As we enter into August, fall and winter titles are beginning to pop up and my TBR grows exponentially longer! So I decided to make a list of some of the books publishing from September – December 2021 that I am really excited for!

I tried to choose my top books, but there are so many others, especially in September and October, that I couldn’t include because I wasn’t trying to have 50+ books on this list lol So if you don’t see your favorite, it’s probably on my list, but feel free to leave a comment if you think I’ll like it!

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Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer
Release Date: September 14, 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury YA
Genre: YA Fantasy
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The kingdom of Kandala is on the brink of disaster. Rifts between sectors have only worsened since a sickness began ravaging the land, and within the Royal Palace, the king holds a tenuous peace with a ruthless hand…

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Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
Release Date: September 21, 2021
Publisher: Penguin Teen
Genre: YA Historical Fantasy
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The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the mecha aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall. It doesn’t matter that the girls often die from the mental strain…

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The Bronzed Beasts (The Gilded Wolves #3) by Roshani Chokshi
Release Date: September 21, 2021
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Genre: YA Historical Fantasy
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After Séverin’s seeming betrayal, the crew is fractured. Armed with only a handful of hints, Enrique, Laila, Hypnos and Zofia must find their way through the snarled, haunted waterways of Venice, Italy to locate Séverin…

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Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray
Release Date: September 28, 2021
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Genre: YA Fantasy
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Magic doesn’t exist in the broken city of Lkossa anymore, especially for girls like sixteen-year-old Koffi. Indentured to the notorious Night Zoo, she cares for its fearsome and magical creatures to pay off her family’s debts and secure their eventual freedom…

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The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
Release Date: September 28, 2021
Publisher: Avon
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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Nine years ago, Vivienne Jones nursed her broken heart like any young witch would: vodka, weepy music, bubble baths…and a curse on the horrible boyfriend. Sure, Vivi knows she shouldn’t use her magic this way, but with only an “orchard hayride” scented candle on hand, she isn’t worried it will cause him anything more than a bad hair day or two…

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Kingdom of the Cursed (Kingdom of the Wicked #2) by Kerri Maniscalco
Release Date: October 5, 2021
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Genre: YA Historical Fantasy
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After selling her soul to become Queen of the Wicked, Emilia travels to the Seven Circles with the enigmatic Prince of Wrath, where she’s introduced to a seductive world of vice.

She vows to do whatever it takes to avenge her beloved sister, Vittoria…even if that means accepting the hand of the Prince of Pride, the king of demons…

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Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
Release Date: October 5, 2021
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Genre: YA Fantasy
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The dead of Loraille do not rest.

Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, a nun who cleanses the bodies of the deceased so that their souls can pass on; otherwise, they will rise as spirits with a ravenous hunger for the living…

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Jade Fire Gold by June CL Tan
Release Date: October 12, 2021
Publisher: HarperTeen
Genre: YA Fantasy
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In an empire on the brink of war . . .

Ahn is no one, with no past and no family.

Altan is a lost heir, his future stolen away as a child…

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Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood
Release Date: October 19, 2021
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Genre: YA Paranormal Fantasy
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Andromeda is a debtera—an exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye. When a handsome young heir named Magnus Rochester reaches out to hire her, Andromeda quickly realizes this is a job like no other, with horrifying manifestations at every turn…

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The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling
Release Date: October 19, 2021
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Genre: Historical Paranormal Thriller
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Practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield has done the calculations, and decided that the most secure path forward is this: a husband, in a marriage of convenience, who will allow her to remain independent and occupied with meaningful work…

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A Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Release Date: October 19, 2021
Publisher: Blue Box Press
Genre: Paranormal Fantasy Romance
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Born shrouded in the veil of the Primals, a Maiden as the Fates promised, Seraphena Mierel’s future has never been hers. Chosen before birth to uphold the desperate deal her ancestor struck to save his people, Sera must leave behind her life and offer herself to the Primal of Death as his Consort…

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Gilded by Marissa Meyer
Release Date: November 2, 2021
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends
Genre: YA Fantasy
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Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor miller’s daughter has developed a talent for spinning stories that are fantastical and spellbinding and entirely untrue.

Or so everyone believes…

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The Grimrose Girls by Laura Pohl
Release Date: November 2, 2021
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Genre: YA Fantasy Mystery
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After the mysterious death of their best friend, Ella, Yuki, and Rory are the talk of their elite school, Grimrose Académie. The police ruled it a suicide, but the trio are determined to find out what really happened…

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Court (Crave #4) by Tracy Wolff
Release Date: November 9, 2021
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
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No one survived the last battle unscathed. Flint is angry at the world, Jaxon is turning into something I don’t recognize, and Hudson has put up a wall I’m not sure I’ll ever break through.

Now war is coming, and we’re not ready. We’re going to need an army to have any hope of winning…

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You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao
Release Date: November 9, 2021
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Genre: YA Romance
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Seventeen-year-old Julie has her future all planned out—move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city, spend a summer in Japan. But then Sam dies. And everything changes…

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The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart
Release Date: November 9, 2021
Publisher: Orbit
Genre: Fantasy
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The Emperor is Dead. Long live the Emperor.

Lin Sukai finally sits on the throne she won at so much cost, but her struggles are only just beginning. Her people don’t trust her. Her political alliances are weak…

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The Excalibur Curse (Camelot Rising #3) by Kiersten White
Release Date: December 7, 2021
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Genre: YA Fantasy
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While journeying north toward the Dark Queen, Guinevere falls into the hands of her enemies. Behind her are Lancelot, trapped on the other side of the magical barrier they created to protect Camelot, and Arthur, who has been led away from his kingdom, chasing after false promises…

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The Coldest Touch by Isabel Sterling
Release Date: December 7, 2021
Publisher: Razorbill
Genre: YA Paranormal Fantasy
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Elise Beaumont is cursed. With every touch, she experiences exactly how her loved ones will die. And after her brother’s death—a death she predicted but was unable to prevent—Elise is desperate to get rid of her terrible gift, no matter the cost…

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The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska
Release Date: December 7, 2021
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Genre: YA Paranormal Fantasy
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It’s Karnawał season in the snow-cloaked Kingdom of Lechija, and from now until midnight when the church bells ring an end to Devil’s Tuesday time will be marked with wintry balls and glittery disguises, cavalcades of nightly torch-lit “kuligi” sleigh-parties…

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If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich
Release Date: December 7, 2021
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Genre: YA Contemporary Romance
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Eighteen-year-olds Ruben Montez and Zach Knight are two members of the boy-band Saturday, one of the biggest acts in America. Along with their bandmates, Angel Phan and Jon Braxton, the four are teen heartbreakers in front of the cameras and best friends backstage…

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Wow! This took me so long to do, there are just so many amazing books coming out in the next few months! It was really hard narrowing down which books I wanted to highlight, but I can say that these are books I’m really, really excited for!

With all these books coming out, my TBR is in trouble!

What books are you excited for? Any that I missed and I should know about?