Announcing the New Adult Book Prize 2026 Shortlist 🎉📚

Helloooo and welcome back. I took a break last week to celebrate my birthday and feel the weight of time passing and myself aging which is a very fitting segue to today's video. This week I am showing you the shortlist for this year's New Adult Book Prize!!! I am back as an ambassador this year which is such an honour! let's get stuck in. Intro - 00:00 Among the Burning Flowers - 01:17 Dawn of the Firebird - 02:24 The Merge - 03:02 The Tiny Things Are Heavier - 04:12 It Might Never Happen - 05:10 And Now, Back to You - 05:46 Nearly Departed - 07:17 Swept Away - 08:05 Sugartown - 08:41 Hekate - 09:38 Books Mentioned: Among the Burning Flowers - Samantha Shannon Dawn of the Firebird - Sarah Mughal Rana The Merge - Grace Walker The Tiny Things Are Heavier - Esther Ifesikenchi Okonkwo It Might Never Happen - Emily Slapper And Now, Back to You - B.K. Borison Nearly Departed - Lucas Oakley Swept Away - Beth O’Leary Sugartown - Caragh Maxwell Hekate - Nikita Gill