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...

This Native American Heritage Month, we encourage you to learn more about Freedman & Black Natives! Visit IndigenousReadsRisin... for an insightful article on the history of Native Freedman and the legacy of Black Natives as well as related book lists for children, tweens, and teens.

November is National Adoption Month, and we're spotlighting I'VE GOT MY LOVE TO KEEP ME WARM, in which both protagonists were taken in and raised by relatives. It's also an irresistible queer romance from Schneider Family Book Award and Stonewall Honor winner Mariama J. Lockington! bit.ly/4oxfbzB

🚨 WNDB is committed to providing emergency grants to diverse authors & illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators experiencing dire financial need due to loss of SNAP benefits. We are now open for a new round of emergency grants, between $250 and $1,000 each. 💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency

Happy Native American Heritage Month 2025! Happy Native American Heritage and Indigenous History Month! We're celebrating, as we do, with books by Indigenous authors, starring Indigenous characters. (Note: Despite the title of the post, these books include indigenous characters from all over.)…

Fall of the Fireflies by Guadalupe García McCall - youtube.com/watch?v=Ajl0... #booksky

Get it soon—Fall of the Fireflies is another beautiful family story full of adventure and suspense from Guadalupe García McCall richincolor.com/2025/11/revi... #booksky #bookreview

🚨GIVEAWAY ALERT!🚨 Enter for a chance to win a finished copy of Fall of the Fireflies (Seasons of Sisterhood #1) by Guadalupe Garcia McCall: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

👻 Want to know what really scares us here at WNDB? Every Halloween, cities and communities set up haunted houses, people dress up as monsters, and we watch spine-tingling movies that make even the bravest grown-ups jump. But here’s what *really* scares us at We Need Diverse Books:

Celebrate the #Halloween season with these diverse books! Whether you’re looking for something cute or creepy, this list has something for readers of any age and scare-level 🎃📚

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-...

Cover Reveal! AN EXPANSE OF BLUE by Kauakanilehua Mahoe Adams, art by JT Ojerio (Heartdrum, 2026). Powerful, romantic debut novel-in-verse about a Native Hawaiian girl's fight to find belonging in a fracturing family. #BookSky @epicreads.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social

Our friends @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social are gathering information about "soft censorship" happening in the US According to School Library Journal, soft censorship is a "quiet banishing that often comes without explanation." If you've seen it in your community, please respond to their survey

🧡 COVER REVEAL 🧡 Don’t miss Brian Young’s groundbreaking YA debut, SHARDS OF SILENCE, forthcoming from Heartdrum (HarperCollins) on May 5th, 2026! 🎨 Cover art by Lynnette Haozous 🖼️ Cover design by Laura Mock 📖 bit.ly/ShardsOfSilence

It’s still #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth! If you want to add (even more) books written by Filipino American and Filipino authors to your TBR, here are 24 suggestions to get you started!

🎉Happy book birthday to FALL OF THE FIREFLIES and EL OTOÑO DE LAS LUCIÉRNAGAS by award-winning author Guadalupe García McCall! ✨Head to our website to learn more and and use code FALL25 for 40% off this exciting new young adult release!: www.leeandlow.com/books/fall-o...

Out today - Our Vicious Descent — fund an excerpt here thenerddaily.com/our-vicious-... #yalit #booksky

Out today!

Quite a few new releases today to be excited about — richincolor.com/2025/10/new-... #booksky #yalit

Rescue the future. Confront the past. THE LAST ORDER is in stores everywhere today!

Happy Book Birthday to THE DEMON AND THE LIGHT by @axieoh.bsky.social, the second and final book in a duology about an amnesiac sword-for-hire and a village girl with a strange magical power who become entangled in worlds-altering events. And it has one starred review! ⭐ bit.ly/463VNni #edusky

Lydia Kang's K-Jane is a charming YA contemporary about culture and identity. Makes for a good readalike for KPop Demon Hunters as well. Out today from Quill Tree Books. bookjockeyalex.com/2025/10/21/r...

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...

Here’s your first look at IN THE COUNTRY I LOVE by Alaa Al-Barkawi, a heartrending debut about two Iraqi American best friends confront who dark truths about their families in the wake of a devastating crime. Forthcoming from Peachtree Teen on May 26th, 2026! ✨ bit.ly/InTheCountryI...

Celebrate Indigenous storytelling this #IndigenousPeoplesDay — and every day! — with these new and upcoming releases from Heartdrum! Here’s every Heartdrum title that’s been published in 2025 — as well as a look ahead at forthcoming 2026 Heartdrum titles that you can pre-order today!

The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Novel - Young Adult is HEIR by Sabaa Tahir

You’ll want to grab Pushing Hope when it is released later this month— richincolor.com/2025/10/revi... #booksky

And yet more books that have been banned - richincolor.com/2025/10/bann... #bannedbolksweek #booksky

More books for #bannedbooksweek richincolor.com/2025/10/bann... #booksky

It's our book birthday!!! Good Old Fashioned Korean Spirit is finally out there in the world! Hyun Sook and I are so proud and excited to share this book with you! Get it at your local bookstore, local library, or wherever you get books!

It’s an exciting release week! We’ve got a dozen titles on our radar, so there are plenty of options for all readers: richincolor.com/2025/10/new-...

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

Last week, PEN America released its fourth annual report on the state of book banning and censorship in America, and I learned that Last Night at the Telegraph Club was the fourth most banned book in schools during the 2024-25 school year. How do I feel about it? www.malindalo.com/blog/2025/10...

We’ll be highlighting banned books this week. Here are a few we’ve reviewed over the years — richincolor.com #booksky

Book tour!!! I’m coming to a city that may or may not be near you!!! Starting in a few days!!!

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Young Adult: Icarus by K. Ancrum! @kaylaancrum.bsky.social @epicreads.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

"I wanted to really think about the ways that we compromise our freedoms and liberty every day that we probably don’t even think about": Alexandra Villasante on offering a nuanced take on dystopia in her YA novel ‘Fireblooms’ buff.ly/3k30JFZ

‘To the Stars and Back’ Vol. 1 is the queer slice-of-life comic I didn’t know I needed #comicbooks #comicsky Read @alexcomics.bsky.social’s review:

It's finally here! Fall in love all over again with Oliver’s story in the hotly-anticipated companion to bestselling sensation You’ve Reached Sam, YOU'VE FOUND OLIVER by Dustin Thao. Wish a happy #bookbirthday to this incredible new young adult novel you and your readers won't want to put down 🌸 📖

Fast Five Interview: XiXi Tian Author XiXi Tian joins us to talk about her new book, ALL THE WAY AROUND THE SUN. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/09/29/f... @tltkaren.bsky.social

Alexandra Villasante spoke with PW about her new YA novel ‘Fireblooms,’ that explores the intersections of agency, technology and privacy, delving deeper into her own identity, and branching out creatively

🎉 Happy book birthday to Joy to the Girls by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick! ❄ This novella companion to She Gets the Girl follows Alex and Molly as they celebrate their final college winter break with a romantic getaway.

There are so many, many new releases today!! Check them out richincolor.com/2025/09/new-... #yalit #booksky

Thank you CBS Mornings for having me. Excited to have this book out in the world today.

my debut graphic novel On Starlit Shores is officially out now in the usa!! ahhh ✨🌊

It’s still #DeafAwarenessMonth, a time for celebrating the d/Deaf community and shining a light on how the world can be more d/Deaf-inclusive! Here are nearly 40 titles with d/Deaf representation for you to check out this September — or any time of year 📚💞

Looking for YA books about Latine characters? We’ve got ten for you: richincolor.com/2025/09/10-b...

Now more than ever, we need to share the true stories of autistic and neurodivergent people who've made their marks on the world. So isn't it lucky that EVERYTHING BUT TYPICAL by @authormargeaux is out today? Get your copy ⤵️ https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/everything-but-typical-9781547614110

Happy Book Birthday to FLIP, which has THREE starred reviews!! From bestselling author Ngozi Ukazu comes a thrilling and fantastical tale about self-acceptance, black girlhood, and how walking a mile in someone else’s shoes can teach you how to finally see yourself. bit.ly/3IstIgk #edusky #books