After several quiet months in the world of young adult book news, October brought a boatload of stories for fans of all things YA. There are a number of fresh adaptations to get excited about, as well as updates on fan favorite franchises. As we enter into awards season, we’ll also continue to see “best of” YA recognitions roll on in.

Here’s what to know about the world of YA from the last month.

• Publishers Weekly has released their best books of 2025 lists, including their look at the best young adult books of the year. I’ve read three of them and absolutely agree with all of those being included.
• Here’s all of the excellent science fiction and fantasy YA releases from October in one handy place.
• HarperCollins’s Avon A imprint and Fox Entertainment Studios have created an agreement that may bring more YA books to screen. Avon A has a history with historical romance titles, as well as a lot of adult books with crossover appeal to YA readers. You can check out some of their front and back list here.
• E. Lockhart’s Genuine Fraud is getting the adaptation treatment via Prime. In trying to track down whether this is going to be a series or a single film, I stumbled across another interesting news bit here, which is that Netflix is currently working on an animated adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s Midnight Sun.
• Although by the time you’re reading this the first annual World Kid Lit Reading Challenge Award has concluded, dive into this story to catch up on the world of translated literature for young people. You can also bookmark the information in preparation to take this challenge on next year…or just do it now because reading books in translation is part of being well-read.
• Check out the winners and finalists in the YA category for the 2025 Ignyte Awards.
• And then pop the finalists and winners of the 2025 Harvey Awards onto your TBR and build your comics reading list.
• Here’s the list of books that will be up for young people’s votes for best of the best in Canada through the Forest of Reading program.
• The frothy, fun historical series The Davenports will be adapted into a series for Amazon. This book was through a packager, which means one of the ultimate goals is for cross-media development. I’m excited to see this one develop because the books were super enjoyable (and a Black-led historical fiction series for screen is so sorely needed!).
• Julie Soto’s YA debut The Thrashers is set for a series adaptation as well. Soto’s seen criticism for her most recent adult novel because of it being Harry Potter fanfiction.
• IFC and Shudder have acquired the adaptation of This Is Not a Test by Courtney Summers. I’m looking forward to this one, especially after reading this review which seems to not connect that it’s a story about teenagers written for a YA readership. How often do folks working in the space of teen literature need to remind adults that teens don’t come to a genre or a trope knowing all of its conventions or iterations?
• In some fun adaptation news, Jenny Han’s To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before will be adapted into a graphic novel next year.
• Tommy Dorfman’s directorial debut is for the adaptation of Mason Deaver’s I Wish You All The Best. This is a story about that directorial debut and I’m including it here because it’s a reminder this adaptation will hit theaters soon.
• The Canadian Children’s Book Centre named the winners of their seven children’s book awards, including several Canadian YA titles.
• Rereleasing Twilight into theaters was a financial boon. It brought in over $1 million in its first day alone. If you haven’t tuned in, I talked about revisiting this book alongside several other Book Rioters in our new Zero to Well-Read podcast.
• Love Letters to the Dead, which published many years back, is getting a graphic novel adaptation.
• It’s not purposeful that this roundup of YA book news is ending on a sour note, but that’s what is happening. Sales of YA books tumbled this summer.

Now that you’ve caught up with the YA book news from the last month, pop your nose back into a YA book or two. Check out these new dystopian releases, October’s wealth of new YA comics and nonfiction, and prepare your shelves for some exciting Latine YA releasing in 2026.