Danika joins Kelly this week to talk about exciting new YA books that hit shelves in June and July, as well as to talk the best YA books of 2025 so far.

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News:

• Best YA books of 2025 So Far
• Trailer for Mason Deaver’s I Wish You All The Best has dropped
• We Were Liars released to Prime, The Summer I Turned Pretty Season Three is releasing its first two episodes on Prime July 16, and the animated take on Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan is dropping on Netflix July 10. 

• Marissa Meyer’s “The Lunar Chronicles” is being adapted for animation in fall 2028.

Books Discussed:

On Again, Awkward Again by Erin Entrada Kelly and Kwame Mbalia

Death in the Jungle by Candace Fleming

Messy Perfect by Tanya Boteju

Love Points to You by Alice Lin

"The Complicated World of YA Books for Younger Teens"

"Do Teens Get Pushed Out of YA Books When It’s Called A Genre?"

(S)Kin by Ibi Zoboi

Hear Us Out by Nancy Garden

The Year They Burned the Books by Nancy Garden

Wednesday

The Haunting of Hill House

Call Your Boyfriend by Olivia A. Cole and Ashley Woodfolk

Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by CB Lee

Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel

Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel

Dan in Green Gables by Rey Terciero, illustrated by Claudia Aguirre

Ana of California by Andi Teran

Amelia, If Only by Becky Albertalli

Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

Hit Me with Your Best Charm by Lillie Vale

The Tournament by Rebecca Barrow

This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow

Nobody in Particular by Sophie Gonzales

Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins

Not So Shoujo Love Story, Volume 1 by Curryuku

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