- Turning point, Paula Chase
- Concrete rose, Angie Thomas
- Field day!, by Candice Ransom ; illustrated by Ashley Evans
- Un dia de nieve, por Ezra Jack Keats
- The new naturals, a novel, Gabriel Bump
- All our names, Dinaw Mengestu
- Chlorine sky, Mahogany L. Browne
- Whiteout, Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon
- One big open sky, Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Muted, Tami Charles
- Montgomery and the case of the golden key, Tracy Occomy Crowder
- Alaina and the great play, written by Eloise Greenfield ; illustrated by Colin Bootman
- The Vanderbeekers and the hidden garden, by Karina Yan Glaser
- The awkward black man, stories, Walter Mosley
- Showtime!, by Kelly Starling Lyons ; pictures by Niña Mata
- It doesn't take a genius, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
- Ashes of gold, J. Elle
- Casting the first stone, Kimberla Lawson Roby
- Other side of the tracks, Charity Alyse
- 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
- It could be worse, by August Sommers
- Playtime for restless rascals, words by Nikki Grimes ; [illustrations by] Elizabeth Zunon
- Who put this song on?, Morgan Parker
- The Watsons go to Birmingham, 1963, Christopher Paul Curtis
- This poison heart, by Kalynn Bayron
- Dread nation, [rise up], Justina Ireland
- Piecing me together, by Renee Watson
- Girls from da hood, Treasure Hernandez and Ms. Michel Moore, V. 14
- The contender, Robert Lipsyte
- Out there screaming, an anthology of new Black horror, edited by Jordan Peele and John Joseph Adams
- Turning, Joy L. Smith
- Hot comb, Ebony Flowers
- Ellis Johnson might be famous, Shawn Amos ; illustrated by Tracy Nishimura Bishop
- Pass the ball, Mo!, by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Sam Ricks
- Keisha discovers Harlem, by Zoë Lewis ; illustrations by Dan Burr ; spot illustrations by Rich Grote
- Legendborn, by Tracy Deonn
- So many beginnings, a Little Women remix, Bethany C. Morrow
- My fade is fresh, by Shauntay Grant ; illustrated by Kitt Thomas
- Not so pure and simple, Lamar Giles
- Instructions for dancing, by Nicola Yoon
- The blue is where God lives, a novel, Sharon Sochil Washington
- J.D. y el negocio familiar, J. Dillard ; ilustrado por Akeem S. Roberts ; traducido por Omayra Ortiz
- Things we couldn't say, Jay Coles
- We were the fire, Birmingham 1963, Shelia P. Moses
- Running in flip-flops from the end of the world, Justin A. Reynolds
- How to love a pony, by Michelle Meadows ; illustrated by Nneka Myers
- Deathless divide, Justina Ireland
- Miles Morales Spider-Man, through a hero's eyes, written by Denene Millner ; picture by illustrated by Mónica Paola Rodríguez
- Lola le lee al pequeño Leo, Anna McQuinn ; ilustrado por Rosalind Beardshaw ; traducido por Yanitzia Canetti