2019 NYMBC Event Books
Books Inc. and Not Your Mother's Book Club (NYMBC) have an amazing line-up of YA authors visiting our stores this year! Follow this playlist to stay in-the-know with NYMBC and the books we'll all be gushing about. Who knows, maybe you'll find your new favorite book and author!
The Poet X
By Elizabeth Acevedo
Narrated by Elizabeth Acevedo / 3 hours 30 minutes
The Poet X
“The Poet X is written and narrated by Elizabeth Acevedo. It is a novel made up of poems by a teenager, Xiomara Batista, growing up in Harlem. Acevedo's narration is wonderful and brings the story to life. Xiomara's dad is MIA even though he lives at home; her mother is extremely religious and pushes her faith onto her daughter; her twin brother is quiet and also working through his own feelings; she starts her first relationship with a guy; and all the time Xiomara is told what she can and cannot do, gets accosted by men, has to defend herself because no one else will, is questioning God and has no one to open up to. She releases her pent of feelings in a notebook. It isn't until her new English teacher introduces her to spoken poetry that she realizes that is what she is meant to be: a poet. This is a lovely story of a young, misunderstood girl, coming of age and showing the world that she is worth it. Great for adults who enjoyed Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson and extremely relevant literature for the #metoo movement.”
Kelly, M. Judson Booksellers
With the Fire on High
By Elizabeth Acevedo
Narrated by Elizabeth Acevedo / 7 hours 26 minutes
With the Fire on High
“Another fantastic piece of literature by the remarkable Elizabeth Acevedo. "With the Fire on High" weaves together a beautiful story told from the perspective of high school senior and culinary prodigy Emoni Santiago. While tackling the challenges of school, young love, and raising her two-year-old daughter, Emoni must find the strength to fight for the ones she loves while also fighting to pursue her dreams.”
Colleen, An Unlikely Story
Again, but Better
A Novel
By Christine Riccio
Narrated by Brittany Pressley & Christine Riccio / 11 hours 59 minutes
This program includes an author's note read by the author.
From one of the most followed booktubers today, comes Again, But Better, a story about second chances, discovering yourself, and being brave enough to try again.
Shane has been doing college all wrong. Pre-med, stellar grades, and happy parents…sounds ideal -- but Shane's made zero... Read more »
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Girl Gone Viral
By Arvin Ahmadi
Narrated by Jorjeana Marie / 10 hours 23 minutes
"Smart, timely and riveting."--The New York Times Book Review
Perfect for fans of Warcross and Black Mirror, Girl Gone Viral is the inventive and timely story of a seventeen-year-old coder's catapult to stardom.
For seventeen-year-old Opal Hopper, code is magic. She builds entire worlds from scratch: Mars craters, shimmering lakes, any virtual... Read more »
Sky in the Deep
Sky and Sea: Book #1
By Adrienne Young
Narrated by Khristine Hvam / 8 hours 40 minutes
"Fearless in its exploration of family, forgiveness, loyalty, and love, Sky in the Deep is fierce, vivid, and violently beautiful. This book will wage a war with your heart as brutal and as bold as the battles inked in its pages." - Stephanie Garber, New York Times Bestselling author of Caraval
In her highly-anticipated debut audiobook, Adrienne... Read more »
Fat Angie
Fat Angie: Book #1
By e. E. Charlton-Trujillo
Narrated by Angela Dawe / 6 hours 27 minutes
Winner of a 2014 Stonewall Book Award
Her sister was captured in Iraq, she’s the resident laughingstock at school, and her therapist tells her to count instead of eat. Can a daring new girl in her life really change anything?
Angie is broken—by her can’t-be-bothered mother, by her high-school tormenters, and by being the only one who thinks her... Read more »
Slayer
Slayer: Book #1
By Kiersten White
Narrated by Madeleine Maby / 11 hours 59 minutes
“Will get Buffy fans up in their feels.” —Entertainment Weekly
A New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller
From bestselling author Kiersten White comes the first novel in a series set in the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer that introduces a new Slayer as she grapples with the responsibility of managing her incredible powers that she’s... Read more »
Reign the Earth
By A.C. Gaughen
Narrated by Soneela Nankani / 14 hours
Shalia is a proud daughter of the desert, but after years of war with the adjoining kingdom, her people are desperate to end the violence. Willing to trade her freedom for peace, Shalia becomes Queen of the Bone Lands, a country where magic is outlawed and the Elementae-those that can control earth, air, fire, and water-are traitors subject to... Read more »
We Are Okay
By Nina LaCour
Narrated by Jorjeana Marie / 5 hours 36 minutes
Winner of the 2018 Michael L. Printz Award — An achingly beautiful novel about grief and the enduring power of friendship.
“Short, poetic and gorgeously written.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A beautiful, devastating piece of art." —Bookpage
You go through life thinking there’s so much you need. . . . Until you leave with only your phone, your... Read more »
Fat Angie: Rebel Girl Revolution
Fat Angie: Book #2
By e. E. Charlton-Trujillo
Narrated by Katherine Littrell / 7 hours 46 minutes
More trouble at school and at home — and the discovery of a missive from her late soldier sister — send Angie and a long-ago friend on an RV road trip across Ohio.
Sophomore year has just begun, and Angie is miserable. Her girlfriend, KC, has moved away; her good friend, Jake, is keeping his distance; and the resident bully has ramped up an... Read more »
Field Notes on Love
By Jennifer E. Smith
Narrated by Anthony Mark Barrow & Karissa Vacker / 8 hours 22 minutes
"Utterly romantic." --Jenny Han, NYT bestselling author of To All the Boys I've Loved Before
The bestselling author of Windfall and The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight returns with a meet-cute romance about Hugo and Mae, two teens who are thrown together on a cross-country train trip that will teach them about love, each other, and... Read more »
Warrior of the Wild
By Tricia Levenseller
Narrated by Marisa Calin / 9 hours 11 minutes
An eighteen-year-old chieftain's daughter must find a way to kill her village’s oppressive deity if she ever wants to return home in Warrior of the Wild, the Viking-inspired YA standalone fantasy from Tricia Levenseller, author of Daughter of the Pirate King.
How do you kill a god?
As her father's chosen heir, eighteen-year-old Rasmira has... Read more »
Everless
By Sara Holland
Narrated by Eileen Stevens / 10 hours
New York Times bestseller!
"Sara Holland is a fierce storyteller. Everless gives new and terrifying meaning to the phrase running out of time." —Stephanie Garber, New York Times bestselling author of Caraval
In the kingdom of Sempera, time is currency—extracted from blood, bound to iron, and consumed to add time to one’s own lifespan. The rich... Read more »
Evermore
By Sara Holland
Narrated by Eileen Stevens / 9 hours 1 minute
The New York Times bestselling series!
Jules Ember confronts the girl who is both her oldest friend and greatest enemy in the highly anticipated sequel to Everless, praised by New York Times bestelling author Stephanie Garber as “an intoxicating blend of blood, secrets, and haunting mythology.”
Jules Ember was raised hearing legends of the... Read more »
Ash Princess
Ash Princess: Book #1
By Laura Sebastian
Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld / 13 hours 17 minutes
The first book in the New York Times bestselling series "made for fans of Victoria Aveyard and Sabaa Tahir" (Bustle), Ash Princess is an epic new fantasy about a throne cruelly stolen and a girl who must fight to take it back for her people.
Theodosia was six when her country was invaded and her mother, the Fire Queen, was murdered before her... Read more »
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Lady Smoke
Ash Princess: Book #2
By Laura Sebastian
Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld / 13 hours 27 minutes
The second installment in the New York Times bestselling series "made for fans of Victoria Aveyard and Sabaa Tahir" (Bustle), Lady Smoke is an epic new fantasy about a throne cruelly stolen and a girl who must fight to take it back for her people.
The Kaiser murdered Theodosia's mother, the Fire Queen, when Theo was only six. He took Theo's... Read more »
Timekeeper
The Timekeeper Trilogy: Book #1
By Tara Sim
Narrated by Gary Furlong / 8 hours 48 minutes
Two o'clock was missing.
In an alternate Victorian world controlled by clock towers, a damaged clock can fracture time-and a destroyed one can stop it completely.
It's a truth that seventeen-year-old clock mechanic Danny Hart knows all too well; his father has been trapped in a Stopped town east of London for three years. Though Danny is a prodigy... Read more »
Chainbreaker
The Timekeeper Trilogy: Book #2
By Tara Sim
Narrated by Gary Furlong / 10 hours 29 minutes
Clock mechanic Danny Hart knows he's being watched. But by whom, or what, remains a mystery. To make matters worse, clock towers have begun falling in India, though time hasn't Stopped yet. He'd hoped after reuniting with his father and exploring his relationship with Colton, he'd have some to settle into his new life. Instead, he's asked to... Read more »
Firestarter
The Timekeeper Trilogy: Book #3
By Tara Sim
Narrated by Gary Furlong / 11 hours 37 minutes
The final installment in the Timekeeper trilogy
The crew of the Prometheus is intent on taking down the world's clock towers so that time can run freely. Now captives, Colton, Daphne, and the others have a stark choice: join the Prometheus' cause or fight back in any small way they can and face the consequences. But Zavier, leader of the... Read more »