About This Contest
Welcome to Publishers Weekly’s Summer/Fall 2023 Grab a Galley. We’re excited to share some of the buzziest titles hitting the shelves next season with you.
Our wonderful publishing partners have not held back. With nearly 200 titles, this Grab a Galley has it all: Cold War spy thrillers, epic love stories, moving memoirs, YA fantasy, LGBTQ romance, coming-of-age middle grade novels, hilarious picture books, and maybe even a ghost story tucked into a family drama.
Spanning every age group and category, this outstanding collection also includes highly anticipated books from speakers at the U.S. Book Show. Browse through the collection either by category or by selecting All Titles on the navigation bar, and stock up on captivating reads. Choose the Thumbnail display option below to view an entire category or use the Slideshow to flip through one title at a time.
Enter to win as many books as you’d like. There’s no limit on the number of entries. Simply select the books you want, add them to your swag bag and click View Swag Bag on the navigation bar. The list of books you’ve selected will appear, and you can remove or add titles. When your list is complete, click Enter to Win Now.
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Young Adult
After You Vanished
E. A. Neeves
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1 of 15 titles
After You Vanished
Disney Publishing Group
Sadie meets We Were Liars in this YA heartfelt mystery, in which one girl desperately searches to find out what happened to her missing sister. After You Vanished is a mystery that will have readers trying to piece together the secret life of a sister who’s gone.
The Art of Being a Vampire
Kate Karyus Quinn
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2 of 15 titles
The Art of Being a Vampire
West 44 Books
When her mother dies, Shelby finds herself in a dark place. She turns away from everyone, except a mysterious classmate named Brandt. Shelby doesn’t realize that Brandt is a vampire—until it’s too late. Overwhelmed by new cravings for blood, Shelby must decide whether to abandon her values to satisfy her hunger—or fight for the life she’s always wanted.
Artifice
Sharon Cameron
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3 of 15 titles
Artifice
Scholastic Press
A dramatic story of duplicity and resistance, betrayal and loyalty, set against the backdrop of World War II, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Light in Hidden Places. Isa de Smit was raised in the vibrant, glittering world of her parents’ small art gallery in Amsterdam, a hub of beauty, creativity, and expression, until the Nazi occupation wiped the color from her city’s palette. The “degenerate” art of the Gallery de Smit is confiscated, the artists in hiding or deported, her best friend, Truus, fled to join the shadowy Dutch resistance. And masterpiece by masterpiece, the Nazis are buying and stealing her country’s heritage, feeding the Third Reich’s ravenous appetite for culture and art.
A Bright Heart
Kate Chenli
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4 of 15 titles
A Bright Heart
Union Square & Co.
A brilliant young woman gets the chance to change her destiny when she wakes up two years before her murder in this debut YA tale of vengeance, court intrigue, and romance, inspired by a wildly popular trope in Chinese books and television.
Dragging Mason County
Curtis Campbell
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5 of 15 titles
Dragging Mason County
Annick Press
A laugh-out-loud YA debut that examines the realities of small-town queer life and celebrates the transformative power of drag—perfect for fans of RuPaul’s Drag Race and Pumpkin. At turns touching, sharply funny, and a little absurd, Dragging Mason County explores the pains and pleasures of queer community through one teen’s journey to self-acceptance.
Hopeless In Hope
Wanda John-Kehewin
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6 of 15 titles
Hopeless In Hope
HighWater Press
Eva’s life is like her shoes: rapidly falling apart. With Nohkum in the hospital, Eva’s mother struggles to keep things together and loses custody of her. As Eva tries to adjust to living in a group home, can she find forgiveness within the pages of an old diary? A compelling and relatable novel about identity and the power of compassion.
I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me
Jamison Shea
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7 of 15 titles
I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me
Henry Holt and Co.
Laure Mesny will do anything to prove herself in the cutthroat world of the Parisian ballet. But when reaches her breaking point, she unearths the monster within and strikes a deal with a pulsating river of blood. As she descends into madness, she is faced with the ultimate choice: settling for scraps of validation or succumbing to the darkness that wants her exactly as she is—monstrous heart and all.
An Impossible Thing to Say
Arya Shahi
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8 of 15 titles
An Impossible Thing to Say
HarperCollins Children’s Books
The Poet X meets A Very Large Expanse of Sea in the bold novel-in-verse An Impossible Thing to Say (Allida) from debut author Arya Shahi, about Persian American teen Omid as he navigates his first crush, his family’s post-9/11 dynamics, and the role of language in defining who we are.
The King Is Dead
Benjamin Dean
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9 of 15 titles
The King Is Dead
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
In this romantic thriller perfect for fans of Ace of Spades, James—the shy, handsome, mixed-race heir to the British throne—must choose between love and duty amidst a dangerous scandal and a tabloid media desperate for his downfall.
My Father, The Panda Killer
Jamie Jo Hoang
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10 of 15 titles
My Father, The Panda Killer
Random House Children’s Books
A poignant coming-of-age story about war and its impact across multiple generations told in two alternating voices: Jane, a California teenager in 1999 railing against the Vietnamese culture, juxtaposed with her father, Phúc, in 1975 as an eleven-year-old boat person on a harrowing and traumatic refugee journey from Vietnam to the United States.
Plan A
Deb Caletti
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11 of 15 titles
Plan A
Random House Children’s Books
A sixteen-year-old girl’s road trip across the country to get an abortion becomes a transformative journey of vulnerability, strength, and above all, choice. From the acclaimed author of A Heart in a Body in the World, this is both an achingly tender love story and a bold, badly needed battle cry about bodily autonomy and the experiences that connect us.
Red
Annie Cardi
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12 of 15 titles
Red
Union Square & Co.
A conservative teen girl is groomed by her church youth minister and is then shunned by her community when she gets an abortion. A retelling of The Scarlet Letter.
The Spells We Cast
Jason June
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13 of 15 titles
The Spells We Cast
Disney Publishing Group
Best-selling author Jason June presents a story of spell-slinging, lasso-swinging, and star-crossed love. Nigel must face Ori at the Culling, a spell-casting competition that determines which of the world’s teenage magicians will be stripped of their powers to preserve magical balance. They soon realize the greatest threat to magic, their future, and humanity might be the connection growing between them.
A Tall Dark Trouble
Vanessa Montalban
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14 of 15 titles
A Tall Dark Trouble
Zando Young Readers
Practical Magic meets Erika L. Sanchez in this dazzling YA fantasy about a Cuban American family of brujas who get entangled in love, magic, and murder, alternating between 1980s Cuba and present-day Miami.
Those Who Saw the Sun: African American Oral Histories from the Jim Crow South
Jaha Nailah Avery
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15 of 15 titles
Those Who Saw the Sun: African American Oral Histories from the Jim Crow South
Levine Querido
In THOSE WHO SAW THE SUN, Jaha Nailah Avery – a lawyer, scholar, and reporter with roots in North Carolina stretching back over 300 years – collects the oral histories of African American elders from around the South and all walks of life.
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