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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2 Comments
i miss when the lists came out at the beginning of the month
Hello, the list for August is out now, and September’s New Releases list will be posted by the end of this month. Thank you!