Ten Books have been shortlisted for the 2026 YA Book Prize. You can read more about them (and read the first chapter) here:
https://www.thebookseller.com/young-adult-book-prize-content/ya-book-prize-shortlist-2026
A Beautiful Evil by Bea Fitzgerald Mondays Are Murder by Ravena Guron
Heartbreaker by Anika Hussain The Boy I Love by William Hussey
Heir of Storms by L.H. Murray Skipshock by Caroline O’Donoghue
Traumaland by Josh Silver. Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven
The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King by Harry Trevaldwyn
The Five, edited by Elgan Rhys and translated by Mared Roberts
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