Top Ten Most Anticipated 2013 YA Titles

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

As a blogger, it's a bit difficult to come up with a list like this (hear me out), mostly because 2013 has ceased to really mean 2013 to me. I mean, I read one of my most anticipated 2013 debuts in June, people. Release dates don't have that much meaning to me anymore. I'm just going to exclude the ones I've already read (sorry Level 2 and Dualed), who probably would have made the list), and assume that I won't get to the ones that I might get to before the end of 2012.

Basically, though, the real list would be over a hundred books long, so really these are just the first ones I thought of.

Teeth - Hannah Moskowitz

Expected Publication Date: January 1

Why? Because Kat Kennedy of Cuddlebuggery said so. Also, because it's GLBT and sounds unlike any other book I've ever heard of, so BRING. IT. ON.

Just One Day - Gayle Forman

Expected Publication Date: January 8, 2013

Why? Well, for one thing, I freaking loved If I Stay and Where She Went. Also, April of Good Books and Wine read this already and fangirled all over the place, which usually is a pretty sure sign that I will be doing the same as soon as I get to read it.

Shades of Earth - Beth Revis 

Expected Publication Date: January 15

Why? Honestly, I wasn't super impressed with Across the Universe. I mean, it was good, but not stop-the-presses-this-is-my-favorite-thing-ever-flailingly-awesome. In fact, I put off reading A Million Suns for like a year. I finally read it this past August and it was such an improvement on the first book. Also, where the story left off leaves SoE poised to be just utterly mind-blowing. Usually, series do not steadily improve with each volume, but I think Revis' will, and props for that.

Scarlet - Marissa Meyer

Expected Publication Date: February 5

Why? Ummm, hello, Cinder was AWESOME and part of my new favorite subgenre (science fiction fairy tales), so of course I am hella stoked for Scarlet. I actually have a review copy, which I'll probably get to read very soon, but, whatever, I've been dying for this book since I finished Cinder. Also, the early review by Steph of Cuddlebuggery, who I often agree with, has me muppet-flailing with excitement.

Out of the Easy - Ruta Sepetys

Expected Publication Date: February 13

Why? Sepetys' debut Between Shades of Gray was great, and touched on subjects that have been heretofore ignored by young adult fiction. This one sounds slightly less original, but the early reviews have me completely stoked to read it. Both Ashleigh Paige of The YA Kitten and Heather of Flyleaf Review loved it, and neither of them is particularly easy to get a 5 star review out of.

Dark Triumph - R.L. LaFevers

Expected Publication Date: April 2

Why? Grave Mercy was one of my favorite reads this past year, so of course I am wanting to get my hands on this one, despite the disappointingly lame cover. I can only hope I love it as much as the first book in the series.

Dance of the Red Death - Bethany Griffin

Expected Publication Date: April 23

Why? Masque of the Red Death was awesome and I have to know what happens, okay? This cover disappoints me, but I need more of the eerie gothicness of this series. Also, I'm not sure which way this love triangle will go, and I eat that kind of drama up, as long as there are no obviously incorrect protestations of love.

The Program - Suzanne Young

Expected Publication Date: April 30

Why? Of all of the new dystopian series and standalones heading our way in 2013, this one is the one I have the highest expectations of awesomeness for. I mean, I've heard good things about Suzanne Young as an author, and it deals with mental disorders, which sounds incredibly cool and creepy. In fact, it sounds a bit like The Glimpse, but maybe will hopefully do better.

The Moon and More - Sarah Dessen

Expected Publication Date: June 4

Why? It's freaking Sarah Dessen. Not putting this on my list would be a crime to YA fiction or something. She's insanely talented at writing both sweet and gut-punching books.

A Darkness Strange and Lovely - Susan Dennard

Expected Publication Date: July 23

Why? Again, I loved the first book, Something Strange and Deadly. Eleanor is sassy and dangerous when armed with a parasol. That's my kind of girl, okay. I want more of it RIGHT NOW. Or...you know...in July. *weeps*