If you are a Black author with a traditionally published young adult novel and you are missing from this list, please email melanininya@gmail.com.
Please note that release dates are subject to change.
January 5, 2021
Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant
Roman and Jewel by Dana L. Davis
The Life I’m In by Sharon G. Flake
When You Look Like Us by Pamela Harris
One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite
The Awakening of Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz & Tiffany D. Jackson
January 12, 2021
Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne
The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults) by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Angel of Greenwood by Randi Pink
The Meet-Cute Project by Rhiannon Richardson
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
January 19, 2021
Your Corner Dark by Desmond Hall
January 26, 2021
Wings of Ebony by J. Elle
February 2, 2021
Muted by Tami Charles
Yesterday Is History by Kosoko Jackson
This Book is Anti-Racist Journal by Tiffany M. Jewell
Love Is a Revolution by Renée Watson
Nubia: Real One by L. L. McKinney (Graphic Novel)
February 9, 2021
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
February 16, 2021
Reaper of Souls by Rena Barron
February 23, 2021
Some Other Now by Sarah Everett
Like Home by Louisa Onomé
March 2, 2021
Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo
March 9, 2021
Noelle: The Mean Girl (Flyy Girls #3) by Ashley Woodfolk
March 16, 2021
That Way Madness Lies: Fifteen of Shakespeare’s Most Notable Works Reimagined Edited by Dahlia Adler (Anthology)
A Queen of Gilded Horns by Amanda Joy
The Cost of Knowing by Brittney Morris
March 23, 2021
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March 30, 2021
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April 6, 2021
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April 13, 2021
A Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinney
Notes from a Young Black Chef (Adapted for Young Adults) by Kwame Onwuachi
April 20, 2021
Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart
April 27, 2021
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May 4, 2021
Hurricane Summer: A Novel by Asha Bromfield
Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney
Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee
May 11, 2021
Where the Rhythm Takes You by Sarah Dass
Every Body Shines: Sixteen Stories About Living Fabulously Fat Edited by Cassandra Newbould
May 18, 2021
Off the Record by Camryn Garrett
May 25, 2021
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June 1, 2021
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
A Psalm of Storms and Silence by Roseanne A. Brown
The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons
A Chorus Rises: A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
Don’t Hate the Player by Alexis Nedd
Simone Breaks All the Rules by Debbie Rigaud
June 8, 2021
The Marvelous by Claire Kann
June 15, 2021
Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury
June 22, 2021
Darling by K. Ancrum
Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon
June 29, 2021
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July 6, 2021
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson
July 13, 2021
Jake in the Box by Ryan Douglass
The Right Side of Reckless by Whitney D. Grandison
July 20, 2021
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July 27, 2021
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August 3, 2021
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August 10, 2021
The Sisters of Reckoning by Charlotte Nicole Davis
August 17, 2021
(Me) Moth by Amber McBride
August 24, 2021
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August 31, 2021
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September 7, 2021
The Problem with the Other Side by Kwame Ivery
So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow
September 14, 2021
Kneel by Candace Buford
Battle of the Bands Edited by Lauren Gibaldi
September 21, 2021
Daughters of a Dead Empire by Carolyn Tara O’Neil
September 28, 2021
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October 5, 2021
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October 12, 2021
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October 19, 2021
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October 26, 2021
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November 2, 2021
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November 9, 2021
A Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinney
November 16, 2021
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November 23, 2021
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November 30, 2021
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December 7, 2021
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December 14, 2021
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December 21, 2021
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December 28, 2021
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Release Date TBD
Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood
Shattered Midnight by Dhonielle Clayton
Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye
Ghost Roast by Shawnee Gibbs
Botched by Shannon Gibney
Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson
Bad Witch Burning by Jessica Lewis
This Is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us Edited by Katherine Locke & Nicole Melleby
For All We Know by Shanna Miles
The Bones of Ruin by Sarah Raughley
Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi