Young Adult/Middle Grades List 

A.C. (Artist) Arthur

• Manifest
• Mystify

Tomi Adeyemi

• Children of Blood and Bone 
• Children of Virtue and Vengeance 

Tracey Baptiste

• The Jumbies
• Minecraft: The Crash: An Official Minecraft Novel
• Rise of the Jumbies

Rena Barron

• Maya and the Rising Dark 
• Kingdom of Souls 
• Reaper of Souls
  

Malorie Blackman

• Noughts and Crosses
• An Eye for and Eye
• Knife Edge
• Checkmate
• Double Cross
• Trust Me (based on book cover)
• Dead Gorgeous (based on book cover)
• Peace Maker (based on book cover)
• Robot Girl (based on book cover)

​​Roseanne Brown

• A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
• A Psalm of Storms and Silence

Constance Burris

• Black Beauty
• Chalcedony

Dhonielle Clayton

• The Belles
• The Everlasting Rose

Olivia Cole

• Panther in the Hive
• A Conspiracy of Stars
• An Anatomy of Beasts

Milton Davis

• Amber and the Hidden City
• The Bene's Daughter
• Amber and the Enchanted Sword

Somaiya Daud

• Mirage 
• Court of Lions

Marti Dumas​

• Jupiter Storm
• The Little Human
• The Wildseed Witch

Terah Edun

• Blades of Magic
• Blades of Illusion
• Blades of Sorcery
• Blades of Destiny

Zetta Elliott

• A Wish After Midnight
• Cin's Mark
• The Door at the Crossroads (2nd book in series after Wish After Midnight)
• Ship of Souls (3 perspectives, 2 Black boys and 1 Black girl)
• The Deep
• Mother of the Sea
• The Return
• ​The Magic Mirror

Virginia Hamilton

• Herstories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales
• Justice and Her Brothers (1st in trilogy, followed by Dustland and The Gathering)
• Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
• Willie Bea and the Time the Martians Landed
• The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl

Justina Ireland

• Dread Nation
• ​Deathly Divide 
• Promise of Shadows
• ​Ophie's Ghost

N.K. Jemisin

• How Long 'Til Black Future Month (Alex Award)
• Far Sector (1-3)

Amanda Joy

• A River of Royal Blood
• A Queen of Gilded Horns

Alaya Dawn Johnson

• Trouble the Saints
• Love is the Drug
• The Summer Prince
• Racing the Dark

Sang Kromah

• Djinn
• Concealed​

N.R. Larry

• Darwin's Children
• The Day the World Went Orange

Kekla Magoon

• Shadows of Sherwood
• Rebellion of Thieves

L.L. McKinney

• A Blade So Black
• A Dream So Dark 

Wendy Raven McNair

• Asleep
• Awake
• Ascend

Amy McNulty

• Nobody’s Goddess
• Nobody’s Lady
• Nobody’s Pawn

Mia Mitns

• Tea Leaf
• The Homework Mystery
• Fallen
• Naya's Invasion

Cerece Rennie Murphy

• The Wolf King: The Hope of Aferi
• The Wold King: The Promise of Aferi
• To Find You​​

Jacquitta McManus

• Anyia: Dream of a Warrior
• Talee and the Fallen Object

Nnedi Okorafor​​

• Zahrah the Windseeker
• The Shadow Speaker
• What Sunny Saw in the Flames
• Sunny and the Mysteries of Osisi
• Akata Witch
• Akata Warrior
• The Girl with the Magic Hands

Daniel Jose Older

• Shadowshaper
• Shadowhouse Fall
• Shadowshaper Legacy

Tochi Onyebuchi

• War Girls 
• Riot Baby

Jaime Reed

• Living Violet
• Burning Emerald
• Fading Emerald

Adam Rex

• The True Meaning of Smekday
• Smek for President

Jewell Parker Rhodes

• Ninth Ward
• Sugar
• Bayou Magic

Karen Sandler

• Tankborn
• Awakening
• Rebellion   ​

Lori Titus

• Hunting in Closed Spaces
• Marradith, Darkly

Andrea Rose Washington

• Adalithiel
• ​Elendil

Ibi Zoboi

• American Street
• My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich

Single Books​

• All Dragon's Eve - Casse Narome
• Awakener - Alisha Howard
• Awoke - K.T. Conte
• Beasts of Pray - Ayana Gray
• Black Girl Unlimited - Echo Brown
• The Black God's Drums - P. Djèlí Clark (Alex Award)
• Bleeding Violet – Dia Reeves
• Blood Debts - Terry J Benton
• Blood like Magic - Liselle Ambury
• Blood Scion - Deborah Falaye
• Breaking Free – Alicia McCalla
• Brown Sugar Fairies: Saroja's Quest - Aiysha Sinclair
• The Chaos - Nalo Hopkinson
• Charis: Journey to Pandora’s Jar – Nicole Walters
• Children of the Light – Aiyana Bey
• Cinderella is Dead - Kalynn Bayron
• The Clone Codes – Patricia McKissak, Fredrick McKissak, John McKissak, and Tara Sands
• Descendants -- Tracy Deonn Walker (Summer 2020)
• Daughters of Jubilation - Kara Lee Corthron ​
• Daughters of Nri - Reni Amayo
• Deadly Delicious – KL Quincy
• Dia of the Dead - Brit Brinson
• The Diary of B.B. Bright, Possible Princess – Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Williams
• The Entropy of Bones - Ayize Jama-Everett
• The Falling Star - Imani Josey
• Fibbed - Elizabeth Agyemang
• Fire and Clay - Kaaronica Evans-Ware
• The Forgotten Girl - India Hill Brown 
• The Gilded Ones - Namina Forma 
• Girl of Flesh and Metal - Alicia Ellis
• The Girl with the Dragon Heart - Stephanie Burgis
• Given - Nandi Taylor
• The Good Luck Girls - Charlotte Nicole Davis 
• The Hour of the Cobra - Maiya Williams
• How to Succeed in Witchcraft -Aislinn Brophy 
• Half Breed Queen - Lori Hendrix
• Hurricane Child - Kacen Callender
• The Icarus Girl - Helen Oyeyemi
• Juniper Leaves: The Otherworldly Tale of a Lonesome Magical Girl - Jaz Joyner
• Just South of Home - Karen Strong
• Malice in Ovenland – Micheline Hess 
• Legendborn - Tracy Deonn
• Liar – Justine Larbalestier
• MagnifiqueNOIR - Briana Lawrence 
• M.F.K- Nilah Macgruder
• Modelland – Tyra Banks
• Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur – Amy Reeder, Brandon Montclare, Natacha Bustos (Book 1)
• On the Edge of Gone – Corinne Duyvis
• Orleans – Sherri Smith
• Pemba’s Song – Marilyn Nelson and Tonya Hegamin
• Pet - Akwaeke Emezi
• Root Magic - Eden Royce
• Roots - Kelbian Noel
• Ruby vs. the Robo Bug - K. Tempest Bradford
• Slay - Brittney Morris
• A Song Below Water - Bethany Morrow 
• The Sound of Stars - Alechia Dow
• Trazer: Kids of Stolen Tomorrow - Jospeh O. Adegboyega-Edun
• The Unquiet - Mikaela Everett​​
• Willowborn - Shanna Miles
• Wind Follower - Carole McDonnell
• Wings of Ebony - J. Elle (Spring 2021)
• ​Witches Steeped in Gold - Ciannon Smart (2021)

Collections

• A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance and Hope - edited by Patrice Caldwell