Monday, September 23, 2024

*Top Ten Tuesday* Books on My Fall 2024 TBR



Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Joood - Hooligan of Platypire reviews bossed me into doing this, so I guess this is a thing I do now. 

This week’s theme is books on my fall 2024 TBR. That means it's time for me to play another round of Netgalley request roulette. For any of you that aren't aware, Netgalley request roulette is a game I created and play with myself where I just hop on Netgalley and request ten books in a single genre to see which ones I'll get approved for. This week I'll be requesting YA titles. Let's go!

Title: No Place Left to Hide
Author: Megan Lally
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Release Date: January 7, 2025
Genre: Thriller
Request: Approved

Blurb

Some secrets just won't stay hidden in this twisty new thriller from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Megan Lally!

To Brooke, image is everything. She works hard to maintain perfect grades, perfect looks, a perfect life—especially after "the incident" that threatened it all. Getting into her dream university puts her that much closer to a fresh start. How can she say no to celebrating with all her classmates?

Hanging out with her crush by the bonfire is the perfect end to the night. Except it isn't the end. An old truck starts aggressively tailing Brooke and her best friend on the isolated road toward home. Someone thinks they know the truth about "the incident," and they won't stop until it's all out in the open. This terrifying drive is about to bring out Brooke's worst fears…if she survives it.



Title: Murder Between Friends
Author: Liz Lawson
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Release Date: April 22, 2025
Genre: Thriller
Request: Pending

Blurb

Two years ago, the murder of a neighbor tore three best friends apart--now the killer is going to walk free and the ex-friends are going to have to face the past--and each other--in another twisty thriller from the New York Times bestselling co-author of The Agathas.

Grace, Henry, and Ally grew up together on the same block. They used to be best friends--until Grace's testimony put Henry's brother, Jake, away for killing their English teacher. Now, two years later, Ally and Henry hate Grace, and Grace is doubting what she thinks she saw that night. 

It feels like everyone's getting a second chance, then, when due to a mistrial, Jake is suddenly released. And Henry 
knows his brother is innocent, but when Grace reaches out to say she’s rethinking what she saw the night of the murder, Jake’s reaction is confusing. He doesn’t want Henry—or Grace--getting involved.

For Ally not getting involved isn’t an option, and there’s nothing Grace can say to convince Ally she’s not the enemy. But can Ally afford to push Grace out when she’s one of the only other people willing to believe in Jake’s innocence?  

The clock is ticking. Jake’s new trial date is about to be set, and he's sure to be found guilty again unless there's new evidence to prove he's innocent. Grace, Henry, and Ally are going to have to decide whether you can trust an old friend now that they’re your enemy.


Title: Unhallowed Halls
Author: Lili Wilkinson
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Release Date: February 18, 2025
Genre: Dark Fantasy
Request: Pending

Blurb

DARK ACADEMIA...WITH DEMONS.

A teen girl travels to an exclusive boarding school after a deadly incident at her old school, but the wood-paneled halls of Agathion are built over centuries of secrets—including an ancient society which may have ties to demonic magic—in this dark academia fantasy perfect for fans of 
Curious Tides.

Page Whittaker has always been an outcast. And after the deadly incident that destroyed her single friendship at her old school, she needs a fresh start. Which is why when she receives a scholarship offer from Agathion College, an elite boarding school folded deep within the moors of Scotland, she doesn’t even consider turning it down.

Agathion is everything Page has ever wanted: a safe haven full of dusty books, steaming cups of tea and rigorous intellectual debate. And for the first time in her life, Page has even managed to become part of a close group of friends. Cyrus, Ren, Gideon, Lacey and Oak help her feel at home in Agathion's halls--the only problem is, they're all keeping secrets from her. 

Page doesn't know it yet, but her perfect new school has dark roots--roots that stretch back to its crooked foundation, and an ancient clandestine society with rumored ties to demonic magic. Soon, Page will be forced to learn that not everyone at Agathion is who they say they are. Least of all, her friends.

Agathion claims to teach its students history…but some histories should stay buried.


Title: The Summer I Ate the Rich
Author: Make Moulite and Maritza Moulite
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date: April 22, 2025
Genre: Horror
Request: Pending

Blurb

A bone-chilling contemporary YA horror about what happens when a Haitian American girl uses her previously hidden zombie abilities to exact revenge on the wealthy elites who’ve caused her family pain.

Brielle Petitfour loves to cook. But with a chronically sick mother and bills to pay, becoming a chef isn’t exactly a realistic career path.

When Brielle’s mom suddenly loses her job, Brielle steps in and uses her culinary skills to earn some extra money. The rich families who love her cooking praise her use of unique flavors and textures, which keep everyone guessing what’s in Brielle’s dishes. The secret ingredient? Human flesh.

Written by the storytelling duo Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite, 
The Summer I Ate the Rich is a biting, smart new horror inspired by Haitian zombie lore that scrutinizes the socioeconomic and racial inequity that is the foundation of our modern times. Just like Brielle’s clients it will have you asking: What’s for dinner?


Title: Wicked Darlings
Author: Jordyn Taylor
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Release Date: February 11, 2025
Genre: Thriller
Request: Pending

Blurb

From the author of The Revenge Game comes a twisty YA thriller about the underbelly of Manhattan's high society, where nothing is off-limits—not even murder.

Aspiring journalist Noa has a secret she's been keeping. Ever since her sister's tragic death, she's felt almost...relieved. Noa and Leah had been locked in competition with one another since childhood, and things came to a head when her sister scored a glitzy internship at a New York society newspaper. Noa can't help but revel in her new found autonomy. 

But when she gets a lead about the sketchy circumstances surrounding her sister’s untimely death, she knows she needs to investigate−she owes it to Leah.

Noa sets out to infiltrate the seedy underbelly of Manhattan high society to investigate her sister’s final days. Along the way she finds herself entangled with the glamorous Avalons and their close-knit circle of friends and frienemies. But will Noa be able to resist the allure of the Avalons' world and uncover a shocking scandal. Or will she find herself in over her head...like Leah?



Title: Getting Away with Murder
Author: Kathryn Foxfield
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Release Date: November 5, 2024
Genre: Thriller
Request: Pending

Blurb

The bestselling author of Good Girls Die First is back with an entertaining, high-octane and read-in-a-single-sitting new thriller.

Walking disaster Saffron and her perfectionist twin sister Georgia have only one thing in common-they are both obsessed with battle royale video game Sole Survivor.

While working at a brand new, high tech escape room complex, Saffron poses a question to the resident AI: which high school stereotype would survive the longest in a real life version of Sole Survivor? She is convinced a rebel like her would beat a know-it-all like Georgia. Unbeknown to her, the AI decides to determine the answer to her question by testing it out for real. It invites Saffron and Georgia's gamer friends to a preview of the escape rooms, but then it locks the doors and turns the rooms into a life-or-death battle to be the last player standing.

The rebel, the know-it-all, the princess, the jock, the geek, the weirdo, the star, the artist and the criminal. Just like in Sole Survivor, only one can survive the night...

  • It's Cabin in the Woods meets Squid Game
  • Perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen McManus.
  • Knife-edge tension and twists you won't see coming.


Title: We Did Nothing Wrong
Author: Hannah Jayne
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Release Date: December 3, 2024
Genre: Thriller
Request: Pending

Blurb

Lia thought of the dark night, of the broken street light.
Had Diana gone out to meet her? Had she been waiting for her, alone in the park? 

Or had someone been waiting for Diana?

Lia and Diana are the"it girls" of Empire Hill High. Their lives are perfect....until Diana disappears and the rumors start flying. 

Everyone thinks Diana is a runaway, including the police. Lia is secretly convinced it's all a prank. Then she finds a crushed red rose tied with a candy-cane ribbon where Diana went missing. And next to it, a note: 

YOU

It's the same ribbon Lia's received on gifts from a "secret admirer." Did someone come for Diana that night? And will Lia be next?


Title: Lonely Places
Author: Kate Anderson
Publisher: North Star Editions
Release Date: October 29, 2024
Genre: Horror
Request: Approved

Blurb

After a traumatic experience steals her younger sister Guthrie’s voice, sixteen-year-old Chase and her family move to an isolated fire lookout in Pando, a grove of Aspen tree clones connected by a massive underground root system. The lookout is supposed to give the family stability after years spent traveling the country in a converted school bus, but all Chase wants is to go back to the hometown they fled eight years ago.

When Chase gets a job at a nearby summer camp, she learns that something happened at the lookout, something no one wants to talk about. Chase isn’t entirely surprised: Pando is a place where odd things happen, like birds singing on a loop or bones sprouting out of the ground like wildflowers. Worse? Pando is changing Guthrie, and Chase doesn’t know how to stop it or even if she should.

Despite her resolve to protect Guthrie, Chase becomes increasingly distracted by Wilder, the lifeguard at camp who offers her a taste of normalcy and a new perspective on her skoolie family. But more time with Wilder means less time with Guthrie, and the mysterious force in the forest draws Guthrie deeper into its darkness—until she’s nowhere to be found. Chase must face her own childhood trauma and find her way into a strange and sinister world to rescue her sister before Guthrie is lost to the lonely places forever.



Title: The Kiss of the Nightingale
Author: Adi Denner
Publisher: Tundra Books
Release Date: October 1, 2024
Genre: Fantasy
Request: Approved

Blurb

A stolen magical gem transforms an orphan's destiny . . . a stunning and completely unputdownable romantasy novel set in an alternative historical Paris, The Kiss of the Nightingale weaves together the seduction of Bridgerton and the magic of Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone series.

1890, Lutèce: In this city, Talents are everything: precious gems that gift unrivalled skills to their owners. The most coveted, Elite Talents, are claimed by the aristocracy, passed through generations by blood magic.

Cleodora dreamed of inheriting her father's Tailoring Talent, but when he died, the magic died with him. Now she’s left with empty promises, a dress shop she can’t keep afloat, and her bed-ridden younger sister.

But everything changes when she meets the dark-eyed Lady Dahlia Sibille. Dahlia offers Cleodora a Singing Talent — a chance to save her beloved sister and rewrite her own fate. From the first instant, Cleodora is bewitched. . . there's just one catch: she needs to steal an Elite Talent from the prestigious Lenoir family.

As Lutèce's nightingale, Cleodora is the star of the opera's galas and balls, worlds away from the darkness and dust of home. But the handsome yet infuriating Vicomte Lenoir is nothing like she expected.

Soon, the Vicomte's teasing smiles win her over, even as Dahlia's seductive whispers linger in her ears. Torn between Dahlia, who gave her everything, and the Vicomte, who holds the price of her freedom, is Cleodora in danger of losing it all? Or can she prove that magic isn’t the only gift that counts?



Title: You're Dead to Me
Author: Amy Christine Parker
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Release Date: December 10, 2024
Genre: Thriller
Request: Approved

Blurb

Gossip Girl meets Happy Death Day in this YA horror novel following high school outcast and anonymous social media gossip Ruby, who comes face-to-face with her own ghost dressed in a blood-splattered prom dress. With less than a week until the dance, Ruby must unmask her killer—or die trying.

Ruby is a scholarship senior at elite Oleander High School with a chip on her shoulder and an attitude to match—which she puts to good use as the infamous local anonymous gossip blogger ReputationKiller. When she’s outed as the voice behind the account, the entire town turns against her.

But after she’s scared witless by a vision of her own ghost dressed in a blood-splattered prom dress, she is faced with an awful truth. Someone out there doesn’t just hate her—they want her dead.

With less than a week until the prom, Ruby starts investigating. Turns out Oleander Bay isn’t the picture-perfect resort town it appears to be. With so many secrets, scandals, and people hell-bent on covering them up at all costs, the murderer could be anyone. Can Ruby beat the clock counting down to prom—and her death—and survive the night?



There was definitely a theme to the books I requested for Netgalley request roulette this week. It's almost like we're heading into spooky season or something. I've also just really been digging the YA thriller/horror books lately in general. How many of these books do you think I'll get approved for?

What books are on your fall TBR list? If you're stopping by from the linkup, please be sure to drop a link to your post below so I can make sure to check out your list too. - Katie 

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69 comments:

  1. These are all completely new to me! And the covers all have such amazing creepy vibes. I might have to extend my spooky reading past Halloween lol

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    1. Right! Thank goodness I'm almost always down for some spooky reading. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  2. There is definitely a vibe you went with here. I hope you are approved for all of them and love them all.
    Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
    https://readbakecreate.com/autumn-2024-tbr-ten-books-i-hope-to-read/

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    1. Well the odds of me being approved for all the books is pretty slim, but thanks for the good juju. And thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  3. I enjoyed The Agathas books but have yet to read any of the authors' solo books.

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    1. I haven't read The Agathas either...but this cover is just *chef's kiss*! Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  4. Lonely Places looks nice and scary!

    Here is my Top Ten Tuesday.

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  5. I love that you're getting into the spooky season with this TBR!

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    1. Spooky season is one of my favorites to read for, so that was easy. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  6. Oo Unhallowed Halls looks scary! I love a boarding school setting!

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    1. And that one isn't even one of the horror/thriller books! Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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    1. Thanks. I think I average about 60% approval on these posts, but where so many of these books are from the same publisher my numbers may be lower this time than normal. And thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  8. I haven't read any of these, but almost all of them sound like books I would enjoy. Thanks for the heads-up!

    Happy TTT!

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    1. I'm always a sucker for YA horror/thriller books. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  9. Netgalley roulette is a unique game. I'm not that daring. I see a couple of horror on here, thriller is as far as I go. Happy reading!

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    1. I pull it out for season TBRs every time, and pretty much any other time I'm just not sure what to do for the TTT theme. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  10. These all look really good! I hope you enjoy them.

    Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!

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    1. Thanks. Any I don't get approved for are definitely going to be books I keep my eyes out for when I'm book shopping. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  11. These are all unfamiliar to me, but they sure LOOK appropriately autumnal and atmospheric. :) Hope they're all great reads for you and many thanks for visiting my list today.

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    1. They were unfamiliar to me too, until I found them on Netgalley. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  12. Ha, let's wait and see which ones you get approved for :)

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    1. That is the whole point of the game! Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  13. Wow, so many interesting books being released soon! I hope you enjoy them all!

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    1. This is why my TBR list only gets longer and longer! There are just not enough hours in the day for me to read all the amazing books. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  14. Lots of spooky looking reads here! Hope you enjoy them all.

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    1. I'm so ready to start my spooky season reading! Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  15. So many great suspenseful-looking mysteries on your list! I'm adding several of them to my own TBR list. :D

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  16. These are all perfect for fall! I have been waiting for The Summer I Ate the Rich for years. I hope you get approved.

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  17. The Kiss of the Nightingale sounds amazing! I'm going to have to keep an eye out for that. Hope you enjoy all these!

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  18. OOoh nice! These are mainly all new to me one! I do recognize Megan Lally's book only because I still need to read her book from this year! Lol. These all looks really good! Hope you enjoy each and every one of them this fall!

    Thanks for visiting my TTT!

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    1. Depending on if I get approved, some of them don't even release until 2025, so I may have to wait to read them. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  19. Good luck with your NetGalley roulette! I hope you end up with amazing books to read!

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  20. I love this list! There's so many titles I haven't heard of before but will definitely be keeping my eye out for - especially Unhallowed Halls, the dark academia with demons tagline sold me immediately!

    Riv @ Dear Rivarie

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  21. Unhallowed Halls sounds good, I hope you get some of your choices.

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  22. These all sound so good! I like that there's a mix of horror, thriller, and fantasy on this YA list. I hope you get approved for the ones you're most interested in!

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    1. But I'm most interested in ALL of them! This was already narrowing it down from everything available on Netgalley. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  23. I love spooky books! I hope you enjoy all these.

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    1. I do too, and this is the perfect season for them. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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    1. Thanks. I lucked out that there were so many good spooky books available on Netgalley. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  25. You're brave for doing that requesting game, I already struggle with mine as it is. Seems like you definetely went for spooky vibe! Most of those covers show that really well. Have fun reading them!

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    1. You say brave, I say foolish. Tomato, to-mah-to. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  26. These look like great spooky reads for October!! I hope you enjoy these all when you get to them. :) Have a lovely week!!

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  27. Great list! I haven't read any of these authors yet, but they all look very interesting. Happy Wednesday!

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    1. You know, I haven't either, but I'm excited by the prospect of it. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  28. I hope you receive some good ones! ~Carol @ ReadingLadies

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    1. I've gotten approved for two of them so far at this point. Ready to dive in. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  29. I haven't seen these around before, but some of them look like a lot of fun! (Well, I'm sure more of them look fun for readers of horror books. I'm a wimp, and don't read horror, so I only really paid attention to the fantasies. ;-) ) I hope you enjoy them, and thanks for stopping by my TTT earlier!

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    1. Yeah. A lot of them don't even release until 2025, so I'm sure they're not getting a lot of talk yet. They were new to me too when I hopped on Netgalley, but they look SOOOO good. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  30. I'll probably never read these, BUT the covers are cool. Enjoy!

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  31. Your list looks good! I hope you enjoy every single one of these books!

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  32. I love the idea of NetGalley Roulette 😂 I'm much too chicken to do this because I don't want to get stuck with something I won't like to read.

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    1. I mean, I only request books that I think I'd like. The difference between this and me clicking "read now" on the books that are available to everyone is I actually get denied some of these. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  33. I haven't read any of these but you have quite an interesting list of books. Enjoy your fall reading!

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  34. Oh this is a great list, especially because now that I don't spend as much time on TTT I am *really* losing touch with what's happening in new YA, and I often enjoy thrillers more in this age group. So spoiled for choice I hardly know where to start...probably jotting all of these down as maybes, but that first one is really calling to me.

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    1. Yes! I may be a 40 year old woman, but I LOVE YA Thrillers, I typically like them more than adult thrillers. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  35. This is a great list! I had to add Unhallowed Halls and Lonely Places to my TBR, because they just looked so good. It looks like you'll be having some great fall reads lined up, and I love the idea of just playing NetGalley roulette. Maybe once I get through all my ARCs, I'll give NG roulette a try!

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