- The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride
- Show way, by Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrated by Hudson Talbott
- So many beginnings, a Little Women remix, Bethany C. Morrow
- Deathless divide, Justina Ireland
- Dragons in a bag, Zetta Elliott ; illustrations by Geneva B
- Spin, Lamar Giles
- The bluest eye, a novel, Toni Morrison ; [with a foreword by the author]
- Mirandy and Brother Wind, by Patricia C. McKissack ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney
- Addy saves the day, a summer story, by Connie Porter ; illustrations, Bradford Brown ; vignettes, Renée Graef, Geri Strigenz Bourget
- Chaos theory, Nic Stone
- The new naturals, a novel, Gabriel Bump
- Inventing Victoria, by Tonya Bolden
- I rise, Marie Arnold
- Fast pitch, Nic Stone
- House of the Patriarch, Barbara Hambly
- M. C. Higgins, the great
- Fake it till you bake it, a novel, Jamie Wesley
- Hands up!, Breanna J. McDaniel ; illustrated by Shane W. Evans
- Ghost boys, by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Monster, Walter Dean Myers ; illustrations by Christopher Myers
- The care and feeding of ravenously hungry girls, Anissa Gray
- Tender beasts, Liselle Sambury
- The hard-times jar, Ethel Footman Smothers ; pictures by John Holyfield
- Stella by starlight, Sharon Draper
- Lulu & Zoey, a sister story, written by Carrie Finison ; illustrated by Brittany Jackson
- And other mistakes, Erika Turner
- Trace, Pat Cummings
- West Coast, Raynesha Pittman
- Too many interesting things are happening to Ethan Fairmont, Nick Brooks
- In the key of us, Mariama Lockington
- Conjure women, a novel, Afia Atakora
- Revival season, a novel, Monica West
- The house of Eve, a novel, by Sadeqa Johnson
- The Guardians, John Grisham
- The house of Eve, a novel, by Sadeqa Johnson
- Second chance on Cypress Lane, Reese Ryan
- Behind you, Jacqueline Woodson
- The door of no return, Kwame Alexander
- The bubble gum blob, by Andres Miedoso ; illustrated by Victor Rivas
- Sounder, by William H. Armstrong. Illus. by James Barkley
- When trying to return home, stories, Jennifer Maritza McCauley
- Mrs. Katz and Tush, Patricia Polacco
- Roll of thunder, hear my cry, Mildred D. Taylor ; introduction by Jacqueline Woodson ; illustration by Kadir Nelson
- All the days past, all the days to come, by Mildred D. Taylor
- Because you're lucky, by Irene Smalls ; illustrated by Michael Hays
- This poison heart, by Kalynn Bayron
- Out there screaming, an anthology of new Black horror, edited by Jordan Peele and John Joseph Adams
- EllRay Jakes the dragon slayer, by Sally Warner ; illustrated by Brian Biggs
- On air with Zoe Washington, Janae Marks
- Small steps, Louis Sachar