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6 New Twisty Young Adult Novels

6 New Twisty Young Adult Novels

Dive into a world of twists and turns with our roundup of six must-read young adult novels that will keep you guessing until the very last page. From mind-bending mysteries to electrifying plot twists, these fresh releases promise to captivate and surprise. Grab your favorite blanket, settle in, and prepare for a reading experience like no other!


The Hennessy Lie

by Annette Masters

Release Date: June 29 2024

When a teen inherits a box of junk from a father she never knew, she has no idea the trinkets are worth millions—or that killers have come to collect. The Hennessy Lie is a twisty YA thriller with a tangled web of dark family secrets, suspenseful romance, and a long-buried lie that will surface with deadly consequences.

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The Midnight Game

by Cynthia Murphy

Release Date: July 2 2024

When a group of six strangers who have only ever spoken on a creepy Deddit thread decide to meet IRL, they have one plan in mind: they are going to play The Midnight Game and summon the Midnight Man. Rules of the game are simple: Do not turn on the lights. Do not go to sleep. Do not leave the building. And once you start the game, you must finish it—there’s no other way out…

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The Grandest Game

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Release Date: July 30 2024

Welcome to the Grandest Game, an annual competition run by billionaire Avery Grambs and the four infamous Hawthorne brothers, whose family fortune she inherited. Designed to give anyone a shot at fame and fortune, this year’s game requires one of seven golden tickets to enter. With millions on the line, those seven players will do whatever it takes to win.

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Endure (The End of Times Book 3)

by Nate Johnson

Release Date: July 29 2024

Forced to make a choice, stay and fight the mobs tearing the city apart or the long desert road, one thing was obvious, the only chance she and her two younger brothers had was this strange boy walking out of the mountains. Four young people must fight the desert, natural disasters, and what used to be left of civilization to reach safety. They must learn to endure the unendurable.

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Strings of Sorrow (The Wayward Chronicles Book 2)

by D.K. Holmberg

Release Date: July 30 2024

The Twilight Gates call to me with a song I must ignore, as it’s nothing more than the Song of Sorrow. No longer traveling with the Wayward, Leo learns that finding his own way is its own adventure, and one he could never have experienced as one of the Wayward. He joins a new caravan and befriends a young girl fascinated by the Twilight Gates, travels with one of the fae and learns of a danger to their realm, and makes an enemy of the Alley King.

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Sun Daughter (Spellwood Academy Book 7)

by Kate Avery Ellison

Release Date: July 30 2024

As Kyra struggles to survive captivity and schemes to find a way to esape, the rest of Spellwood mobilizes a resistance against the spring queen’s army. Cut off from the outside world, with no foreseeable help coming from the fae courts, the students all societies must find a way to work together and put aside prejudice and fight for their lives together–or be killed.

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