YA Historical Fiction of 2016 is Squad Goals

So basically...

(I always find a way to fit Taylor into a post.)

All of this is to say that we don't even know all of the YA historical fiction titles releasing in 2016 (although we know most of them) and they're already squad goals. Like I wish I was as pretty and as interesting as them. (Note: the following post includes only the books I'm interested in. There are a few more in a list on Goodreads.)

Who would be squad leader?

I debated this for a while, considering how I can't say one author or book is better than the others yet. So I decided on The Crown's Game by Evelyn Skye, which literally has a crown on the cover. If that doesn't scream leader, I don't know what does.

Here's the historical fantasy sub-group in the squad (which technically includes The Crown's Game).

Empire of Dust by Eleanor Herman

The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig

Into the Dim by Janet B. Taylor

Ivory and Bone by Julie Eshbaugh

Passenger by Alexandra Bracken

Revenge and the Wild by Michelle Modesto

Saving Hamlet by Molly Booth

These Vicious Masks by Tarun Shanker and Kelly Zekas

The Gold Seer Trilogy #2 by Rae Carson

The Vanishing Throne by Elizabeth May

And then we've got the alternate history duo:

Wolf by Wolf #2 by Ryan Graudin

Front Lines by Michael Grant

And the boat trio:

 

Blackhearts by Nicole Castroman

The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig

Passenger by Alexandra Bracken

And the 1900s gang:

Pagan Jones #2 by Nina Berry

The Steep and Thorny Way by Cat Winters

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina

The Darkest Hour by Caroline Tung Richmond

Girl About Town by Adam Shankman and Laura L. Sullivan

Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse

Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee

Lucky Strikes by Louis Bayard

And then all the others who are just as noteworthy, but try as I might, I couldn't find any special categories to fit every single book:

The Forbidden Orchid by Sharon Biggs Waller

The Innkeeper's Daughter by Cindy Trumbore

Love, Lies & Spies by Cindy Anstey

My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry

Stone Field by Christy Lenzi

Traitor Angels by Anne Blankman

A Tyranny of Petticoats edited by Jessica Spotswood

I don't know about you, but I really wish I were a part of this squad.