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 2, 2024
Ghost Roast by Shawneé Gibbs, Shawnelle Gibbs, Illustrated by Emily Cannon
January 16, 2024
So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole
Beasts of War by Ayana Gray
Escaping Mr. Rochester by L.L. McKinney
January 23, 2024
Out of Our League: 16 Stories of Girls in Sports Edited by Dahlia Adler and Jennifer Iacopelli
January 30, 2024
Wander in the Dark by Jumata Emill
Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology Edited by Amber McBride, Taylor Byas, & Erica Martin
February 6, 2024
Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender
Out of Body by Nia Davenport
Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo
How the Boogeyman Became a Poet by Tony Keith Jr.
Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir by Walela Nehanda
Relit: 16 Latinx Remixes of Classic Stories Edited by Sandra Proudman
Daniel, Deconstructed by James Ramos
You’re Breaking my Heart by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Why We Play With Fire by Giselle Vriesen
February 13, 2024
The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna
Bunt!: Striking Out on Financial Aid by Ngozi Ukazu & Mad Rupert
Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson
February 27, 2024
Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School by Tiffany Jewell
Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury
March 5, 2024
Star Wars: The High Republic: Defy the Storm by Tessa Gratton & Justina Ireland
March 19, 2024
Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
March 26, 2024
Icarus by K. Ancrum
Dead Girls Walking by Sami Ellis
April 2, 2024
Something Kindred by Ciera Burch
Draw Down the Moon by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
The Black Girl Survives in This One Edited by Desiree S. Evans & Saraciea J. Fennell
Fate Be Changed: A Twisted Tale by Farrah Rochon
April 9, 2024
And Then There Was Us by Kern Carter
Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier
April 11, 2024
The Map That Led to You by Ella McLeod (UK Release)
April 16, 2024
King of Dead Things by Nevin Holness
How Do I Draw These Memories? by Jonell Joshua
The Lady of Rapture by Sarah Raughley
April 23, 2024
Blood Justice by Terry J. Benton-Walker
Saint-Seducing Gold by Brittany N. Williams
April 30, 2024
The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste
Prom Babies by Kekla Magoon
Where Was Goodbye? by Janice Lynn Mather
May 7, 2024
The Unboxing of a Black Girl by Angela Shanté
Blood at the Root by LaDarrion Williams
May 9, 2024
If My Words Had Wings by Danielle Jawando (UK Release)
May 14, 2024
The Dangerous Ones by Lauren Blackwood
It Waits in the Forest by Sarah Dass
The Night Is Ours by Ronni Davis
Thirsty by Jas Hammonds
Blood & Fury by Tessa Gratton & Justina Ireland
May 28
If You Knew My Name by Lisa Roberts Carter
June 4, 2024
Four Eids and a Funeral by Adiba Jaigirdar & Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Better Must Come by Desmond Hall
Storm: Dawn of a Goddess by Tiffany D. Jackson
Louder Than Words by Ashley Woodfolk and Lexi Underwood
June 11, 2024
Seasick by Kristin Cast & Pintip Dunn
Rapunzella, Or, Don’t Touch My Hair by Ella McLeod
The Color of a Lie by Kim Johnson
June 18, 2024
With Love, Miss Americanah by Jane Igharo
June 25, 2024
Children of Anguish and Anarchy by Tomi Adeyemi
Sleep Like Death by Kalynn Bayron
July 2, 2024
We Don’t Have Time for This by Brianna Craft
Not About a Boy by Myah Hollis
July 16, 2024
The White Guy Dies First Edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker
July 30, 2024
The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington
August 6, 2024
Hover Girls by Geneva Bowers
This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings
The Empire Wars by Akana Phenix
August 20, 2024
Drown Me with Dreams by Gabi Burton
Something Like Right by H.D. Hunter
Love Requires Chocolate by Ravynn K. Stringfield
Prince of the Palisades by Julian Winters
August 27, 2024
Our Shouts Echo by Jade Adia
September 3, 2024
Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma
September 10, 2024
Till the Last Beat of My Heart by Louangie Bou-Montes
How to Lose A Best Friend by Jordan K. Casomar
Ida, in Love and in Trouble by Veronica Chambers
Represent: The Unfinished Fight for the Vote by Michael Eric Dyson & Marc Favreau
September 17, 2024
Spells to Forget Us by Aislinn Brophy
Ruin Road by Lamar Giles
September 24, 2024
Faeries Never Lie: Tales to Revel In Edited by Zoraida Córdova & Natalie C. Parker
October 1, 2024
Killer House Party by Lily Anderson
October 8, 2024
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A LOVE Story by Jason Reynolds
The Dividing Sky by Jill Tew
October 15, 2024
I Was Told There Would Be Romance by Marie Arnold
The Unfinished by Cheryl Isaacs
Under the Heron’s Light by Randi Pink
Tangleroot by Kalela Williams
November 5, 2024
Streetlight People by Charlene Thomas
November 12, 2024
The Love Interest by Helen Comerford
The Davenports: More Than This by Krystal Marquis
I Am the Dark That Answers When You Call by Jamison Shea
November 26
Heart-Shaped Lies by Elizabeth Agyemang
December 3, 2024
My Fairy God Somebody by Charlene Allen
When the Mapou Sings by Nadine Pinede