New YA Thrillers Fall 2024

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New YA Thrillers Coming Fall 2024

The Champions

The Champions

From the author of The Cheerleaders comes another dark YA thriller set in the same town of Sunnybrook. When a mysterious accident befalls a member of the all-star high school football team, the town’s deadly history stands to repeat itself—and the price of discovering the truth is higher than anyone could imagine.

Old Wounds

Old Wounds

By Logan-Ashley Kisner

Coming 09.10.24

Two transgender teens end up in a small, isolated town, where they must escape the locals who plan to sacrifice one of them to an ancient monster that only eats girls. A pulse-pounding thriller perfect for fans of Midsommar and Hell Followed with Us!

The Bitter End

The Bitter End

By Alexa Donne

Coming 10.15.24

When a winter storm traps eight teens in a remote ski cabin, they find themselves stranded with a killer—who may be one of their own. From the acclaimed author of The Ivies and Pretty Dead Queens comes a YA thriller that will make your blood run cold.

The trip of a lifetime might be the death of them all.

Stranger Things: The Dustin Experiment

Stranger Things: The Dustin Experiment

By J.L. D'Amato

Coming 10.29.24

Follow Stranger Things fan favorite Dustin Henderson on a journey that takes him beyond Hawkins.

Darkly

Darkly

By Marisha Pessl

Coming 11.26.24

A seemingly ordinary high school student. A mysterious summer internship. And a legendary game designer, now dead, leaving a dark legacy. The New York Times bestselling author of Night Film spins a twisted web in this masterful YA psychological thriller.

What would you kill for?

Heart-Shaped Lies

Heart-Shaped Lies

By Elizabeth Agyemang

Coming 11.26.24

John Tucker Must Die meets A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder in this tongue-in-cheek mystery about three feuding exes of a social media prank star who are forced to work together to uncover the truth behind his death when his deactivated account resurfaces online with claims that one of them murdered him.

The Party

The Party

By Natasha Preston

Coming 12.03.24

#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Natasha Preston is back with another pulse-pounding, twisty read!

Are you invited?

We Are the Beasts

We Are the Beasts

By Gigi Griffis

Coming 12.10.24

Deaths and disappearances pile up as a mysterious beast stalks the French countryside and two girls seize an unlikely opportunity that just might save them all—or serve them up on a platter.

Step into this chilling, historical horror inspired by the unsolved mystery of the Beast of Gévaudan.

You're Dead to Me

You're Dead to Me

By Amy Christine Parker

Coming 12.10.24

Gossip Girl meets Happy Death Day in this YA horror novel following high school outcast and anonymous social media gossip Ruby, who comes face-to-face with her own ghost dressed in a blood-splattered prom dress. With less than a week until the dance, Ruby must unmask her killer—or die trying.

New YA Thrillers in Paperback Fall 2024

There's No Way I'd Die First

There's No Way I'd Die First

By Lisa Springer

Coming 09.10.24

A spine-tingling contemporary horror-comedy novel that follows a scary-movie buff as she hosts an elaborate Halloween bash but soon finds the festivities upended when she and her guests are forced to test their survival skills in a deadly game, from debut author Lisa Springer.

Signed Sealed Dead

Signed Sealed Dead

By Cynthia Murphy

Coming 09.24.24

From the author of the BookTok sensation Win Lose Kill Die, comes an explosive mystery about a teenager whose true-crime obsession hits a little too close to home when she begins receiving cryptic messages after moving into a new house.

Hatchet Girls

Hatchet Girls

By Diana Rodriguez Wallach

Coming 10.15.24

Set more than one hundred years after the Borden murders, this propulsive, supernatural thriller imagines what might happen if history were to repeat itself today. Perfect for fans of Kara Thomas and Courtney Summers!

One of Us Is Back

One of Us Is Back

The global phenomenon returns with the third book in the One of Us Is Lying series, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen M. McManus. When someone from the Bayview Four’s past resurfaces, history begins to repeat itself—and the consequences are deadly.

The third time’s a charm.

Neverworld Wake

Neverworld Wake

Five teens are caught in a continuous time loop where they are forced to choose who lives and who dies in this absorbing psychological thriller from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Special Topics in Calamity Physics and Night Film.

Five friends. Only one can survive. Who would you choose?

The Revenge Game

The Revenge Game

A wickedly comic feminist mystery about the dark side of a hopeless romantic’s seemingly perfect love story. A must-read for fans of The Cheerleaders!

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