Recs if you like My Soul to Keep...

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

horror fiction from Black authors featuring Black characters

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.

no vampire emoji because apple made them weird and gray. all genres. pls leave books to add in comments <3

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?

Thrillers, Fantasies, and Romance books with Paranormal vibes by black authors that are perfect for spooky season.

Main characters that are people of color and vampiric (in a variety of mythologies).

A focused guide to vampiric literary lineages, from gothic whispers to modern pop culture bloodbaths, to show how the genre has mutated and evolved over centuries in the dark.

Reading order in comments.

Not your regular Dracula, Carmilla, or Twilight story

Looking for some vampire literature?

*still in progress

Mychal3ts made a post on April 21, 2025 on instagram. These are the book recs from the post and comments.

vampire books for the year of the vampire

A mix genres TBR for 2026 spooky Season