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<p>A couple of weeks ago, I put together a list of <a href=”https://bookriot.com/queer-books-by-black-authors-2026/”>26 queer books by Black authors out in 2026</a>. Those were just the adult titles, though, so I’m back today with the other half: here are 16 queer YA and middle grade books by Black authors out this year. Some are available to read now, and others are ready to preorder.</p>

<p>First, I’m highlighting five of the books on the top of my personal TBR, including a queer thriller, an even-more-gay <em>Great Gatsby</em> retelling, an ace/aro speculative middle grade novel, and a sapphic fantasy mystery. Plus, I have to take any chance I can to show off possibly the most gorgeous cover out in 2026: the bisexual F/F fantasy <a title=”Buy from Thriftbooks” product-id=”0593858298″ href=”https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fdeath-card_jasmine-smith%2F57403623%2F” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”Death Card” data-publisher=”G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers” data-releasedate=”2026-08-11″ data-author=”Smith, Jasmine” data-ean=”9780593858295″ data-asin=”0593858298″ class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>Death Card</a> by Jasmine Smith.</p>
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<p>All Access members can also find a bonus list of new queer books out this week.</p>

<div class=”wp-block-book-blurb-block-main book-blurb bookblurb-block bookblurb”><div class=”bookblurb__content”><a class=”bookblurb__coverlink” href=”https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fi-dont-wish-you-well%2F55675773%2F” data-ean=”9780593811023″ data-asin=”059381102X” data-title=”I Don’t Wish You Well” data-author=”Emill, Jumata” title=”Buy from Thriftbooks”><img decoding=”async” class=”bookblurb__image” src=”data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=’http://www.w3.org/2000/svg’%20viewBox=’0%200%200%200’%3E%3C/svg%3E” alt=”I Don’t Wish You Well cover” data-lazy-src=”https://s2982.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/I-Dont-Wish-You-Well–300×0.jpg.optimal.jpg”/></a><h3 class=”bookblurb__booktitle”><a title=”Buy from Thriftbooks” product-id=”059381102X” href=”https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fi-dont-wish-you-well%2F55675773%2F” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”I Don’t Wish You Well” data-publisher=”Delacorte Press” data-releasedate=”2026-01-20″ data-author=”Emill, Jumata” data-ean=”9780593811023″ data-asin=”059381102X” class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>I Don’t Wish You Well</a> by Jumata Emill (Queer Guy YA Thriller)</h3><div class=”bookblurb__description”>
<p>From the author of <a title=”Buy from Thriftbooks” product-id=”0593568575″ href=”https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fblack-queen%2F37001661%2F” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”The Black Queen” data-publisher=”Ember” data-releasedate=”2023-12-19″ data-author=”Emill, Jumata” data-ean=”9780593568576″ data-asin=”0593568575″ class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>The Black Queen</a> comes <em>I Don’t Wish You Well,</em> a horror/thriller perfect for fans of true crime podcasts. Five years ago, four teenage boys were murdered by a killer wearing a Trojan mask. All four of them were star players on Moss Pointe High’s football team. Eventually, someone was arrested for the crime, but all these years later, 18-year-old Pryce Cummings is unsure they got it right. Now Pryce, who came out in college, returns to his hometown to record an investigative podcast, reopening the case. —Emily Martin</p>
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<p>As you could probably guess, this is a<em>Great Gatsby</em>retelling. It takes place in Harlem at the West Egg Academy. When 17-year-old Nick arrives at West Egg, he discovers it is not as integrated as it claims to be, and he faces a lot of racism. Making things more complicated, he begins to fall for the founder’s son, Jay Gatsby Jr. When Nick writes a cutting article that exposes the truth about West Egg, he and Jay will have to decide how much they’re willing to risk to expose the rot at this school. —Danika Ellis</p>
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<p>Olivia Gray has just started 7th grade, and it feels like everything is changing. Her classmates, including her best friend, are obsessed with dating. She can’t relate, and it’s making her feel left out—in fact, soon she realizes she’s literally disappearing. She flickers in and out of sight as the topic of romance comes up, and only the school librarian and her new friend Jules can see her. With these new connections, she slowly comes to terms with her asexual identity. —Danika Ellis</p>
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<p>The author of <a title=”Buy from Thriftbooks” product-id=”0593897625″ href=”https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fbrewed-with-love_shelly-page%2F52962051%2F” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”Brewed with Love” data-publisher=”Joy Revolution” data-releasedate=”2025-01-14″ data-author=”Page, Shelly” data-ean=”9780593897621″ data-asin=”0593897625″ class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>Brewed With Love</a> is back with another sapphic YA fantasy romance. Monroe is a junior recruit for the Bureau of Mystical Affairs, tracking down the source of a love spell gone wrong. She’s totally focused on her first assignment and has no time for distractions—except that Iris, the daughter of the Bureau’s director, just asked her to fake date to make her ex jealous. As you can imagine, sparks fly between them, but can she solve the case <em>and</em> get the girl? —Danika Ellis</p>
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<p>This queer YA fantasy debut is about witchcraft and tarot. While giving a reading in her family’s occult shop, eighteen-year-old Mikaela Broussard has a vision of the young woman across from her stabbing her to death. So in order to find out why this lovely stranger, Joelle, might want to kill her, Mikaela decides to befriend her… only to start falling for the one person she knows might murder her! —Liberty Hardy</p>
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<h2 class=”wp-block-heading”>… And 11 More Queer YA and Middle Grade Books by Black Authors Out in 2026</h2>
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<p><a title=”Buy from Thriftbooks” product-id=”0593859472″ href=”https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fwhen-i-was-death%2F55904541%2F” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”When I Was Death” data-publisher=”G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers” data-releasedate=”2026-03-03″ data-author=”Henderson, Alexis” data-ean=”9780593859476″ data-asin=”0593859472″ class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>When I Was Death</a> by Alexis Henderson (Bisexual YA Fantasy) (March 3)</p>
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<p><a title=”Buy from Thriftbooks” product-id=”0593465350″ href=”https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fsummer-official%2F56247901%2F” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”Summer Official” data-publisher=”G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers” data-releasedate=”2026-04-14″ data-author=”Weatherspoon, Rebekah” data-ean=”9780593465356″ data-asin=”0593465350″ class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>Summer Official</a> by Rebekah Weatherspoon (F/F YA Contemporary) (April 14)</p>

<p><a title=”Buy from Thriftbooks” product-id=”0593564375″ href=”https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Falex-wise-vs-the-end-of-the-world_terry-j-benton-walker%2F38029392%2F” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”Alex Wise vs. the Gods of the Apocalypse” data-publisher=”Labyrinth Road” data-releasedate=”2026-04-28″ data-author=”Benton-Walker, Terry J.” data-ean=”9780593564370″ data-asin=”0593564375″ class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>Alex Wise vs. the Gods of the Apocalypse</a> (Alex Wise #3) by Terry J. Benton-Walker (Queer Guy Middle Grade Fantasy) (April 28)</p>

<p><a title=”Buy from Thriftbooks” product-id=”1368114350″ href=”https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fin-between-days_camryn-garrett%2F56567949%2F” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”In Between Days” data-publisher=”Disney Hyperion” data-releasedate=”2026-05-12″ data-author=”Garrett, Camryn” data-ean=”9781368114356″ data-asin=”1368114350″ class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>In Between Days</a> by Camryn Garrett (Sapphic YA Contemporary) (May 12)</p>

<p><a title=”Buy from Thriftbooks” product-id=”166596734X” href=”https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fqueerleaders%2F22793358%2F” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”Queerleaders” data-publisher=”Simon &; Schuster Books for Young Readers” data-releasedate=”2026-05-19″ data-author=”Cole, Olivia A.” data-ean=”9781665967341″ data-asin=”166596734X” class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>Queerleaders</a> by Olivia A. Cole and Ashley Woodfolk (F/F YA Contemporary) (May 26)</p>
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<p><a title=”Buy from Thriftbooks” product-id=”1250834872″ href=”https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fwhen-we-almost-came-undone%2F56167357%2F” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”When We Almost Came Undone” data-publisher=”Feiwel &; Friends” data-releasedate=”2026-06-09″ data-author=”Boone, Georgia K.” data-ean=”9781250834874″ data-asin=”1250834872″ class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>When We Almost Came Undone</a> by Erika Turner (Sapphic YA Contemporary) (June 9)</p>

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<h2 class=”wp-block-heading”>22 New Queer Books Out February 24, 2026</h2>

<p>As a bonus for All Access members, here are 22 more queer books out this week, including <a title=”Buy from Thriftbooks” product-id=”0593696956″ href=”https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fjust-between-us-a-graphic-novel%2F55289968%2F” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”Just Between Us: A Graphic Novel” data-publisher=”Dial Books” data-releasedate=”2026-02-24″ data-author=”Kon, Adeline” data-ean=”9780593696958″ data-asin=”0593696956″ class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>Just Between Us: A Graphic Novel</a> by Adeline Kon and <a title=”Buy from Amazon” product-id=”1558613226″ href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1558613226/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=1558613226″ target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”A Body Made Home: They Black Trans Love” data-publisher=”The Feminist Press at CUNY” data-releasedate=”2026-02-24″ data-author=”Green, K. Marshall” data-ean=”9781558613225″ data-asin=”1558613226″ class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>A Body Made Home: They Black Trans Love</a> by K. Marshall Green.</p>
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