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 7, 2025
The Mirror World by Femi Fadugba
Togetha by Keith F. Miller, Jr.
Bemused by Farrah Rochon
King: A Life (Adapted for Young Adults) by Jonathan Eig with Yohuru Williams, Michael G. Long
January 14, 2025
All the Love Under the Vast Sky Edited by Kip Wilson (Featuring short stories by Mariama J. Lockington and Charles Waters)
Brewed with Love by Shelly Page
The Queen’s Spade by Sarah Raughley
January 21, 2025
Love on Paper by Danielle Parker
January 28, 2025
The Scorpion Queen by Mina Fears
February 4, 2025
This Ends in Embers by Kamilah Cole
Needy Little Things by Channelle Desamours
Why on Earth: An Alien Invasion Anthology Edited by Vania Stoyanova & Rosiee Thor (including a short story by Julian Winters)
February 11, 2025
(S)Kin by Ibi Zoboi
February 25, 2025
Knucklehead: Poems by Tony Keith, Jr.
Make Good Trouble: Discover Movements That Sparked Change by Jamia Wilson
Orisha Volume 1: With Great Power by Huzayfa Umar with Saturday AM
March 4, 2025
Oathbound by Tracy Deonn
Banned Together: Our Fight for Readers’ Rights Edited by Ashley Hope Pérez (featuring a piece by Nikki Grimes)
Dear Manny by Nic Stone
March 11, 2025
A Bird In the Air Means We Can Still Breathe by Mahogany L. Browne
Mach 25, 2025
Snow White: Fair & Sinister Heart by Lauren Blackwood
We Are Villains by Kacen Callender
Children of Useyi by Moses Ose Utomi
April 1, 2025
Where Shadows Meet by Patrice Caldwell
Give Up the Night by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
The Family I’m In by Sharon G. Flake
The Payback Girls by Alex Travis
April 8, 2025
Playin’ Hard by Whitney Grandison
April 15, 2025
Chaos King by Kacen Callender
All the Noise at Once by DeAndra Davis
Somadina by Akwaeke Emezi
On Again, Awkward Again by Kwame Mbalia and Erin Entrada Kelly
Love in 280 Characters Or Less by Ravynn Stringfield
Two Truths and a Lionel by Brian Wasson
April 22, 2025
The Corruption of Hollis Brown by K. Ancrum
Brielle and Bear by Salomey Doku (U.S. Release)
If We Were a Movie by Zakiya N. Jamal
The Summer I Ate the Rich by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite
Iron Tongue of Midnight by Brittany N. Williams
April 29, 2025
Nav’s Foolproof Guide to Falling in Love by Jessica Lewis
May 6, 2025
I Can’t Even Think Straight by Dean Atta
Up in Smoke by Nick Brooks
If I Could Go Back by Briana Johnson
This Thing of Ours by Frederick Joseph
It’s You Every Time by Charlene Thomas
Audre & Bash Are Just Friends by Tia Williams
May 13, 2025
The Education of Kia Greer by Alanna Bennett
May 20, 2025
Out of Step, Into You by Ciera Burch
Run Like a Girl by Amaka Egbe
This Could Be Forever by Ebony LaDelle
June 3, 2025
Your Final Moments by Jay Coles
Saturday Wars: The Manga Multiverse Crossover by Frederick L. Jones & Eddy Frye
Under the Neon Lights by Arriel Vinson
The Last Session Vol. 1: Roll For Initiative by Jasmine Walls, Dozerdraws & Micah Myers (Re-release)
June 10, 2025
Quincredible: The Catalyst Compendium by Rodney Barnes, Selina Espiritu & Kelly Fitzpatrick
Finding Prince Charming by Jamar J. Perry
Solo Stan by Talia Tucker
June 17, 2025
The Tournament by Rebecca Barrow
June 24, 2025
Tempest by K. Ibura
July 1, 2025
Call Your Boyfriend by Olivia A. Cole and Ashley Woodfolk
This Book Might Be About Zinnia by Brittney Morris
Pretty Girl County by Lakita Wilson
July 8, 2025
Love Spells Trouble by Nia Davenport
The Great Misfortune of Stella Sedgwick by S. Isabelle
July 29, 2025
Mastery of Monsters by Liselle Sambury
Bones At the Crossroads by LaDarrion Williams
August 5, 2025
Vern: Custodian of the Universe by Tyrell Waiters
August 26, 2025
Roar of the Lambs by Jamison Shea
September 2, 2025
For the Rest of Us: 13 Festive Holiday Stories to Celebrate All Seasons edited by Dahlia Adler
Livewire by Sarah Raughley
My Perfect Family by Khadijah VanBrakle
September 9, 2025
Split the Sky by Marie Arnold
Blood Moon by Britney S. Lewis
September 16, 2025
Through Our Teeth by Pamela N. Harris
The Map That Led to You by Ella McLeod (U.S. Release)
The Story of My Anger by Jasminne Mendez
Who’s All Going (to Die)? by Lisa Springer
September 23, 2025
Truth Is by Hannah V. Sawyerr
Flip: A Graphic Novel by Ngozi Ukazu
September 30, 2025
Showstopper by Lily Anderson
Make Me a Monster by Kalynn Bayron
On Starlit Shores by Bex Glendining
Nubia: Too Real by L.L. McKinney & Robyn Smith
Bad Boy: A Graphic Memoir by Walter Dean Myers, Dawud Anyabwile & Guy A. Sims
October 7, 2025
Heartsick by Kristina Forest
Last Chance Live! by Helena Haywoode Henry
The Scammer by Tiffany D. Jackson
Blood & Breath by Qurratulayn Muhammad
The Last Session Vol. 2: Rerolled by Jasmine Walls, Dozerdraws, & Micah Myers
October 14, 2025
Black History Is Your History by Taylor Cassidy & Adriana Bellet
Fortress of Ambrose by J. Elle
King of the Neuro Verse by Idris Goodwin
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm by Mariama J. Lockington
The Leaving Room by Amber McBride
An Ocean Apart by Jill Tew
October 21, 2025
Balancing Act by Paula Chase
Our Vicious Descent by Hayley Dennings
Star Wars: The Last Order by Kwame Mbalia
Reel Love by Addie Woolridge
October 28, 2025
Pushing Hope: An Illustrated Memoir of Survival by Raymond Santana & Keith Henry Brown
November 4, 2025
Eternal Ruin by Tigest Girma
Deadly Ever After by Brittany Johnson
Girls Who Play Dead by Joelle Wellington
November 11, 2025
The Hero Complex by Helen Comerford
How We Play the Game by Alexis Nedd
December 2, 2025
There’s Always Next Year by Leah Johnson and George M. Johnson
December 9, 2025
Quincredible: A Better World by Rodney Barnes