- Castle of the Cursed by Romina Garber: After losing her parents in a mysterious attack, seventeen-year-old Estela suffers from survivor's guilt and is sent to live with her Aunt in their ancestral Spanish castle, where she uncovers family secrets and meets a supernatural, silver-eyed boy who claims he is trapped in the castle.
- Eighteen Roses by Shannon C F Rogers: Filipina American Lucia grapples with teenage angst, family expectations, and friendship woes as she reluctantly prepares for her debutante ball.
- Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay: Set in the 1930s to today, four generations of Filipino American boys grapple with identity, masculinity, and father-son relationships.
- Jupiter Rising by Gary D. Schmidt: While getting the hang of running with the help of star athlete Jay Perkins, Jack finds his world crashing down when a couple challenges his family’s intentions to adopt 3-year-old Jupiter, the daughter of his foster brother, and soon learns what love and loyalty can do.
- Such Charming Liars by Karen M. McManus: Sixteen-year-old Kat's con-artist mom takes on one last heist before going straight for good, but the job takes a deadly turn.
- The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington: Seventeen-year-old Devon, her twin sister, and her friends face a demonic force who seemingly follows horror movie tropes, propelling the group to flip the script and use their horror movie knowledge in order to survive.
- The Girl with No Reflection by Keshe Chow: Selected by the royal matchmaker to marry the crown prince, Ying Yue finds her husband-to-be stoic and infuriating, leading her to escape into a secret parallel world through palace mirrors where a kinder prince awaits, but the two worlds have a long and bloody history and Ying has a part to play in the future of both.
- The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes: Players compete for millions in a game of riddles orchestrated by Avery and the Hawthorne brothers, but not everyone is playing by the rules.
- The Loudest Silence by Sydney Langford: Told in two voices, follows the friendship between queer teens Casey, a singer who is grappling with sudden hearing loss, and soccer captain Hayden, whose Generalized Anxiety Disorder weighs on his every move, after they bond over their shared dream of a music career
- Twin Flames by Olivia Abtahi: On estranged twins Leila and Bianca's eighteenth birthday, Leila suddenly gains a djinn's superpowers, and the twins realize that their town can only survive the djinns' secret plans if they learn to work together as sisters.
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