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    40 Brand New Young Adult Books We're Highly Anticipating This Spring

    April showers bring May flowers and these spring stories are bookshelf glories.

    Rachel Strolle
    by Rachel Strolle

    BuzzFeed Contributor

    1. Kiss & Tell by Adib Khorram

    Penguin, Afsoneh Khorram

    Release date: March 22

    What it's about: Adib Khorram's newest is an exploration of love in the spotlight and the pressure of being an LGBTQ+ role model. Hunter is a member of the boy band Kiss & Tell, touring North America while simultaneously trying to move past his very painful, and very public, breakup with his first boyfriend. But after the chaos that hit the press (including leaked sexts), everyone expects him to be a perfect queer role model for teens as the only gay member of the band. Regrettably, that means basically following everything The Label is telling him to do...and also means hiding a new relationship with the star of the band that's opening for Kiss and Tell on their tour.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    2. Message Not Found by Dante Medema

    HarperCollins, Via dantemedema.com

    Release date: March 29

    What it's about: Bailey feels completely lost after the death of her best friend, Vanessa. To try and find answers from the one person who can't answer, Bailey creates a chat bot of Vanessa crafted from their extensive backlog of texts and emails. For a while, Bailey can almost forget she isn't really talking to her best friend. But when the bot starts dropping hints that something big was going on with Vanessa she didn't know about, a secret that could have contributed to her death, Bailey becomes desperate to discover the truth. And the only person who might be able to help her put the pieces together is Vanessa's boyfriend, Mason.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    3. Survive the Dome by Kosoko Jackson

    Sourcebooks, Sara Nicole Lemon

    Release date: March 29

    What it's about: Jamal is an aspiring journalist heading to Baltimore to document a rally in protest of police brutality occurring after the murder of another Black man. But Jamal quickly finds himself stuck when the city implements The Dome, which surrounds the city in a militarized shutdown, leaving everyone inside trapped and everyone outside unable to enter. As the lockdown continues, he meets Marco, a hacker, and Catherine, whose parents were part of the initial plans for the dome, and the trio will not just have to survive, but also take their fight directly to the top.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    4. Her Rebel Highness by Diana Ma

    Abrams, Via dianamaauthor.com

    Release date: March 29

    In case you haven't read book one, Heiress Apparently: Gemma Huang has just moved to Los Angeles in search of an acting career, but her big break comes from a role in an updated M. Butterfly that will be filming in Beijing. Upon arrival, she's shocked when paparazzi stop her at the airport, but quickly discovers she might be connected to a world of socialites and descended from the only officially recognized empress regent of China.

    What it's about: This sequel actually takes place prior to the first, following Gemma's mother, Lei, as the series dives backwards into the family legacy. Lei lives in 1980s China, the daughter of a high-ranking Communist official. In the midst of protests, she's also falling in love. But the world around her is changing quickly, and difficult decisions await her.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    5. Heartbreak Symphony by Laekan Zea Kemp

    Little Brown, laekanzeakemp.com

    Release date: April 5

    What it's about: Aarón is working up to an audition to the Acadia School of Music, all while being haunted by the onstage persona of his favorite musician. Mia has shied away from her music, filled with doubt presented to her by her parents. When the two cross paths, a connection is made, one which pushes Mia to face her fears and Aarón to get close to someone for the first time since his mother's death. Laekan Zea Kemp's newest contemporary is a lyrical wonder.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    6. Very Bad People by Kit Frick

    Simon & Schuster, CARLY GAEBE / STEADFAST STUDIO

    Release date: April 5

    What it's about: Twisty thriller lovers rejoice! Calliope Bolan has just transferred to Tipton Academy, earning an invitation to Haunt and Rail, an exclusive secret society. But while Haunt and Rail is trying to expose a dangerous person on campus, Calliope is looking for clues to a mystery in her own past. Because six years ago, her mother drove the family van into the lake with Calliope and her sisters inside, and Tipton might just hold the secrets to what actually happened that day.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    7. The Silent Unseen by Amanda McCrina

    Macmillan, Amanda Mae Steele Photography / Via us.macmillan.com

    Release date: April 5

    What it's about: 1944. Maria has spent years doing forced labor in Nazi Germany, but now she is finally heading home to Poland. Her homecoming is not so sweet, however, as she learns that her parents were killed and her village destroyed in a war between the Polish Resistance and Ukrainian nationalists. The Resistance is led by her brother, Tomek, who she had thought dead, and when he disappears, she'll do anything to find him, even if it means trusting young Ukrainian, Kostya.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    8. Does My Body Offend You by Mayra Cuevas and Marie Marquardt

    Knopf, Via mayracuevas.com

    Release date: April 5

    What it's about: Malena and Ruby are leading a dress code rebellion. After Malena, recovering from a bad sunburn, goes to school bra-less, the administration steps in to make her cover up. After witnessing this, outspoken rebel Ruby is not willing to keep quiet. To stand up for their ideals, the two will have to face a new friendship, as well as their own insecurities.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    9. High Spirits by Camille Gomera-Tavarez

    Levine Querido, Via goodreads.com

    Release date: April 12

    What it's about: High Spirits is a collection of short stories all centered around the Beléns family through multiple generations. Focused on the Dominican diaspora and set across Hidalpa, Santo Domingo, Washington Heights, and more, this literary debut is a beautiful family portrait.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    10. Boys of the Beast by Monica Zepeda

    Lee & Low Books, Wendy Sue Lamm

    Release date: April 12

    What it's about: Matt, Ethan, and Oscar are strangers. But they're also cousins, and they're heading to Albuquerque from Portland over the course of four days. Ethan is a gay, Jewish sci-fi nerd, hoping to meet Levi, the boy he's had a relationship with only virtually until now. Matt, an Evangelical Christian film nerd, is trying to follow his own path rather than the one set out for him by his father. Oscar, a stoner and a smartass, is doing his best to move past a trauma in his life. It's just the three of them, Grandma Lupe's 1988 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe, and the open road.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound.

    11. Year on Fire by Julie Buxbaum

    Random House, Via juliebuxbaum.com

    Release date: April 12

    What it's about: The girls' bathroom is on fire, and it's anyone's guess as to who would want to burn down the school. After all, this is the school where twins Arch and Immie and their best friend Paige have had a shaky start to their new year after a kiss with Paige's boyfriend Jackson, which Immie took the fall for. It's the school where new student Rohan, just arrived from London, begins to fall for Immie, despite Paige calling dibs. And it's the school where Arch and Jackson grow even closer in the midst of chaos. Buxbaum's characters are always a joy to follow, and this group is extra special.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    12. Sofi and the Bone Song by Adrienne Tooley

    Simon & Schuster, Sylvie Rosokoff

    Release date: April 19

    What it's about: Tooley's sophomore novel is a lyrical and magical delight. Sofi is auditioning to take her father's place as a Musik, one of five musicians in the kingdom of Aell allowed to compose and perform original songs. Music is the only art in which there are strict anti-magic laws, so it is shocking when Lara, a girl who has never played the lute before, is able to sweep in and win the title over Sofi. The same day, her father dies, and Sofi becomes determined to prove Lara used magic in her performances, all the while trying not to fall for the girl who took the future she imagined for herself.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    13. The Genesis Wars by Akemi Dawn Bowman

    Simon & Schuster, Peter Jolly Northpix

    Release date: April 19

    In case you haven't read book one, The Infinity Courts: Nami wakes up after her murder in a place called Infinity, where consciousness goes when the physical bodies die. Infinity is ruled by Ophelia, a virtual assistant used widely on Earth who has declared herself queen. And Nami will have to reckon with her past and future and work with a team of rebels to stop Ophelia from eradicating humans once and for all.

    What it's about: On the run from the AI forces, Nami has been alone for 10 months since escaping from the Four Courts. But with her friends in the afterlife captured, and with new people she must align with (yet no allies she can fully trust), she must deal with the responsibility that has arisen from her own power.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    14. Debating Darcy by Sayantani DasGupta

    Scholastic, Via sayantanidasgupta.com

    Release date: April 19

    What it's about: Pride and Prejudice gets a debate club update in this eagerly anticipated YA debut of beloved middle grade author, Sayantani DasGupta. Leela Bose is a fierce debater. Onstage at tournaments, she loves nothing more than to crush the competition, especially the infuriating Firoze Darcy. As she and her debate team (a clever reinvention of the Bennet sisters relationship), ready themselves to make it to first place, Leela begins to realize that she may have misjudged not only the tournament, but Firoze himself.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    15. Forging Silver into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer

    Bloomsbury, Via brigidkemmerer.com

    Release date: June 7

    What it's about: Jax and Callyn are best friends living in Syhl Shallow, a land where magic has been banished as long as they can remember. But the magesmith who has married their queen is just one part of the worrisome return of dangerous magic, a magic that leads Jax and Callyn into an offer from a newly arrived stranger. If they hold secret messages for an anti-magic faction, they'll receive silver — which they sorely need. But Lord Tycho has also arrived, and he's been tasked with finding out just who is working against the throne.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound.

    16. Inheritance: A Visual Poem by Elizabeth Acevedo, illustrated by Andrea Pippins

    HarperCollins, Via acevedowrites.com andreapippins.com

    Release date: May 3

    What it's about: Elizabeth Acevedo's best known spoken-word poem gets a stunning illustrated release thanks to full-color illustrations by Andrea Pippins. This newly packaged piece of art embraces Black hair and Afro-Latinidad, and all the history and love that comes with that inheritance.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    17. The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero

    Peachtree Teen, Via rmromero.com

    Release date: May 3

    What it's about: Ilana is a biracial Jewish girl staying in Prague with her artist aunt. One day, as she wanders away from the cottage, she stumbles across a forgotten Jewish cemetery and a ghost named Benjamin, a kind boy who died a century before. As he introduces her to the magical side of Prague, her music draws the ear of Rudolph Wassermann, a man with no shadow who clings to deadly truths.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    18. Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl by Joya Goffney

    HarperCollins, Via joyagoffney.com

    Release date: May 3

    What it's about: Monique is a preacher's daughter, so when she is broken up with after two years of trying (and failing) to have sex, she doesn't have a lot of options for answers. Hoping to solve the problem without alerting her parents, she teams up with Sasha, surprisingly knowledgeable church girl, and Reggie, the misunderstood bad boy, to find out how to navigate her vaginismus. Goffney's sophomore novel is a triumph in not just dynamite contemporary fiction but also in critiquing purity culture and the harm it can do.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    19. Café con Lychee by Emery Lee

    HarperCollins, Via emeryleebooks.com

    Release date: May 10

    What it's about: Theo is desperate to leave his Vermont town and his parents' Asian American café where he works. Their café's arch-rival, a Puerto Rican bakery owned by reluctant soccer player, Gabi's parents, is facing the same dilemma they are: the new fusion café that has opened in their town. Despite Theo's icy reception towards Gabi, the boys reluctantly work together to try and save their family's shops as new feelings arise between them.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    20. Once Upon a K-Prom by Kat Cho

    Disney, Jennie Magiera

    Release date: May 17

    What it's about: While many students are wildly excited about the upcoming prom, Elena Soo is not one of them. She's rather spend her time at the local community center, working to save the place where she feels the most at home. The reappearance of her childhood best friend, Robbie Choi, complicates things, as he's there to fulfill the promise they made as kids and bring her to prom. And it's especially complicated when you take into consideration that he's become an international K-pop superstar in the time since.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound.

    21. How to Live Without You by Sarah Everett

    Clarion, Cassandra Williams

    Release date: May 17

    What it's about: If you're in the mood for an emotional contemporary, look no further than this phenomenal novel. Everyone says that Emmy's sister Rose ran away and that she'll return when she's ready. Emmy's not convinced. To search for clues, she heads back to their Ohio hometown for the summer, desperate for something that will bring her to her sister. What she finds is a reunion with a childhood best friend and a whole new understanding of her sister.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    22. Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster by Andrea Mosqueda

    Macmillan, Nicolas Aramayo

    Release date: May 24

    What it's about: Maggie Gonzalez is in search of an escort for her little sister's quinceañera, but it's proving quite difficult. For starters, there are a ton of feelings she's trying to work through: those for her best friend (and first crush) Amanda, her ex-ex-boyfriend Matthew who keeps flirting with her, and the new girl Dani. Plus, she's trying to get on a path towards being a music photographer. Romantic chaos abounds in this promising debut.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    23. Break This House by Candice Iloh

    Penguin, Via becomher.com

    Release date: May 24

    What it's about: National Book Award finalist Iloh returns with this remarkable prose novel about a family history in pieces. Yaminah and her father have put Michigan behind and are now living their fresh start in Brooklyn. But the pieces left behind come rushing back with a message about her estranged mother and the life before her parents' divorce.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    24. Only on the Weekends by Dean Atta

    HarperCollins, Tom Sammut

    Release date: May 24

    What it's about: Mack has grown up on film sets, the likely source of his hopeless romantic nature. But when his father's directing job takes them to Scotland, it also takes Mack away from the gorgeous, popular Karim who he has always had a crush on. But set in Scotland has a few gems of its own, namely actor Finlay, and Mack's whole world flips on its head again.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    25. A Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy

    HarperCollins, Sylvie Rosokoff

    Release date: May 31

    What it's about: Illinois teen Emmett Maguire is heading to Jackson Hollow, Tennessee for the summer to stay with his aunt so he can perform at Wanda World, the amusement park owned by country music legend (and idol of Emmett's) Wanda Jean Stubbs. Luke Barnes is a country music hater, the grandson of disgraced singer Verna Rose, and is regrettably working at a restaurant in Wanda World to help ease his mother's growing pile of medical bills. When the boys meet, sparks fly, but along their path to romance they discover an explosive secret about Verna Rose (and Wanda Jean's) past that could change everything.

    Get it from bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    26. Finding Jupiter by Kelis Rowe

    Random House, Via kelisrowe.com

    Release date: May 31

    What it's about: Ray and Orion first cross paths at a roller rink in Memphis, and immediately sparks fly between them. Orion's family is still feeling the loss of his sister, while Ray is mourning the loss of her father, and the more the two spend time together, the closer they grow. But secrets in the pasts of their families threaten to uproot their relationship before it even gets off the ground. Big emotions and hidden histories await in this expressive debut.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    27. Flip the Script by Lyla Lee

    HarperCollins, Stephanie Ho

    Release date: May 31

    What it's about: Hana is not just a fan of K-dramas, she's about to star in one! Contained in her contract is one catch: she has to cozy up to her co-star, her now fake-boyfriend who might be falling in love with her. It's all going okay until Hana's role as a main love interest is challenged by a new girl, who, naturally, Hana starts to fall for. This sublime rom-com sparkles with movie magic and dedicated leads who are determined to stand up for themselves.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    28. Tokyo Dreaming by Emiko Jean

    Flatiron, Via emikojean.com

    Release date: May 31

    In case you haven't read book one, Tokyo Ever After: Izumi isn't expecting to find out that the father she never knew is actually the Crown Prince of Japan. But when she does, it leads her on a whirlwind trip involving cousins, new customs, and a very cute and scowl-y bodyguard. Back home, she was never "American enough," and now in Japan, she must prove she is "Japanese enough." Will she be able to live out the fairy tale?

    What it's about: Izumi could not be more thrilled at the newly rekindled relationship between her parents, and their upcoming wedding is a dream come true. That is, until the Imperial Household Council decides not to approve the marriage based on "concerns" about the commoner-ness of Izumi and her mother. To win over the council, Izumi will need to up her princess game, even in the midst of heartbreak of her own.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    29. Private Label by Kelly Yang

    HarperCollins, Via kellyyang.com

    Release date: May 31

    What it's about: Kelly Yang excels at contemporaries with complex and beautifully nuanced family dynamics at the center, and Private Label is perhaps the best yet. Serene is the daughter is a prominent fashion designer recently diagnosed with cancer, trying to save her mother's company while also trying to take care of a parent with a rapidly spreading illness. An incident from her past has also rattled the company's board, who wish to keep Serene at arms length from control of the company. Lian is a relatively new student at Serene's school, having moved from China with his family a year prior, and his love for comedy is overshadowed by his parents dreams of MIT. As the two find each other, and get wrapped up in their newfound love, they both must deal with the storms that are overtaking their homes.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    30. My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth

    Holiday House, Via alexenefarolfollmuth.com

    Release date: May 31

    What it's about: Bel is in her school's robotics club, but it wasn't entirely by choice. But a talent for engineering has placed her smack dab in the center of a club where she's mostly ignored by the boys and seems to be disliked by the only other girl in the club. Getting to Nationals will certainly be more difficult thanks to Bel's lack of interest, but club captain Mateo is determined to push for a win. As the two build robots and but heads, they might just be able to code something new: romance.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    31. The Counselors by Jessica Goodman

    Penguin, Allie Holloway

    Release date: May 31

    What it's about: There's a body in the lake of Camp Alpine. Unfortunately for Goldie, who has returned to the camp as a counselor, it belongs to Heller, the boyfriend she had taken the fall for after a car accident that killed one of her classmates. Instead of bonding with her friends Ava and Imogen before they all head to college, the trio are pulled into a mystery in a summer filled with lies and secrets.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    32. The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna

    Random House, Melanie D'Andrea / Via Courtesy of Penguin Random House

    Release date: May 31

    In case you haven't read book one, The Gilded Ones: On the day of Deka's blood ceremony, the ceremony that determines whether she will become a member of her village, her blood runs gold, the color of impurity. And Deka knows she will face the consequences. But that's before a mysterious woman offers her a choice: Stay in the village to face the backlash or join an army of girls like her — they're called alaki, near-imortals with rare gifts — who fight for the emperor. And as she journeys to the capital for training, she will discover that nothing and no one are quite what they seem to be.

    What it's about: Six months ago, Deka freed the goddesses, but that was just the start of the battle. Referred to as a monster, Deka sets out to free the rest of the goddesses, coming into contact along the way with a strange symbol that repels her powers and keeps her from communicating with the new deathshrieks. Whatever is connected to that symbol may be dark and powerful, but Deka grows mightier every day, and her strongest weapon might just be herself.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    33. Deep in Providence by Riss M. Nielson

    Macmillan, Jardin Gagnon / Via us.macmillan.com

    Release date: May 31

    What it's about: Reading Neilson's debut is like looking at star-laden sky — full of beauty and magic and a deep mysterious night that is always countered by a sparkle of light. Miliani, Inez, Natalie, and Jasmine could always find magic in Providence, Rhode Island. But that magic is stretched to its limits after Jasmine is killed by a drunk driver, and the aftermath spirals into a question of if they can, and should they, try to bring Jasmine back. And as the remaining members of the quartet are faced with new challenges amidst their grief, secrets will threaten to tear them apart.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    34. Murder for the Modern Girl by Kendall Kulper

    Holiday House, Carter Hasegawa

    Release date: May 31

    What it's about: Ruby lives in 1928 Chicago, where she secretly spends her time (and uses her mind-reading abilities) to target and poison men who prey on vulnerable women. But there's a shapeshifting boy now working at the morgue who has a keen eye for forensic detail, a skill that could threaten her deadly hobby. Worse still, she's falling for him.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    35. Out of the Blue by Jason June

    HarperCollins, Ryan Bilawsky

    Release date: May 31

    What it's about: For a teen among the merfolk to become an Elder, they must complete their Journey: help a human within one moon cycle and return to Pacifica. If they fail, they're to remain on land forever. Crest is monumentally disinterested in the idea of being on land, but is determined for their journey to go smoothly and get it all over with. As Crest presents a new identity in human Los Angeles, they agree to help Sean, a lifeguard hoping to win back his recently retitled ex-boyfriend. The two pretending to date seems like a good idea, but as feelings start to grow between them, and as Crest's view on humans starts to shift, their separate worlds might begin to tear them apart.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    36. Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

    Peachtree, Alice Scott

    Release date: June 7

    What it's about: After being infected by a bioweapon, 16-year-old trans boy Benji is in search of somewhere that the fundamentalist sect that raised him (and also unleashed Armageddon) can't get their hands on him. Finding shelter at the Acheson LGBTQ+ Center, Benji is welcomed by a ragtag group of queer teens, led by Nick. Oh, and the bioweapon the cult used on Benji? It's turning him into a deadly monster.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    37. The Signs and Wonders of Tuna Rashad by Natasha Deen

    Running Press Kids, Via natashadeen.com

    Release date: June 7

    What it's about: Tuna is always on the lookout for messages from loved ones who have passed on, despite the fact that her older brother, Robby, refers to her as “stupidstitious.” In search of a reprieve from living in Robby's shadow — after he became a widower, he spends lots of time at the house and meddling in her life — she's moving forward with a plan to win over her crush, Tristan. But despite all the signs pointing that direction, she's running out of time before leaving for college, as if love wasn't already hard enough without a deadline.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound.

    38. Empress Crowned in Red by Ciannon Smart

    HarperCollins, Via ciannonsmart.com

    Release date: June 7

    In case you haven't read book one, Witches Steeped in Gold: Two witches — Iraya, the exiled heir of an overthrown dynasty who has spent her life in a cell awaiting vengeance, and Jazmyne, a princess unwilling to die to strengthen her mother's power — band together to take down the Witch Queen.

    What it's about: Jazmyne may have crowned herself the doyenne, but she'll need to prove to her people that she deserves the throne. Iraya has also taken on a new mantle, that of the Lost Empress, in order to head towards her goal of freeing Aiyca. But on the other side of the island lurks a new danger that threatens to destroy everything.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    39. The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson

    Random House, kathleenglasgowbooks.com / Via lizlawsonauthor.com

    Release date: May 3

    What it's about: Brooke Donovan is missing, and her ex-best friend Alice Ogilve has a theory. To try and prove it, she'll need Iris, her tutor, who could use the reward money being offered by Brooke's grandmother. But they'll have to demonstrate that Brooke's boyfriend, Steve, was not responsible for the crime. Making matters more difficult is the fact that Steve is Alice's ex, and the fact that she disappeared for five days after and has never spoken about what happened.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    40. Not Good for Maidens by Tori Bovalino

    Page Street, Via toribovalino.com

    Release date: June 14

    What it's about: The goblin market that lives beneath the streets of York had never been entered by a Wickett, the family of witches that defends the cobblestone streets, until May, who fell for a goblin girl and stepped foot inside. 17 years later, May's niece Lou knows nothing of magic, and knows nothing about why her mother and aunt fled York for Boston. But when Lou's youngest aunt Neela is taken to the market, and Lou's mother goes to save her, Lou and May decide to follow, and venture into the market before it claims her aunt for good.

    Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    Below you'll find even more spring YA books releasing this season!

    Together We Burn by Isabel Ibañez

    See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon

    My Sister's Big Fat Indian Wedding by Sajni Patel

    Arden Gray by Ray Stoeve

    A Million Quiet Revolutions by Robin Gow

    A Show for Two by Tashie Bhuiyan

    Comedienne's Guide to Pride by Hayli Thomson

    So This is Ever After by F.T. Lukens

    The Silence That Binds Us by Joanna Ho

    Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor

    The Noh Family by Grace K. Shim

    A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth

    Twin Crowns by Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber

    Some Mistakes Were Made by Kristin Dwyer

    Feather and Flame by Livia Blackburne

    Slip by Marika McCoola and Aatmaja Pandya

    Game of Strength and Storm by Rachel Menard

    American Royals: Rivals by Katharine McGee

    This May End Badly by Samantha Markus

    Family of Liars by E. Lockhart