Summer’s 10 Best New Books By Black Authors To Take Into Fall

From breezy beach days to cozy autumn nights, it’s always the right season for book lovers.

Since the start of summer 2025, thrilling new titles by Black authors have been heating up shelves nationwide — and they’re just as perfect for late-summer escapes as they are for easing into fall. Whether you’re looking for page-turning romances, bold nonfiction debuts, or thought-provoking anthologies, these books will keep your reading list stacked well beyond Labor Day. MadameNoire rounded up 10 of the hottest new releases to take you from sun-soaked afternoons to crisp fall evenings.

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1. Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin

Rob Franklin’s debut novel Great Black Hope follows Smith, a young Black queer man raised in a bourgeois family in Atlanta. Returning to his hometown, Smith is looking to escape his grief after the death of his roommate. Back in Atlanta, Smith faces pressure from the expectations of his affluent family. When he returns to New York, he finds himself drawn to the city’s underworld.