The 38 Most Anticipated YA Novels of 2020

What Kind of Girl by Alyssa Sheinmel. Way too much fantasy on this list.

It'll be interesting to see how the Choice Awards play out, I'm betting that The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will win but there's a lot of strong contenders and big name authors with books coming out this year.

Mackey wrote: "Juliet wrote: "Gwen wrote: "Eva wrote: "Gwen wrote: "For the last couple of years publishing has gone the way of all media. The YA market has been particularly hard hit with the indoctrination.

A..."
Wow, I'm selfish for wanting books where disabled people take center stage instead of being the goody two shoes best friend who's killed off so the main character can get some character development? From the looks of things y'all are the one's whose minds are closed with ableist bullshit. It's from YA books that I learned that racism is wrong, sex isn't a dirty word, and history is fascinating.

Shall I Download A Black Hole And Offer It To You wrote: "why 38???
what i am looking forward to:
1) people reading what they want
2) people ceasing negative commentary about a book they haven't read (or won't ever read)
3) people unafraid of books by o..."
This sounds like my wish list.

Is there any upcoming lesbian stuff anyone's aware of?

Arte wrote: "Is there any upcoming lesbian stuff anyone's aware of?"

The Falling In Love Montage, The Henna Wars, The Midnight Lie, Belle Revolte, and more!
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Solenn wrote: "The Betrothed by Kiera Cass"

I can't wait!

The Mall and Yes, No, Maybe So sounds like ones I would like to read! :) Also Loveless sounds great!

It's interesting that Clap When You Land is in verse, since With The Fire On High was prose.

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Well, I'm looking forward to this, because it's mine, and so many more #LoveOzYA for next year. Kay Kerr's 'Please Don't Hug Me', Sarah Epstein's new YA, and Ellie Marney has just announced her latest... endless goodness.

Mackey wrote: "Gwen wrote: "For the last couple of years publishing has gone the way of all media. The YA market has been particularly hard hit with the indoctrination.

All I can say is I’m thankful for Ricky G..."

Gwen wrote: "For the last couple of years publishing has gone the way of all media. The YA market has been particularly hard hit with the indoctrination.

All I can say is I’m thankful for Ricky Gervais. His s..."

Gwen wrote: "For the last couple of years publishing has gone the way of all media. The YA market has been particularly hard hit with the indoctrination.

All I can say is I’m thankful for Ricky Gervais. His s..."

SAME! I struggle to find a book that's good on it's own merits and not on the list because of diversity. SOOOO tired of what I'm supposed to love being dictated to me by the left.

I'm excited for THE SILENCE OF BONES.

Can't wait for serpent and shadow the pequel

I think Rory Powers also has a new book coming, and I'm excited for that too! I loved Wilder Girls!!

Eva wrote: "It's interesting that Clap When You Land is in verse, since With The Fire On High was prose."

Maybe it's a pattern? Given that The Poet X was in verse. Says she's got another book expected to come out next year, so I guess we'll see!

Tib wrote: "Eva wrote: "It's interesting that Clap When You Land is in verse, since With The Fire On High was prose."

Maybe it's a pattern? Given that The Poet X was in verse. Says she's got another book expe..."

Honestly she writes super well in both styles

Gwen wrote: "For the last couple of years publishing has gone the way of all media. The YA market has been particularly hard hit with the indoctrination.

All I can say is I’m thankful for Ricky Gervais. His s..."

Best speech ever...."Most of you spend less time in school than Greta Thunberg."

Saint Crispin's Day begs to differ.

very interesting

Gwen wrote: "For the last couple of years publishing has gone the way of all media. The YA market has been particularly hard hit with the indoctrination.

All I can say is I’m thankful for Ricky Gervais. His s..."

How myopic! The world's diverse. Stop whining about reality and enjoy some fresh thoughts because your mindset's stale.

So many of these look really good. I marked several in the contemporary section that I'd love to read.

My YA, Talent, will be out in May, and it's another story with tension, drama, and high stakes for the characters...including a brother who is missing in Afghanistan.

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Wow. There is some serious willful ignorance going on in this thread... from people who seem like they should know better. But it's just as I (unfortunately) expected given the books that are featured here.

And I am not a widespread reader of YA fiction, nor am I a 'snowflake', a millennial, or any other 'insult' that can be thrown at me for my views. In fact, I have some cynical views of the reason for much of the current influx of more 'diverse' books (media in general), but that is a different topic for another time. However

anyone who equates the existence of more books that more realistically represent all different types of main characters that actually exist in the world right outside our own front doors* with INDOCTRINATION need to have a serious look at the messages that mainstream literature and media overall has been feeding us for generations.

*rather than having those same characters written yet again as unimportant, stereotypical, without agency, tokens, 2D etc

In addition, those books are just as entitled to be mediocre as the many thousands of others that are not as 'diverse'. And most that are mediocre, tend not to be because they are diverse, but simply that the vast majority of art that is created in the world is mediocre.

Kanootcha wrote: "6 and 1/2 male authors out of 38. so much for equality."

Stop trolling. Besides, most men think they are too above writing for a YA audience so they write misogynistic crap for the adult audience that they can't get away with for writing for teens. So yay for equality.

Vanessa wrote: "Kanootcha wrote: "6 and 1/2 male authors out of 38. so much for equality."

Stop trolling. Besides, most men think they are too above writing for a YA audience so they write misogynistic crap for t..."

You're right and you should say it!

Vanessa wrote: "Kanootcha wrote: "6 and 1/2 male authors out of 38. so much for equality."

Stop trolling. Besides, most men think they are too above writing for a YA audience so they write misogynistic crap for t..."

you'd be singing a different tune if the numbers were reversed no doubt.

kittykat wrote: "Wow. There is some serious willful ignorance going on in this thread... from people who seem like they should know better. But it's just as I (unfortunately) expected given the books that are featu..."

Agree with this - other than I do read some YA & can recommend One of Us Is Next

For more diversity - are any of the authors from or live anywhere other than North America? I clicked on a few but all authors seem to be American residents.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is my #1 choice

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "For more diversity - are any of of the authors from or live anywhere other than North America? ..."

You're right, it's so hard to find non US authors of YA, but here are some I discovered/read last year still limited in scope but not just US focussed.

author is Aboriginal Australian
authors (brother & sister) are Aboriginal Australians
author is Australian of Palestinian and Egyptian descent
both authors are Australian of European descent

author is Chinese (but now lives in the US)
author is Indigenous Canadian

author is British of Ghanaian descent
author is British of Jamaican and English descent
author is British of Caribbean descent

author is Nigerian

kittykat wrote: "Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "For more diversity - are any of of the authors from or live anywhere other than North America? ..."

You're right, it's so hard to find non US authors of YA, but here..."
Garth Nix and Elizabeth Knox are also from Australia.

Juliet wrote: "Garth Nix and Elizabeth Knox are also from Australia. "

Thanks, they are not people that I discovered last year.

I just looked up Elizabeth Knox and her website says she is from New Zealand not Australia. So that's a win as it's yet another location that is not the USA.

kittykat wrote: "Juliet wrote: "Garth Nix and Elizabeth Knox are also from Australia. "

Thanks, they are not people that I discovered last year.

I just looked up Elizabeth Knox and her website says she is from N..."
Sorry about the mix-up. I tried to think of some U.K. based writers, but the only one's I can think of write middle grade fiction (three of the authors who write under the pen name Erin Hunter, S.F. Said) or adult fiction (Alison Morton (born in the U.K. but now lives in France), Joanna Courtney, Ruth Downie, Hazel Gaynor).
Although if you're interested in Middle Grade fiction, I'd recommend the Varjak Paw series (the author was born in Lebanon).

Juliet wrote: "Sorry about the mix-up. "

No worries 🙂

Yes Elizabeth Knox is indeed a kiwi. I have Dreamhunter on my bedside cabinet.

Other NZ YA

A Trio of Sophies I have applied for an arc for this one.
Into the River Teacher Ted Dawe wrote this as he was concerned about the number of reluctant male readers he was teaching, so he tried to write a book that would be relevant to them.. Flawed but interesting book that was banned for a while in NZ. Why trying to reach diverse audiences is important.

Also Renee Adhieh now lives in the U.S., but was born and lived in South Korea for a while.

Rogue Princess, The Shadows Between Us, Of Curses and Kisses, and Bone Criers Moon 😍

Chain of Gold holds my vote! I love Cassie's works in relation to the Shadowhunters Chronicles, so very excited for this one!

Rainy wrote: "Chain of Gold holds my vote! I love Cassie's works in relation to the Shadowhunters Chronicles, so very excited for this one!"
Same here.

Ella wrote: "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has my vote!"

yessss!!!! mine too

Me too!