From great new books to favorite classic reads, from news to the latest in on-screen adaptations, Hey YA is here to elevate the exciting world of young adult lit.
The Cat’s Out of the Bag: This Is Our Last Episode
63 hours 50 mins; October 08, 2025
Colombo Had the Right Idea: Interviews with Author Mariko Tamaki, Illustrator Nicole Goux and Author Hannah V. Sawyerr
73 hours 10 mins; September 24, 2025
That Was Extremely Libra of You: September's Best New YA Releases
55 mins; September 10, 2025
All Thrills, No Chill: New YA Books for Spooky Season, Plus an Interview With Author Candace Fleming
58 mins; August 27, 2025
Anywhere There's a Court, There's Mess: New YA Books For August
53 mins; August 13, 2025
Interview with Frederick Joseph (THIS THING OF OURS), Plus Queer YA Graphic Novels
61 hours 1 min; July 30, 2025
Tiny Dragons & Giant Cats
58 mins; July 16, 2025
History and Politics in YA Fiction with L.M. Elliott
51 mins; July 02, 2025
"We Are Each Others' Safes": A Conversation with Jason Reynolds [Rerun]
60 hours 57 mins; June 18, 2025
An Interview with WE WERE LIARS author E. Lockhart & Reflections on NIMONA at 10
65 hours 19 mins; June 04, 2025
New YA Books by AAPI Authors and an Interview With Erin Entrada Kelly and Kwame Mbalia, Authors of ON AGAIN, AWKWARD AGAIN
66 hours 55 mins; May 21, 2025
A Few New Books and Revisiting a Great Past Episode
74 hours 14 mins; May 07, 2025
An Interview With Huda Fahmy, Plus Cute YA Books to Read as It Gets Warmer
75 hours 47 mins; April 23, 2025
The Threat of an Exorcism: April's Best YA New Releases
61 hours 48 mins; April 09, 2025
"Nothing Is Original" An Interview with Ava Reid — Plus New YA Graphic Novels to Read This Year
62 hours 43 mins; March 26, 2025
That Cover Goes B-A-N-A-N-A-S: YA Books Out in March to TBR
62 hours 55 mins; March 12, 2025
Book Club Discussion: Sweet Valley High #1, Double Love
70 hours 13 mins; February 26, 2025
"Books Connect You to a Common Experience": An Interview with Gayle Forman
47 mins; February 19, 2025
Let’s Talk About Demons: February's Best YA Book Releases
55 mins; February 12, 2025
Revenge All the Way Down: The Best YA Books Out in January
63 hours 42 mins; January 29, 2025
"We Are Each Others' Safes": A Conversation with Jason Reynolds
60 hours 51 mins; January 22, 2025
"I'm Optimistic Because It Saved My Life" [rerun]
82 hours 9 mins; January 15, 2025
Hey YA Extra Credit: Start the Year Off With These YA Fantasy Graphic Novels and Comics
16 mins; January 08, 2025
I Like a Little Depression Now and Then: Our Favorite YAÂ Books of 2024
60 hours 25 mins; December 18, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: 2025 YA Anthologies
15 mins; December 11, 2024
Thar Be Monsters: Some of December's Best YA Releases
54 mins; December 04, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: "Adults Have Always Been Threatened by Children's Autonomy"
49 mins; November 27, 2024
Jingle-Jangle Flavored Things: The Holiday Recs Episode
68 hours 16 mins; November 20, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: The NYPL's 50 Best YA Books
20 mins; November 13, 2024
The Kind of Petty I Subscribe To
54 mins; November 06, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: New Native American YA Books
13 mins; October 30, 2024
"I'm Optimistic Because It Saved My Life"
81 hours 44 mins; October 23, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: Let's Get Scared
17 mins; October 16, 2024
The Snuggle Potential: The Best YA Books Out in October
68 hours 30 mins; October 09, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: New and Spooky YA Graphic Novels to Read This Month
18 mins; October 02, 2024
NYPL Launches Teen Banned Book Club and Lamar Giles Talks About New Book RUIN ROAD
59 mins; September 25, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: Foodie Romances
11 mins; September 18, 2024
I Went With Cannibalism: The New Must-Read YA Books of September
62 hours 20 mins; September 11, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: Let's Go Back to School With Dark Academia
15 mins; September 04, 2024
Nodding Our Heads Vigorously
51 mins; August 28, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: YA Authors Debuting Adult Fiction
9 mins; August 21, 2024
Movies Are Too Dark and Books Are Too Long
56 mins; August 14, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: Books That Match My Summer Playlist
17 mins; August 07, 2024
"Monsters Are The Ultimate Other" [Corrected file]
59 mins; July 31, 2024
"Monsters Are The Ultimate Other"
57 mins; July 31, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: Exciting Fall 2024 YA Nonfiction Releases
12 mins; July 24, 2024
Sus Watering Adventures
59 mins; July 17, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: Celebrate Disability Pride Month With Righteous Fury and Changelings
19 mins; July 10, 2024
"Nobody Reads Like a YA Reader"
68 hours 29 mins; July 03, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: 50 Years of THE CHOCOLATE WAR
18 mins; June 26, 2024
Lies x3: June's Best YA Releases
65 hours 20 mins; June 19, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: Popular Manga Every Librarian Should Have on Their Shelves This Summer
22 mins; June 12, 2024
History Repeats Itself; So Does Hope: YA SFF + A Conversation with Paula Yoo
72 hours 34 mins; June 05, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: 2024 YA Adaptation News So Far
13 mins; May 29, 2024
When the Rent Is Due: May's Best New YA Releases
67 hours 38 mins; May 22, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit:Â New Science Fiction and Fantasy by Asian American and Pacific Islander Authors
12 mins; May 15, 2024
The Other Mom–The One Who Isn’t A Bird: Our Most Anticipated YA Summer Books
66 hours 42 mins; May 08, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: All Things YA Short Stories
12 mins; May 01, 2024
YA Poetry and Novels-in-Verse
52 mins; April 24, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: New YA Books Out This Week
14 mins; April 17, 2024
Book Club: Discussion of Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
73 hours 30 mins; April 10, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: New YA Books to Add to Your TBR
13 mins; April 03, 2024
More Amenable to His Wooing: 25 Years of 10 Things I Hate About You
79 hours 4 mins; March 27, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: 25-Year YA Anniversaries
12 mins; March 20, 2024
Our Favorite Queer YA Books
71 hours 56 mins; March 13, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: The Magic of Teen Writers
12 mins; March 06, 2024
Hotties, Hauntings, and Heists: Black YA Books to Get Into
57 mins; February 28, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: Queer YA Classics Retellings
8 mins; February 21, 2024
When the Milkshake isn’t Milkshaking Like It Used To: Romantic YA across Genres
59 mins; February 14, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: Standing on Business With New Historical Fiction
17 mins; February 07, 2024
I Do What I Want — YA Anthologies
62 hours 4 mins; January 31, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: Madcap Mysteries
10 mins; January 24, 2024
Nonfiction YA Books to Usher in Your New Era
64 hours 13 mins; January 17, 2024
Hey YA Extra Credit: Here Be Dragons
11 mins; January 10, 2024
Justice for Bertha!: Anticipated Books for 2024 and Book Trend Predictions
61 hours 0 mins; January 03, 2024
Rerun: Most Anticipated YA Books for 2023
55 mins; December 27, 2023
Our Favorite Books of 2023
67 hours 57 mins; December 20, 2023
Hey YA Extra Credit: Grumpy/Sunshine Pairings
12 mins; December 13, 2023
YA Cozy Mysteries
63 hours 44 mins; December 06, 2023
Hey YA Extra Credit: Holiday Reads for December
7 mins; November 29, 2023
All Pretty and Extra: The Best Books to Gift This Holiday Season
57 mins; November 22, 2023
Hey YA Extra Credit: Indigenous Books for Native American Heritage Month and Beyond
10 mins; November 15, 2023
The Ultimate Winter Survival Kit
63 hours 56 mins; November 08, 2023
Hey YA Extra Credit: The Magical Girl Genre
10 mins; November 01, 2023
YA Romantasy
58 mins; October 25, 2023
Hey YA: New Elizabethan YA
8 mins; October 18, 2023
Book Gremlins and Spooky Graphic Novels
53 mins; October 11, 2023
Hey YA Extra Credit: In Our Witchy Bag
13 mins; October 04, 2023
Great YA Reads to Celebrate Latine Heritage Month!
58 mins; September 27, 2023
Hey YA Extra Credit: A Note About Soft Censorship
16 mins; September 20, 2023
Fix Your Broken Heart, Blah Blah Blah — Indie YA Publishers
61 hours 15 mins; September 13, 2023
Hey YA Extra Credit: Start Off Back-to-School Season With These Dark Academia Novels
9 mins; September 06, 2023
The Best Book Recommendations: AI vs. Humans
52 mins; August 30, 2023
Hey YA Extra Credit: September YA Adaptions for Your Watch List
8 mins; August 23, 2023
Book Club: A Song of Salvation by Alechia Dow
46 mins; August 16, 2023
Hey YA Extra Credit: A Witchy Fast and Furious and Other YA Fantasies to TBR
10 mins; August 09, 2023
Kitten Camaraderie and a Backlist Bonanza
49 mins; August 02, 2023
Hey YA Extra Credit: Graphic Novel Adaptations
14 mins; July 26, 2023
Debut Novels from Some of Our Fave YA Authors
53 mins; July 19, 2023
Hey YA Extra Credit: Tropic Like It's Hot — YA Books With Tropical Settings
