencil without her intrusive thoughts urging her toward violence. Desperate to get a handle on her OCD, she agrees to spend the summer at Camp Whitewood--an exclusive therapy retreat in the woods.
She feels optimistic when she arrives. The other girls all have their reasons for being there, which makes Penny feel a little less alone. But then she starts seeing things that can't possibly be there: the gold watch her father was buried with, his favorite whiskey spilled on her cabin floor...a terrifying figure she calls the Shadow Man looming at the foot of her bed. Penny thinks she is losing her mind, but when a girl goes missing, and is later found dead, it's clear that whatever is happening at Camp Whitewood isn't all in her head.
As the hallucinations become increasingly intense and more girls wind up dead, Penny must work with whoever is left standing to figure out what is real before the Shadow Man uses their traumas against them and claims their lives.
Stolen Midnights by Katherine Quinn (Delacorte) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
This stunning hardcover edition will feature gorgeous, flower-patterned sprayed edges and silver foil!
When Damien, a cold and hardened thief, is hired to steal a gift from the powerful Fates meant for Andalay’s sweetheart, Wren Hayes, he finds himself entangled in a web of secrets.
The gift? A locket containing his own phototroph.
Once the locket is opened, hidden truths unravel, ones that shed light on the ruthless ways of the upper-class society. Yearning for the three Fates and the magical gifts they bestow, the lords of Andalay will go to any length to keep their power—including murder.
Brought together by destiny, and fighting a temptation that neither understand, Wren and Damien navigate a seedy world where the truth can destroy not only their lives, but the city itself.
Few Blue Skies by Caroline Ixta (Quill Tree Books) - moved from September 2025, then from January 2026, description and cover not yet updated on Goodreads.
Paloma Vistamontes is heartbroken. A year ago, her ex-boyfriend, Julio Ramos, broke up with her after his father’s death, a tragedy that drove Paloma and him apart. Ever since then, the mountains have felt flatter, the sky farther away.
Now, her hometown of San Fermín, a place where honest people work on farms and in factories, is in danger. Selva, a massive e-commerce conglomerate, threatens to open one of their warehouses beside her high school.
This isn’t the first time they’ve done this. Since Selva arrived, they’ve opened warehouses everywhere where there used to be green spaces. Because of them, the air pollution is so bad that school is often canceled. Many people, including Paloma’s ever-practical Ma, want to leave.
But Paloma wants nothing more than to stay. Because when the smog clears, there is still hope. That hope drives Paloma to reconnect with Julio to expose and challenge the dangers that Selva introduces to communities like their own. Can they stop Selva from destroying everything they know? Is there still a chance for their budding romance?
Welcome to the Carnival Fantástico, a spectacle of magic and mischief, and the perfect haven for a runaway. Using her tricks and razor-sharp wit, Esmeralda becomes the carnival’s resident fortune-teller, aiming for the lead role in the Big Top Show. Success would mean freedom from her former employer, the commander of the King’s army.
Ignacio has defected from the army and is on the hunt for evidence of his father’s corruption. But the last thing he expects to find on his father’s trail of lies is the only girl he’s ever loved, spinning false fortunes at a traveling carnival.
Perhaps fortune has thrown them together for a reason. They strike a deal: she’ll help him expose his father if he helps her secure the main act. But old feelings don’t die easily, and the commander’s secret isn’t the only thing they’ll need to confront.
Steam by Shaenon K. Garrity and Emily Holden (Margaret K. McElderry Books) - YA graphic novel, moved from 2023.
Ruby is a genius humanoid who was grown in a secret lab at the local university, created to solve science’s greatest problems. But Ruby suspects she can’t fulfill her function while trapped inside, so she breaks out.
Now living among humans, Ruby attempts to lie low and fit in as a barista at the university coffeehouse, Inkcap. Working there gives her plenty of opportunity to figure out what problems people need solving. And as far as she can tell, most humans’ biggest problem is struggling to find happiness. And what makes them happy? Love! So, Ruby uses her superpowered brain to play cupid.
As Ruby sets to work pairing up the staff and regulars at Inkcap, she feels more and more human she’s got a community now, maybe even a crush. But the lab believes she’s dangerous, and it wants her back. When pursuing her own happiness leads Ruby straight into a trap, she’ll need her new motley crew of coffeehouse friends to save her from the scientist who only want to use her.
Wake Now in the Fire by Jarrett Dapier and AJ Dung (Chronicle Books) - YA graphic novel, moved from 2023, then from September 2025.
It starts as an update at one Chicago high copies of a certain book are no longer allowed in the classrooms or the library. But it’s not just one high school—it’s all Chicago public schools. Not even the principals know why this is happening; they just know they must comply with the order. One thing is The book, which tells a story of oppression, survival, and resistance against authoritarian power, is seen as a threat, dangerous enough to ban.
One other thing is Some of the students aren’t going to let this go without resistance of their own.
As the extent of the ban becomes known, the students rise up. They organize a school-wide walkout and library sit-in. They publicize the banning in every forum they social media, the press, classes, clubs, the school paper. And most of all, they get everyone they know to read the Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi.
Told from multiple perspectives, based on extensive interviews with the real-life students and teachers who were affected, and written by the librarian who exposed key information about the Chicago Public Schools censorship decision, Wake Now in the Fire is a fictionalized account of a true event that galvanized a community. With illustrations by Alex Award-winner AJ Dungo that perfectly capture the everyday joys, heartbreak, and stresses of high school, this graphic novel is an inspiring portrayal of student activism taking on one of most urgent issues of our time, and a passionate reminder of why protecting the books we love matters.
Left on Read by Marissa Eller (Holiday House)
In this rivals-to-lovers romcom from Marissa Eller, overachiever Murphy wants one thing: to be the top student in her school. So when a student who could beat her turns up, she tries to keep her eyes on her own paper… and off this infuriatingly perfect boy.
School is everything to Murphy—literally everything, since she’s missed out on all of the Traditional High School Things in pursuit of academic success. Her senior year is going to be perfect, and so is she… because she’s pushing herself to her physical and mental limit. All she needs to do is ignore her mounting anxiety! Which is probably clinical! La la la!
But Hayes—her ultrasmart, ultra-annoying rival for valedictorian—is making her year far less perfect than she imagined.
He’s after that top spot, and he doesn’t care who he has to shove outside. But when Murphy and Hayes are paired up for a group project on student mental health, Murphy discovers that he might be the only one who understands what she’s going through. The burnout. The self-doubt. The unrelenting grind. Together, they can stand up to the pressures of academia, family, and the way most traveled… if they partner up in more ways than one.
Beyond Seven Forests by Amanda McCrina (Lerner/Carolrhoda) - previously titled Snowbound.
Amy Fitzgerald at Lerner/Carolrhoda has bought Snowbound, the next historical YA novel by Amanda McCrina (Traitor; The Silent Unseen , set during World War I in what would later become Poland. Polish doctor-in-training Renata, caught between the occupying Germans and the retreating Russians, must wrestle with her loyalties and figure out how to survive when two Polish deserters from the Russian army take shelter in her home right before a blizzard. Publication is set for spring 2026; Jennie Kendrick at Red Fox Literary brokered the deal for world rights.
All We Once Had by Katy Upperman (Sourcebooks Fire)
February 10th
To the Death by Andrea Tang (G.P. Putnam and Sons) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
Two teens are pitted against each other in a magical duel for revenge, but they’ll have to fight their growing attraction first, in this YA fantasy thriller from the author of These Deadly Prophecies.
Eighteen-year-old Samantha Chan wants only one thing: revenge for her brother’s death in an illegal magical duel. Ever since that terrible day, she’s been quietly working with legitimate dueling champion Lysander Rook and biding her time until she can take down her brother’s killer: Mateus Blackwood.
Tamsin Blackwood is trapped. She wants to make a name for herself in the magical dueling circuit, but she can’t get away from the legacy of her father—and coach—Mateus Blackwood. When she receives a challenge from the undefeated Lysander and his assistant Sam, she jumps at the chance to earn enough fame and glory to finally escape her father’s influence.
Tamsin has no idea about Sam’s scheming, and Sam plans to keep it that way. Despite herself, though, she can’t help liking Tamsin, and the two girls quickly grow closer to each other than anyone else in their lives. But Sam won’t let anything get in the way of her revenge—not even her heart.
Call of the Dragon by Natasha Bowen (Random House)
The people are calling...
And the gods will answer.
Moremi has only ever known peace in the Kingdom of Kwa, thanks to the two dragon gods keeping an unspeakable evil at bay. But when the king tries to claim the gods’ power for himself, it all goes dreadfully wrong. The great dragons are injured and flee . . . and the world’s darkest shadows are released.
Suddenly, Kwa’s ancient tales of monsters become all too real. Yet as death comes for those around her, Moremi somehow finds herself magically connected to both dragon gods—a feat that should be impossible.
Now, Moremi is Kwa’s only hope for restoring the gods to full strength. But will Jagun, the mysterious prince, let her anywhere near the dragons? And how does her childhood friend, Nox, feel about it all? It may not matter in the end, because if Moremi fails her quest, then she risks the earth caving in and the sky crumbling down.
This Ain't Our First Rodeo by Liara Tamani (Greenwillow Books)
When life lassoes Josie and Shawn back together three years after their dreamy first date, their second chance at love is anything but easy. A big-hearted rodeo romance set in Houston, Texas, by the critically acclaimed Liara Tamani, author of What She Missed, All The Things We Never Knew, and Calling My Name. This bold first-love story is for fans of Nothing Like the Movies and Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute.
This ain’t Josie’s first rodeo. Her parents own several fancy restaurants in Houston, and they just opened a new one right outside the stadium. Josie is expected to stay inside the restaurant and help, and maybe take over their growing empire one day, but that isn’t what Josie wants. She’d rather be at the rodeo itself than in a high-end restaurant next to it. Or eating funnel cakes and Texas-sized corn dogs at the carnival on the grounds. Or better yet, riding her horse at her grandparents’ ranch, the very place her mom wants to sell.
It ain’t Shawn’s first rodeo either. He’s been riding bulls since his mom died, doing everything he can to live up to his rodeo-champion stepfather’s sky-high expectations. But as Shawn’s stardom rises, so do tensions in their relationship. His stepfather’s drinking and gambling problems sure don’t help.
After one unforgettable night leaves Josie and Shawn wanting nothing but each other, their lives become entwined in increasingly complex ways. Can they save Josie’s family land? Or will Shawn’s stepfather and his shady plan be the ranch’s ruin? Will one wrong move cost them everything? Rodeo after rodeo, year after year, can Josie and Shawn keep their hearts open through the secrets, twists, and turns?
This Ain’t Our First Rodeo is a contemporary western love story full of bulls, brawls, and horses. It’s a tender second chance cowboy romance about family, friendship, mistakes, and the blessings of choosing to love anyway. Black cowboys and cowgirls like Josie and Shawn have long helped shape the American West—a legacy that shines in Liara Tamani’s storytelling. Her writing is quick-witted, swoony, and authentic, with characters who are easy to love and hard to forget.
The Cursed Queen's Daughter by Elly Blake (Little, Brown) - moved from 2024, details not yet updated on Goodreads, but updated on publisher website.
Fearless Thea has never known life outside of war. As the favorite daughter of the Sylvan King, she’s a relentless fighter who longs to lead his army as First Huntsman, ignoring the pretty clothes and fanciful notions others enjoy. But when a mysterious dress full of dark magic appears on her hearth one evening, Thea doesn’t know how to fight an enemy she can’t see or touch. Still, her curiosity builds as a new gown appears each night—until she gives in to temptation and is whisked to a forgotten land of shadows.
The prince of the shadow realm is a handsome host, and while Thea does all she can to resist his charms, it’s clear he knows something about the long-ago disappearance of Thea’s mother. All he asks in return is for Thea to dance with him, their dangerous attraction growing each time she returns for more information. Meanwhile, shadows are seeping into the living realm, and Thea may have to embrace her own darkness if she has any chance of saving her beloved sisters and home from an otherworldly threat.
From the author of the Frostblood Saga comes the second book in a spellbinding series about the daughters of the powerful forest king, with simmering romance and plot twists that will leave readers desperate to enter the Thirstwood themselves.
Red Star Rebels by Amie Kaufman (Knopf)
8 HOURS TO STOP AN EXPLOSION… 8 HOURS TO FALL IN LOVE.
A high-octane, nail biting, flirty sci-fi adventure about a stowaway girl and an entitled boy who find themselves falling for each other as they race against the clock to outwit a band of mercenaries.
It’s 2067, and the Graves family has transformed Mars from a rocky wilderness into a chaotic blend of settlements that are part national pride, part corporate conquest.
Enter Hunter Graves. After his Dad dies on Earth, Hunter decides to make an unannounced visit to his only other living relatives–his mom and sister who live on Mars. Unfortunately, he arrives at the check-in station moments before a toxin is detected…and he can’t find an escape pod.
But a stowaway named Cleo has also missed her chance to escape. And when the two discover each other, they skip the small talk and go straight to sending an SOS. It turns out there is no toxin…but there is a group of mercenaries has infiltrated the station and rigged a bomb to go off in eight hours, obliterating all evidence of their crime. And now for Cleo and Hunter, the race is on to get out.
Snagged by Carrie Harris (Running Press Kids)
Perfect for fans of fairy-tale reinventions, cosplay, and pop-culture nerdom, this officially licensed Lady Lovely Locks story proves that, sometimes, you have to become the hero of your own story. Sixteen-year-old Leigh Carroll has been through it—when she lost her mom as a baby, she and her dad had to move to a small apartment in Philadelphia where they are scraping by. Leigh has an afterschool job at a hardware store and her dad works nights, so they never see each other. Despite everything, Leigh has been able to maintain her signature snark and has found an escape through something she’d never expected…cosplay.
It’s in this pursuit where Leigh’s life takes a turn for the supernatural—when she decides to build a costume based on a dated book series called Lady Lovely Locks. It’s about a princess of the same name who, on the surface, wears frumpy dresses, lives in a magical castle, rides a horse named “Silky Mane,” and has rainbow hair infested with long-tailed rodents called “Pixietails.”
Leigh finds a way to re-interpret this character for the 2020s and has everything she needs, except the rainbow-streaked hair. At a comic convention, she meets a mysterious old woman selling what appears to be an authentic, vintage Lady Lovely Locks wig. When Leigh gets home and puts it on, she finds herself magically transported to Lovely Locks kingdom. And, somehow, she now IS Lady Lovely Locks. But it isn’t until she finds a painting of her mom hanging in the walls of a castle that she realizes more than magic has brought her here… it’s fate.
If I Can't Have You by Aden Polydoros (Page Street)
When heartbroken seventeen-year-old Kristi scores the season’s hottest romance simulator, the Love Interest 3000, she doesn’t expect the perfect boyfriend to become the perfect nightmare.
Reeling from a recent breakup, Kristi decides to take the plunge into virtual reality after her friend, Helen, convinces her to buy a bootlegged version of the device from Jamie, the school outcast.
At first, her VoyfriendTM, Rowan, is a balm to her post-breakup loneliness: kind, attentive, knows how to say all the right things. But things take a tragic turn when Helen dies in a grisly accident involving her own edition of the machine. In a fit of grief and rage, Kristi destroys her LI 3000, ready to move on and live in the real world. But Rowan isn’t willing to let her go, and soon begins appearing in her life―leaving her menacing messages and hacking video screens.
Then Kristi learns that Helen isn’t the only one who died in a so-called “accident” with the bootlegged machines. If she doesn’t find out who is causing the murders―and why―then her own life, the lives of those she cares about, are forfeit.
Goodbye and Everything After by Mae Coyiuto (Feiwel and Friends) - moved from February 17th, release date not yet updated on Goodreads but confirmed on publisher website.
Anna Roberto at Feiwel and Friends has acquired Goodbye and Everything After by Mae Coyiuto (Chloe and the Kaishao Boys), a magical contemporary YA about a 17-year-old Chinese Filipino girl who breaks the Filipino funeral superstition of pagpag, resulting in resurrecting the spirit of her dead father, and in doing so mourns him all over again as she spends time with his ghost, all the while trying to navigate her mother's impending new marriage. Publication is set for winter 2026; Thao Le at Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency sold North American rights.
Holloway by Elana K. Arnold (Clarion Books)
February 17th
This Wretched Beauty by Elle Grenier: A Dorian Gray Remix (Feiwel and Friends) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
Happiness needs to be earned in the face of impossible odds, or there’s no beauty in it.
London,
1867. Dorian Gray is the heir to a title and their family’s estate, but
they’ve never been given the chance to decide whether that’s actually
what they want out of life. Forcibly estranged from their father by
their manipulative grandfather, Dorian feels trapped in the life that
has been decided for them.
Then one night they sneak out of their
grandfather’s house, they meet a sweet and talented young painter named
Basil, who immediately recognizes Dorian as his new muse. They agree to
sit for Basil for a portrait, and Dorian is struck by the beauty and
depth that Basil paints into their likeness—and they dare to begin
hoping there might be more to life than being their grandfather’s
perfect, empty-headed heir.
Dorian is further elated when Basil
introduces them to the world of molly houses and drag performers—they’ve
never seen such joyful variety of humanity and gender expression. But
Dorian’s rosy outlook is shattered when a police investigation into
Dorian’s favorite performer, Sybil Vane, implicates them in “indecent”
activities. Terrified of their grandfather’s wrath, Dorian offers
evidence against Sybil in a panic, and immediately hates themself for
turning on a new friend. Finally breaking free of their grandfather’s
control, Dorian flees to a country estate, but the damage has been done.
Dorian
falls into a terrible downward spiral, torn between guilt over their
own actions and hatred for the suffocating expectations of society. They
push away Basil and their father, surrounding themself instead with
vapid courtiers and decadent socialites. And as Dorian’s spiral of
self-loathing deepens, something strange happens—Basil’s portrait of
them begins to change. Their smile becomes a little sharper, the glint
in their eyes a little colder.
Dorian will have to choose—embrace
the wickedness within and allow themself to become what they were
always meant to be, or dare to try for something far more fragile and
dangerous: a life of their own making.
Ungodly Chaos by Selma Soren (Margaret K. McElderry Books) - previously titled The Lost Gods of Duat.
Amira Shah is having a perfectly good, perfectly normal year—until her boyfriend (and hottest boy in school) Kaidan Jaziri breaks up with her on her seventeenth birthday. But Amira is never one to let things go, and after overhearing Kaidan loudly arguing with someone in town, she follows him, only to fall through a portal to the underworld, also known as Duat.
There, she learns the chaotic ex-boyfriend who would endlessly rope her into trouble inherited his impulsive nature from his ancestor Apep, the god of chaos.
Kaidan is intent on solving a spree of murders happening in the human realm. Someone is killing other descendants—and if Kaidan isn’t careful, he might be next. Feeling a mystical pull to Kaidan and the underworld, Amira insists on helping solve the mystery.
Together with Kaidan’s rival and descendent of the sun god, Zain Nailos, they uncover secrets behind Amira’s mysterious connection to the Egyptian pantheon and pursue the clever killer who may have been hiding among them all along.
Postscript by Cory McCarthy (Dutton)
“I’m not sure the how-pocalypse changes anything. I don’t think about it; this is hard enough.”
This is a depopulated archipelago off the coast of Massachusetts, home to a tiny handful of sapiens sifting the remnants of civilization for scraps of comfort and joy.
There’s no sense in trying to figure out exactly how humans got to this place of endless gray skies and so many mass graves—that’s a very long letter no one has the heart to read again.
What matters is this fleeting postscript, a strangely joyous house of bones built by an unlikely quintet of survivors.
They Call Her Regret by Channelle Desamours (Wednesday Books)
Every year horror-loving Simone Washington throws an epic Halloween party for her classmates. Party-planning is her favorite escape from the dark secrets in her past, and this year, she’s taking things up a notch with an invitation-only event to celebrate her eighteenth birthday—something that will leave the halls of Pinegrove Academy flooded with gossip about the big ghoulish bash. The overnight stay at Doll’s Head Lake will be filled with spooky pranks and scary stories told by the fire—including the legend of a local witch named Regret.
But those dark secrets from Simone’s past are forced to the surface at the party when her best friend Kira drowns under questionable circumstances. The witch appears and offers Simone a deal: if Simone can figure out how to release Regret from the curse trapping her at the lake within fourteen days, all of Simone’s regrets will be erased. If Simone accepts, Kira’s life will be immediately restored. But if she fails, Kira will die again—and Simone will be the one to kill her.
The Sun and the Starmaker by Rachel Griffin (Sourcebooks Fire) - moved from September 2026.
Nestled deep in the snowy mountains of the Lost Range, the small village of Reverie endures on a miracle. Beyond the reach of the Sun, Reverie is dependent upon the magic of the mysterious Starmaker: every morning, he trudges across a vast glacier and pulls in sunlight over the peaks, providing the village with the light it needs to survive.
Aurora Finch grew up on tales of the Starmaker’s magic, never imagining she’d one day meet him. But on the morning of her wedding, a fateful encounter in the frostbitten woods changes everything. The Starmaker senses a powerful magic within her and demands she come study under his guidance. With her newfound abilities tied to the survival of the village, Aurora is swept away to his ice-covered castle at the mountain’s peak.
The Starmaker is as cold and distant as the dark woods, leaving Aurora to explore his enchanted castle with only an immortal rabbit for company. Yet the more she discovers about the sorcerer, the stronger their ruinous attraction grows, pulling her closer to the secrets he refuses to share. A deadly frost approaches, and Aurora must uncover what the Starmaker is hiding before she is left in an endless winter that even the Sun cannot touch.
Love, Sivvy by R.L. Toalson (Little, Brown) - YA memoir in verse.
Sylvia Plath knows she was born to be remembered. She loves learning, literature, and writing, especially poetry. The problem is, she’s coming of age in a time when women are expected to happily set aside their dreams for a husband and a home. Even in high school, Sylvia struggles to reconcile the societal expectations placed on women and the ambitions she has for a great career. She aches for a partner and a family, but she longs to become a poet, too. And she’s afraid she can’t have both.
Covering her high school and college years, and capturing her many highs and lows as she wrestled with her mental health and blazing talent, Love, Sivvy is a beautifully rendered portrait of one of the most incandescent poets of all time.
Enola Homles and the Clanging Coffin by Nancy Springer (Wednesday Books)
February 24th
Daughter of the Cursed Kingdom by Jasmine Skye (Feiwel and Friends) - previously titled Daughter of the Witch King, moved from 2025.
“If I ask you to walk into danger with me, Rosamund Holt, will you do it?”
Born a bone witch, with the power to raise the dead, Shaw has spent her life preparing to take her place as Death's Heir, so she can lead her people to victory in an unavoidable, prophesied war. But then she met Rosy, sweet, stubborn Rosy, the most powerful bone familiar she's ever known, and the only person Shaw has never been able to predict. Rosy, who doesn’t believe in the prophesied war that has consumed Shaw’s entire life.
“I won't be their weapon, but I will be yours.”
Shaw has won Rosy's loyalty, but Rosy has made it very clear she's not willing to share her heart, a fact that Shaw is determined to respect... no matter how much it hurts. But now, as tensions with Vinland rise and secrets about the Witch King’s motivations are revealed, Shaw needs Rosy and her entourage more than ever. Will Shaw become the conquering warlord she was prophesized to be, or will she be strong enough to find a new path forward?
The Boyfriend Launcher by RaeChell Garrett (Little, Brown) - moved from 2024, release date not yet updated on Goodreads but this release date is given on the publisher website.
When soccer star Dru Eason’s longtime crush Kai finally asks her out, she can’t say no. She also can’t say yes. Not when she knows things with him will end just as they have with all of her exes. They’ll date, break up, and in a matter of days he’ll become someone else’s perfect boyfriend.
Because Dru is The Boyfriend Launcher.
To buy time to figure out why this keeps happening, Dru negotiates a no-dating pact with her team for the duration of the playoffs—twenty-four days. Then she asks Winston Portis, one of her best friends, to fake-date her. Maybe after some feedback on what it’s like being her boyfriend, she can take her chance with Kai and keep him far away from the launchpad.
But is twenty-four days enough time to uncover her issues? Or is it just long enough for Dru to wonder: Has she been overlooking the perfect boy, or is she just launching Winston for the next girl? And is she finally brave enough to take a shot at finding out?
Paradise Coast by Suzanne Young (Simon and Schuster) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
Some secrets won’t stay buried. Not even in the Everglades.
Deep in the Everglades, there was once a luxurious and legendary hotel enjoyed by the wealthy elite. Until one mysterious night when a fire tore through the building, killing a young socialite and casting blame on a local dock worker. Soon after, the hotel vanished, swallowed up by the wetlands like it never existed at all.
Until now.
When a powerful hurricane unearths the ruins of the long-forgotten hotel, the past is dragged back to the surface as clues to the devasting truth about the night of the fire are revealed.
It’s the truth that die-hard local Noa and her friends have been chasing for years in the hopes of clearing their ancestor’s name and pushing back against the rich families trying to force them out. With the help of Jamie, the rebellious son of a wealthy businessman, Noa and her crew begin a desperate fight for the justice they deserve.
It won’t be easy. Because the wealthy control just about everything on Paradise Coast—including the truth. And they will do whatever it takes, even kill, to make sure the past stays buried.
The Kiss Bet: A Novel by Farrah Penn and Ingrid Ochoa (Wattpad Books) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
This clean teen contemporary YA rom-com about first love and friendships is perfect for fans of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and Rainbow Rowell’s Pumpkinheads.
Based on the hit WEBTOON comic, The Kiss Bet follows Sara Lin on her quest to experience her first kiss. Told from both Sara and Patrick’s point of view, The Kiss Bet shows that life—and love—can be messy and complicated, but it sure can be fun.
It’s senior year and Sara Lin just turned eighteen. The last thing she needs is to worry about having her first kiss.
Sara understands that her first kiss is a rite of passage, one that she takes very seriously, even if everyone around her doesn’t. She wants it to be special—true love’s kiss—and wants to fall for someone she really cares about, not just get it over with.
But that’s about to change because her good pal Patrick just challenged her to a bet that will either lead to love, heartbreak, or embarrassment... or maybe all three.
As Sara explores her relationship options with three different boys, she realizes that life isn’t a fairytale and romance can be confusing.
The Twelve by Joey Graceffa and M.L. Marr (HarperCollins) - description and cover not yet updated on Goodreads.
Welcome to the coven.
Each month, a Zodiac Witch is born, her magic written by the stars.
Ophelia and Serena—twin sisters born on the cusp of Pisces and Aries—are trapped in the cold confines of an orphanage until fate rips them from obscurity. Suddenly, they are invited into The Twelve, a powerful coven. To join, they must swear to hunt Dark Witches, creatures of spectral beauty and razor-sharp teeth who survive by siphoning magic from young witches.
On a secret island, protected by their new sisters, Ophelia and Serena train to use their powers. Serena commands Lightning, raw and untamed. Ophelia wields Water, quiet and waiting. Their paths shift—one chasing power, the other resisting—as the sisters find themselves caught between two destinies. Some choices can never be undone but they must decide, because magic does not wait, and the darkness is coming for them in ways they could never imagine. After all, the stars never shine without casting shadows.
Love in Ruins by Auriane Desombre (Delacorte Romance) - moved from 2025.
When Natalie Campbell sets out on a class trip to Greece, she knows that checking off a summer bucket list with her best friend, Luca, sounds like the perfect way to deal (or rather, not deal) with her recent breakup—and the new OCD diagnosis she’s doing a beautiful job of ignoring. Ever since her controlling ex tried to isolate her from Luca and confirmed all the worst theories she’s ever had about romance, Natalie has promised to swear off dating.
But when she grows closer with Melanie, their Greek instructor’s daughter, Natalie isn’t so sure about her challenge anymore. As Natalie finds herself sneaking on boat rides to hidden beaches, taking secret midnight hikes to ancient ruins, and jetting off to nearby islands with Melanie as her guide, her summer Greece adventure unexpectedly begins to heat up.
Romance is the last thing Natalie planned on for her summer bucket list, and strain on her friendship with Luca wasn’t in her plan, either. Amid the ancient Greek ruins, will Natalie learn to follow her heart before her chance at romance—and her friendships—could be ruined for good?
Limelight by Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Penguin Workshop)
The only thing standing between Danny and his dreams is…everything.
For fifteen years, Danny Victorio has kept his head down, kept his mouth shut, and kept everyone out. But an audition for Manhattan’s most prestigious arts school offers him a chance to escape Staten Island—and his crumbling family—for good.
If he doesn’t screw everything up.
At LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts, Danny is thrust into a world of fierce talent and even fiercer ambition. As he navigates overwhelming expectations, the ghosts of his past, and, for the first time, real friendship, Danny can’t shake the Where do I belong…if I belong at all?
Set against the gritty, vibrant backdrop of 1996 New York City—where peep-show palaces were giving way to Disney stores, the “Club Kids” ruled nightlife, and a musical called Rent was driving teens to sleep on the seediest sidewalks of Times Square in hopes of a ticket—Limelight is a story about finding your voice, finding your family, and figuring out who, and where, you’re really meant to be.
If We Never End by Laura Taylor Namey (Bloomsbury) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
Sylvie’s summer is suddenly full of road trips, beach bonfires, and ferris wheel rides as she and Penn try to piece together the life he lost. But soon, Sylvie begins to imagine a life together—a life they can never have. Then a devastating discovery brings everything crashing down. The watch’s secrets extend far beyond Penn, and it’s not only a broken heart Sylvie is risking, but a beating one.
Every Last Liar by Kate Francis (Sourcebooks Fire)
Seven teens with a terrible secret are caught up in a deadly game of revenge. Every hour, one of them must sacrifice themselves until only one survivor remains. Otherwise, they all die.
On the first anniversary of a tragic fire at their high school, seven teenagers jump at the chance of a luxury desert retreat. But when they're left at a ramshackle motel and a sinister text message accuses them of complicity in the fire, they realize someone is playing a deadly game of revenge.
The rules? Every hour, one of them must sacrifice themselves, leaving the motel grounds to be killed, until only one survivor remains. Otherwise, they all die.
As the countdown begins, the stranded students confront the trauma of the previous year and decide who among them deserves to live, and who to die.
With time running out, can they work together to uncover who's running the game before the bodies pile up? Or will it be survival of the fittest?
Before We Wake by Sophia Glock (Little, Brown Ink) - YA graphic novel.
Haunted by a recurring dream, Alicia borrows a book about lucid dreaming, and soon learns to take control of her sleeping life. She welcomes the arrival of her best friend’s boyfriend in her dreamworld, and soon sparks start to fly. But then he admits, when they are both awake, that he remembers everything that happened while they were asleep. Suddenly, Alicia’s dream life has become as complicated as her waking one.
In this electrifying graphic novel, Glock whisks readers on a head‑spinning romantic dream odyssey, exploring the ways in which we hold ourselves back—and what it will take to let our wildest dreams come true.
Tripping Over You: Volume Two by Suzana Harcum and Owena White (First Second) - YA graphic novel, based on a web-comic. Description not yet updated on Goodreads.
Now that they've graduated high school, our secret lovebirds face a whole new set of challenges as their career prospects begin to pull them in different directions. Milo rents a tiny studio near his new university, and throws himself into his goal of becoming an actor. He takes several jobs with the hope of climbing in the industry, and packs his work-study schedule full to bursting. Liam moves back into his childhood home, begrudgingly following the trajectory his father had long steered him toward: law school, then working for his father's law firm. As the sneaking around, stress from not having enough time to spend with each other, and hurt feelings snowball, the two decide it is finally time to come clean to their families about their relationship and desires for the future.
The Fall of Iris Henley by Jennifer Graham (Wednesday Books)
The Spiral Key by Kelsey Day (Viking)
For fans of Holly Jackson and Jessica Goodman, this high-stakes thriller is set in a virtual-reality paradise turned hellscape, from a celebrated writer making their YA debut.
At the start of each school year, Madison Pembroke, the most popular girl at Lincoln Academy, sends out invitations to her epic birthday party in the form of custom forged spiral keys. For that one night, a few lucky teens get to enter Ametrine, a virtual paradise designed to be the party of the year—an unforgettable celebration that will secure their social status in the real world. As Madison’s hated ex-BFF, Bree Benson never receives a key.
Until this year.
Despite warnings from her boyfriend, Bree sees the invite as an olive branch, the perfect opportunity to rekindle her once-amazing friendship with Madison. But as the party games begin to turn provocative and violent, Bree finds that Ametrine might not be the virtual paradise she was promised. And that Madison may have let Bree enter Ametrine, but she has no intention of ever letting her leave...
Kelsey Day’s gripping debut shows that while best friends know each other the best, ex–best friends know how to hurt each other the worst.
Ruins Beneath Us by Sasha Sloan (Disney Hyperion) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
This first book in a romantasy duology by TikTok star Sasha Sloan pairs a compelling love triangle, luscious worldbuilding, and spellbinding magic to deliver a debut with everything romantasy readers crave.
Lyra and her mother have been on the run for as long as Lyra can remember. Now seventeen, she has grown restless hiding on the outskirts of the forest that surrounds the human world. One day, while her mother is away, Lyra hears a boy in the forest calling for help and rescues him from certain death. Unbeknownst to her, the boy, Finn, is the crowned Prince, and he wants Lyra to become the kingdom’s royal apothecary!
Terrified that Finn is going to discover she’s an elf and she used magic to heal him while he was unconscious, Lyra struggles to fit in with the human royal court while also hiding her identity. It is here she meets the jaded apothecary apprentice Cygnus, who is cold, highly suspicious of her, and envious that she’s taken the coveted role of royal apothecary.
While Lyra continues to grow closer to Finn, she also grows closer to Cygnus, who is keeping more than his share of earth-shattering secrets about the kingdom. After Lyra and Cygnus discover a dark and sinister world hidden underneath the palace, she must decide if she embraces her history or continues to ignore her past to secure a future with the prince.
This slow-burn YA romantasy will be written by BookTok sensation Sasha Sloan and will appeal to fans of other successful TikTok hits like Lightlark and Assistant to the Villain.
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