Booksology - Publishers Weekly has released its Best Books of 2025 list, including a look at the year’s best young adult books. I have read three of them and completely agree with everything they contain.
- We’ve gathered all the great sci-fi and fantasy YA titles coming out in October in one convenient place.
- HarperCollins’ Avon A imprint and Fox Entertainment Studios have signed a deal that could bring more YA books to the screen. Avon A has a history of publishing many historical romances and crossover adult books that appeal to YA readers. You can check out a partial list of fronts and backs here.
- E. Lockhart’s real scam I am receiving adaptive treatment via Prime. In trying to track down whether this will be a series or a one-shot movie, I found another interesting piece of news here. That said, Netflix is currently working on an animated version of the Stephenie Meyer movie. midnight sun.
- By the time you read this, the inaugural World Kid Lit Reading Challenge Award will have ended, but we invite you to dive into this story to learn more about the world of translated literature for young people. You can also bookmark the information to prepare for this challenge next year. Or you can do it right now, since reading translated books is part of being well read.
- Check out the winners and finalists in the YA category at the 2025 Ignyte Awards.
- Then add the 2025 Harvey Award finalists and winners to your TBR and build your comic book reading list.
- Below is a list of books that will be voted by young people as Canada’s best through the Forest of Reading program.
- Bubbling fun history series davenports It will be made into a series on Amazon. This book was created through Packager. So one of the ultimate goals is cross-media development. I really enjoyed the book and can’t wait to see how this one develops (and a Black-led historical novel series is sorely needed on film!).
- Julie Soto’s YA debut slashers A series is also planned. Soto’s latest novel for adults has been criticized because it is Harry Potter fan fiction.
- IFC and Shudder this is not a test Written by Courtney Summers. I’m looking forward to this, even though I don’t think this is a story about teenagers written for YA readers, especially after reading this review. How often do people who work in the field of teen literature need to remind adults that teens don’t know the genre or its tropes in all their conventions and repetitions?
- In fun adaptation news, Jenny Han’s To all the boys I’ve ever loved It will be made into a graphic novel next year.
- Tommy Dorfman’s directorial debut is an adaptation of Mason Deaver’s novel. good luck with your life. This is a story about that directorial debut, and I’m putting it here as a reminder that this film adaptation will soon be released in theaters.
- The Canadian Children’s Book Center has announced the winners of seven children’s book awards, including several Canadian YA titles.
- release twilight The theatrical release benefited financially. It made more than $1 million on the first day alone. If you haven’t tuned in yet, I talked about revisiting this book with a few other book rioters on my new podcast, “Read Well From Zero.”
- love letter to the deadThere is an adaptation of a graphic novel published many years ago.
- It wasn’t my intention for this YA book news roundup to end on a sour note, but that’s exactly what happens. Sales of YA books slumped this summer.
Once you’ve caught up on last month’s YA book news, go back and read a YA book or two. Check out these dystopian new releases, October’s wealth of new YA comics and nonfiction, and prepare your bookshelf for exciting Latinx YA releases in 2026.
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