If you are a Black author with a 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 3, 2023
Highly Suspicious, Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert
The Wrong Kind of Weird by James Ramos
Dark Testament: Blackout Poems by Crystal Simone Smith
16 & Pregnant by LaLa Thomas
January 10, 2023
Friday I’m in Love by Camryn Garrett
For Lamb by Lesa Cline-Ransome
The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption by Shannon Gibney
We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride
Cool. Awkward. Black. Edited by Karen Strong
January 17, 2023
As You Walk On by Julian Winters
January 24, 2023
Sun Keep Rising by Kristen R. Lee
The Minus-One Club by Kekla Magoon
January 31, 2023
Play the Game by Charlene Allen
Promise Boys by Nick Brooks
Reggie and Delilah’s Year of Falling by Elise Bryant
The Black Queen by Jumata Emill
The Davenports by Krystal Marquis
How to Be a (Young) Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi & Nic Stone
February 7, 2023
Wildblood by Lauren Blackwood
NerdCrush by Alisha Emrich
Daughters of Oduma by Moses Ose Utomi
February 14, 2023
The Beauty Trials by Dhonielle Clayton
And Other Mistakes by Erika Turner
February 21, 2023
Last Chance Dance by Lakita Wilson
February 28, 2023
Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury
Chaos Theory by Nic Stone
March 7, 2023
Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation Edited by Aashna Avachat
My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron
The Jump by Brittney Morris
March 7, 2023
There Goes the Neighborhood by Jade Adia
March 28, 2023
Chaos & Flame by Justina Ireland & Tessa Gratton
April 4, 2023
Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton
Promposal by RaeChell Garrett
Spirit of the Slayer by Sharina Harris
April 11, 2023
Master of Souls by Rena Barron
Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes Edited by Nora Shalaway Carpenter & Rocky Callen
April 18, 2022
The Song of Wrath by Sarah Raughley
April 25, 2023
That Self-Same Metal by Brittany N. Williams
May 2, 2023
We Don’t Swim Here by Vincent Tirado
May 9, 2023
The Secret Summer Promise by Keah Brown
I’m Not Supposed to Be in the Dark by Riss M. Neilson
Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi
May 16, 2023
Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic Edited by g. haron davis
As Long As We’re Together by Brianna Peppins
May 23, 2023
Forever Is Now by Mariama J. Lockington
May 30, 2023
Rhythm & Muse by India Hill Brown
When the Vibe Is Right by Sarah Dass
The Melancholy of Summer by Louisa Onomé
You Bet Your Heart by Danielle Parker
Her Good Side by Rebekah Weatherspoon
June 6, 2023
The Grimoire of Grave Fates Edited by Hanna Alkaf & Margaret Owen
When It All Syncs Up by Maya Ameyaw
Good as Gold by Candace Buford
Ride or Die by Gail-Agnes Musikavanhu
June 13, 2023
What She Missed by Liara Tamani
June 20, 2023
You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron
This Town Is on Fire by Pamela N. Harris
June 27, 2023
Sing Me to Sleep by Gabi Burton
Invisible Son by Kim Johnson
The Shadow Sister by Lily Meade
House Party Edited by Justin A. Reynolds
July 11, 2023
A Song of Salvation by Alechia Dow
My Week with Him by Joya Goffney
July 18, 2023
Splintered Magic by L.L. McKinney
July 25, 2023
Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington
August 22, 2023
Writing in Color: The Lessons We’ve Learned Edited by Nafiza Azad & Melody Simpson
August 29, 2023
House of Marionne by J. Elle
Neverwraith by Shakir Rashaan
September 12, 2023
Ghost Roast by Shawnelle Gibbs, Shawnee Gibbs & Emily Cannon
September 19, 2023
A Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinney
October 3, 2023
Salt the Water by Candice Iloh
The Forest Demands Its Due by Kosoko Jackson
October 10, 2023
Songs of Irie by Asha Bromfield
October 17, 2023
All These Sunken Souls: A Black Horror Anthology Edited by Circe Moskowitz
November 7, 2023
Lucero by Maya Motayne
Wish of the Wicked by Danielle Paige
Release Date TBD
Heart-Shaped Lies by Elizabeth Agyemang
Epicenter by Mahogany L. Browne
Arcadia by Willow Naomi Curry
Out of Body by Nia Davenport
Adoptee to Adoptee Edited by Shannon Gibney & Nicole Chung
Fishing by Michael Ralph and Nia Palmer & Laura Molnar
Sweet Clarity by Rhiannon Richardson
All the Fighting Parts by Hannah V. Sawyerr