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Booklist just released their Top Ten YA Debuts for 2026 and we’re thrilled to see the following DMLA titles included in the roundup! Out of Air by Rachel Reiss A deep-sea dive into a breathtaking cave leaves Phoebe and the Salt Squad cursed in this artful thriller full of airtight tension and robust character development. All the Noise at Once by DeAndra Davis Black and autistic Aiden wants nothing more than to play football with his quarterback brother, Brandon, but […]

Publishers Weekly: A gentle elegiac tone pervades this stunning posthumous historical fantasy from multi–Hugo and Nebula award winner McIntyre (Dreamsnake), who died in 2019. In ancient Crete, Iakinthu, a former bull dancer, is at the apex of her second profession as chief diplomat-trader of her seafaring nation. To fulfill Minoan tradition, she must take her adopted son, Rhenthizu, to meet his birth mother in a faraway land no Minoan has ever visited, after which he will choose which woman to […]

Chicago Review of Books: “This is a savvy release by Tor and a smart and engaging work by Walton and Palmer.” The genre of science fiction has been stereotyped and maligned for too long, and two of its contemporary champions, Jo Walton and Ada Palmer, would like to set the record straight. It’s hard to imagine a pair better suited to the job. They are decorated science fiction authors in their own right. Walton won Hugo and Nebula Awards for Among […]

Congratulations to Neil Sharpson as his book DON’T TRUST FISH wins the 2026 Indies Choice Book Award in the Children’s Picture Book category!

Library Journal: The underqualified misfits undertaking this intergalactic art heist have no idea what mission they’ve actually signed up for. They think they’re going to steal back the art treasures that Earth gave up in return for a quick fix to their onrushing apocalypse. Now that Earth is repaired, it wants its stuff back, even if they have to steal it. The crew thinks the mission is sanctioned, their leader believes that everyone will forgive his deceptions, and the art […]

DMLA is proud to congratulate Melissa Roehrich as RAIN OF SHADOWS AND ENDINGS debuts on not one, but two bestseller lists! The title rings in at #36 on USA Today and #9 on the New York Times Hardcover!

DMLA congratulates LJ Andrews as HEIR OF TWISTED LIES hits #100 on the USA Today’s Bestsellers List! Their love is the only thing that can save them from a cursed fate in the next dramatic installment in the bestselling Broken Souls and Bones series.

Library Journal: Murderbot volunteered for this rescue mission because it’s certain that they have the best odds of accomplishing this poorly planned operation. They’re not wrong, but they underestimate how long and stressful the trip will be and how fast and often it’s going to go wrong. The plan to rescue members of Dr. Mensah’s family from the evil Barish-Estranza corporation goes immediately off the rails, while Murderbot’s supposed assistant goes rogue, and the journey turns into a long walk […]

Publishers Weekly: An exercise in elaborate worldbuilding, this ambitious outing from Hugo and Nebula Award winner Walton (Or What You Will) transports readers to the fantastical city of the Serenissima, “built on nothing but layers of magical mist and memories and dreams.” The Serenissima’s geography shifts with the fog that drifts through it, “opening a new square here, closing up an old canal there, like a face caught in the fleeting act of changing expression.” Its waterways, maintained by shared […]

Booklist: Groundhog Day meets Murder on the Orient Express in this audacious airborne thriller that’s sure to have you on the edge of your aisle seat. Evelyn and Orion are two teens on a flight home from Hawaii who are running from problems in their daily lives. But when they find themselves reliving the same terrifying 28 minutes over and over, our heroes must team up to save a plane full of passengers from a deadly time loop. Writer and scuba diver Reiss (Out […]