8 of This Year's Hottest YA Books You'll Love Even as an Adult

A new school. A new life. Two years after her mother’s death, Jessie’s dad relocates the family to tony Los Angeles, where Jessie doesn’t exactly fit in. But when she starts getting mysterious emails from Somebody/Nobody, Jessie needs to figure out: is this person friend or foe? Tell Me Three Things is a smart, sweet story that’s equal parts funny and bittersweet.

How much did you love Reconstructing Amelia? Well, McCreight is back with all of the suspense and drama you loved. She’s back with The Outliers, a new teen series about secrets and trust that all starts with a text: Please Wylie, I need your help. Fall in love with this book and then sit tight: it’s the first in a trilogy.

Molly’s a senior who only really cares about hanging out all day with her crush, watching reruns of The Golden Girls. While her contemporaries are mapping out their futures, she’s struggling with depression as her mother tries to cheer her up by baking a new cake every day. 100 Days of Cake is a powerful, emotionally honest novel that will leave you craving baked goods.

When Kate runs into Mark on a crazy night out, they have no idea how important they will become to each other. Told in alternating points of view by its two authors, You Know Me Well is a coming-of-age story about first love and friendship.

The long-awaited novel from Colleen Hoover, It Ends With Us, is finally out. Hoover’s dedicated readers don’t want to know anything about the plot, so let’s leave it at this: it’s the story of Lily, who grew up in an abusive home but now lives in another city and runs her own business. Things seem to be going perfectly for Lily, but is anything really perfect?

Carrie seems to be lost — after her older sister Ginny died, she found herself floating around with a bad crowd, skipping school and partying hard. Her father enrolls her in a Summer work camp at a local state park where she must figure out who she is and, more important, who she wants to be. Lost Stars is a novel for anyone who’s ever grappled with their own place in the universe.

When two teens get caught up in a cruel high school game, they end up in counseling together. Libby is still recovering from the death of her mother, and Jack has got a secret that no one knows. Holding Up the Universe is a novel about love and how important it is to be seen from the author of All the Bright Places.

From the acclaimed author of Everything, Everything comes a novel about fate, timing, and how we all fit into the universe together. Meet Natasha, a girl of science who’s about to be deported to Jamaica later today. Meet Daniel, off to his interview for Yale, the consummate good-boy parent-pleaser with the heart of a poet. They weren’t supposed to meet today. Or were they? The Sun Is Also a Star is a dazzling novel that will stay with you long after finishing.