It’s my first list of the month! (You all know how much I love to make lists) I try to do both an adult and a young adult list every year, looking ahead to next year’s upcoming science fiction books in each age category. Often, I struggle to find enough YA books, and in the past I’ve stretched the genre to include books that might be “sci-fi adjacent.” But this year I had no trouble at all, and I’m pretty excited to share these ten books that will be released in 2023. I’m listing them in order of the release date (subject to change, of course), and each one is linked to Goodreads so you can read the complete blurb and perhaps add them to your TBR. Here we go!
Another Dimension of Us by Mike Albo. Release date: January 17th. “The Breakfast Club meets Brit Marling’s The OA in this thrilling science fiction story about teens from the past and the future who travel across the astral plane save the ones they love.”
The Half-Life of Love by Brianna Bourne. Release date: March 7th. “Flint Larsen has 41 days, 9 hours, and 42 minutes to live. He’s known exactly when he’s going to die since he was eight years old and half-lifed, a small twinge that tells a person when they’ve lived half their life. From that moment, Flint’s done everything he can to make his death more bearable.”
Enhanced by Candace Kade. Release date: March 14th. “Lee Urban is living a lie. In a society where everyone’s DNA determines their destiny, being a Natural means automatic relegation to the gritty and dangerous Outskirts. With the harnessed power of gene-editing, the ability to create a super-human race has transformed the world and offered the opportunity of a genetically enhanced life. But only to those who can afford it.”
Made of Stars by Jenna Voris. Release date: March 28th. “Inspired by the lawless love story of Bonnie and Clyde, Jenna Voris’s heart-stopping tale of passion and crime will have you seeing stars.”
The Recall Paradox (Memory Index #2) by Julian R. Vaca. Release date: April 11th. “What if everything you remember is a lie? Freya Izquierdo and Fletcher Cohen believe they’re done with top-secret memory knifing. After successfully hacking a terrorist’s memories and foiling the Memory Ghosts’ next attack, they spend their school break intending to clear Fletcher’s dad of being accused of colluding with the radical group.”
If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch. Release date: April 18th. “From the author of The Sky Blues and Blaine for the Win comes a speculative young adult romance about a teen stuck in a time loop that’s endlessly monotonous until he meets the boy of his dreams.”
The Other Side of Infinity by Joan F. Smith. Release date: April 25th. “They Both Die at the End meets The Butterfly Effect in this YA novel by Joan F. Smith, where a teen uses her gift of foreknowledge to help a lifeguard save a drowning man—only to discover that her actions have suddenly put his life at risk.”
If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St. Jude. Release date: May 9th. “We Are Okay meets They Both Die at the End in this YA debut about queer first love and mental health at the end of the world-and the importance of saving yourself, no matter what tomorrow may hold.”
The Chaperone by M. Hendrix. Release date: June 6th. “Once Stella glimpses both real freedom and the dark truths behind New America, she has no choice but to fight back against the world she knows. She sets out on a dangerous journey across what was once the United States, risking everything.”
Under This Forgetful Sky by Lauren Yero. Release date: July 18th. “In the spirit of Paolo Bacigalupi and Laini Taylor, this futuristic star-crossed love story follows two teens in a starkly unequal world struggling to find their place.”
The Half-Life of Love sounds like a fun take on a romance. It’s going to be a fun science fiction reading year in 2023!
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I agree, lots of promising books coming out next year:-)
Glad to see you had no trouble finding enough books this time. Hopefully there are some good ones in the mix. I do find it interesting how similar many of the covers look.
I was actually going to comment on the similarities but I forgot, oh well. Lots of very colorful covers, and romance seems to be a theme in most of them:-)
Even though YA is not one of my usual “stomping grounds”, I have to admit that the premise for The Half-life of Love sounds very intriguing – maybe it’s the memory of long-ago Logan’s Run that makes me look at this book with interest… 🙂
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Ah yes, definitely a Logan’s Run vibe to it:-)
Great list! I haven’t been following YA as much lately, so most of these are new to me. I’m exciting to see which ones get your high ratings — may have to check them out!
A lot of these sound really good:-)
Made of Stars sounds amazing. I love that it’s inspired by Bonnie and Clyde. How exciting!
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I know, such a fun idea!
Great that you combined today’s meme with scifi!
I want to try a YA scifi, but I’m super picky, and I’m not sure any of these will work for me.
Today, I highlighted the series I have been working on this year
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I’m picky too, but I may give some of these a try:-)
I’m going to be adding these to my tbr! 🙂
Me too, most of them sound promising:-)
That first one sounds excellent.
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It does!
How many interesting books!! I think Enhanced is the one more appealing to me, but there are a lot of interesting titles in your list!
I agree, Enhanced really has me curious:-)
I may have to add a few of this to my TBR list.
Oh cool! Thanks Michael.
I haven’t been reading much YA lately but this is a great list of books. I’m especially intrigued by The Other Side of Infinity and If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come since they’re both compared to They Both Die at the End.
I found that comparison intriguing as well:-)
The only one that really jumps out at the is The Chaperone, because of the strong dystopian and thriller vibes. I can tell more than half of these are romance, they need to put more creativity and variation into the YA covers lol!
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These are all new to me! There is a definitely a style happening across 2023 books.
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I want to read them all You really do have such talent for picking some fantastic titles!
I admit that I’m kind of avoiding YA these days. But that doesn’t stop me picking up the odd one and Chaperone is looking at me right now.
Lynn 😀
I added most of these for my students next year! Several went on my own TBR as well. Thanks for sharing these!
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