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Get Ready for ALA Annual: Your First Look at Fall’s Must-Read Titles!
Grab a Galley is back and offering a sneak peek at the season’s most anticipated fall titles—from captivating fiction and thrilling mysteries to inspiring nonfiction and the hottest debut voices. These are the books your patrons will be buzzing about come fall.
Our publishing partners have handpicked a selection that spans all genres, so there’s something for every reader—whether they’re into heart-pounding adventures or thought-provoking narratives. Add as many titles as you like to your virtual Swag Bag (no limits on the number you can choose!), but remember, supply is limited!
Explore the full collection and stock up on the books that will fly off the shelves at your library this fall.
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Absolute Batman Vol. 1: The Zoo
DC Comics
Without the wealth, without the cave, he’s still the Absolute Dark Knight! Meet Batman as you’ve never seen him before, reimagined with a modern origin story at the hands of superstar creative team Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta!
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Absolute Superman Vol. 1: Last Dust of Krypton
DC Comics
Without the fortress, without the family, without a home…what’s left is the Absolute Man of Steel! Best-selling writer Jason Aaron is joined by superstar artist Rafa Sandoval to reinvent Superman from the ground up!
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3 of 33 titles
Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 1: The Last Amazon
DC Comics
Without the island paradise, without the sisterhood that shaped her, without a mission of peace…she’s still the Absolute Amazon! Eisner Award-winning writer Kelly Thompson is joined by superstar artist Hayden Sherman to reinvent Wonder Woman from the ground up!
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4 of 33 titles
Athanasia
Vault Comics
Watchmen meets Unbreakable in the darkly disturbing supernatural tale, ATHANASIA, where the heroic dead bleed power into the ground … only to be unearthed by a down-on-her-luck young woman to unforeseeable consequences. Some secrets are best left buried. From New York Times bestselling author Daniel Kraus and rising star artist Dani!
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5 of 33 titles
Dead Acre: Black Badge Vol. 1
Vault Comics
James Crowley met his mortal end in a hail of gunfire. Now, he finds himself in purgatory, not quite undead, though not alive either, serving the White Throne to avoid falling to hell. His not-so-sacred duty as a Hand of God – a Black Badge? Use his new abilities to hunt down demonic beings that have infiltrated the mortal realm.
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6 of 33 titles
Def Leppard’s HYSTERIA
Headshell
Worship at the altar of the almighty Guitar. It wants your love. It craves your blood. It desires YOU. A struggling band is gifted with the world’s most dangerous, magical guitar that rockets them to success, but when it’s stolen they’ll stop at nothing to get it back. Co-written by legendary Def Leppard guitarist, Phil Collen!
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Dying Inside
Headshell
NOW IN HARDCOVER! Immortality is entirely overrated. From Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz, Hannah Klein (Everything’s Fine), and Lisa Sterle (The Modern Witch Tarot, Witchblood) comes the supernatural, emo-fantasy about a chronically depressed teenaged girl who’s tired of fighting for her…death. When a webstore witch’s spell backfires on an enchanted blade, Ash must track her down to reverse its protection charm.
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8 of 33 titles
Emma & Capucine, Volume 1
TOKYOPOP
Emma and Capucine are sisters and best friends, who have worked their whole lives to attend the most prestigious ballet school in Paris. However, when Capucine passes the auditions and Emma doesn’t, their world collapses completely. Dealing with parental pressure, new friendships, and first loves, the two girls learn to follow their hearts.
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Fence: Challengers
BOOM! Box
The beloved sports romance returns from acclaimed writer C.S. Pacat and iconic artist Johanna the Mad, pushing the saga to new competitive heights!
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Flavor Girls: Return to the Mothership
Archaia
Naoko, Camille, and V are the FLAVOR GIRLS, Sacred Fruit Guardians of Earth! From writer and artist Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky (Persephone) comes a new Magical Girl all-ages adventure with an environmental twist!
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God Tier Vol. 1
Nakama Press
The mysterious anarchist Typhon, the god of monsters, has sparked a fire that has spread across the world. Pablo Costello, and his sister Anna, are trapped in between the raging battle between gangs, police, gods and monsters.
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Goobers
Vault Comics
Something strange is bugging Pine Cove. Clayton Lowe is reluctantly headed back to his small Southern hometown. Clay’s new friends from grad school are about to meet his old friends from high school and discover that something may have finally changed in the town where nothing ever changes: Pine Cove is ground zero for an infestation of body-snatching alien-bugs.
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Hell Difficulty Tutorial (Light Novel) Vol. 1
Vault Books
Where others see doom, he sees opportunity. Hell Difficulty? More like a chance to thrive. Nathaniel's bus ride was supposed to be just another boring commute. Wrong. Now, he, 23 fellow passengers, and a corgi named Biscuit, are stuck in a "Hell Difficulty" Tutorial, battling monsters and leveling up to survive.
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14 of 33 titles
Hollow: The Woman in White
BOOM! Box
Hollow’s long-awaited sequel from New York Times-bestselling writer Shannon Watters (Lumberjanes) and Branden Boyer-White, alongside artist Berenice Nelle, is here!
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Infini-T Force Vol. 1
Nakama Press
A high schooler acquires a magic pencil that can grant any wish she wants, and she uses it to call upon legendary heroes to protect the world! But where did the pencil come from, and why did it come to her? Classic Tatsunoko Productions heroes come together in this exciting crossover manga event!
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16 of 33 titles
The Internal Sea: Mare Internum
Vault Comics
A supernatural science fiction mystery where the divide between the living and dead is more delicate than humanity ever suspected. Dr. Michael Fisher, a disgraced planetary geologist living on Mars, has never felt more isolated. When both he and Dr. Bex Egunsola, the station's newest biologist, accidentally break through the floor of an unstable lava tube into an ancient subterranean world... they are not alone.
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17 of 33 titles
Kid Maroon
Vault Comics
When a string of horrific killings and arsons spring up in the streets of Crimeville, can Kid Maroon crack the case with his quick wits and slingshot? Or does he secretly yearn for what he’s never gotten to be … a kid? Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer meets Encyclopedia Brown in this dark, hard-boiled detective adventure.
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18 of 33 titles
The Last Session Vol. 1: Roll for Initiative
Maverick
For fans of Critical Role and Dungeons & Dragons, a reprinted young adult graphic novel about the struggles of a group of friends playing tabletop roleplaying games when one member brings their girlfriend to the very last session.
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Lilith Vol. 1
Vault Comics
Lilith is an immortal who's been banished from her home, a dimensional plane suspiciously similar to humankind's idea of Hell. She's been posing as a model on Earth while secretly preying on humans... until she meets Penelope, a sweet bookstore owner with a tome that might hold the secret to returning Lilith home. If the mismatched pair doesn't fall in love first!
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20 of 33 titles
Mark of the Fool (Light Novel) Vol. 1
Vault Books
The gods chose him. He said no. Alex had one desire: become a wizard. Fate had other plans. On his eighteenth birthday, Alex is Marked by prophecy as one of his kingdom’s five Heroes, chosen to fight the Ravener. But he’s branded 'The Fool’. Worst of the marks. Rejecting divine decree, he sets off for the adventure of a lifetime!
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21 of 33 titles
Meat Eaters
Oni Press
After being murdered in the woods, nineteen-year-old Ashley Moore wakes up to discover she’s without a heartbeat . . . and has a disturbing craving for fresh—preferably bloody—meat. A world of ghouls and monsters and things that go bump in the night await in this grisly graphic novel from Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist Meredith McClaren.
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22 of 33 titles
Nostalgia
Mad Cave Studios
A wild exploration of stardom and its price from Babydaddy of the Scissor Sisters in his comics writing debut! A reclusive rock star receives a mysterious package that forces him to face both his past and a resistance movement that represents all of the ideals he had once stood for.
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23 of 33 titles
The Path of Ascension (Light Novel) Vol. 1
Vault Books
Orphaned by monsters, Matt must power-up to save others from the same fate. Matt’s dreams of hunting the monsters are crushed when his Tier 1 Talent rates as detrimental. No guild will take him. But after meeting a mysterious, powerful couple, Matt joins the Path of Ascension, an empire-wide race to ascend the Tiers and become living legends. Vengeance awaits.
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Reborn as a Demonic Tree (Light Novel) Vol. 1
Vault Books
Western xianxia meets reincarnation isekai! Ashlock wakes in the courtyard of a demonic sect... as a tree that eats people. But his hunger can’t go unnoticed for long. Ashlock's only chance of survival is to grow faster and stronger than any tree has in the history of the nine realms.
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25 of 33 titles
Redman’s Muddy Waters Too
Headshell
Doc has invented MUD, soil so special that when the right music is played, plants grow at hyper-speed. MUD can save the world, helping to feed everyone...but, more importantly, it’ll grow super potent weed. But it has been stolen! It’s up to Doc and crew to get his invention back. Created and co-written by MC, rapper, and record producer REDMAN!
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Road to Mastery (Light Novel) Vol. 1
Vault Books
Jack Rust was a disillusioned biologist with a PhD—almost. When an extraterrestrial AI invaded Earth, it became a world of aliens, magic, and violence. Jack hoped for some magic himself. Nope. Armed with only his fists, Jack must grow strong enough to survive monsters. In this battle-ridden world, Jack finds the life he always dreamed about. He won’t just survive. He will thrive.
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Salvos (Light Novel) Vol. 1
Vault Books
An action-packed fantasy following the evolution and adventures of a Demon girl learning to survive in a game-like Netherworld!. For Salvos, a curious newborn Demon with a penchant for making friends, surviving the swarms of wild Demons in the Netherworld was always going to be a difficult task. The law of evolution? Survival of the fittest. Salvos will survive.
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28 of 33 titles
Sarah and Darah
Maverick
Scandals and heartache are coming to the prestigious Placeside High where only the best of the best attend. As senior year is about to start, Darah has returned for senior year and will start a war against her rival, her former best friend, Sarah. Tempers flare and the truth is revealed in this compelling high school drama.
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29 of 33 titles
A Smart and Courageous Child
TOKYOPOP
Only days away from giving birth, Sara Takano learns about the attempted assassination of Malala Yousafzai, and her world is shattered. If such a smart and courageous child can be hurt so badly, how can she keep her own baby safe in a dangerous world? A heartfelt story about love, anxiety, strength, and courage.
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30 of 33 titles
Something Crawled Out
Vault Books
In the small Midwest town of Welling Grove, Edith "Eddie" Miller has no grand life plans. When her younger sister doesn’t come home, Eddie unearths a web of missing girls and rotting bodies. The police prove useless, so Eddie teams up with her best friend, Rainer, to find her sister. The only thing is…Eddie believes her bestie might be the Devil himself.
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Sunder Vol. 1: Small Beginnings
Mad Cave Studios
When a mysterious book appears in the library of a young monk named Zeek, he must embark on a quest to find its rightful owner. Unbeknownst to him, another dark figure has been searching for this very book for a very long time, sending his minions across the known planets and using dark magic to find it at all costs.
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Transformers: Worst Bot Ever – Meet Ballpoint!
Skybound Comet
He’s the littlest Decepticon with the biggest dreams to take down the Autobots – Meet BALLPOINT in Transformers: Worst Bot Ever! Brian “Smitty” Smith (Pea, Bee, and Jay) and Marz Jr. introduce middle grade readers to the misadventures of the bot who is mightier than the sword in TRANSFORMERS: WORST BOT EVER: MEET BALLPOINT.
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An Unexpected Hero (Light Novel) Vol. 1
Vault Books
Come for the adventure. Stay for the laughs. Danny Kendrick was a down-on-his luck performer who always struggled to find his place. He never wanted to be a hero. He just hoped to earn a living doing what he loved. That all changes when he pisses off the wrong guy and gets sucked into a fantasy realm straight out of a Renaissance Fair.
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