YA? WHY NOT!

Maybe you preordered the next Lightlark novel, Crowntide, eons ago or maybe you've never even heard of author Alex Aster (who's great, by the way). These are the young-adult book series on Us' ever-growing TBR pile. Newbies can start at the beginning, and fans, consider this your alert for new releases!

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The Book of Dust

NUMBER OF TITLES: 3

WHAT IT'S ABOUT: After the trilogy His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman continued the tale of scrappy young Lyra Belacqua (she had her own prophecy!) here.

WHY WE LOVE IT: Not to be cliché, but the world-building is beyond your imagination, like the idea of human souls manifested as animals called daemons.

WHAT'S NEW: In the just-released wrap-up The Rose Field, Lyra is alone in a city haunted by daemons, and her own, the pine marten Pan, is missing. (out now)

Secrets of the Nile

NUMBER OF TITLES: 2

WHAT IT'S ABOUT: In Isabel Ibañez's historical fantasy set in Egypt, orphaned Inez Olivera inherits a fortune and starts to delve into her parents' deaths.