This document provides a list of new fantasy books for young adults that were presented at the NJASL 2013 conference. It includes over 50 titles and their authors. Some of the featured titles include The Sweetest Dark by Shana Abe, Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black, and Doll Bones by Holly Black. The document was presented by four librarians from New Jersey to highlight new fantasy works for young adult readers.

1. WHAT’S NEW IN FANTASY
FOR YOUNG ADULTS
Presented by:
Elizabeth Burns, Head of Youth Services, NJ State Library Talking
Books and Braille Center, eburns@njstatelib.org
Susan Fichtelberg, Children’s Librarian, Woodbridge Public Library,
sfichtelberg@woodbridgelibrary.org
Bonnie Kunzel, bkunzel@aol.com
Sharon Rawlins, Youth Services Specialist, NJ State
Library, srawlins@njstatelib.org
NJASL 2013

2. The Sweetest Dark by Shana Abe

3. Siege and Storm (Grisha Trilogy
#2) by Leigh Bardugo

4. The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by
Holly Black

5. Doll Bones by Holly Black

6. White Cat (Curse Workers #1) by
Holly Black

7. Hereafter: A Shadowlands
Novel #2 by Kate Brian

8. The Bitter Kingdom (Girl of Fire
and Thorns #3) by Rae Carson

9. The Enchanter Heir (The Heir Chronicles
#4) by Cinda Chima Williams

10. Spirit and Dust by Rosemary
Clement-Moore

11. Conjured by Sarah Beth Durst

12. Thrice Upon a Marigold by Jean
Ferris

13. The Obsidian Mirror (Obsidian
Mirror #1) by Catherine Fisher

14. Towering by Alex Flinn

15. Fearless (Mirrorworld #2) by
Cornelia Funke

16. Unbreakable (The Legion #1) by
Kami Garcia

17. Emerald Green (The Ruby Red
Trilogy #3) by Kerstin Gier

18. The Clockwork Scarab (A Stoker &
Holmes Novel #1) by Colleen Gleason

19. The Lost Sun (The United States of
Asgard #1) by Tessa Gratton

20. Seraphina (Seraphina Series #1) by
Rachel Hartman

21. The Enemy (Enemy Series #1) by Charlie
Higson

22. Splintered by A. G. Howard

23. The Madness Underneath (Shades of
London #2) by Maureen Johnson

24. Death and the Girl Next Door
(Darklight #1) by Darynda Jones

25. Infinity (Chronicles of Nick #1) by
Sherrilyn Kenyon

26. Mortal Fire by Elizabeth Knox

27. Hero (The Woodcutter Sisters
#2) by Alethea Kontis

28. Scowler by Daniel Kraus

29. Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin
#1) by Robin LaFevers

30. Yellowcake: Stories by Margo
Lanagan

31. Raven Flight (Shadowfell Trilogy
#2) by Juliet Marillier

32. Shadows by Robin McKinley

33. The Witch’s Curse by Keith
McGowan

34. Far Far Away by Tom McNeal

35. The Beautiful and the Cursed
(The Dispossessed #1) by Page
Morgan

36. The False Prince (The
Ascendance Trilogy #1) by
Jennifer Nielsen

37. Sisters Red (Fairy Tale Retellings #1) by
Jackson Pearce

38. Earthbound by Aprilynne Pike

39. Gorgeous by Paul Rudnick

40. The Rithmatist by Brandon
Sanderson

41. The Archived by Victoria
Schwab

42. Midwinter Blood by Marcus
Sedgwick

43. Skylark (Skylark Trilogy #1) by
Meagan Spooner

44. The Dream Thieves (Raven Cycle
Quartet #2) by Maggie Stiefvater

45. Screaming Staircase (Lockwood
& Co. #1) by Jonathan Stroud

46. Ink (The Paper Gods #1) by Amanda Sun

47. The Burning Sky (Elemental Trilogy #1)
by Sherry Thomas

48. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
by April Genevieve Tucholke

49. Furious by Jill Wolfson

50. Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff

51. Poison by Bridget Zinn

52. Thank You!
Elizabeth Burns, Head of Youth Services, NJ
State Library Talking
Books and Braille Center, eburns@njstatelib.org
Susan Fichtelberg, Children’s
Librarian, Woodbridge Public Library,
sfichtelberg@woodbridgelibrary.org
Bonnie Kunzel, bkunzel@aol.com
Sharon Rawlins, Youth Services Specialist, NJ
State Library, srawlins@njstatelib.org