Recs if you like The Lies of the Ajungo...

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!

SFF featuring second worlds and storytelling that reflect and engage with hopes, anxieties, and imaginations about human activity and its influence on the environment + environmental justice. Always open to suggestions! (Note that I am using “second world” very loosely here, to mean both traditional second worlds and/or versions of Earth or parts of Earth that are so distant/strange as to be unrecognizable)

Shorter books (under 200 pages) that are part of at least one quest. Many are also in the public domain, making them easily accessible when you want to grind for that next badge.

Speculative (sci-fi, fantasy, horror etc.) novellas less than 200 pages long that are either standalone or read like a standalone story

This list is perfect for a quick magical escape. 😊

Somebody asked for a list based on the recs folks gave on my pagebound club post, so this is that! (Plus i dumped a bunch of my faves & tbr in)

Fantasy novellas and short stories that pack the punch of a 1000-page epic

SFFH novellas for when you don't have the time for an 800 page epic but crave that mineral. rich worlds and characters that linger in your mind. includes queer, diverse, intersectional reads. Recs welcome, this is a work of love in progress ✨

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

Books that are just as good as the cover promises. AKA: Fantastic book covers that also happen to be fantastic books! List will be added to in the future because I can’t leave well enough alone. (Suggestions welcome, leave it in the comments.)

Short fantasy and sci-fi books under 200 pages. Novellas and bite-sized adventures for those looking for something fast. (Absolutely not because I'm trying to squeeze some short books in before the end of the year.)

Because my (<200) list was getting too long 😂😅

Bite-sized books you can read in a single sitting.

adult fantasy with black main characters & black and/or african cultural influences

Carl Engle-Laird is a senior editor at Tor. Many of my favorite books I discovered were edited by him while reading the acknowledgements, so I'm making a point of searching his name once a year to find which new beautiful authors he found. Looking for crowdsourcing ✨️

100 short books for when you need to break a reading slump or reach a reading goal.