Here is a list of fantastic books by Black authors releasing in July. Most are available now. Explore and enjoy!
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Baby Dunks-a-Lot: The Day the Basketballs Stopped Bouncing
Jayson Tatum | Sam Apple | Parker-Nia Gordon | Abrams BYR | July 7, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
You Are My Favorite Story
N. Jeremi Duru | Shani King | John Jay Cabuay | Fair Share Publishing | July 21, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The First Drum I Ever Heard
Randy Preston | Tamisha Anthony | Penguin/Paulsen | July 21, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Happy Spooky Halloween!
LeBron James | Ariel Landy | HarperCollins | July 21, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Chichi and Didi Find Their Gifts
Peace Amadi | Ndidi Amadi | Hayley Blackwood | WaterBrook Children’s | July 28, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
A Language of Stitches: The Radical Quilts of Rosie Lee Tompkins
Constance Moore | Abrams BYR | July 28, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Chapter/Middle-Grade/YA
Girl from the Ashes
India Hill Brown | Scholastic | July 7, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Simone Biles: A Who HQ Illustrated Biography
Crystal Hubbard | Who HQ | Maria Diaz Perera | Penguin Workshop | July 14, 2026 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Farewell Friends (Fort Goode, Book #3)
Winsome Bingham | Colin Bootman | Reycraft Books | July 14, 2026 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Jazzy the Witch in Friend Fiasco
Jessixa Bagley | Simon & Schuster BYR | July 14, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
A Coven of Witches: Frights to Tell at Night
Alexis Powell | Marina Vidal | Gibbs Smith | July 14, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Airrelle of the Maroon Witches
Sumayyah Beck | Holiday House | July 14, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
The Girl Who Loves Monsters
Insha Fitzpatrick | Viking | July 28, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Free Girls
Kristen McCallum | Flatiron Books | July 7, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Hallie’s Rules for a Recovering Romantic
Jessica Lewis | HarperCollins | July 7, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
The Love Dare
Abiola Bello | Simon & Schuster | July 7, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
King of Lost Dreams
Nevin Holness | Atheneum BYR | July 7, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Every Reason to Stay
Lane Clarke | Little, Brown B | July 7, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
The Revenge Playbook
Rimma Onoseta | Little, Brown BYR | July 21, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Funerals Are for the Living
Sami Ellis | July 21, 2026 | Amulet Books | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Take It to Your Grave
Louangie Bou-Montes | Godwin Books | July 21, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
You Only Live Twice
Autumn Allen | Kokila | July 28, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Black Girls Don’t Cry
Alex Travis | Sourcebooks Fire | July 28, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Too Perfect to Die
Juliana Goodman | Feiwel & Friends | July 28, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
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