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2022 Preview: YA Books by Black Authors

Need book ideas for your 2022 TBR list? This upcoming list of 30 books features a preview of titles by Black authors releasing in 2022 from January-April. More titles will appear on our monthly new releases announcement posts. What are your thoughts on the young adult books coming in 2022? Leave a comment below. Happy Reading!



1. The Chosen One: A First-Generation Ivy League Odyssey

Echo Brown | Christy Ottaviano Books | January 4 | YA | Amazon | IndieBound


2. African Town

Charles Waters | Irene Latham | G.P. Putnam’s Sons BYR | January 4 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound 


3. One True Loves

Elise Bryant | Balzer + Bray | January 4 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


4. The Kindred

Alechia Dow | Inkyard Press | January 4 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


5. Vinyl Moon

Mahogany L. Browne | Crown BYR | January  11 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound



6. Ain’t Burned All the Bright

Jason Reynolds | Jason Griffin | Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy | January 11 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


7. Ashes of Gold (Wings of Ebony, Bk. 2)

J. Elle | S & S BYR/ Denene Millner | January 11 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


8. Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts #3)

Nnedi Okorafor | PRH | January 18 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


9. How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That’s Rigged

Kimberly Jones | Henry Holt | January 18 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


10. Mister Miracle: The Great Escape

Varian Johnson | Daniel Isles | DC Comics | January 18 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound



11. Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party

Jetta Grace Martin | Joshua Bloom | Waldo E. Martin Jr. | Levine Querido | January 18 | YA |  Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


12. Shattered Midnight (The Mirror, Bk. 2)

Dhonielle Clayton | Disney Hyperion | January 18 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


13. Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor’s Life 

Marilyn Nelson | Tammi Lawson | Henry Holt and Co. BYR | January 25 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound  


14. Overground Railroad (The Young Adult Adaptation): The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America

Candacy Taylor | Amulet Books | January 25 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


15. Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman 

Kristen R. Lee | Crown BYR | February 1 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound



16. And We Rise: The Civil Rights Movement in Poems

Erica Martin | Philomel | February 1 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound 


17. Murder of Crows (Lethal Lit, Novel #1) 

K. Ancrum | Scholastic Inc. | February 1 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


18. Kemosha of the Caribbean

Alex Wheatle | Black Sheep | February 2 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


19. You Truly Assumed 

Laila Sabreen | Inkyard Press | February 8 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


20. Cherish Farrah

Bethany C. Morrow | Dutton Books | February 8  | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound 



21. Turning

Joy L. Smith | Simon & Schuster/Millner | March 1 | YA | Amazon | IndieBound


22. Okoye to the People: A Black Panther  

Ibi Zoboi | Noa Denmon | Marvel Press | March 1 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


23. Every Variable of Us 

Charles A. Bush | Flux | March 1 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound 


24. The Rumor Game

Dhonielle Clayton | Sona Charaipotra | March 1 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


25. Blood Scion (Blood Scion #1)  

Deborah Falaye | HarperCollins | March 8 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound 



26. Right Where I Left You   

Julian Winters | Viking BYR | March 15 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


27. Survive The Dome

Kosoko Jackson | Sourcebooks Fire | March 29 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


28. Nothing Burns as Bright as You

Ashley Woodfolk | Versify | April 5 | YA |  Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


29. You Are More Than Magic: The Black and Brown Girls’ Guide to Finding Your Voice 

Minda Harts | Dial Books | April 5 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


30. Hunt a Killer: Perfect Score

A.M. Ellis | Scholastic | April 5 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


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