The market front
New Young adult books
16 books released in the last eighteen months, best first.
What is new and already good
4 of these have cleared the ordinary bar of 50 ratings; 12 carry an early score from 20 to 49 ratings. The newest arrival is “Heartstopper: Volume Six” by Alice Oseman.
An early score uses the same formula as everything else, pulled harder toward the category mean until more readers vote. The chip on a row says how much of the number is the readers’ own. Method →
- Releasing 1061 ratings
8.18.1 / 10 - A Brief History of Chronomancy29 ratings
8.18.1 / 10 - The Tapestry of Fate40 ratings
8.18.1 / 10 - The Summer War71 ratings
8.18.1 / 10 - This Princess Kills Monsters20 ratings
8.18.1 / 10 - Hekate: The Witch24 ratings
8.08.0 / 10 - The Book of Lost Hours35 ratings
8.08.0 / 10 - The Faraway Inn22 ratings
8.08.0 / 10 - Silver Elite116 ratings
8.08.0 / 10 - The magician of Tiger Castle28 ratings
7.97.9 / 10 - The Primal of Blood and Bone23 ratings
7.97.9 / 10 - Heartstopper: Volume Six47 ratings
7.97.9 / 10 - Nobody in Particular22 ratingsNobody in Particular7.87.8 / 10
- Fearless214 ratings
7.77.7 / 10 - Fearful40 ratings
7.77.7 / 10 - The Academy31 ratings
7.77.7 / 10
What is the best new Young adult book?
“Releasing 10” by Chloe Walsh scores 8.1/10 from 61 reader ratings, the highest of the releases we have enough readers for.
What does “early score” mean?
The book has between 20 and 49 reader ratings. It gets a page and a place on this list, but it does not enter category rankings until it reaches 50, like every other book.
How is this list built?
From reader ratings only: the same Bayesian score as everywhere on the site, with releases of the last eighteen months and at least 20 ratings. Sales, marketing and prizes do not enter it. Refreshed daily.