Mock Printz 2026 discussion

Welcome to a new year of Mock Printz reading. Please remember to watch the 2019 Youth Media Awards, YMAs, on January 28th at 8am PT to find out which of your favorite books won awards.

My name is Dawn, BangBangBooks, I will be your moderator this year as Jenna and Tegan are on the Newberry and Printz committees this year.

Without further ado, what books are you excited to read this year and what do you think this group should read?

Hi Dawn! Two books that I've added to my TBR pile:

City of Girls
Internment
We Set the Dark on Fire
Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee

2018 was such a good year for YA lit, it looks like 2019 could be too!

Maureen wrote: "Hi Dawn! Two books that I've added to my TBR pile:

City of Girls


I don't think City of Girls is a YA title. It looks like it is for adults.

I'm looking forward to reading:
On the Come up
We Set the Dark on Fire
The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali
Slayer
The Art of Losing
Watch Is Rise
Internment
How to Make Friends With the Dark

So much good stuff coming up! I don't see anything on the horizon that looks as good as Blood, Water, Paint, but the year is young.

I'm looking forward to:
On the Come Up
Angel Thieves
The Past & Other Things that should Stay Buried
King of Scars

I've recently read an e-galley of With the Fire on High and can report that it's excellent. I think the readers in this group are really going to like it.

Adding to my list:
Internment
Brave face: a memoir
Forward me Back to You
Watch Us Rise
If it Makes You Happy

Destroy All Monsters
All We Could Have Been

I also echo the excitement for Lovely War, The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried, and Internment.

I read an ARC of The weight of our sky by Hanna Alkaf and it blew me away. I know it already has one starred review. Releases next month. I second with the Fire on High and Watch it rise.

Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay looks great!

Looking forward to reading:

The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried by Shaun David Hutchinson
King of Scars (Nikolai Duology, #1)by Leigh Bardugo
The Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious, #2) by Johnson, Maureen
Dig by A.S. King
Destroy All Monsters by Sam J Miller
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg

So far on my TBR list:

On the Come Up (halfway through and loving so far)
The Music of What Happens
The Weight of Our Sky
Watch Us Rise
Lovely War
Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee
The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried
The Vanishing Stair
Internment
and You Asked for Perfect

Exile from Eden: Or, After the Hole by Andrew Smith
The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried by Shaun David Hutchinson
Dig by A.S. King
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg
Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zentner

Currently working on: Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

Already read: King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
The Wicked King by Holly Black
A Danger to Herself and Others
Pretty in Punxsutawney
an ARC of We Contain Multitudes


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Just finished Dig. by A.S. King. Can’t wait to discuss it.

Debrarian wrote: "Just finished Dig. by A.S. King. Can’t wait to discuss it." I read this and loved it. I wanted to start over again right away to get even more out of it.

We haven't voted for a June book yet, right? I am still in line for the May book at the library so I want to place my hold as soon as possible.

I take it that August book is DIG. I've read it and I'm ready to discuss. Time to open up the thread?

I just finished "13 doorways, wolves behind them all" by Laura Ruby and it was wonderful! Definitely one to watch! Also, it was just named as a National Book Award 2019 Longlist Nominee!

I loved "13 doorways, wolves behind them all" by Laura Ruby as well. I also like "Girls Like Us" by Randi Pink, and "Forward me back to you" by Mitali Perkins.