Justine Pucella Winans

There’s a reason CJ Smith’s hometown of Satterville, Ohio, is infamously known as Slasherville: years ago, it was the site of not one, but two real-life Friday the 13th-style massacres. CJ’s dad survived the first attack; only CJ survived the second. Thanks to the mysterious writer Moon Satter’s two bestselling novels based on the events, the town—and CJ—will always be...

A Stonewall Honor WinnerIndie Next PickPW Best Book of the YearBooklist Editor’s PickThe Otherwoods is calling. And it won’t be ignored.Some would call River Rydell a ‘chosen one’: born with the ability to see monsters and travel to a terrifying spirit world called The Otherwoods, they have all the makings of a hero. But River just calls themself unlucky. After...