Recs if you like Our Vicious Oaths...

Standalone fantasy books that won't make you invest your life in a dozen installments

Representations of the Black experience through fantasy, science fiction, and speculative fiction. Recommendations welcome!

I'm sure some of these are already on your TBR, so might as well add some more! Let me know if I am missing any of your favorites!

Romantasy books to read to escape reality that AREN’T ACOTAR and Fourth Wing.

Here are some fantasy novels with black FMCs!

Black girls deserve their happily ever after as well!

Combo of new and older fiction written by talented Black and African writers ranging from adult to YA to middle grade. Thriller, fantasy, literary fiction and everything in between!

Feel free to make suggestions!

Nothing better than a quick standalone romance between something long and serious 😏 In other words, if you’re already committed to six series but still need more excitement in your life 🤭

If you simply prefer to spend every night with another magical being that’s perfectly fine too 🤭💖

Romantasy standalones from YA to Dark Romance

For those who want to be seen in fantasy stories too

Nominees and winners of every category of the Good Reads Choice Awards for the year of 2025. Some books overlap so they were only entered once.

Give me more badass FMCs who don’t wait for someone else to save the day!! Quick with a blade, quicker with a comeback, these bad b*tches take on monsters, villains, and terrible life choices with equal ferocity. If you’re looking for women who break rules, break hearts, and occasionally break a few bones, this is the ultimate list for you.

The ultimate list where our love interest goes full protective mode and suddenly says “touch her and die” or “do not lay a hand/finger on her” or some version of either.

All spice levels listed. As this is a microtrope, it may not be a big part of the plot. Recs welcome!

While the journey to love may not always be easy, it is always worth it. Black MMCs. Black FMCs. Black love. Happy Endings always!

All the 2025 BOTM monthly, add on, and Allurial titles

Mind, body, spirit, and 🐱, the holy quadrinity needed him

Ongoing

Because the melanated side of this genre needs to get centered expeditiously⚡

What it says on the tin. Based on a recent club post so if you have any more recommendations please shout them out!