Book List: Black Voices in YA Fiction

With everything going on, I thought it would be nice to share some fiction books written by black authors about black characters. Obviously, we have a history of writing novels that are “urban fiction” or deal with our traumatic history, but I wanted to share novels that deal with other topics, like mental health, or LGBT, or identity or even nerd culture. I think it’s important that black people realize there are different books out there. This post is going to specifically be for young readers but that does not mean that adults can’t read these. I’m 28 and I prefer YA lol. These are also not in any order.

I’m going to continue adding books to this list and I have a few other lists that I’ll share. But I wanted to get this posted since I was supposed to have it done earlier this week. Please like, share and comment on this post, especially if you’ve read these books. I will definitely try to post reviews of the ones I’ve read (or listened to since I’ve been doing audiobooks lately).

I was going to provide summaries but it was getting on my nerves so I didn’t. If you’re interested in the book, you gotta look into it lol.

I also write YA books. I have a few short stories posted on this blog, so shameless plug, check out my short story (working title) The Heart Speaks in Whispers.