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Young Adult Books

This list is nowhere near comprehensive or exhaustive! 

We're just getting you started with a few of our favorites.

Ordered by publication date (upcoming/newest to oldest releases).

*The page was created by Keiana Mayfield, MSW.

 

Young Adult Books

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So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix (Remixed Classics #2) Cover Image
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Living Beyond Borders: Growing Up Mexican in America Cover Image
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Radha & Jai's Recipe for Romance Cover Image
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Sisters of the Snake Cover Image
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Of Princes and Promises (Rosetta Academy) Cover Image
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A Chorus Rises: A Song Below Water novel Cover Image
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Ace of Spades Cover Image
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Blackout Cover Image
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From Little Tokyo, With Love Cover Image
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Hurricane Summer: A Novel Cover Image
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Luck of the Titanic Cover Image
Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition Cover Image
Bruised Cover Image
Once Upon a Quinceañera Cover Image
A Pho Love Story Cover Image
A Taste for Love Cover Image
Wings of Ebony Cover Image
Angel of Greenwood Cover Image
Your Corner Dark Cover Image
Last Night at the Telegraph Club Cover Image
The Awakening of Malcolm X: A Novel Cover Image
Pet Cover Image
Chlorine Sky Cover Image
Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel Cover Image
SLAY Cover Image
Every Body Looking Cover Image
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle) Cover Image
Grown Cover Image
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Furia Cover Image
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Punching the Air Cover Image
Dear Justyce Cover Image
Frankly in Love Cover Image
The Black Kids Cover Image
Raybearer Cover Image
This Is My America Cover Image
The Voting Booth Cover Image
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Cinderella Is Dead Cover Image
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You Should See Me in a Crown Cover Image
A Song Below Water: A Novel Cover Image
Parachutes Cover Image
Felix Ever After Cover Image
Let Me Hear a Rhyme Cover Image
Patron Saints of Nothing Cover Image
All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto Cover Image
It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers) Cover Image
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning Cover Image
Internment Cover Image
Watch Us Rise Cover Image
Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir Cover Image
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America Cover Image
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This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work (Empower the Future #1) Cover Image
Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard Cover Image
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings Cover Image
Pride: A Pride & Prejudice Remix Cover Image
Just Mercy (Movie Tie-In Edition, Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice Cover Image
Jackpot Cover Image
We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide Cover Image
Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir Cover Image
Juliet Takes a Breath Cover Image
SLAY Cover Image
Darius the Great Is Not Okay Cover Image
Monday's Not Coming Cover Image
Step Into Your Power: 23 lessons on how to live your best life Cover Image
Tyler Johnson Was Here Cover Image
Akata Warrior Cover Image
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves Cover Image
Warcross Cover Image
When Dimple Met Rishi Cover Image
American Street Cover Image
Allegedly Cover Image
Mariam Sharma Hits the Road Cover Image
The Hate U Give Cover Image
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Shadowshaper (The Shadowshaper Cypher, Book 1) Cover Image