Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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In this video, I’m sharing new Black book releases for Q3 2026 across multiple genres, including fantasy, thriller, romance, literary fiction, and more.

If you’re trying to stay on top of 2026 book releases by Black authors, grow your TBR, or figure out which books to preorder, request from the library, or add to your wishlist, this list is for you. I’m rounding up over 50 books coming out in the third quarter that readers should absolutely have on their radar.

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*Books Mentioned:

July

Good Morning Means I Love You by Kendra Allen 7/7
amzn.to/4vj7Y9d

The Great Wherever by Shannon Sanders 7/7
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Free Girls by Kristen McCallum 7/7
amzn.to/3SMUo07

King Of Lost Dreams by Nevin Holness 7/7
amzn.to/4eNmFfC

The Haul by Gary Philips 7/7
amzn.to/4eHBbpe

Colorism: The politics of skin tone and how we get free by Dr. Sarah L. Webb 7/7
amzn.to/4f1HYc8

Sisterhood Above All by Kathleen Barber and Amayah Shaienne 7/14
amzn.to/4gWMFGO

Not with a Bang by Temi Oh 7/14
amzn.to/4vPyNCZ

Ayanmo by Ibere 7/14
amzn.to/4vO4lJe

Hook Line + Star-Crossed by TL Martin 7/14
amzn.to/4p6oMPg

Ember by Naima Simone (Book 2) 7/14
amzn.to/4aDZW3c

No One Leaves the Manor by Kelly McWilliams 7/14
amzn.to/4yazhoU

Cool machine by colson whitehead 7/21
amzn.to/44RPl13

Let the Murderer Say Amen by Carolyn Marie Wilkins 7/28
amzn.to/4vPvfk8

Runner by Ashton Lattimore 7/28
amzn.to/3SBxBV8

Women Rent Men and Secrets Here by Damilare Kuku 7/30 (UK)
goodreads.com/book/show/221639469-women-rent-men-and-secrets-here?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=WtMhmEEfeY&rank=1

August

The Majestic Hills by Dawn Turner 8/4
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Take what you can by Naima Coster 8/4
amzn.to/4vHOtrK

Soft Spots by Leila Renee 8/4
amzn.to/4p2MVpX

Whalesong by Miles Cameron 8/4
amzn.to/4vT49J0

Ghost in the Night by Tiffany D Jackson 8/4
amzn.to/4ynYlcb

My Person by Tea Mutonji 8/11
amzn.to/4eXdLLl

The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass 8/11
amzn.to/4eXYXfD

The ladies hall by Vanessa Miller 8/11
amzn.to/4ycYRtp

Death Card by Jasmine Smith 8/11
amzn.to/4vcaIFi

A Dance of Burning Blades 8/11
amzn.to/3SMXnFR

Season of the Serpent by Suyies Davies Okungbowa 8/11
amzn.to/3SKWUUL

Root Therapy: How to love your hair and find yourself by Felicia Leatherwood 8/11
amzn.to/4eHExIQ

The Book of Chuck by Latoya Watkins 8/18
amzn.to/4eLaU9B

Bound by Fury by Noelle Monet 8/18
amzn.to/44MBLfu

These Walls Remember by Del Sandeen 8/18
amzn.to/4vMP23t

The sunken the adored by donyae Cole 8/25
amzn.to/3R1yLbZ

Dey by Edwidge Danticat 8/25
amzn.to/4aWOFeD

September

The Disappearers by Marlon James 9/1
amzn.to/44JSsYX

Murder in St. James Park by Vanessa Riley 9/1
amzn.to/4eVjEIT

Laws of Solomon by Eriq La Salle 9/1
amzn.to/4vcGFgu

Tell the Ghosts I'm Home by Kalynn Bayron 9/1
amzn.to/3RnUT0h

Black Arts by Megan Giddings 9/8
amzn.to/3SK2R4i

Queenie is working on it by Candice Carty Williams 9/8
amzn.to/4eYJQCm

Writer in Residence by Rhonda McKnight 9/8
amzn.to/3R0t0eC

All My Sister and Me by Sheryl Lister 9/8
amzn.to/3R0t0eC

Adam, Mine by K Ancrum 9/8
amzn.to/4fk4qi3

Wicked Endeavors by Kamilah Cole 9/8
amzn.to/44MEaqw

Anger is Only a Shadow by Elizabeth Acevedo 9/15
amzn.to/3R0tYHM

Ashes at the Altar by Ladarrion Williams 9/15
amzn.to/4yd2787

American Nightmare by Kelly McWilliams 9/15
amzn.to/44MEm9e

Mazywood by Tananarive due 9/22
amzn.to/4eXhKaL

Truth to Power:A Luke Cage Marvel crime novel 9/22
amzn.to/4eHHhWE

Roots of Madness
amzn.to/4vgI3yT

How Bright the Path Grows:The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the March on Washington by Marcia Chatelain 9/29
amzn.to/449gyw9

The Siren by Tomi Adeyemi
amzn.to/3SGCOLm

The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw 9/29
amzn.to/4aytHlZ


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