Filipino Vampires, The Death Card, and More New YA Book Releases for August 12, 2026

It’s another busy week for YA book releases, and like last week, the heavy lifting is being done by paperback releases. This includes paperback originals and hardcovers getting their floppier editions. We’re light on hardcover new releases, but consider it your chance to catch up on your TBR and/or catch up with the world of paperbacks. This week, we’ll see a new entry in a franchise series, a tarot-themed dark contemporary fantasy, an anthology exploring the current reality of book bans, and more. Also on deck for this week is the latest from a National Book Award-winning author, as well as a new entry into the YA earworms collection–that is, a book title that shares its name with a song title, so you might be hearing it in your head for a long, long time. Grab your TBR. It’s about to get a little longer. New Hardcover YA Releases This Week Heavensent and Hellbent by Sara Jafari Roxana and her family moved from England to Colorado, and all she wants to do is relax. Sleep paralysis, a grieving mother, and a father she wants to avoid are making this tough. To make matters worse, Roxana runs into a boy named Zain, who she knows from somewhere. Then she realizes he’s been with her in ...