2025 Young Adult Book Releases by BIPOC Authors
Looking for YA books written by BIPOC authors to add to your bookshelves? Here are books for Young Adults & Teens written by Black, Indigenous, and POC authors and illustrators.
Ordering new books written by BIPOC authors tells the publishing industry that books written and illustrated by POC matter and the readership for them isn’t a trend. Thank you for supporting BIPOC!
- Teen Contemporary Romance, Teen Romance, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2025
Meet River Langston-Lee. In the past 24 hours, he’s dumped his girlfriend, walked out of his SATs, and quit his job at his parents’ cafe in spectacularly disastrous fashion—even for...
- by Shelly Page
- Teen Fantasy Romance, Teen LGBTQ+ Romance, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2025
A cozy sapphic romantasy about a teen witch trying to keep her family’s apothecary up and running, with a little help from her ex-best friend—and first crush. Plant witch Sage...
- 8-12 Years, Children's Chapter Book, Middle School, Preteen
- Publication Year: 2025
From the acclaimed author Tamika Burgess comes a timely coming-of-age story about a young boy’s fight to save his family and his dreams in the aftermath of the US military...
- by Tahereh Mafi
- Teen Fantasy, Teen Fantasy Romance, Teen Romance, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2025
The highly anticipated fourth novel in the Woven Kingdom romantasy series, brimming with fiery romance, spectacular magic, and breathtaking secrets. At long last, the wedding day has arrived. The Jinn...
- Young Adult Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2025
No matter how young you are or where you’re starting from, you are a future millionaire. Declare it. Know it. Demand it. And, with help from bestselling author and self-made...
- by Ann Liang
- Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2025
Jenna Chen has spent her life in the shadow of her flawless cousin. Jessica Chen is so smart she gets the top score on every test. Jessica Chen is so...
- Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2025
In this debut speculative YA mystery, a Black teen with premonition-like powers must solve her friend’s disappearance before she finds herself in the same danger, perfect for fans of Ace...
- by Sophie Kim
- Teen Coming of Age, Teen Fantasy, Teen Sword & Sorcery Fantasy, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2025
How do you kill a prophecy? The Prophecy has arrived…and with her, war. A prisoner caged within the walls of her own mind, the once-fierce assassin known as Shin Lina...
- by Loan Le
- Teen Dystopian, Teen Romantic Comedy, Teen Science Fiction, Young Adult
- Publication Year: 2025
In this sweet, incredibly heartfelt companion to A Pho Love Story, Vietnamese Americans Viet and Evie juggle family expectations with their desire to forge their own path in between college...
- Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2025
Two kingdoms on the brink of battle. One prophesied empress to unite them, who finds herself caught between two princes, and the fact that love alone may not stop the...
- Teen Fantasy, Teen Fantasy Romance, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2025
Nine years ago, the war between the Kingdom of Night and the Kingdom of Rivers tore Àn’yīng’s family apart, leaving her mother barely alive and a baby sister to fend...
- 8-12 Years, Children's, Children's Chapter Book
- Publication Year: 2025
Page-turning WW2 hidden history masterfully told by award winner Daniel Nayeri. 1941. The German armies are storming across Europe. Iran is a neutral country occupied by British forces on one...
- Teen Science Fiction, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2025
The author of the New York Times bestselling horror phenomenon She Is a Haunting is back with a novel about the monsters that swim beneath us . . . and...
- Teen Prejudice and Racism, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2025
The powerful and timely YA novel debut from three-time New York Times best-selling author Frederick Joseph is a deeply heartfelt story—and a rallying cry against book banning. In an instant,...