Wow, can it be May already? May means the beginning of the summer book season, which is exciting. Time to start packing up that beach bag or pool bag and filling it with great new books. That bag is going to be HEAVY! Check out these New YA Books Releasing in May 2021!
April showers bring May flowers and also a whole garden of amazing new YA! Want to know what new YA books are hitting shelves in May 2021? Check out all these great new May 2021 young adult titles – over 70 in all!
New YA Books Releasing on May 4 2021
All Kinds of Other by James Sie
Any Place But Here by Sarah Van Name
Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter. Love rom coms? Check out my list of Best YA Rom Coms!
Blade of Secrets by Tricia Levenseller
The Block (Loop Trilogy #2) by Ben Oliver
Counting Down With You by Tashie Bhuiyan
Ember of Night by Molly E. Lee
Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney
Hurricane Summer by Asha Bromfield
Indivisible by Daniel Aleman
Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee
Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee
The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He
The People We Choose by Katelyn Detweiler
Prom House by Chelsea Mueller
Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard
Sky Breaker (Night Spinner #2) by Addie Thorley
Summer of Broken Rules by K. L. Walther
Sunkissed by Kasie West.
10 Truths and a Dare by Ashley Elston. Ooh, adding this one to my list of YA Books By the Numbers!
Take Me Home Tonight by Morgan Matson. Adding this one to my list of Books With a 24-Hour Timeline!
This is For Tonight by Jessica Patrick
When You Get the Chance by Tom Ryan and Robin Stevenson
New YA Books Releasing on May 11 2021
Baby and Solo by Lisabeth Posthuma
Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler
The Fascinators by Andrew Eliopulos
Fix by J. Albert Mann
From Little Tokyo, With Love by Sarah Kuhn
Illusionary (Hollow Crown #2) by Zoraida Córdova
Incredible Doom by Matt Bogart and Jesse Holden
The Life and Deaths of Frankie D by Colleen Nelson
Lucky Girl by Jamie Pacton
Lucy Clark Will Not Apologize by Margo Rabb
Not Our Summer by Casie Bazay
The Other Side of Perfect by Mariko Turk
Sprite and the Gardner by Joe Whitt and Rii Abrego
Switch by A.S. King
Where the Rhythm Takes You by Sarah Dass
New YA Books Releasing on May 18 2021
Don’t Breathe a Word by Jordyn Taylor. Another mystery set in a boarding schoo? Yes please and check out my full list of Best YA Boarding School books!
In the Ravenous Dark by A.M. Strickland
It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland
Last Chance Books by Kelsey Rodkey
Made in Korea by Sarah Suk
Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim. I loved this author’s prior books and am so excited for this one! Check out my review of Marvelous Mirza Girls.
May the Best Man Win by Z.R. Ellor
Mister Impossible (Dreamer Trilogy #2) by Maggie Stiefvater
Off the Record by Camryn Garrett. Such a fan of Almost Famous so I’m definitely reading this!
Perfectly Parvin by Olivia Abtahi
Shipped by Meredith Tate
Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan
Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean. Check out my review of Tokyo Ever After!
New YA Books Releasing on May 25 2021
Aetherbound by E.K. Johnston
Every Body Shines by Cassandra Newbould
Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigidar. FAUXMANCE! Check out my list of best YA Fake Romance books.
The Hollow Inside by Brooke Lauren Davis
The Immortal Game by Talia Rothschild and A.C. Harvey
The Ivies by Alexa Donne
Kiss and Repeat by Heather Truett
Misfit in Love (Saints and Misfits #2) by S.K. Ali. Loved Saints and Misfits and I can’t wait to read this!
Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth
Pumpkin by Julie Murphy
Sister of the Bollywood Bride by Nandini Bajpai
Sixteen Scandals by Sophie Jordan. This is already on my list of books to read after you’ve binge-watched Bridgerton!
A Sitting in St James by Rita Williams-Garcia
Spells Trouble: Sisters of Salem by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Throwing Shade by Karole Cozzo
Tremendous Things by Susin Nielsen
Words Composed of Sea and Sky by Erica George
Which of these are at the top of your to-read list?
Did you miss my April list of New YA Releases? You can find it here!
I read The Life and Deaths of Frankie D. by Colleen Nelson via NetGalley, and…sadly, I wasn’t impressed. It tried to be too many things at once, and the writing wasn’t stellar. I’m excited for Switch by A.S. King – her books are always different and thought-provoking!
I love these comprehensive lists! I want to read Tokyo Ever After
Thanks – I decided to switch to a monthly list and I like it too!