Booklist: 2026

JANUARY

6

Carlotta’s Special Dress by Carlotta Walls Lanier. LBYR
The Claiming (The Last Resort #2) by Jasmine Warga. Scholastic Press
Ms. Marvel: Remnants of the Past by Saadia Faruqi. Random House/Marvel
Thick as Thieves: A Graphic Novel by Dan Santat. Graphix
A Sea Monster Conundrum (The Misfits) by Lisa Yee; illustrated by Dan Santat.  Random House
The Swan’s Daughter: A Possibly Doomed Love Story by Roshani Chokshi. Wednesday Books
V. Malar: Greatest Ranger of All Time by Suma Subramaniam; illustrated by Archana Sreenivasan. Candlewick

13

Basket Ball: The Story of the All-American Game by Kadir Nelson. LBYR
Hattie Begins Again by Sharon G. Flake. Knopf
Nadia Islam, on the Record by Adiba Jaigirdar. Harper Collins
Oxford Blood by Rachael Davis-Featherstone. Wednesday Books
Wallflower by Iasmin Omar Ata. Viking
A Year Without Home by V. T. Bidania. Nancy Paulsen Books

20

Destiny of the Diamond Princess by Sherri Winston. Bloomsbury
I Don’t Wish You Well by Jumata Emill. Delacorte Press
Fros, Fades, and Braids: A Brief History of Black Hair in America by Sean Qualls. HarperCollins
Lovely One (Adapted for Young Readers) by Ketanji Brown Jackson. Bright Matter Books
Melodies of the Weary Blues: Classic Poems by Langston Hughes; illustrated by various artists. HarperCollions

27

The Beasts of Winter by J. C. Cerantes. Harper Collins/Storytide
Enter the Wigmaster by Raúl the Third. Little, Brown Ink
Eureka by Victoria Chang. FSG
The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay by Ryan Douglass. HarperCollins
Just Between Us by Adeline Kon. Dial DEBUT
Run Home: A Graphic Memoir by Alyssa Bermudez. Roaring Brook Press
The Star of Moon Village by Jennifer Ann Richter. Holiday House
Sundown Girls by L.S. Stratton. Nancy Paulsen Books

FEBRUARY

3

Choir Grrl by Ashley Granillo. Carolrhoda Books
Few Blue Skies by Caroline Ixta. Quill Tree Books
Love Me Tomorrow by Emiko Jean. Sarah Barley Books / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Mighty Macy by Kwame Alexander. LBYR
Stealing the Score by Sylvia Liu. Scholastic Paperbacks
Sibyline by Melissa de la Cruz. G.P. Putnman’s Sons
Until the Clock Strikes Midnight by Alechia Dow. Feiwel and Friends

10

Ami Moon and the Galactic Peacekeepers: Book One by Frances Lee. Levine Querido
To The Death by Andrea Tang. G.P. Putnam’s Sons

17

Coming Home (Adapted for Young Readers) by Brittney Griner and Michelle Burford. Bright Matter Books
Goodbye and Everything After by Mae Coyiuto. Feiwel & Friends
Goodbye, French Fry by Rin-Rin Yu. Nancy Paulsen Books DEBUT
They Call Her Regret by Channelle Desamours. Wednesday Books
Time for a Change by Questlove and S. A. Cosby. FSG
We Are Who We Are: An Ode to Indigenous Heroes Past and Present by Wab Kinew and Janine Gibbons. Tundra Books

24

Hail Mariam by Huda Al-Marashi. Kokila
Just Between Us: A Graphic Novel by Adeline Kon. Dial Books
Kid X by Tracey Baptiste. LBYR

MARCH

3

Estela Undrowning by René Peña-Govea.Quill Tree
Kid Detective (Harper Sharp #1) by Jarrett Williams. Random House Graphic

10

The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class: Fia Hosein Finds Her Beat by Tracey Baptiste. LBYR
Right as Rain by Tashie Bhuiyan. FSG

APRIL

14
I Could Give You the Moon by Ann Liang. HarperCollins

JUNE

2
The Sweetest of Lemons by Daniel Nayeri; illustrated by Rahele Jomepour Bell. Levine Querido