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For teens, book reviewers, and those who love YA, get ready to add these upcoming 2026 titles to your TBR list. But first, take a look at New Releases to recap the children’s and young adult books by Black authors from 2025. Do you want gripping, romantic, haunting, heart-pounding, or charming tales? You can have them all! Here’s a preview of 19 young adult books releasing in the first four months of 2026. All are available for preorder. Also, see Part I: A Preview of 2026 Fiction Picture Books and Part II: A Preview of 2026 Chapter and Middle-Grade Fiction Books.
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1. Oxford Blood
Rachael Davis-Featherstone | Wednesday Books | January 13, 2026
Jumata Emill | Delacorte Press | January 20, 2026
3. The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay
Ryan Douglass | HarperCollins | January 27, 2026
4. Rick Riordan Presents: It Lurks in the Night
Sarah Dass | Disney Hyperion | January 27, 2026
L.S. Stratton | Nancy Paulsen Books | January 27, 2026
J.D. Myall | Wednesday Books | February 3, 2026
7. Until the Clock Strikes Midnight
Alechia Dow | Feiwel & Friends | February 3, 2026
Liara Tamani | Greenwillow Books | February 3, 2026
Natasha Bowen | Random House BYR | February 10, 2026
Channelle Desamours | Wednesday Books | February 17, 2026
11. When I Was Death
Alexis Henderson | G.P. Putnam’s Sons BYR | March 3, 2026
Yasmin Angoe | Feiwel & Friends | March 3, 2026
Delali Adjoa | Peachtree Teen | March 10, 2026
Shelly Page | Joy Revolution | March 24, 2026
Gabi Burton | Bloomsbury | April 7, 2026
16. When It’s Your Turn for Midnight
Blessing Musariri | Carolrhoda | April 7, 2026
Saul Williams | Morgan Sorne | 23rd St. | April 7, 2026
18. Summer Official
Rebekah Weatherspoon | G.P. Putnam’s Sons BYR | April 14, 2026
19. Sweet Clarity
Rhiannon Richardson | Simon & Schuster BYR | April 28, 2026
20. King Coyote* (MG)
Rachael MeyersJones | Jolly Fish Press | April 14, 2026
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