Can’t decide what to add to your August TBR pile? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with this list of the 14 most anticipated young adult novels that are publishing this August! Keep on scrolling to see which books made this month’s list and add your other additions in the comments below! Happy reading! 🤓📖
1. A TORCH AGAINST THE NIGHT by Sabaa Tahir
This is the sequel to An Ember in the Ashes! A Torch Against the Night takes readers into the heart of the Empire as Laia and Elias fight their way north to liberate Laia’s brother from the horrors of Kauf Prison. Hunted by Empire soldiers, manipulated by the Commandant, and haunted by their pasts, Laia and Elias must outfox their enemies and confront the treacherousness of their own hearts.
- On sale August 30 from Razorbill
- Add it to your Goodreads shelf
2. THE THOUSANDTH FLOOR by Katharine McGee
HOLY GORGEOUS BOOK COVER. New York City as you’ve never seen it before. A thousand-story tower stretching into the sky. A glittering vision of the future, where anything is possible—if you want it enough. A hundred years in the future, New York is a city of innovation and dreams. But people never change: everyone here wants something…and everyone has something to lose.
- On sale August 30 from HarperTeen
- Add it to your Goodreads shelf!
- Buy a copy!
- Start reading the first 4 chapters!
3. THE BEAUTY OF DARKNESS by Mary E. Pearson
This is the third book in The Remnant Chronicles. Lia and Rafe have escaped Venda and the path before them is winding and dangerous – what will happen now?
- On sale August 2nd from Henry Holt & Co
- Add it to your Goodreads shelf!
4. ARCANA RISING by Kresley Cole
Losses mount and deadly new threats converge in this fourth action-packed tale of the Arcana Chronicles by #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole.
- On sale August 15th from Valkyrie Press
- Add it to your Goodreads shelf!
5. ENTER TITLE HERE by Rahul Kanakia
Reshma is a college counselor’s dream. She’s the top-ranked senior at her ultra-competitive Silicon Valley high school, with a spotless academic record and a long roster of extracurriculars. But there are plenty of perfect students in the country, and if Reshma wants to get into Stanford, and into med school after that, she needs the hook to beat them all.
- On sale August 2nd from Disney-Hyperion
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6. THE FLAME NEVER DIES by Rachel Vincent
This is the sequel to The Stars Never Rise! ONE SPARK WILL RISE. Nina Kane was born to be an exorcist. And since uncovering the horrifying truth—that the war against demons is far from over—seventeen-year-old Nina and her pregnant younger sister, Mellie, have been on the run, incinerating the remains of the demon horde as they go.
- On sale August 16 from Delacrote Press
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7. THE GILDED CAGE by Lucinda Gray
After growing up on a farm in Virginia, Walthingham Hall in England seems like another world to sixteen-year-old Katherine Randolph. Her new life, filled with the splendor of upper-class England in the 1820s, is shattered when her brother mysteriously drowns. Katherine is expected to observe the mourning customs and get on with her life, but she can’t accept that her brother’s death was an accident.
- On sale August 2 from Henry Holt & Co
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8. UNDER THE LIGHTS by Abbi Glines
In the follow-up to Abbi Glines’s #1 New York Times bestseller Until Friday Night—which bestselling author Kami Garcia called “tender, honest, and achingly real”—three teens from a small southern town are stuck in a dramatic love triangle.
- On sale August 23 from Simon Pulse
- Add it to your Goodreads shelf!
9. VICARIOUS by Paula Stokes
Winter Kim and her sister, Rose, have always been inseparable. Together, the two of them survived growing up in a Korean orphanage and being trafficked into the United States. Now they work as digital stunt girls for Rose’s ex-boyfriend, Gideon, engaging in dangerous and enticing activities while recording their neural impulses for his Vicarious Sensory Experiences, or ViSEs. Whether it’s bungee jumping, shark diving, or grinding up against celebrities at the city’s hottest dance clubs, Gideon can make it happen for you, for a price.
- On sale August 16 from Tor
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10. RECREATED by Colleen Houck
The second book in the epic Egyptian-inspired Reawakened series, in which a seventeen-year-old must literally go to hell to save the love of her life.
- On sale August 2 from Delacorte
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11. A WEEK OF MONDAYS by Jessica Brody
Sixteen-year-old Ellison Sparks is having a serious case of the Mondays. She gets a ticket for running a red light, she manages to take the world’s worst school picture, she bombs softball try-outs and her class election speech (note to self: never trust a cheerleader when she swears there are no nuts in her bake-sale banana bread), and to top it all off, Tristan, her gorgeous rocker boyfriend suddenly dumps her. For no good reason!
- On sale August 2 from Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Add it to your Goodreads shelf!
12. GHOSTLY ECHOES by William Ritter
Fantasy and folklore mix with mad science as Abigail’s race to unravel the mystery leads her across the cold cobblestones of nineteenth-century New England, down to the mythical underworld, and deep into her colleagues’ grim histories to battle the most deadly foe she has ever faced.
- On sale August 23 from Algonquin
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13. GEORGIA PEACHES & OTHER FORBIDDEN FRUIT by Jaye Robin Brown
Joanna meets the perfect girl for her and must decide whether to break a promise that could change everything for her and her family or lose out on love in this charming young adult romance that’s perfect for fans of Julie Murphy’s Dumplin’ and Becky Albertalli’s Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda.
- On sale August 30 from HarperTeen
- Add it to your Goodreads shelf!
- Buy a copy!
14. UNSCRIPTED JOSS BYRD by Lygia Day Peñaflor
Joss Byrd is America’s most celebrated young actress, but on the set of her latest project, a gritty indie film called The Locals, Joss’s life is far from glamorous. While struggling with her mother’s expectations, a crush on her movie brother, and a secret that could end her career, Joss must pull off a performance worthy of a star. When her renowned, charismatic director demands more than she is ready to deliver, Joss must go off-script to stay true to herself.
- On sale August 23 from Roaring Brook Press
- Add it to your Goodreads shelf!
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