Recs if you like Bound By Fury...

YA fantasy novels written by Black authors featuring magic-wielding Black main characters. Suggestions welcome!

books by black authors and/or with black characters

Be the trend setter of your book club or bookish friend group by getting to know the authors of next year’s publication cycle. These books are all by new talent in the publishing world from both the Big 5 and small, traditional publishers.

Be sure to also check out these authors on social media for ARC opportunities, and show these authors some love by requesting a purchase with your local library, or pre-ordering a copy yourself!

For those who want to be seen in fantasy stories too

This is a subsection of the 2026 Debut Author list for young adult novels.

Books set to be released in 2026 or 2027. All genres welcomed. Books will be removed at end of release month.

--RELEASE DATES-- Appraisals: A Novel | RELEASED Kitten | RELEASED Queen Mab | RELEASED Soft Spots | RELEASED The Project: A Novel | RELEASED Death Card | RELEASED Mia | RELEASED The Responsible Party: A Novel | RELEASED Bound By Fury | RELEASED First Summer | RELEASED The Secret Dinner: A Novel | RELEASED Hellbound | RELEASED I Hope This Email Finds You In Hell | RELEASED Before We Burn | 9/9/2026 Daughter of the Dark (Daughters of Auquis, 1 | 9/15/2026 Dead Beat | 9/15/2026 Fallow | 9/15/2026 The Age of Blood and Magic: A Novel | 9/15/2026 The Fractured Life of Lucy Hughes | 9/22/2026 Reap & Sow | 10/6/2026 Strange Lights | 10/6/2026 Twisted Vows: An Immortal Consequences Story | 10/6/2026 Victorious (Villains, #3) | 10/6/2026 Ultan Academy | 10/6/2026 The Gods of Blood and Honey | 10/30/2026 This Wretched Alchemy | 11/10/2026 Nanny Nanny: A Novel | 11/17/2026 Tylor Whitlock Just Won't Die | 1/5/2027 The Divinity Thieves | 1/26/2027 Viper & Lilies | 2/2/2027 Milkiverse | 2/2/2027 Gutterwitch | 3/2/2027 To Burn a Kingdom | 4/6/2027 Dreams of Ruin | 6/24/2027

Showing love to the upcoming and newly-ish released debut novels.

The Disappointment | RELEASED Honey | RELEASED The Cloak and Dagger Club | RELEASED The Death Row Club | RELEASED Henry Tudor Must Die | RELEASED Wings of Wren | RELEASED Spoiled Milk | RELEASED Lunatide | RELEASED Girl's Girl | RELEASED Their Will Undone | RELEASED Soft Spots | RELEASED Queen Mab | RELEASED The Project: A Novel | RELEASED Appraisals: A Novel | RELEASED Kitten: A Novel | RELEASED The Responsible Party: A Novel | RELEASED Mia | RELEASED Death Card | RELEASED Bound By Fury | RELEASED First Summer | RELEASED Hellbound | RELEASED The Fractured Life of Lucy Hughes | 9/22/2026 Strange Lights | 10/6/2026 Reap & Sow | 10/6/2026 Nanny Nanny: A Novel | 11/17/2026 Viper & Lilies | 2/2/2027 Worth Playing For | 04/27/2027* Dreams of Ruin | 6/22/2027 Hollow's Scales | 07/07/2027*

*not currently on Pagebound

A list of the YA books published in 2026. Please comment if any are missing.