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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