This list may not feature all the new titles for January 2020. The titles are listed according to their release date. Sometimes, however, publishers may move a release date up or back. If you know of any that are not listed or the release date has changed, leave us a comment below. Thanks for visiting our site!
Mamie on the Mound: A Woman in Baseball’s Negro Leagues
Leah Henderson | George Doutsiopoulos | Capstone | PB | January 1 | Amazon | IndieBound
The Amazing Life of Azaleah Lane
Nikki Shannon Smith | Mari Lobo | Picture Window Book | ChpBk | Jan 1 | Amazon | IndieBound
Brown Sugar Babe
Charlotte Watson Sherman | Akem | Boyds Mills | PB | January 7 | Amazon | IndieBound
Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration
Samara Cole Doyon | Kaylani Juanita | Tilbury House | PB | January 7 | Amazon | IndieBound
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
Rita Lorraine Hubbard | Oge Mora | Schwartz & Wade | PB | January 7 | Amazon | IndieBound
A Voice Named Aretha
Katheryn Russell-Brown | Laura Freeman| Bloomsbury | PB | January 7 | Amazon | IndieBound
Overground Railroad
Lesa Cline-Ransome | James E. Ransome | Holiday House | PB | January 7 | Amazon | IndieBound
The Old Truck
Jerome Pumphrey | Jarrett Pumphrey | Norton Young Readers | PB | January 7 | Amazon | IndieBound
A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story
Sharon Langley | Amy Nathan | Floyd Cooper | Abrams BYR | PB | January 7 | Amazon | IndieBound
Leaving Lymon
Lesa Cline-Ransome | Holiday House | MG | January 7 | Amazon | IndieBound
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
Tiffany Jewell | Aurélia Durand | Frances Lincoln Children’s Books | MG | January 7 | Amazon | IndieBound
Brave. Black. First.: 50 African American Women Who Led the Way
Cheryl Hudson | Erin K. Robinson | Crown BYR | MG | January 7 | Amazon | IndieBound
Clean Getaway
Nic Stone | Crown BYR | MG | January 7 | Amazon | IndieBound
All the Days Past, All the Days to Come
Mildred D. Taylor | Viking BYR | January 7 | MG | Amazon | IndieBound
Shadowshaper Legacy (The Shadowshaper Cypher Bk #3)
Daniel José Older | Arthur A. Levine | YA | January 7 | Amazon | IndieBound
Just Like Me
Vanessa Newton | Knopf BYR | PB | January 14 | Amazon | IndieBound
Brown Baby Lullaby
Tameka Fryer Brown | A.G. Ford | Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR | PB | January 14 | Amazon | IndieBound
Freedom Bird: A Tale of Hope and Courage
Jerdine Nolen | James Ransome | S & S/Paula Wiseman | PB | January 14 | Amazon | IndieBound
Big Papa and the Time Machine
Daniel Bernstrom | Shane W. Evans | January 14 | HarperCollins | PB | Amazon | IndieBound
Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon
Kelly Starling Lyons | Laura Freeman | Lee & Low | PB | January 14 | Amazon | IndieBound
Bedtime for Sweet Creatures
Nikki Grimes | Elizabeth Zunon | Sourcebooks Jabberwocky | PB | January 14 | Amazon | IndieBound
By and By: Charles Tindley, the Father of Gospel Music
Carole Boston Weatherford | Bryan Collier | Atheneum BYR | PB | January 14 | Amazon | IndieBound
The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne
Lesa Cline-Ransome | John Parra | S&S/Paula Wiseman | PB | January 14 | Amazon | IndieBound
Black Is a Rainbow Color
Angela Joy | Ekua Holmes | Roaring Brook Press | PB | January 14 | Amazon | IndieBound
From the Desk of Zoe Washington
Janae Marks | Katherine Tegen Books | MG | January 14 | Amazon | IndieBound
Trailblazers: Beyoncé: Queen of the Spotlight
Ebony Joy Wilkins | Random House | MG | January 14 | Amazon | IndieBound
Saving Savannah
Tonya Bolden | Bloomsbury | YA | January 14 | Amazon | IndieBound
Say Her Name
Zetta Elliott | Loveis Wise | Jump At The Sun | YA | January 14 | Amazon | IndieBound
Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard
Echo Brown | Henry Holt BYR | YA | January 14 | Amazon | IndieBound
Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis’ Fleet-of-Foot Girl
Megan Reid | Laura Freeman | Balzer + Bray | PB | January 21 | Amazon | IndieBound
*Just Like a Mama
Alice Faye Duncan | Charnelle Pinkney Barlow | Denene Millner/S&S BYR | PB | January 14 | Amazon | IndieBound
Not So Pure and Simple
Lamar Giles | HarperTeen | YA | January 21 | Amazon | IndieBound
*Edit 01/09/2020: Just Like a Mama by Alice Faye Duncan will be available on January 14th. The initial release shown was Jan 21st
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