25 Phenomenal YA Reads by Black Authors

If you would like to support Black authors and their stories, we recommend reading these phenomenal #YA books!

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Not So Pure and Simple
Opposite of Always
Happily Ever Afters
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Not So Pure and Simple
4.3
Opposite of Always
3.6
Happily Ever Afters
3.9
You Should See Me in a Crown
4
When You Look Like Us
4.2
Felix Ever After
4.2
Black Enough
4
The Black Kids
4.2
Dear Martin
4.5
One of the Good Ones
4.3
Concrete Rose
4.6
The Hate U Give
4.7
One Carefree Day
3.7
If You Come Softly
4
The Voting Booth
4
Some Other Now
4
Muted
3.9
Black Girl Unlimited
4.1
When You Were Everything
4.3
On the Come Up
4.4
Charming as a Verb
3.7
Queenie
4
Grown
4.2
Calling My Name
3.7
The Gilded Ones
3.8

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