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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!
Novels in Verse
Afro Rep Across Genres
Just a list of books featuring black protagonists in various genres: fantasy, romantasy, horror, Sci-Fi., Contemporary romance, historical romance...
Bahni Turpin Appreciation Club
A list of books with audiobook formats narrated by Bahni Turpin!
This list focuses on books which are either exclusively or primarily narrated by Bahni Turpin in their audiobook format, but this is a non-exhaustive list.
Sources used in compiling this list: Audible Hall of Fame: Bahni Turpin - https://www.audible.com/blog/narrator-bahni-turpin (also using Audible's search) Penguin Random House Authors: Bahni Turpin - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/72264/bahni-turpin/
Ayibobo Ayiti ๐ญ๐น
Haitian Stories Across Time, Land, & Spirit | Feel free to recommend additional reads about Haiti or by Haitian authors
2025 National Book Award Finalists
2025 National Book Award Finalists
Together We Are America
Together We Are America Reading List
Reading List by @tomesandtextiles Shop her list: https://bookshop.org/lists/together-we-are-america-reading-list Video: https://youtu.be/QPZx1KVO18k?si=LWeUvKOEgIh9AdBS
Stories in Verse
Novels, novellas, and novelettes in verse
Ignyte Awards 2025
Titles not available on PageBound: Descent by Wole Talabi (Clarkesworld Magazine) Novella Novelettes Human Voices by Isabel J. Kim (Lightspeed Magazine) We Begin Where Infinity Ends by Somto Ihezue (Clarkesworld) Short Stories Autogas Ferryman by Champ Wongsatayanont (Nightmate Magazine) Because I Held His Name Like a Key - Aimee Ogden (Strange Horizons) Commensalism, Or the Labyrinth's Vessels - Albert Nkereuwem (Will This Be a Problem) Ichthyosis by M.L. Krishnan (Fantasy Magazine) The Octopus Dreams of Personhood by Hannah Yang (Diabolical Plots) Poetry After the Storm โ Ishita Basu Mallik (The Deadlands) In an attempt to seduce Death my sister starts calling him Love โ Karan Kapoor (Strange Horizons) Set It Off (1996) โ Fansโ Cut โ Nova Cypress Black (Strange Horizons) The Language of Fireflies โ Angela Liu (The Deadlands) The oblique light at Kakushima (a memory of persimmons) โ Ryu Ando | ๅฎๅ ต ้พ (Strange Horizons) Narrative Non-fiction A Conjurorโs Manifesto: Notes on the Afrosurreal โ Shyheim Williams (Strange Horizons) Photon Torpedoes Break the Space Muqarnas: SFF Audiovisuals and Anti-Muslim Violence โ Tanvir Ahmed (Strange Horizons) Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler โ Susana M. Morris (Amistad) The Outspoken and the Incendiary โ Terry Bisson (PM Press) The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction โ Gautam Bhatia (Alter Magazine) Other categories not listed include Community Award, Ember Award, Podcasts, Critics
