24 Young Adult Books Featuring Black Protagonists

My goal was to get this list out during Black History Month, but in all honesty, these are amazing books that can be read any time of the year. Like my chapter book list, this list includes historical fiction, realistic fiction, and fantasy novels with characters that are Black or biracial from around the world.

1. Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
2. Fly Girl by Sherri L. Smith
3. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
4. The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
5. Golden Boy by Tara Sullivan
6. This Side of Home by Renée Watson
7. Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
8. Monster by Walter Dean Myers
9. Copper Sun by Sharon Draper
10. The Boy In the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds
11. The Chaos by Nalo Hopkinson
12. Hot Girl by Dream Jordan
13. If I Tell by Janet Gurtler
14. Tyrell by Coe Booth
15. After Tupac & Foster by Jacqueline Woodson
16. Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
17. How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon
18. Fake ID by Lamar Giles
19. Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes
20. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
21. The Skin I’m In by Sharon G. Flake
22. Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older
23. All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
24. The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon