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Rich in Color is dedicated to reading, reviewing & promoting YA books starring or written by BIPOC. 📚

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Our annual hiatus is around the corner, so we are posting the December new releases early for you all! You can check them out here: richincolor.com/2025/11/dece...
Illustrated cover for The Last Vampire. There is a bouquet of roses, all of which are a dark purple-black, except for one deep red one at the top. It looks like there is blood dripping off the red rose. Illustrated cover for Twin Tides. Two teenage girls' heads are posed like Janus, with strands of their long hair swirling about. The leftward facing one looks like she's shouting, while the rightward facing one is crying, and is looking slightly downward. Just below them, a long-haired, pale figure is draped in plant tendrils as it emerges from water. Behind everyone looms a large, ominous house. Illustrated cover for The Full Picture. A Black teenage girl is leaning on a windowsill, her left forearm draped across it, and her right elbow resting on it so she can lean into her hand while she's watching the viewer. She is wearing a yellow tube top and multicolored jewelry, and the cover is dominated by the yellow-toned building she is in. It looks like there is a balcony behind her.
November 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Looking for some new releases to check out in the last week of October? We've got four for you: richincolor.com/2025/10/new-...
Collage for the illustrated book covers for TEMPEST'S QUEEN, NEVER EVER AFTER, and RED THREADS. These are all young adult books.
October 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Looking for a timely exploration of teens pushing back against book banning? Check out our review of THE STORY OF MY ANGER: richincolor.com/2025/10/revi...
The book cover of The Story of My Anger features a young Black woman on a stage holding a book up in her right hand. A spotlight is on her.
October 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Pamela N. Harris talked with us about her latest book Through Our Teeth — richincolor.com/2025/09/q-a-... #yalit It’s a compelling thriller you’ll want to grab when it’s released on Sept. 16.
Cover of book Through Our Teeth by Pamela N Harris. The bottom portion of a young black woman’s face can be seen. She is snarling with a silver chain necklace held between her teeth.
September 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Looking for some historical fiction this summer? Check out ROSA BY ANY OTHER NAME: richincolor.com/2025/08/revi...
Illustrated cover of Rosa By Any Other Name. The cover features the back of a teenage girl as she hides a notebook behind her back. It looks like there are newspaper clippings and post-it notes sticking out from the pages, and one of those items has something pink dripping off it. In the background, a teenage boy leans against a brick wall with his hands in his pockets. He is looking at the girl. Roses surround the girl in the foreground.
August 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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My Perfect Family by Khadijah VanBrakle releases on August 26th. Get a sneak peek on the blog today - richincolor.com/2025/08/my-p... #yalit #youngadult #booksky
The book cover of My Perfect Family by Khadijah Van Brakle has three Black women on the cover. The one on the left has slightly lighter skin and is wearing a head scarf and light colored clothing that has fairly long sleeves. She's smiling. The youngest is in the center and has long wavy hair, a shirt with bare arms and jeans. She has a slight smile. The final person has her hair in an updo and is wearing a v-neck short sleeved dark purple blouse and pants with a belt. She also has a slight smile.
August 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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FATELESS and HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST CHARM are both out today! richincolor.com/2025/07/new-...
Cover of book Fateless. There is a tapestry type of thing in the background. In the front is a small grouping of buildings with onion domes. The tapestry and buildings are all white. There are stacks of what looks like gold coins on either side and small gold decorative items. There are four red roses. Book cover of Hit me with your best charm. The cover is dark with lots of purple foliage around the edges. There is a huge moon behind the title and a small tent below. The shadows of two people may be seen through the tent. One with short hair is leaning their head on the shoulder of the person with long wavy hair. In the foliage are some white, pink, and orange flowers. There is also a snake making its way up the left side of the leaves. There is also an acorn down in the bottom right corner.
July 16, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Looking for a cute summer romance to read this summer? Check out IF WE WERE A MOVIE: richincolor.com/2025/07/revi...
Illustrated cover for If We Were a Movie. Two teenage girls sit next to each other in an empty movie theater. They're smiling at each other while they share a bucket of popcorn. They both have their hair in long braids--one girl has several braids that drape over her shoulders, while the other girl has just two large braids, one over each shoulder. The other girl has her legs over the seat in front of her, too.
July 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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We had a great Q & A with Brittney Morris on the blog to chat about her upcoming release This Book Might Be About Zinnia - richincolor.com/2025/06/qa-w... #yalit #booksky
The illustrated cover of the book This Book Might Be About Zinnia. There are two profiles of young black girls. On the left there is a young women staring to the left. She's wearing a sport type headband and her hair is up. The one on the right has loose hair that is at least shoulder length. They are surrounded by flowers.
June 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Get it now! Dan in Green Gables by Rey Terciero & Claudia Aguirre is an excellent graphic novel for Pride month or any month of the year. Check out our review — richincolor.com/2025/06/revi... #yalit #graphicnovels #retelling
Book cover of Dan in Green Gables: A Modern Reimagining of Anne of Green Gables. There is a young man with red hair and headphones walking toward a house with a wraparound porch. He is looking over his shoulder at the reader.
June 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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"I’m finding writing YA fiction to be such a
source of grounding and focus." Pop over to the blog to learn more about Miriam Zoila Pérez and the experience of writing their YA debut Camila Núñez’s Year of Disasters.

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The book cover of Camila Núñez’s Year of Disasters has a background of pink lace. The main character is a brown skinned young woman with black slightly wavy hair just past the shoulders. There are three cards - maybe tarot cards - behind her head. One has the words the hanged visible and a bat hanging. One other has multipe sword handles and the final has two cats and a sword.
June 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Get it now! Run Like a Girl by Amaka Egbe is was released earlier this week and is a great book about running, family, relationships, love and belonging. It's a quick, great read with heart. Review here richincolor.com/2025/05/revi... #yalit #running #youngadult
The book Run Like a Girl is sitting on a running track. A little bit of grass is in the far background. The cover of Run Like a Girl features a young Black woman with lots of braids that are a little past her shoulders. She is wearing gold hoops, bracelets and rings and is holding a pair white running shoes with an orange stripe over her shoulder. She's in an orange tank and orange shorts. She's looking over her shoulder with a slight smile. The background looks like a sunrise with yellow and orange at the bottom an pinks and purples up at the top.
May 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Get it now! The Romance Rivalry by Susan Lee is a gem. richincolor.com/2025/05/revi... #romance #youngadult #yalit
The cover of The Romance Rivalry features a young man and young woman sitting near enough at a table in the library that their fingers are just touching at the edge of an open book. They are both facing forward, but they are looking at each other from the corner of their eyes. There are bookshelves in the background.
May 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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We have ten books on our new releases today! You can check them all out here: richincolor.com/2025/05/new-...
Collage made from the illustrated YA book covers for HOME HAS NO BORDERS; GET REAL, CHLOE TORRES; and ELIZA, FROM SCRATCH.
May 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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If you’re looking for a lighthearted, low-stakes romance this spring or summer, you should check out Maya in Multicolor:

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Illustrated cover for Maya in Multicolor. The title is written in a font that looks like brightly colored powder. A young woman with dark hair has colors on her hand and is touching the nose of a young man with dark hair. He is also touching her face. They have bright colors on their faces and in their hair.
May 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Coming soon - Come Home to My Heart by Riley Redgate. You want to grab it once it's out on May 6th. richincolor.com/2025/04/revi... #yalit #youngadult
The cover of Come Home to My Heart by Riley Redgate. It shows two young people sitting together with their backs to the viewer. There is a window frame that is just behind them. Through it we see them and a sunny sky over a home. Looking at them from outside the frame though, the horizon is a night sky behind homes.
April 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Eight new books we've been waiting for are out in the world today richincolor.com/2025/04/new-... #yalit #youngadult
Book covers for On Again Awkward Again, Somadina, and Two Truths and a Lionel.
April 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Vanessa Le's Bloodcarver duology concludes with HIS MORTAL DEMISE, which came out earlier this week! It's a satisfying conclusion for Nhika and Kochin's stories: richincolor.com/2025/03/revi...
The illustrated cover is done in the style of embroidery. There is a skull above two white lotus flowers. There are two vines on either side of the skull with tiny blue flowers. At the top of the vines above the skull are a bird on each side they appear to be wrens or something similar. The background is black and there is a kind of geometric frame around the book edges. Below the title are the words every miracle demands a price.
March 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Looking for something to read for the change of seasons? Here's a fun young adult fantasy perfect for spring - Divining the Leaves by Shveta Thakrar richincolor.com/2025/03/revi... #yalit #booksky
Illustrated cover with a young man and woman in fancy dress. The woman has flowers on her long dark curly hair. There are also pink flowers on her seafoam green dress. The young man has wavy dark brown hair that is down to his jaw line. he seems to be hold purple grapes in the hand in front of his chest. His clothes match hers. There is a tree behind them and purple and pink glowing bits are floating in the air around them.
March 15, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Have you got these new releases on your to-read list yet? Check them out! richincolor.com/2025/03/new-...

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Illustrated cover with the title written in a font that looks like brightly colored powder. A young woman with dark hair has colors on her hand and is touching the nose of a young man with dark hair. He is also touching her face. They have bright colors on their faces and in their hair. "Illustrated cover has a small portion of the corner of a brick apartment building. There are four windows one above the other and the edge of a fire escape can be seen. The rest is blue sky where the title is written in a white all cap font. There is a quote from Brendan Kiely. A gorgeous, tender testament to the generation of young people who shouldered the pandemic. The word Air looks like it has wind blowing on it.
March 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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We're closing out the month with 10 YA books by Black authors that come out later this year: richincolor.com/2025/02/10-y...
Illustrated cover for Solo Stan. The cover is framed like it is a crowded graffitied concert bathroom selfie, with two Black teenagers standing close together and looking positively at each other as the selfie is taken. In small letters at the bottom, it says "Arrive alone, leave together." Illustrated cover for The Great Misfortune of Stella Sedgwick. Three Black teens are dressed in 1860s clothing on the cover. In the center is a girl wearing a blue dress with large puffed sleeves and what looks like bronze earrings and a bracelet. Her hair is up in what might be a bun, and she is glancing over her left shoulder. The girl on the right is more fancily dressed in orange, yellow, and pink. She is carrying a parasol and a fan, and she has her hair curled down along her neck and is wearing gloves. The boy on the left has longer natural hair and is wearing a green jacket, yellow cravat(?), and a light gray-brown suit. The background is a college of flowers. Illustrated cover for If We Were a Movie. Two teenage girls sit next to each other in an empty movie theater. They're smiling at each other while they share a bucket of popcorn. They both have their hair in braids--the Black girl has several braids that drape over her shoulders, while the other girl has just two large braids, one over each shoulder. The other girl has her legs over the seat in front of her, too.
March 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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We have four new releases to celebrate today. Check them out over on the blog. #yalit
There are two book covers next to each other. The one on the left is Ibi Zoboi's book (S)kin with red flames around the young people. The one on the left has dark brown skin and the one on the right has light brown skin. They have serious expressions on their faces and their heads are almost touching. The cover on the right is Reign of the Talon by Sopie Kim. A young person holding two swords is standing with a huge golden dragon near them. The head is directly behind them and the body is alongside them. There is lightning behind them.
February 12, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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THESE VENGEFUL WISHES has it all: small towns, family secrets, and a deadly curse... 👀 Check out our review!

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An animal skull is at the center of the book cover. On the right side of the skull, the hole for the eye is missing, but instead, there is a portion of a young woman's face. Her eye stares out and there is dark hair coming out over the top. A tag line says secrets are sweet, but revenge is sweeter....
February 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM