Please let me know via twitter or in the comments if a title or release date has changed or if *gasp* I’ve made a spelling error. Also FOR SURE let me know if you know of any other MG or YA debuts that I can add to this list!
WINTERish RELEASES
JANUARY
13: Maggie Hall, THE CONSPIRACY OF US
13: Gail Nall, BREAKING THE ICE
20: Susan Adrian, TUNNEL VISION
27: Michelle Falkoff, PLAYLIST FOR THE DEAD
27: Dan Gemeinhart, THE HONEST TRUTH
27: Holly Smale, GEEK GIRL
FEBRUARY
3: Courtney Alameda, SHUTTER
3: Lee Kelly, CITY OF SAVAGES
3: Laurie McKay, VILLAIN KEEPER
3: A.L. Sonnichsen, RED BUTTERFLY
5: Eve Ainsworth, SEVEN DAYS
5: Maya Rock, SCRIPTED
5: Abbie Rushton, UNSPEAKABLE
10: Lisa Aldin, ONE OF THE GUYS
10: Victoria Aveyard, RED QUEEN
10: MarcyKate Connolly, MONSTROUS
10: Cindy L. Rodriguez, WHEN REASON BREAKS
10: Jasmine Warga, MY HEART AND OTHER BLACK HOLES
17: Kathryn Holmes, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN LOST AND FOUND
24: Alison DeCamp, MY NEAR-DEATH ADVENTURES (98% TRUE!)
24: Catherine Doyle, VENDETTA
24: Melinda Salisbury, THE SIN EATER’S DAUGHTER
26: Abi Elphinstone, THE DREAMSNATCHER
MARCH
3: David Arnold, MOSQUITOLAND
3: Bibi Belford, CANNED AND CRUSHED
3: Lisa Freeman, HONEY GIRL
3: Mary McCoy, DEAD TO ME
3: Becky Wallace, THE STORYSPINNER
10: Francesca Haig, THE FIRE SERMON
10: Kristy Shen & Bryce Leung, LITTLE MISS EVIL
17: Sheila Grau, DR. CRITCHLORE’S SCHOOL FOR MINIONS
17: Stacey Lee, UNDER A PAINTED SKY
17: Darci Manley & Shani Petroff, ASH
17: Moriah McStay, EVERYTHING THAT MAKES YOU
17: N. K. Traver, DUPLICITY
17: Jenn Marie Thorne, THE WRONG SIDE OF RIGHT
18: Melody Maysonet, A WORK OF ART
24: Aisha Saeed: WRITTEN IN THE STARS
24: Erin Estrada Kelly, BLACKBIRD FLY
24: Rhiannon Thomas, A WICKED THING
24: Tommy Wallach, WE ALL LOOKED UP
SPRINGish RELEASES
APRIL
2: Tatum Flynn, THE D’EVIL DIARIES
7: Becky Albertalli, SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA
7: I. W. Gregorio, NONE OF THE ABOVE
7: Marie Jaskulka: THE LOST MARBLE NOTEBOOK OF FORGOTTEN GIRL & RANDOM BOY
8: Fonda Lee, ZEROBOXER
8: Stefanie Lyons, DATING DOWN
14: K. E. Ormsbee, THE WATER AND THE WILD
14: Lance Rubin, DENTON LITTLE’S DEATHDATE
14: Michelle Smith, PLAY ON
18: Rachel Shane, ALICE IN WONDERLAND HIGH
21: Lori Goldstein, BECOMING JINN
21: Amy McNulty, NOBODY’S GODDESS
28. Jen Brooks, IN A WORLD JUST RIGHT
28: Melissa Grey, THE GIRL AT MIDNIGHT
28: Megan Morrison, GROUNDED: THE ADVENTURES OF RAPUNZEL
28. Sabaa Tahir, AN EMBER IN THE ASHES
MAY
5: Sarah Benwell, THE LAST LEAVES FALLING
5: Wendy Brotherlin, FREAKS OF NATURE
5: Elaine Dimopoulos, MATERIAL GIRLS
5: Jenny Martin, TRACKED
5: Miriam Spitzer Franklin, EXTRAORDINARY
5: Krista Van Dolzer, THE SOUND OF LIFE AND EVERYTHING
7: Meredith Moore, I AM HER REVENGE
12: Holly Bodger, 5 TO 1
12: Angelica R. Jackson, CROW’S REST
12: Kelly Jones, UNUSUAL CHICKENS FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL POULTRY FARMER
12: Maggie Lehrman, THE COST OF ALL THINGS
15: Valynn E. Maetani, INK AND ASHES
19: Francesca Zappia, MADE YOU UP
26: Sonia Charaipotra & Dhonielle Clayton TINY PRETTY THINGS
JUNE 2: Cassie Beasley, CIRCUS MIRANDUS
2: Jennifer Chambliss Bertman, BOOK SCAVENGER
2: Virginia Boecker, THE WITCH HUNTER
2: Melissa E. Hurst, THE EDGE OF FOREVER
2: Cordelia Jensen, SKYSCRAPING
8: Lynn Lindquist, SECRET OF THE SEVENS
9: Gina Ciocca, LAST YEAR’S MISTAKE
9: David Fulk, RAISING RUFUS
9: Stephanie Oakes, THE SACRED LIES OF MINNOW BLY
9: Katie M. Stout, HELLO, I LOVE YOU
9: Jen White, SURVIVAL STRATEGIES OF THE ALMOST BRAVE
16: Lauren Gibaldi, THE NIGHT WE SAID YES
16: Adam Silvera, MORE HAPPY THAN NOT
16: Christine Hayes, MOTHMAN’S CURSE
16: Sharon Huss Roat, BETWEEN THE NOTES
SUMMER RELEASES
JULY
7: Kris Dinnison, YOU AND ME AND HIM
15: Randy Ribay, AN INFINITE NUMBER OF PARALLEL UNIVERSES
20: Valeria Tejeda, HOLLYWOOD WITCH HUNTER
21: Amanda Panitch, DAMAGE DONE
AUGUST
4: Anne Boles Levy, THE TEMPLE OF DOUBT
4: Michelle Levy, NOT AFTER EVERYTHING
4: Shannon Grogan, FROM WHERE I WATCH YOU
4: Kaitlin Ward, BLEEDING EARTH
6: Dawn Kurtagich, THE DEADHOUSE
18: Alexandra Sirowy, THE CREEPING
FALL RELEASES
SEPTEMBER
1: Carol Riggs, THE BODY INSTITUTE
1: Natasha Sinel, THE FIX
1: Ronald L. Smith, HOODOO
1: Jackie Lea Sommers, TRUEST
1: Nicola Yoon, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING
2: Mandy Mikulencak, FACING FIRE
3: Lauren James, THE NEXT TOGETHER
8: Marci Curtis, THE ONE THING
15: Anne-Marie McLemore, THE WEIGHT OF FEATHERS
15: Heather Petty, LOCK & MORI
19: Kelly Loy Gilbert, CONVICTION
22: Mikaela Everett, THE UNQUIET
22: Mike Grosso, I AM DRUMS
22: Mackenzi Lee, THIS MONSTROUS THING
29: Laurel Gale, DEAD BOY
29: Amy Lukavics, DAUGHTERS UNTO DEVILS
TBA: Isabel Bandeira, BOOKISHLY EVER AFTER
OCTOBER
6: Ann Jacobus, ROMANCING THE DARK IN THE CITY OF LIGHT
6: Sarah J. Schmitt, IT’S A WONDERFUL DEATH
7: Marcy Beller Paul, UNDERNEATH EVERYTHING
NOVEMBER
10: Charlotte Huang, FOR THE RECORD
24: Kate McGovern, RULES FOR 50/50 CHANCES
DECEMBER (so winter!)
8: Ryan Dalton, THE YEAR OF LIGHTNING
9: Sarah McGuire, VALIANT
16: Claire Kennedy, AFTER HOURS
MOVES FROM 2015 to 2016:
Jan 2016: Patrick Samphire, SECRETS OF THE DRAGON TOMB
Feb 2016: Ami Allen-Vath, PROM BITCH
Ami with an I 
Yaaaaay!! LAST YEAR’S MISTAKE by Gina Ciocca is actually June 9, and Michelle Smith’s pub date for PLAY ON is April 14. Both are so freaking good ❤
Fixed! Thx Dahlz!! ; )
Sorry, another one! DAMAGE DONE by Amanda Panitch is July 21, not December.
I’m making my way through this amazing list, and adding all on goodreads. I’m working on my gr page, so I’ll let you know when it’s up. Thanks for the kick in the pants!
Thanks for posting this great list, Ami!
[…] that spirit, here’s a great list compiled by Ami Allen-Vath of middle grade and young adult books hitting the shelves in 2015. I […]
Hi! I was delighted to find myself on this list a while ago. Also I’m delighted to say that my release has been bumped to earlier, and I have an actual date now! My sci-fi YA, THE BODY INSTITUTE, will be released September 1, 2015. Thanks!!
New date added! Thanks Carol! : )