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New Releases: June 30, 2026

Young Adult

Winners & Liars by Aleema Onotoni

Derin’s acceptance into Cambridge University is the end of an era—just not the one she expected.

When she and her ultra-competitive Uni prep group, the Kenfield Set, were first invited to Professor Darnley’s summer ball, they planned on celebrating the group’s success, surrounded by the riches of his historical Kenfield estate—not kicking off the festivities with the professor’s will reading.

But when the Darnleys’ aristocratic children are disinherited, the students are offered the opportunity of a lifetime: compete in a Victorian, literary-inspired inheritance competition to be named the new heir—winner takes all!

For Derin, it’s a chance to help her working-class family. But the remaining Darnleys won’t take losing their stately home and its multimillion-pound inheritance lying down. And added to the mix, a mysterious note is slipped under Derin’s door alluding to a dark family secret lying in wait.

Now Derin must balance the cutthroat games; scheming relatives; and a cute Kenfield intern amid her dawning realization that the history of this inheritance might be soaked in lies . . . and blood.

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Fave Five: Queer Heist Novels

Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li (Contemporary)

The Elysium Heist by Y.M. Resnik (Sci-Fi)

A Game of Hearts and Heists by Ruby Roe (Fantasy Romance)

Among Thieves by M.J. Kuhn (Fantasy)

Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto (Sci-Fi)

Bonus: These are all Adult, but for YA, check out Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb RoehrigAces Wild by Amanda DeWittA Million to One by Adiba Jaigirdar, and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Double Bonus: These are all novels, but for a novella, check out Pyre at the Eyreholme Trust by Lin Darrow

New Releases: September 30, 2025

Middle Grade

A Little Too Haunted by Justine Pucella Winans

The only thing worse than having ghost hunters for parents is having fake ghost hunters for parents. Luna Catalano would know. Her moms are haunted house flippers who use their home reno skills and pretend psychic powers to turn spooky old houses into ghost-free modern homes. Not only does their job require the family to move all the time–meaning Luna is completely friendless–but the only thing haunting any of those houses is bad decor. For once Luna wishes there was an actual, for-real ghost.

When they move yet again, Luna isn’t expecting much. But this house feels…different. Things start out innocent enough–items not where they should be, strange noises–but soon things turn sinister. Her moms are waking up with cuts and bruises, and disturbing drawings showing them with even worse injuries are being left in Luna’s room. With the help of her next-door neighbors and a mysterious woman who seems to know a lot about the home, Luna starts to piece together what exactly happened in that house before she moved in. But not everything is as it seems. In order to save her moms, Luna will have to get the story right before everything goes completely wrong.

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