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We’ve come to the end of another month, but before we dive headlong into May and everything that brings with it–longer days, more sunshine, better opportunities for reading outside at the park or in a hammock–we’ve got a few more new April book releases to highlight.
Clear your calendars and pull out your TBR lists. It’s time to add some more YA books to your life.
As always, I’ve pulled out hardcovers and paperbacks separately. Series titles are included beneath the corresponding format of the book to avoid spoilers (and not to miss including them!).
New Hardcover YA Releases
Bad Influence by Claire Ahn
Charlotte Goh is the perfect Korean daughter and she’s also an aspiring fashion influencer. She hopes that she can make enough money on the side from influencing to help offset some of the financial troubles of her family.
But when she posts about a racist incident she experienced at an influencer event, Charlotte could not have anticipated going viral–nor seeing her profile explode. It’s exciting to have the attention and influence she always sought, but now, she’s wondering what the costs of this dream truly are.
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Love at Second Sight by F.T. Lukens
Fifteen-year-old Cam Reynolds wants a quiet sophomore year at his school. It’s weird being a human going to a school full of supernatural creatures, but that also means he has some power to keep himself out of the limelight.
But then Cam has a vision. In it, he sees the murder of a girl through the eyes of the villain. Suddenly it becomes clear Cam isn’t the human he thinks he is. He’s clairvoyant, and now, he’s got to figure out who at his school has the power to murder and how he can stop it before it happens.
Night Swimming by Aaron Starmer
It’s the summer before college in 1994 and all Trevor wants is to enjoy this free time before things change forever. It’s a summer of saying yes to adventure and a summer that he hopes will be one where Sarah, his longtime crush, finally says yes to them.
Sarah’s proposed that they spend this summer swimming in every pool that they can in town. It’s a great mission, and one that Trevor hopes will bring them closer. He’s hopeful, even though he knows she has a boyfriend and she’s not necessarily interested in a relationship with him.
Then they find the pool. It’s one in the woods and neither can seem to help themselves from being attracted to it. Will this be the pool that also changes their relationship status?
The Summer I Remembered Everything by Catherine Con Morse
Nothing is going right in Emily Chen-Sanchez’s life. She’s been getting in trouble and she’s been dealing with long-term illness in her family. But she’s ready to set that aside for what should be a good summer. She’ll be a companion to Mrs. Granucci. Mrs. Granucci needs help in her day to day life, especially around her memory, but she’s genuinely a fun old lady to be around.
That is, until Mrs. Granucci makes an accusation about Emily that threatens to shatter everything that Emily had hoped to piece together of her life.
New YA series books in hardcover:
Two additional new YA hardcover books out this week include Nav’s Foolproof Guide to Falling in Love by Jessica Lewis and What Comes After by Katie Bayerl.
New Paperback YA Releases
I Guess I Live Here Now by Claire Ahn
Even though she’s always been curious about her Korean heritage, Melody was not prepared to be uprooted from her NYC home following a small school transgression. She and her mom are moving to Seoul to join her father and Melody doesn’t get the chance to say her goodbyes.
The good news is once she arrives in Seoul, it’s amazing. That is…until it isn’t. Now Melody has to figure out how to make the best of her situation, how to understand the challenges her family is dealing with, and what she wants from that relationship with a cute boy she’s met.
Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens
Ellery doesn’t believe in the religion of the supernatural world. They may be stuck in years-long winter but there’s science to it.
Knox is from the Other World and his job is to help out the humans who make crossroads bargains. He’s worried about what might be going on at home, though, since he hasn’t heard from his queen. When crossroads demons are after Knox, he panics, running down an alleyway where he runs into Ellery.
Knox can’t believe he’s been helped by Ellery. Ellery cannot believe they’ve run into the paranormal–and they will not believe it, either. Except Ellery needs to find a way to end this winter and Knox needs help being tethered to the human world. They might find out they have more in common than ever imagined or believed.
New YA series books in paperback:
A couple of other YA paperbacks out this week include The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea by Axie Oh and Where Was Goodbye? by Janice Lynn Mather.
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The Most Anticipated Literary Events of (the Rest of) 2025
For some, the major literary events of the year come as a pleasant or interesting surprise—something to enjoy in the moment, rather than to anticipate. For others, there’s big appeal in bookmarking these occasions in advance to plan, predict, and build around. I and the rest of the editorial team are in the business of thinking ahead about what the year has in store for book lovers, publishers, industry experts, and the like, which is why we all got together toward the end of 2024 to plot out everything from birthdays of literary greats, to anniversaries of books that have made a deep cultural impact, to literary awards and events coming up this year. We’ve been marking these events as they happen on the site for what’s shaping up to be a very busy year in books, but there are still so many big, exciting literary events of 2025 to anticipate.
Whether you’re a book-focused or -adjacent content creator, someone who beefs up their TBR with literary awards honorees, or a book lover who appreciates being in the know, I’m here with a starting place for calendaring out the rest of this storied year…
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