The Bookseller has announced the shortlist for the 2025 YA Book Prize that they run along with the Edinburgh International Book Festival. The award celebrates the best YA fiction from the UK and Ireland. Here are the shorlisted titles:

Apocalypse Cow by O. R. Sorrel

The Dagger and the Flame by Catherine Doyle (Available in US)

The End Crowns All by Bea Fitzgerald

Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and Adiba Jaigirdar (Available in US)

Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald

If My Words Had Wings by Danielle Jawando

Lover Birds by Leanne Egan (Available in US)

The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson (Available in US)

Songlight by Moira Buffini (Available in US)

Where the Heart Should Be by Sarah Crossan (Available in US)

Hat tip to LoveReading4Kids.