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May is International Short Story Month, so dive on into some of the best YA short story collections this week with Kelly. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations is here to help with handpicked recommendations. Tell the Bibliologists at Tailored Book Recommendations about what you love and what you don't. You can get your recommendations via email or receive hardcovers or paperbacks in the mail. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Plans start at just $18! Subscribe today. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Links Why Is May International Short Story Month? YA Short Stories Cataloged Books Discussed How They Met and Other Stories by David Levithan Man-Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers Tasting Light by A.R. Capetta and Wade Roush Three Kisses, One Midnight by Roshani Chokshi, Evelyn Skye, and Sandhya Menon Up All Night edited by Laura Silverman Being Ace edited by Madelyn Dyer Blackout and Whiteout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon Violent Ends edited by Shaun David Hutchinson Reclaim The Stars: 17 Tales of Love Across Realms and Space edited by Zoraida Córdova Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food and Love edited by Elsie Chapman and Caroline Tung Richmond First Year Orientation edited by Eric Smith and Lauren Gibaldi Battle of the Bands edited by Eric Smith and Lauren Gibaldi Magic Has No Borders by Sona Charaipotra and Samira Ahmed We Mostly Come Out At Night: 15 Queer Tales of Monsters, Angels, and Other Creatures edited by Rob Costillo The White Guy Dies First edited by Terry J. Benton Walker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vanessa and Erica get into a wide range of YA poetry, novels-in-verse, and other poetry-adjacent works in celebration of Poetry Month. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations is here to help with handpicked recommendations. Tell the Bibliologists at Tailored Book Recommendations about what you love and what you don't. You can get your recommendations via email or receive hardcovers or paperbacks in the mail. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Plans start at just $18! Subscribe today. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News 10 Queer Historical YA Novels That Reclaim LGBTQ History Vibe Check episode with United States Poet Laureate Ada Limón Books Discussed Blood Water Paint and Enter the Body by Joy McCullough Poemhood: Our Black Revival by Amber McBride, Erica Martin, Taylor Byas When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo Home is Not a Country by Safia Elhilio William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls by Ian Doescher, illustrated by Kent Barton How the Boogeyman Became a Poet by Tony Keith Jr. Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica highlights some new YA books out this week, which include a contemporary YA novel, a fantastical Lipan Apache mystery, a Caribbean-inspired fantasy, and an aro-ace contemporary romance. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations is here to help with handpicked recommendations. Tell the Bibliologists at Tailored Book Recommendations about what you love and what you don't. You can get your recommendations via email or receive hardcovers or paperbacks in the mail. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Plans start at just $18! Subscribe today. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed We're Never Getting Home by Tracy Badua Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger, illustrated by Rovina Cai King of Dead Things by Nevin Holness Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time for a book club episode! This time, Vanessa and Erica discuss Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations is here to help with handpicked recommendations. Tell the Bibliologists at Tailored Book Recommendations about what you love and what you don't. You can get your recommendations via email or receive hardcovers or paperbacks in the mail. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Plans start at just $18! Subscribe today. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Watch the Trailer for TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN, Based on the John Green Novel Books Discussed Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica discusses some new books she's been reading, which include a realistic graphic novel, a mystery/thriller, and a translated Korean dystopian novel. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations is here to help with handpicked recommendations. Tell the Bibliologists at Tailored Book Recommendations about what you love and what you don't. You can get your recommendations via email or receive hardcovers or paperbacks in the mail. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Plans start at just $18! Subscribe today. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Freshman Year by Sarah Mai Six Truths and a Lie by Ream Shukairy Snowglobe by Soyoung Park, translated by Joungmin Lee Comfort Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vanessa and Erica discuss the treasure trove of late '90s nostalgia and hilarity that is the Shakespearean retelling 10 Things I Hate About You. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today! News: The High Cost of Ebooks Has Libraries Struggling and Seeking Legal Action Here are the Finalists for the 59th Nebula Awards Works Discussed: The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare 10 Things I Hate About You Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly is back to talk about 1999 YA—titles that are celebrating 25-year anniversaries this year. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Links The Perks of Being a Wallflower Turns 25 The Most Studied YA Books in Colleges and Universities Walter Dean Myers Talks Book Banning, Writing for Troubled Kids 8 YA Authors on Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson 15 years of Speak: An Interview with Laurie Halse Anderson Books Discussed The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Monster by Walter Dean Myers Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorthea Lange by Elizabeth Partridge Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta Who Are You?: Voices of Mixed Race Young People edited by Pearl Fuyo Gaskins (Note that this appears out of print, but there are still copies available to purchase—it was a groundbreaking title) Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danika and Erica talk about their favorite queer YA books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News ‘Twilight’ Animated Series Being Shopped by Lionsgate Television Reading Rainbow Documentary Trailer Drops The Creator of Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama, Has Died The Lesbrary Books Discussed The Miseducation of Cameron Post by emily m. danforth The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White Boys Run the Riot by Keito Gaku Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin by Kip Wilson Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko Into the Light by Mark Oshiro Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica explores some YA books that center teen girls who find their voices through writing, just in time for Women's History Month. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed We Are the Scribes by Randi Pink Off the Record by Camryn Garrett We Got the Beat by Jenna Miller The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vanessa and Erica discuss the latest YA book news and some great books they've read by Black authors. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Florida Residents Can Receive a Free Ripley’s Book Ben & Jerry's Article: In a Month Meant to Celebrate Black History, Some Are Trying to Erase It Libby Announces Their New Book Awards — Along With the Finalists Our past Buddy Read of The Weight of Blood by Tiffany Jackson Books Discussed Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury Seven Minutes in Candyland by Brian Wasson The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson Out of Body by Nia Davenport This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis Shoutouts The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi Wild Tongues Can’t be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora, edited by Saraciea J. Fennell Escaping Mr. Rochester by L.L. McKinney The Making of Yolanda la Bruja by Lorraine Avila Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party by Jetta Grace Martin, Joshua Bloom, and Waldo E. Martin Jr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices