Young, (Magically) Gifted, and Black
YA fantasy novels written by Black authors featuring magic-wielding Black main characters. Suggestions welcome!
created by kishmish
last updated June, 2026
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Love this list!! Thanks for putting it together!
kishmishOP
thank you so much! 🫶🏽 literally woke up out of sleep with the name on my mind. i might spend too much time on 🫛🐝 when list ideas populate my dreams
I don't think there is such a thing as too much time here hahaha (because if there was... I would definitely be spending too much time here hahaha)
Wowowow love to see this list 😍
Love this! The Tristan Strong series would be a good fit here too, I think
kishmishOP
ooh, thank you! 💕 have you read them? I remember being so excited about them for my classroom library when they started coming out!
I have! I read all 3 back to back because I loved them so much! Tristan was a really well-written character and I loved how African-American folklore mixed with African mythos. I'm white and knew most of the American stories but didn't know many of the African or diaspora myths and it was cool to learn a bit about them.
