The Best Juvenile and Young Adult Titles of 2023

On this episode of PBN Joe and Emma are starting to wrap up the year by sharing their favorite juvenile and young adult titles published in 2023. Come and hear what made the cut and why these nerds enjoyed it so much.

Titles mentioned in this episode:

Emma’s Titles: 

Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood  

Betting on You by Lynn Painter  

House of Marionne by J. Elle  

The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes  

Divine Rivals & Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross  

A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid  

The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin  

All That’s Left to Say by Emery Lord  

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert  

Just Because by Matthew McConaughey 

Joe’s Titles: 

Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington (July 2023 S&S) 

The Forest Demands Its Due by Kosko Jackson (October 2023 Harper) 

Beholder by Ryan La Sala (October 2023 Scholastic) 

Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker (April 2023 Tor) 

Totally Psychic by Brigid Martin

In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune 

The Golden Frog Games by Claribel A. Ortega

One of Us is Back by Karen M. McManus

On Air with Zoe Washington by Janae Marks

Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Munoz

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