September 2026 New Releases

 

 

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Trans Panic! by Logan-Ashley Kisner (Delacorte) - note the addition of a "!" to the title.

Krista Marino at Delacorte Press has bought, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, Trans Panic by Logan-Ashley Kisner, a YA slasher horror novel in which a young trans teen finds herself stuck in a summer camp for queer youth that has been infiltrated by a serial killer; and Docile Creatures, a YA murder mystery thriller set in 1950s America, featuring two trans teens who get caught up in a deadly mystery after swapping identities. Publication is slated for fall 2026 and fall 2027; Chloe Seager at Madeline Milburn Ltd. did the deal for North American rights.











Untitled by Aiden Thomas (Feiwel and Friends) - moved from 2024.

"...A third YA novel, pitched as "gay Titanic in space,"



















Queens of the Crypt by Dom&Ink (Penguin Workshop) - YA graphic novel.
Gabriela Taboas Zayas at Penguin Workshop has bought Queens of the Crypt by Dom&Ink (Queer Power!). In this YA graphic novel, teens are going missing in small town Widows Creek, and when Barnaby Jones is about to become the next victim, they unwittingly summon the Queens of the Crypt, protectors of the world from unspeakable evil. Publication is set for summer 2026; Lauren Gardner at Bell Lomax Moreton negotiated the deal for world rights.

Firstborn #1 by MJ Hastings (Sourcebooks) - not yet added to Goodreads.
Mabel Hsu at Sourcebooks has acquired, in a large multi-house auction, for a near seven-figure deal, to MJ Hastings's debut romantic trilogy Firstborn, set in a world under martial law where siblings are conscripted based on birth order. On the eve of her military academy's deadly final trial, a young woman learns that her little sister will be kidnapped and sold to magical enemies, forcing her to get close to a traitor-born enemy and to choose: her sister's life or her own. Publication of the first book is set for September 2026; Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency sold world English rights.

September 12th
Stealing Snow #2 by Danielle Paige (Bloomsbury) - moved from 2023, then from 2024.