- Liberty, Kirby Larson
- Happy to be nappy, by Bell Hooks ; illustrated by Chris Raschka
- The patchwork quilt, by Valerie Flournoy ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney. --
- The Blackwoods, Brandy Colbert
- Alfie, (the turtle that disappeared), Thyra Heder
- The old truck, Jarrett Pumphrey, Jerome Pumphrey
- Hurricane child, Callender, Kacen
- Promise boys, Nick Brooks
- Dreamland burning, Jennifer Latham
- The adventures of sparrowboy, Brian Pinkney
- The scary library shusher, by Andres Miedoso ; illustrated by Victor Rivas
- The cost of knowing, Brittney Morris
- Chlorine sky, Mahogany L. Browne
- Love times infinity, Lane Clarke
- Whiteout, Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon
- One big open sky, Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Link + Hud, heroes by a hair, Jarrett Pumphrey, Jerome Pumphrey
- The given day, Dennis Lehane
- The Vanderbeekers and the hidden garden, by Karina Yan Glaser
- Alec's primer, by Mildred Pitts Walter ; illustrated by Larry Johnson
- The awkward black man, stories, Walter Mosley
- The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963, a novel, by Christopher Paul Curtis
- The all-I'll-ever-want Christmas doll, written by Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
- Finding Langston, by Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Fast pitch, Nic Stone
- Figure it out, Henri Weldon, Tanita S. Davis
- Jip, his story, by Katherine Paterson
- House of the Patriarch, Barbara Hambly
- M. C. Higgins, the great
- Ghost boys, by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Campfire stories, by Andres Miedoso ; illustrated by Victor Rivas
- Stella by starlight, Sharon Draper
- The seventh most important thing, Shelley Pearsall
- Mystery of the Dark Tower, by Evelyn Coleman
- The bluest eye, a novel, Toni Morrison ; [with a foreword by the author]
- Goin' someplace special, Patricia C. McKissack ; [illustrated by] Jerry Pinkney
- Mirandy and Brother Wind, by Patricia C. McKissack ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney
- Concrete rose, Angie Thomas
- Addy saves the day, a summer story, by Connie Porter ; illustrations, Bradford Brown ; vignettes, Renée Graef, Geri Strigenz Bourget
- Chaos theory, Nic Stone
- Other side of the tracks, Charity Alyse
- The vampire ate my homework, by Andres Miedoso ; illustrated by Victor Rivas
- The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street, by Karina Yan Glaser
- We weren't looking to be found, Stephanie Kuehn
- This poison heart, by Kalynn Bayron
- Dread nation, [rise up], Justina Ireland
- Piecing me together, by Renee Watson
- Dear Justyce, Nic Stone
- Happy Christmas, Gemma, written by Sarah Hayes ; illustrated by Jan Ormerod. --
- Pass the ball, Mo!, by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Sam Ricks