- The black mage, written by Daniel Barnes ; illustrated and colored by D.J. Kirkland ; lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
- Goin' someplace special, Patricia C. McKissack ; [illustrated by] Jerry Pinkney
- Concrete rose, Angie Thomas
- I got the school spirit, Connie Schofield-Morrison ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- Chaos theory, Nic Stone
- Keeping it real, by Paula Chase
- Jessi's secret language, Ann M. Martin
- Trace, Pat Cummings
- Decent people, a novel, De'Shawn Charles Winslow
- In the key of us, Mariama Lockington
- Conjure women, a novel, Afia Atakora
- Light it up, Kekla Magoon
- Spin, Lamar Giles
- The bluest eye, a novel, Toni Morrison ; [with a foreword by the author]
- The lions of Little Rock, Kristin Levine
- Sarah rising, by Ty Chapman ; illustrated by DeAnn Wiley
- Show way, by Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrated by Hudson Talbott
- 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
- The last last-day-of-summer, by Lamar Giles ; illustratiaons by Dapo Adeola
- Fake ID, L.R. Giles
- Deathless divide, Justina Ireland
- Dragons in a bag, Zetta Elliott ; illustrations by Geneva B
- Bo and the little lie, by Elliott Smith ; illustrated by Subi Bosa
- Inventing Victoria, by Tonya Bolden
- Finding Langston, by Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Fast pitch, Nic Stone
- The business of lovers, Eric Jerome Dickey
- Ghost roast, Shawnelle Gibbs & Shawneé Gibbs ; Emily Cannon ; interior colors by Aishwarya Tandon
- Yo! Yes?, Chris Raschka
- Mia Mayhem breaks down walls, by Kara West ; illustrated by Leeza Hernandez
- 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
- Once in a blue moon, Sharon G. Flake
- Mia Mayhem steals the show!, by Kara West ; illustrated by Leeza Hernandez
- Rain rising, Courtne Comrie
- Stella by starlight, Sharon Draper
- Finding someplace, Denise Lewis Patrick
- The seventh most important thing, Shelley Pearsall
- And other mistakes, Erika Turner
- Rainbow Stew, by Cathryn Falwell
- Muted, Tami Charles
- She's not there, a novel, Joy Fielding
- The Vanderbeekers and the hidden garden, by Karina Yan Glaser
- The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963, a novel, by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Boy21, by Matthew Quick
- Liberty, Kirby Larson