New York Times Young Adult Books

THE ESCAPE GAME
by: Marissa Meyer and Tamara Moss
Description: A real murder takes place on an escape room-themed game show. (Ages 14 and up)

Rank: 1
Rank Last Week: 5
Weeks On the List: 6

Place Hold
RELEASE ME
by: Tahereh Mafi
Description: The romantic tension mounts between Rosabelle and James as the fight in the New Republic continues. (Ages 14 and up)

Rank: 2
Rank Last Week: 4
Weeks On the List: 6

Place Hold
FAKE SKATING
by: Lynn Painter
Description: After years of separation, the childhood friends Alec and Dani reunite and face their true feelings toward each other. (Ages 14 and up)

Rank: 3
Rank Last Week: 7
Weeks On the List: 33

Place Hold
CHANGE OF PLANS
by: Sarah Dessen
Description: The coming-of-age love story of a girl named Finley, who goes on a last-minute trip with her distant mother. (Ages 12 and up)

Rank: 4
Rank Last Week: 1
Weeks On the List: 2

Place Hold
IF ONLY I HAD TOLD HER
by: Laura Nowlin
Description: In this companion to “If He Had Been With Me,” the story of Finn and Autumn is told through three different perspectives. (Ages 14 to 18)

Rank: 5
Rank Last Week: 8
Weeks On the List: 28

Place Hold
US DARK FEW
by: Alexis Patton
Description: Khalani Kanes struggles to survive in an underground prison for a crime she did not commit. (Ages 15 to 18)

Rank: 6
Rank Last Week: 3
Weeks On the List: 2

Place Hold
BETTER THAN THE MOVIES
by: Lynn Painter
Description: Hopeless romantic Liz has a crush on Michael but finds out that she likes being around her neighbor Wes. (Ages 12 and up)

Rank: 7
Rank Last Week: New
Weeks On the List: 14

Place Hold
STORM BREAKER
by: Nisha J. Tuli
Description: In a dystopia, Poet Graves enters Amery Academy and is drawn to an outsider who may threaten her life as she knows it. (Ages 16 and up)

Rank: 8
Rank Last Week: 2
Weeks On the List: 2

Place Hold
THE THORN QUEEN
by: Sasha Peyton Smith
Description: Ivy Benton, now the queen of England, schemes to dethrone her husband, save her sister and reunite with her true love, Emmett. (Ages 13 and up)

Rank: 9
Rank Last Week: 10
Weeks On the List: 5

Place Hold
YOUNG WORLD
by: Soman Chainani
Description: Benton Young, a teenager, becomes the president of the United States! (Ages 14 and up)

Rank: 10
Rank Last Week: 6
Weeks On the List: 2

Place Hold