Recs if you like A Song of Wraiths and Ruin...

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

Fantasy settings based on African geography, cultures, folklore, myths, legends, or histories — inspired by the Quest with Asian stories of this kind. Suggestions welcome!

i can’t stop noticing bowl of mac & cheese titles. everywhere

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!

YA fantasy novels written by Black authors featuring magic-wielding Black main characters. Suggestions welcome!

Duologies. Duologies! A list full of duologies. This has a collection of titles I'm interested in and some recommended to me. To save you the trouble, I made sure to put both books in a duology in this list. Enjoy! 💐

Here are some fantasy novels with black FMCs!

We have a lot of requests in our library for these, so I figured I would provide the page bound community with our list!

books with covers that look like another

Books where there is a strong female friendship in a Fantasy book.

Credit to @leong.john.silvers for the name

books by black authors and/or with black characters

original fantasies INSPIRED by mythology and folklore (Greek, Arthurian, Norse, Buddhist, Slavic, Jewish, Irish, and more!)

Book with main characters that are disabled. Both physical and mental included. Eg chronic/terminal illness, physical disabilities, mental illness, neurodivergance, addiction, injury and injury recovery, symptoms causing health issues etc. Doesn't have to be a diagnosed condition. Not necessarily by authors with shared experiences. Books any be any genre. Added only 1st book of series unless there are different characters.

Feel free to leave suggestions in the comments! No "magic cure" books.

Fantasies that take inspiration from Africa and/or African Countries (myths, setting, etc.)

For those who want to be seen in fantasy stories too

YA novels with mental health representation.

always looking for us in books so here are some ideas. lmk if you've read any of them! p.s. it wouldn't let me change the emoji but look at the currrrrrrrls

when one thing isn't enough

taking recommendations

books that feature panic attacks, PTSD, GAD, OCD