If you are a Black author with a debut YA novel (this is your first traditionally published young adult novel) and you are missing from this list, please email info@melanininya.com.
Please note that release dates are subject to change.
January 5, 2021
Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant
When You Look Like Us by Pamela Harris
January 12, 2021
Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne
The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults) by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Meet-Cute Project by Rhiannon Richardson
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
February 9, 2021
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
February 23, 2021
Like Home by Louisa Onomé
March 2, 2021
Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo
April 13, 2021
Notes from a Young Black Chef (Adapted for Young Adults) by Kwame Onwuachi
April 20, 2021
Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart
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
June 1, 2021
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons
June 15, 2021
Don’t Hate the Player by Alexis Nedd
Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury
July 13, 2021
The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass
August 17, 2021
(Me) Moth by Amber McBride
August 24, 2021
Bad Witch Burning by Jessica Lewis
September 7, 2021
The Problem with the Other Side by Kwame Ivery
September 14, 2021
Kneel by Candace Buford
September 28, 2021
Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray
For All Time by Shanna Miles
October 5, 2021
Looking For Grace by Pamela Varnado
October 19, 2021
Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood
October 26, 2021
Rest Easy by Warona Jolomba
November 2, 2021
Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen
Black Was the Ink by Michelle Coles
December 7, 2021
The Upper World by Femi Fadugba