Summer is heating up, and so are this year's young adult book releases. Whether you're looking for a comical sci-fi adventure, or a dark mystery that engulfs a seaside town, July is stacked with interesting new reads to check out.

Check out our list, above, to discover July’s ten best YA book releases, and let us know which books you can’t wait to read.

Honorable mentions:
The Disappearances by Emily Bain Murphy (July 4)
Words on Bathroom Walls by Julia Walton (July 4)
The Merciless III: Origins of Evil by Danielle Vega (July 11)
This is How it Happened by Paula Stokes (July 11)
The Ends of the World by Maggie Hall (July 18)

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