Black Books Of The Month

Books by Black Authors Releasing in July 2025

Here are the Black Books of the Month, featuring incredible books by Black authors releasing in July 2025. You can read June’s Black Books of Month here. Below, the list is section off by the release date and its follows with the Name of the book, the author and then the publishing house. If you want to stay updated on monthly release dates please subscribe.

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Book List:

July 1, 2025

• Call Your Boyfriend – Olivia A. Cole & Ashley Woodfolk | Simon & Schuster

• Pretty Girl County – Lakita Wilson | Viking Books for Young Readers

• Blood in the Water – Tiffany D. Jackson | Scholastic

• History Lessons – Zoe B. Wallbrook | Soho Crime

• The Best Man – Malcolm D. Lee, Jayne Allen

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July 8, 2025

• Love Spells Trouble – Nia Davenport | Bloomsbury YA

• The Great Misfortune of Stella Sedgwick – S. Isabelle | Storytide

• The Strangers – Ekow Eshun | Harper

• The Game Is Afoot – Elise Bryant | Berkley

• All the Men I’ve Loved Again – Christine Pride | Atria Books

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July 15, 2025

• The Payback – Kashana Cauley | Atria Books

• Death of an Ex – Delia Pitts | Minotaur Books

• A Summer for the Books – Michelle Lindo-Rice | MIRA

• Jamaica Road – Lisa Smith | Knopf

• How to Sell a Romance – Alexa Martin | Berkley

• Pugs & Kisses – Farrah Rochon | Forever

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July 22, 2025

• Talk to Me Nice – Minda Harts | Flatiron Books

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July 24, 2025

• The Writings of Jesmyn Ward – Martyn Bone | University of Iowa Press

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July 29, 2025

• Bones at the Crossroads – Ladarrion Williams | Labyrinth Road

• A Mastery of Monsters – Liselle Sambury | Margaret K. McElderry Books

• Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes – Sandra Jackson-Opoku | Minotaur Books

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July 31, 2025

• Foremother Love – Dana Murphy | Duke University Press

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