May 2026 list by K. Pearson |
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Brighter Than Nine
by June CL Tan
Rui may be hailed as a hero, but the Hybrid Revenants are preparing something catastrophic. In the underworld, Zizi races against his failing body and uses the Fourth King’s memories to find a way out. Meanwhile, a magicless Yiran uncovers a dark family secret that tempts him toward betrayal. As past choices ignite new chaos, the three must confront fate and reshape the destiny of both realms.
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A Deadly Inheritance
by Kelley Armstrong
Seventeen‑year‑old Liliana is suddenly heir to a billion‑dollar empire and sent to Westdale Academy, the elite—and dangerous—boarding school her mother once fled. Caught between secret societies, buried scandals, and two intriguing boys, she begins investigating a string of student deaths tied to the school’s past. When a night out turns deadly and Theo becomes the prime suspect, Lili must uncover Westdale’s darkest secrets to learn the truth behind her inheritance.
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Devious Prey
by Scott Reintgen
After an airship crashes on a deserted island, the survivors discover a deadly secret in the wreckage—a freed dragoness smuggled aboard in a damaged cage. As the creature begins hunting them, their only hope lies with the young woman who brought it on the ship and the mysterious boy once chained in the hold. Each carries secrets powerful enough to save everyone…or doom them if they ever make it home.
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Downfall
by Marc J. Gregson
Presumed dead after being sent on fatal mission, seventeen-year-old Conrad goes into hiding and prepares to challenge his tyrannical uncle to one final duel.
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The Dragon and the Sun Lotus
by Amélie Wen Zhao
With áAn'yåing's kingdom teetering on the brink of destruction, and amidst a budding forbidden romance, she must now risk everything to protect her world.
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The Faraway Inn
by Sarah Beth Durst
Sixteen‑year‑old Calisa expects a charming Vermont B&B when she arrives to help her great‑aunt for the summer—instead she finds a crumbling inn, a prickly Auntie Zee, and a whole lot of secrets. Determined to stay, Calisa teams up with the groundskeeper’s handsome son to fix the place up, only to realize the inn’s guests—and the inn itself—may be more magical than they seem. To protect the place she’s grown to love, Calisa must uncover the truth behind the Faraway Inn before its hidden magic slips out of her grasp.
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Fathom Fall
by Matteo L. Cerilli
The Maze Runner meets Fortnite in this action-packed young YA about a boy who finds out the monsters from his favorite video game are real.
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Heart of Mischief: Soul of Shadow: Book Two
by Emma Noyes
After vowing to kill Elias for betraying her, Charlie Hudson forms a fragile alliance with him to uncover a string of murders, but as the dangers grow and her resolve falters, she fears she may be making the mistake of falling for him all over again.
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Her Hidden Fire
by Cliodhna O'Sullivan
In a world where magic belongs to elite families, Ionin must prove he can channel power or lose everything. When his servant Adha discovers she has magic instead, she secretly uses it to save him—sacrificing her own future. Sent to a prestigious academy built on dangerous secrets, Adha must hide her abilities, navigate rivalries, and confront the devastating cost of magic itself.
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Hunting the Strange
by Kaitlyn Cavalancia
Mullory Prudence was supposed to die. Not only that, she was never supposed to inherit Xavier Stoutmire's moody magic. But nothing about the Mystery Royale went according to plan. Now Mullory's left with more questions than answers, the most pressing one being how to use her mother's grave-defying shadow. And when her mother sends her on a dizzying scavenger hunt that spans everywhere from the Stoutmire estate to a hidden magical corner of Coney Island, she'll have to team up with unlikely allies to find her way.
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If We Never End
by Laura Taylor Namey
You've Reached Sam meets If I Stay in this epic romance spanning life and death, from New York Times bestselling author Laura Taylor Namey.
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Lies We Tell about the Stars
by Susie Nadler
After a catastrophic earthquake hits near‑future San Francisco, Celeste refuses to believe her best friend Nicky is among the dead. He’d been planning to disappear to escape the trouble he’d created—what better cover than the Big One? When no one believes her, Celeste teams up with Meo, a mysterious boy connected to Nicky, and follows the clues he left behind. Nicky’s notebook sends them on a journey through ruined cities, refugee towns, and all the way to Florida, where the first human mission to Mars is about to launch—and where Celeste hopes the truth is waiting.
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Meet Me Under the Lights
by Cassie Miller
High school junior Eliza Crowley wants nothing more than to shed her “Princess of Fairfield” reputation and focus on community theater. But when star pitcher Reed Fulton—her former friend and the heir to her family’s biggest rivals—returns to town, old sparks flare fast. As their families’ decades‑long feud reaches a breaking point and a deal is struck to settle it once and for all, Eliza and Reed are caught in the middle. With baseball, small‑town loyalties, and their own hearts on the line, they must decide whether their forbidden summer romance is worth the risk.
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Midnight on the Celestial
by Julia Alexandra
After failing her trial to keep her magic, eighteen-year-old spirit-summoner Roe boards the luxurious Celestial to earn a retrial, navigating treacherous colleagues, dark supernatural dangers, and a sinister conspiracy while fighting to uncover the ships secrets and reclaim her power.
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Prodigal Tiger
by Samantha Chong
Eighteen-year-old Caroline Chua returns home to Penang to help find her missing brother and ends up in an epic battle with ghosts for control of the island.
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Release Me
by Tahereh Mafi
Rosabelle Wolff wants revenge. To save her sister, she must return home and destroy the system that made her a weapon—but her once‑unshakable control is slipping, and James Anderson is the reason why. James knows Rosabelle might be the key to fighting The Reestablishment, even if trusting an assassin could cost him everything. And Warner can sense something dark on the horizon—Rosabelle’s arrival is only the beginning, and he can no longer read her at all. As tensions erupt and the New Republic faces its greatest threat yet, Rosabelle, James, and Warner are forced onto a collision course that could reshape their world.
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The Ruins Beneath Us
by Sasha E. Sloan
She saved the prince. Now she must survive his world. Lyria and her mother have been on the run from the human kingdom of Verdinae for as long as she can remember. She's an elf born with magic--a double offence in a kingdom determined to eradicate both. Under her mother's watchful protection, Lyria learns the rules that keep her alive: stay inside, stay hidden, stay safe, and above all stay calm, lest her magic flair out of control. But when she finds a human boy being attacked by a deadly monster in the forest, Lyria risks everything by using magic to save him.
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Storm Dragons 3: Skyshattered
by Julie Kagawa
In the final chapter of the Storm Dragons saga, Remy, Gem, and Storm race to save their crumbling world. Remy must find a hidden dwarven mountain and the ancient machine that could restore balance—while an evil pirate and a ruthless True Dragon hunt them down. Gem returns home seeking the truth behind the floating crystals that power her kingdom, only to uncover secrets that change everything she thought she knew. With danger rising and their world on the brink, the three friends must trust one another more than ever to face their greatest challenge and stop the darkness closing in.
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Two Perfect Lies
by Natalie D. Richards
Clara owes her second chance to Lily—the golden girl who befriended her after a mistake two years ago wrecked her reputation. But when Clara discovers a folder outlining Lily’s revenge fantasies against classmates and teachers, she realizes Lily isn’t her savior at all. She’s setting Clara up. As people on Lily’s list start turning up hurt and every clue points to Clara, she must uncover the truth behind Lily’s deadly plan before she takes the fall for crimes she didn’t commit.
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We Are Never Getting Together
by Janette Rallison
When sworn enemies Madeline and Cooper get caught pulling yet another prank, they’re horrified to learn their single parents have hit it off. Determined to stop a budding romance, the two rivals call a truce and start fake‑dating to convince their parents a relationship would be a disaster. But as the ruse drags on, Madeline and Cooper discover they might actually like each other—and pretending could be the biggest complication of all.
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Where No Shadow Stays
by Sara Hashem
Seventeen-year-old Egyptian-American Mina avoids dwelling on her heritage or her mothers mysterious death, but when an invitation brings her to El Agamy, Egypt, she returns home with a malevolent entity and must work with Jesse, the morticians son, who has family secrets of his own, to get rid of it.
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