Recs if you like Glory...

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

i love when animals get the chance to yap and/or narrate their own stories :)

recommendations welcome!

tangled narratives and re-formed genres sprouting from the toxic ground of colonialism

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.

(Non)fictional books about revolutions, where the people have enough and overthrow the system. It's not just "evil emperor", it's a broken system that suffocates people.

This is not Star Wars: A New Hope ✨️, this is Star Wars: Andor ✊🏽

Let the animals tell the story! I am trying to be as comprehensive as possible with the exception of children’s books, graphic novels and comics (too many to list!)-although there are some. The list is inclusive of the Animal POV main quest and the Cat POV side quest.

For the former enjoyer of fantasy, sci-fi, and historical fiction series without the time or obsession to get through three or more books to finish a narrative. These books are majority historical fictions that unfold at an epic scale. Whether through one journey, generations, or centuries, these stories speak to identities (often cultural or of a nation) and to truths larger than themselves.

Please note that any post-Cold War narrative settings exist alongside more historical perspectives.

Complete! Every book longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction since it was founded in 1996, under its current title and previous sponsored titles of 'Orange' and 'Baileys' Prize for Fiction. I want to hear your percentage overlap in the comments!

2019-2026

Books from every country for reading around the world challenge (no particular order, I might have missed some, will be updating) Feel free to suggest!

Travel through time and across the planet with these immersive historical fiction novels.