Most Anticipated Winter 2016 Young Adult Book Releases!

This year is kicking off with so many amazing sounding young adult books. I can already hear my wallet protesting. But I bet you all understand, its impossible to say no to books. Winter is one of my favorite reading seasons. I love curling up with a book and tea on a snowy day with the wood stove going. 

Here are the my top 15 books hitting shelves this season that I am most excited to get my hands on! 

#15

The Year We Fell Apart  

Emily Martin 

Simon Pulse

Young Adult Contemporary 

January 26th

#14

The First Time She Drowned  

Kerry Kletter

Philomel Books

Young Adult Contemporary 

March 15th

#13

The Great Hunt 

Wendy Higgins

HarperTeen

Young Adult Fantasy

March 8th

#12

Reign of Shadows  

Sophie Jordan 

Harper Teen 

Young Adult Fantasy 

February 9th 

#11

The Forbidden Wish 

Jessica Khoury 

Razorbill

Young Adult Retelling

February 23rd

#10

The Shadow Queen 

C. J. Redwine

Balzer + Bray

Young Adult Fantasy

February 16th

#9

Unhooked 

Lisa Maxwell

Simon Pulse

Young Adult Retelling

February 2nd

#8

The Mystery of Hollow Places  

Rebecca Podos

Balzer + Bray

Young Adult Mystery/Contemporary

January 26th

 #7

After the Woods 

Kim Savage

Farrar, Straus, & Giroux 

Young Adult Mystery

February 23rd

#6

Revenge and the Wild 

Michelle Modesto 

Blazer + Bray

Young Adult Fantasy 

February 2nd

#5

Burning Glass 

Kathryn Purdie

Katherine Tegen Books

Young Adult Fantasy 

March 1st

#4

Assassin's Heart 

Sarah Ahiers

HarperTeen

Young Adult Fantasy 

February 2nd

#3

Rebel of the Sands  

Alwyn Hamilton 

Penguin Books

Young Adult Fantasy 

March 8th 

#2

Blackhearts 

Nicole Castroman

Simon Pulse

Young Adult Retelling

February 9th 

#1!!!!

The Winner's Kiss 

Marie Rutkoski 

Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Young Adult Fantasy

March 29th 

What books are you anticipating that are coming out in these next couple months? 

Tell me in the comments below! 

Waiting on Wednesday: The Mystery of Hollow Places

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly feature, hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine, where you get to showcases upcoming releases you are eagerly anticipating! 

This week I am waiting on...

Title: The Mystery of Hollow Places

Author: Rebecca Podos

Genre: Young Adult Mystery/Contemporary

Publisher: Balzer & Bray

Synopsis via Goodreads: 

All Imogene Scott knows of her mother is the bedtime story her father told her as a child. It's the story of how her parents met: he, a forensic pathologist, she, a mysterious woman who came to identify a body. A woman who left Imogene and her father when she was a baby, a woman who was always possessed by a powerful loneliness, a woman who many referred to as troubled waters.

When Imogene is seventeen, her father, now a famous author of medical mysteries, strikes out in the middle of the night and doesn't come back. Neither Imogene's stepmother nor the police know where he could've gone, but Imogene is convinced he's looking for her mother. She decides to put to use the skills she's gleaned from a lifetime of her father's books to track down a woman she's never known, in order to find him and, perhaps, the answer to the question she's carried with her for her entire life. 

Rebecca Podos' debut is a powerful, affecting story of the pieces of ourselves that remain mysteries even to us - the desperate search through empty spaces for something to hold on to.

COMING JANUARY 26th 2016

When I first read this synopsis I added it to the top of my 2016 TBR list. This sounds like an emotional mystery with a contemporary feel to it. I love mystery's that blend into the lines of contemporary. 

What are you waiting on this Wednesday?

Tell me in the comments below!