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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!
no stephen king in sight
are you sick of being recommended stephen king when you ask for a horror novel? have you picked up a book expected to be scared, but the scariest thing about it was a woman being needlessly tormented and gaslit? have you read 4627473 books about a man in a haunted house and need something different?
if so, this list is for you :)
a masterlist of horror by anyone who isn't a straight cis white man. i've been maintaining it for myself since 2022 and it was time to share the wealth!
Badge Gremlins
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.
Fun Size Horror Reads
Horror novellas under 200 pgs. Bite size scary reads for spooky season. These span the horror spectrum from psychological horror to gory, body horror to gothic ghosties and more. Let me know what else I should add!
The Extra-Planetary Majority
sci-fi visions of BIPOC cultures on other planets or in space. recommendations always welcome!
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
spooky scary space
space can be quite terrifying, especially when you're isolated in unknown territory and know that it is unlikely that someone will come to your aid.
these are books to fuel your space related nightmares.
Queer BIPOC Speculative Fiction Novellas
Quick reads featuring LGBTQIA+ characters and themes written by BIPOC authors
Horror in < 200 pages
Horror books with a page count of 200 pages or less.
Before we started defining novellas by word count, they were defined as being any book less than 200 pages. Source: my Analysis of Short Stories & Literature professor in community college. I loved that class. But he loved James Joyce. So, ymmv, I guess.
One Book Many Quests
Books in this list are in at least two quests. Thus helping to earn more badges. Books will span different genres. Once I scan through all the quests, I plan to further organize the list. I am thinking of creating a seperate list and moving the books with three or more quests to the new list and keeping the two badge books in this list. Are there other ways you would organize a list this big?
Creepy Queers
Creepy books made better because there are queer characters
The Universe Has Teeth
The stars are beautiful, but the void is hungry. These are stories of cosmic dread, alien mysteries, and the terrifying unknown lurking beyond our own planet.
Sapphic horror
Horror books featuring sapphic characters and relationships!
We're gay and in space ✨
Queer sci-fi 💫 (Not always in space, I think I've covered most sci-fi subgenres)
generation ships
"we left the ground behind. we left the oceans. we left the air. we watched these things grow small. we watched them shrink into a point of light... we are the children who continue on."
Space horror
Sci-fi novels in the vein of the Alien franchise
Books Set in Space 👽 🌌🚀
black authors/characters
books by black authors and/or with black characters
Queer Bipoc SFF
This is a collection of queer books written by bipoc authors that fall into the genre of fantasy and/or sci-fi (supernatural horror is also included)
(If a book is part of a series I only put the first book because otherwise it gets messy very quickly)
Recommendations are always welcome!!!
Queer Science Fiction
this is my favorite niche. all of my favorite books are this. if you like gays and sci fi you might find some new favorites too (constantly updating as I find more btw)
