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30 Most-Anticipated Spring 2025 Young Adult Books

30 Most-Anticipated Spring 2025 Young Adult Books

30 Most-Anticipated Spring 2025 Young Adult Books

We’re only a few weeks into the official spring season, but the weather here is already getting pretty warm. Every time we have a cooler evening or morning, I try to spend a few minutes savoring it. Just like the seasons speeding by, new books keep coming out so quickly I can’t keep up! My reading list continues to explode, and the spring 2025 young adult books coming out in the next few months will only make it worse. Ha!

I’m looking forward to reading so many books. Since I’m late posting this list, I’ve read several that appear on here, but I’m including them anyway, since I was anticipating them before spring arrived. There is at least one book on this list that I’m positive will be on my best books of 2025 list. There are several others that were a perfect escape from reality that I had so much fun reading. I don’t know if I’m getting better at predicting which books I’ll enjoy or if this is a better-than-average season. Either way, I’m enjoying so many of the books I’ve been reading.

Let’s get into this list…

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30 Most-Anticipated Spring 2025 Young Adult Books

Banned Together edited by Ashley Hope Pérez

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About the book: This collection of short stories, essays, and poetry centers around book bans and how they impact the community. It’s clever and heartfelt, and the recommended reading lists are incredible.

Published March 4, 2025 | My Review


Divining the Leaves by Shveta Thakrar

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About the book: If you’re looking for a contemporary fantasy with a luscious fantasy landscape, look no further. This one centers around finding your place and living authentically rather than finding external love.

Published March 4, 2025 | My Review


They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran

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About the book: Haunting and immersive. Incredible storytelling– I could not put this book down. Absolutely worth reading if you’re into horror at all.

Published March 4, 2025 | My Review


The Fragments That Remain by Mackenzie Angeconeb

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About the book: Told as Andy’s letters to her brother after his death by suicide, and the poetry he wrote before he died.

Published March 8, 2025 | My Review to Come


The Wild Dark by Katherine Harbour

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About the book: In the sequel to The Dark Fable, a secret group of thieves who travel the globe must take on a dangerous enemy to survive. This concludes the duology.

Published March 11, 2025 | My Review to Come


How to Survive a Slasher by Justine Pucella Winans

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About this book: If you like slashers that don’t take themselves too seriously, you don’t want to miss this book about a girl living in a small town famous for its history of murder.

Published March 11, 2025 | My Review


What Wakes the Bells by Elle Tesch

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About this book: Perfect for fans of Kathryn Purdie or A. B. Poranek. Filled with complex relationships and a magical sentient city on the fritz.

Published March 11, 2025 | My Review


Till Death by Kellan McDaniel

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About the book: A vampire faced with losing his first love meets someone new and dares to imagine a new life. When prejudice rears its ugly head, this vampire decides to fight back.

Published March 18, 2025 | My Review to Come


The Deathly Grimm by Kathryn Purdie

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About the book: Even more twisted fairytales emerge in the conclusion to the duology. I loved the connections present through the individual fairytales and the way things tied together in the end.

Published March 25, 2025 | My Review


The Notorious Virtues by Alwyn Hamilton

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About this book: Expect to see this one on my list of favorites for the year. A magical competition, a forbidden romance, and a girl desperate for a place within her newly discovered family. Perfect for fans of The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi or The Lies We Conjure by Sarah Henning.

Published April 1, 2025 | My Review


Lady Knight by Amalie Howard

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About the book: An inclusive historical fiction story about a girl whose friends set out to rob the rich to save a local orphanage and school, finding romance along the way. This was a fun escape from reality!

Published April 1, 2025 | My Review


Renegade Girls: A Queer Tale of Romance and Rabble-rousing by Nora Neus

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About the book: Inspired by two historical women, this graphic novel follows a young reporter who goes undercover to expose the dangerous working conditions in a local factory. This is a super fun read!

Published April 1, 2025 | My Review


All the Stars Align by Gretchen Schreiber

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About the book: A girl’s quest for her one true love may be blinding her to other possibilities. If you like contemporary fantasy that’s mainly real life with a sprinkle of magic, check this one out.

Published April 1, 2025 | My Review


Meet Me at Blue Hour by Sarah Suk

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About the book: A heartfelt story about the power of memories and the role they play in our relationships. Perfect for fans of You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao.

Published April 1, 2025 | My Review


All the Noise at Once by DeAndre Davis

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About the book: A moving story that examines what it means to be Black and autistic via the lives of two brothers on a school football team.

Published April 15, 2025 | My Review to Come


Pride or Die by CL Montblanc

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About the book: When an LGBT club gets blamed for an attempted murder, they must work to clear their names before homecoming ends. This is an upbeat, quirky mystery for fans of Alex Brown’s Rest in Peaches.

Published April 15, 2025 | My Review


Love in 280 Characters or Less by Ravynn K. Stringfield

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About the book: Told in social media and blog posts and message transcripts, this story is an ode to Black girls about going off to college and finding community and embracing identity.

Published April 15, 2025 | My Review to Come


Under the Fading Sky by Cynthia Kadohata

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About the book: A boy’s vaping habit becomes a crippling addiction that sends him into a dangerous spiral. I’m really excited to read this one. I was supposed to receive an ARC, but it looks like I’ll have to pick up a copy through the library or Bookshop.

Published April 22, 2025 | My Review to Come


Nav’s Foolproof Guide to Falling in Love by Jessica Lewis

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About the book: This sweet story follows Nav as she tries to coach a shy girl interested in dating her best friend but develops surprising feelings herself. There’s a corgi! This is such a sweet story.

Published April 29, 2025 | My Review


Love at Second Sight by F. T. Lukens

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About the book: A teen with an unexpected vision of a future murder sets out to protect the potential victim and identify the would-be killer before it’s too late. Lukens has quickly become one of my favorite authors. I can’t wait to talk about this one!

Published April 29, 2025 | My Review to Come


The Floating World by Axie Oh

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About the book: The cover copy describes this as Final Fantasy meets Shadow and Bone, and I don’t know if there are any words that could make me want to read this book more. I mean, even that cover. Those are DEFINITE FF vibes!

Published April 29, 2025 | My Review to Come


Trans and Gender Diverse Teen Resilience Guide by Jayme L. Peta, Deb Coolhart, and Rylan Jay Testa

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About the book: Trauma-informed skills for managing intense emotions, thriving, finding community, self-compassion, and self-care. I’m happy to boost awareness of this one.

Published May 1, 2025 | My Review to Come


Malcolm Lives!: The Official Biography of Malcolm X for Young Readers by Ibram X. Kendi

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About the book: Earlier this year, I read a bio of Martin Luther King, Jr’s life, so when I saw this bio of Malcolm X, written in collaboration with the Malcolm X estate, I immediately put this on my reading list.

Published May 13, 2025 | My Review to Come


When Love Gives You Lemons by Steven Salvatore

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About the book: This is another one from a favorite author in which so many of the descriptive words have me desperate to read this book: pitched as My Best Friend’s Wedding with a gay twist, a family wedding in Italy… Yes, please!

Published May 13, 2025 | My Review to Come


You and Me on Repeat by Mary Shyne

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About the book: In this graphic novel, two former friends repeat graduation day on a loop, a la Groundhog Day. Sign me up!

Published May 13, 2025 | My Review to Come


Out of Step, Into You by Ciera Burch

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About the book: Best friends to rivals… to lovers?? Cross-country athletes who used to be besties have to work together to win a championship. This looks like another perfect escape read.

Published May 20, 2025 | My Review to Come


Salvación by Saundra Proudman

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About the book: Latinx fantasy inspired by El Zorro. A masked heroine works to save her family and protect their magic while falling for one of her enemy’s men. I can’t wait to read this one!

Published May 20, 2025 | My Review to Come


Come As You Are by Dahlia Adler

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About the book: At this point, I’ll pretty much read anything by Dahlia Adler. In this one, a girl with a broken heart recreates herself as a bad girl but learns the best relationships happen when people know your true self.

Published May 27, 2025 | My Review to Come


Time After Time by Mikki Daughtry

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About the book: A sapphic romance unfolding between two couples, 100 years apart. I love the two-timelines element, and I’m excited to see how the stories connect across time.

Published May 27, 2025 | My Review to Come


Summer Girls by Jennifer Dugan

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About the book: This will be the first book by Jennifer Dugan that I’ve read, and I’m so excited about that. These girls are from two different backgrounds and meet over the summer, where an irresistible romance brews between them.

Published May 27, 2025 | My Review to Come


What spring 2025 young adult books are you most looking forward to reading?

Are you looking forward to any of the books on my list? Have you had a chance to read any of them yet? What else needs to be on my reading list this season? Leave a comment and let me know!

19 Fantastic Books for Your Spring 2021 Reading List

19 Fantastic Books for Your Spring 2021 Reading List

It’s finally spring! And there are so many amazing books coming out this season. What’s on your Spring 2021 Reading List so far?

My list feels completely out of hand, packed with so many amazing books to read and so many more that I hope I’ll be able to squeeze into my reading time. I’ve broken the list into two groups: middle grader for readers 8-12 and young adult for readers 12+. You can also find this list on Bookshop, where you can browse either the whole middle grade or young adult list and support indie bookstores.

8 Middle Grade Books for Your Spring 2021 Reading List

Breathing Underwater by Sarah Allen

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What you need to know: Sisters. Photography. A cross-country road trip in an RV to reclaim lost memories.

Available March 31, 2021


Thornwood by Leah Cypess

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What you need to know: A young princess desperate to protect her older sister from the curse that will put the whole kingdom to sleep. The first in a three-book series of fairy tale retellings.

Available April 6, 2021


Girl Warriors: How 25 Young Activists are Saving the Earth by Rachel Sarah

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What you need to know: Tells the story of 25 female activists under 25 years old who are making a difference for the planet.

Available April 6, 2021


Ways to Grow Love by Renée Watson

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What you need to know: Ryan Hart is back with new adventures like waiting for a new baby, summer camp, and hoping her new recipes turn out great.

Available April 20, 2021


Six Feet Below Zero by Ena Jones

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What you need to know: “A dead body. A missing will. An evil relative. The good news is, Great Grammy has a plan. The bad news is, she’s the dead body.” (from Goodreads)

Available April 20, 2021


Rea and the Blood of the Nectar by Payal Doshi

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What you need to know: Friendship, magic, and a quest through a portal to find a missing twin brother.

Available May 4, 2021


Glitter Gets Everywhere by Yvette Clark

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What you need to know: A New York City newbie battles grief over losing her mom, starting over, and discovering how to remake her family in this heartwarming debut.

Available May 4, 2021


The Firebird Song by Arnée Flores

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What you need to know: A mysterious message, a missing princess, and a powerful sorceress who must be defeated.

Available May 4, 2021


11 Young Adult Books for Your Spring 2021 Reading List

Kisses and Croissants by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau

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What you need to know: Set in Paris and features an American ballerina and a charming French boy.

Available April 6, 2021


Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli

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What you need to know: Best friends and theater buds discover they have a crush on the same boy.

Available April 20, 2021


These Feathered Flames by Allison Overy

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What you need to know: Notes.

Available April 20, 2021


Sky Breaker by Addie Thorley

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What you need to know: Called WICKED SAINTS meets the Grishaverse. The first book in the duology was inspired by THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME.

Available May 4, 2021


The People We Choose by Katelyn Detweiler

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What you need to know: Unexpected love, family, and friendship.

Available May 4, 2021


The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He

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What you need to know: Sci-fi fantasy with mind-blowing twists from the author of DESCENDANT OF THE CRANE about a girl who only remembers her missing sister.

Available May 4, 2021


Lucky Girl by Jamie Pacton

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What you need to know: An underage winning lotto ticket holder frantically hides the truth from her hoarder mother and suspicious small-town neighbors.

Available May 11, 2021


Every Body Shines edited by Cassandra Newbould

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What you need to know: “An intersectional, feminist YA anthology from some of today’s most exciting voices across a span of genres, all celebrating body diversity and fat acceptance through short stories.” (from Goodreads)

Available May 11, 2021


Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar

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What you need to know: Opposites Hani and Ishu fake date for personal gain… and then start to develop feelings for each other.

Available May 25, 2021


The Hollow Inside by Brooke Lauren Davis

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What you need to know: A small town. A family that must be taken down. Secrets that change everything Phoenix believed to be true.

Available May 25, 2021


Misfit in Love by S K Ali

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What you need to know: A summer of love goes sideways at Janna’s brother’s wedding.

Available May 25, 2021


What’s on your Spring 2021 Reading List?

Have you read any of the titles on my list already? Are there any on your list that I didn’t mention? Leave me a note in the comments!

Top Ten Books on my Spring TBR List

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is a list of the hottest books on my To Be Read List for this spring. I’m not sure if this means books coming out this spring I can’t wait to read or books I am most eager to read in the next couple of months, so I’m going to include both, because I’m a rebel like that.

Books Actually Coming Out This Spring That I’m Crazy Eager to Read

 

1. The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater: This series is probably my guiltiest pleasure. I review a pretty broad range of YA here on The Story Sanctuary, but I don’t often make my way through every book in an entire series (notable exceptions: The Tales of Goldstone Wood by Ann Elisabeth Stengl and The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer.) but Stiefvater’s writing has held me captive. Also, dude. I NEED Blue and Gansey to kiss. Seriously must have this. Except not keen on the part where he’s supposed to die after. So… fingers crossed for a loophole there! Also, Ronan. <3 <3 <3

2. Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare: Okay, so I may have fallen disastrously far behind in reading The Mortal Instruments (see above note about series reading…) but I’m excited to get into this one. I’ve heard great things about it from other bloggers oh-so-fortunate as to get review copies, and I’ve already got me a glossy new ebook version which I can’t wait to get into.

3. The Siren’s Song by Mary Weber: Apparently I should take back my above comment about series reading, because here’s another series I might actually finish! Yay! I’ve enjoyed the story world and characters of the first two books, and I’m super excited to see how things play out in the final chapter. (Thanks, BookLook Bloggers for my review copy!)

4. King’s Folly by Jill Williamson: I’ve read several books by Jill Williamson, but this one is bound to be something special. It’s a return to a beloved story world Williamson created in the Blood of Kings series, which I read long long ago. Okay, maybe not THAT long ago. But long enough in the past to justify intense nostalgia. So I’m excited for this one.

5. Remember to Forget by Ashley Royer: This is a contemporary YA novel about a boy recovering from the tragic loss of his girlfriend. I’ve been on a bit of a roll with reading stories about grief and trauma lately, and apparently I just haven’t had enough. I’m a huge fan of Laura Anderson Kurk, and the premise of Remember to Forget reminds me a teeny bit of Glass Girl. I’m always nervous to compare a new author with a fav, so hopefully that goes well.

Books That I Want to Push to the Top of My TBR Pile When No One Is Looking

 

6. Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys: Sometimes I feel like the only person who hasn’t yet read this book. I’ve seen SO. MANY. amazing reviews of this book. I wouldn’t list historical fiction among my favorite genres, but when I stop and think about it, I’ve liked almost every historical YA novel I’ve read, so I should probably reevaluate that.

7. Pax by Sarah Pennypacker: Don’t judge me, but seriously every time I see the cover of this book, I REALLY want to drop whatever else I’m doing and immediately start reading it. I’m not usually a huge fan of books told from the POV of animals (she said, despite the fact that she LOVED The Underneath by Kathy Appelt) but there’s something really compelling to me about this sweet story about a boy and his pet fox.

8. Bone Gap by Laura Ruby: This is another book that I feel like everyone else has read and raved about. I’ve got my very own copy, but it continues to languish while I read all these other books demanding reviews in a timely manner. Boo. Bone Gap, I will read you soon!!!

9. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas: Because I really can’t resist a good fantasy series, and I hear really good things about this one. I think I have both the ebook and audiobook versions of this novel, so I really have no excuse for not diving right in. Maybe this week…

10. Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky: If you’re not familiar, this was originally a serial fan-fiction in which Harry is a Ravenclaw from a Ravenclaw family. So his approach to problems stems from a much more rational, methodical outlook, and of course, that alters much of the story. You can read it here. My husband RAVES about this probably at least once per week. We once agreed that if he read my favorite book (To Kill a Mockingbird. Yep.), I would read this one. I still have time because he’s only actually read the first chapter of TKaM, and by read, I mean he listened to me read it to him. But still. Promises and such.