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Black Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Speculative Fiction
Representations of the Black experience through fantasy, science fiction, and speculative fiction. Recommendations welcome!
Climate Fiction: Further reading
Constantly being updated!
Looking for the quest? >>> A Quest for the Future Books in the quest won't appear on this list.
Books from a wide variety of fiction genres that touch on climate themes in some way. Please bear in mind that while cli-fi can be hopeful, it also touches on a lot of difficult themes, so make sure to protect your mental health too.
Really Short Standalone SFF Reads
Speculative (sci-fi, fantasy, horror etc.) novellas less than 200 pages long that are either standalone or read like a standalone story
intro to afrofuturism & africanfuturism
africanfuturism & afrofuturism see african and african-diasporic writers (respectively) explore Black culture, history, mythology and power through new futures, technologies, and speculative imaginings. these books offer a glimpse into afrofuturist & africanfuturist worlds.
Dystopian/Speculative Fiction by Women
The Audacious Book Club
A place to see all books included in The Audacious Book Club run by Roxane Gay.
Iโm not affiliated at all. I just enjoy these recommendations and wanted one place to see them all here on Pagebound.
Check out audacity.substack.com for more info! They do book discussions for the current month.
International Development Book Club
A mixture of fiction and nonfiction books that make for good group discussion. This list was inspired by an informal book club I organized at work!
Lady Writers To Prioritize
This is based on a lot of best list researching and only some of my own opinions. It is mostly a wish to read list. Please add your best lady writer picks so we can all have an army of lady writers to recommend to each other and celebrate!
Set in Nigeria
Fiction books set in Nigeria
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