As promised here is a preview of some exciting and much anticipated young adult books releasing this fall. If you’re a fan of YA, get ready to pre-order! This list is sure to please lovers of fantasy, historical, romance, and thriller stories. There are also plenty of nonfiction titles from an anthology co-edited by Shakirah Bourne to poetry, memoirs, and empowering reads about racism, anti-racism, and social justice. Several YA authors are making their debut this fall. Go here to read Kwame Ivery’s and here for Michelle Coles’ “Debut You” feature on this blog. Happy Reading!
Book List:
1. The Bones of Ruin (The Bones of Ruin #1)
Sarah Raughley | Margaret K. McElderry Books | September 7 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
2. So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix
Bethany C. Morrow | Feiwel & Friends | September 7 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
3. We Are Not Broken
George M. Johnson | Little, Brown BYR | September 7 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
4. Star Wars: The High Republic: Edge of Balance, Vol. 1
Justina Ireland | Shima Shinya | Mizuki Sakakibara | VIZ Media LLC | September 7 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
5. The Problem with the Other Side
Kwame Ivery | Soho Teen | September 7 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
6. Kneel
Candace Buford | Inkyard Press | September 14 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
7. Resilient Black Girl: 52 Weeks of Anti-Racist Activities for Black Joy and Resilience
M. J. Fievre | Mango | September 14 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
8. White Smoke
Tiffany D. Jackson | HarperCollins/Tegen | September 14 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
9. Allies: Real Talk about Showing Up, Screwing Up, and Trying Again
Shakirah Bourne | Dana Alison Levy | DK Children | September 14 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
10. Things We Couldn’t Say
Jay Coles | Scholastic Press | September 21 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
11. Beasts of Prey
Ayana Gray | G.P. Putnam’s Sons BYR | September 28 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
12. For All Time
Shanna Miles | Simon & Schuster BYR | September 28 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
13. Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panthers Party’s Promise to the People
Kekla Magoon | Candlewick | September 28 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
14. Shattered Midnight (The Mirror #2)
Dhonielle Clayton | Disney Hyperion | October 5 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
15. Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Brandy Colbert | Balzer + Bray | October 5 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
16. Rise Up!: How You Can Join the Fight Against White Supremacy
Crystal Fleming | Henry Holt and Co. BYR | October 5 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
17. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Adapted for Young Adults)
Barack Obama | Delacorte Press | October 5 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
18. Why We Fly
Kimberly Jones | Gilly Segal | Sourcebooks Fire | October 5 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
19. Feminist AF: A Guide to Crushing Girlhood
Brittney Cooper | Chanel Craft Tanner | Susana Morris | Norton Young Readers | October 5 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
20. DEFIANT: Growing Up in the Jim Crow South
Wade Hudson | Crown BYR | October 12 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
21. Black Was the Ink
Michelle Coles | Justin Johnson | Tu Books | October 12 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
22. Rest Easy
Warona Jolomba | Wattpad |October 26 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
23. A Psalm of Storms and Silence
Roseanne A. Brown | Balzer + Bray | November 2 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
24. Skin of the Sea
Natasha Bowen | Random House BYR | November 2 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
25. Within These Wicked Walls
Lauren Blackwood | Wednesday Books | October 19 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
26. How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That’s Rigged
Kimberly Jones | Henry Holt | November 16 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
27. Call Us What We Carry: Poems
Amanda Gorman | Viking Books | December 7 | Amazon | IndieBound
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