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 20, 2026
I Don’t Wish You Well by Jumata Emill
January 27, 2026
The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay by Ryan Douglass
The Sundown Girls by L.S. Stratton
February 3, 2026
Until the Clock Strikes Midnight by Alechia Dow
This Ain’t Our First Rodeo by Liara Tamani
February 10, 2026
Call of the Dragon by Natasha Bowen
February 24, 2026
The Boyfriend Launcher by RaeChell Garrett
March 3, 2026
She Drinks the Light by Yasmin Angoe
March 10, 2026
The Free Verse Society by Delali Adjoa
March 24, 2026
Charmed and Dangerous by Shelly Page
Mach 31, 2026
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (Collector’s Edition)
April 7, 2026
To Steal a Throne by Gabi Burton
April 14, 2026
Summer Official by Rebekah Weatherspoon
April 28, 2026
Sweet Clarity by Rhiannon Richardson
May 5, 2026
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (American Classics Edition)
The Beckett Effect by Nashae Jones
Goldenborn by Ama Ofosua Lieb
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (American Classics Edition: A Printz Honor Winner) Foreword by Amandla Stenberg
May 12, 2026
In Between Days by Camryn Garrett
Winners & Liars by Aleema Omotoni
May 19, 2026
Queerleaders by Olivia A. Cole & Ashley Woodfolk
June 2, 2026
The Heirs by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Breakout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon
June 9, 2026
Blue Beach by Karyn Parsons
When We Almost Came Undone by Erika Turner
June 23, 2026
Doe by Rebecca Barrow
The Lovers, the Liars, and Me by DeAndra Davis
July 7, 2026
King of Lost Dreams by Nevin Holness
Hallie’s Rules for a Recovering Romantic by Jessica Lewis
13 Little Love Stories: An anthology inspired by Taylor Swift songs with stories by Elise Bryant, J. Elle, Krystal Marquis and more
July 14, 2026
What Lies Beneath the Flowers by Natasha Diaz
July 21, 2026
Funerals Are for the Living: A Novel by Sami Ellis
Can’t You See It’s Coming?: A Versify Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories by Erika N. Turner, Brandy Colbert, Kirya Traber, Rebecca Barrow, Jay Joyner, Cassandra Eddington, Kalynn Bayron, Melania Luisa Marte, Ashia Monet, & samm saxby
July 28, 2026
You Only Live Twice by Autumn Allen
August 4, 2026
A Clash of Carnivores by Liselle Sambury
Find My Way Down to You by Julian Winters
Stepping Up: A Graphic Memoir by Kiara Valdez, illustrated by Diana Tsai Santos
August 18, 2026
Bound by Fury by Noelle Monét
September 15, 2026
We Run the Night by Peace Mbengei
September 22, 2026
Demonology for Overachievers by Lily Anderson
October 6, 2026
Where We Go at Night by Ikwo Ntekim
November 11, 2026
Ghosted by Talia Tucker
November 17, 2026
A Lake with No Bottom by H.D. Hunter
Release Date TBD
Spiraling Out by Maya Ameyaw
Adam, Mine by K. Ancrum
Seventh Period Girl by Joya Goffney
Subwoofer by Candice Iloh
Good Mourning by Circe Moskowitz & Caleb Hosalla
Stealing Snow 2 by Danielle Paige