Young, (Magically) Gifted, and Black

YA fantasy novels written by Black authors featuring magic-wielding Black main characters. Suggestions welcome!

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created by kishmish

last updated June, 2026

24 books

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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong, #1)

Kwame Mbalia

Death Card

Jasmine Smith

Bound By Fury

Noelle Monét

Rust in the Root

Justina Ireland

Brooms

Jasmine Walls

Nubia: The Awakening

Omar Epps

Queen of the Conquered (Islands of Blood and Storm, #1)

Kacen Callender

The Belles (The Belles, #1)

Dhonielle Clayton

That Self-Same Metal (The Forge & Fracture Saga, #1)

Brittany N. Williams

So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

Kamilah Cole

Beasts of Prey (Beasts of Prey, #1)

Ayana Gray

The Poisons We Drink

Bethany Baptiste

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #1)

Roseanne A. Brown

The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)

Namina Forna

A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

Bethany C. Morrow

Wings of Ebony (Wings of Ebony, #1)

J. Elle

Blood at the Root

LaDarrion Williams

The Library of the Dead (Edinburgh Nights, #1)

T.L. Huchu

Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold #1)

Ciannon Smart

Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1)

Nnedi Okorafor

Blood Like Magic (Blood Like Magic, #1)

Liselle Sambury

This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, #1)

Kalynn Bayron

Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1)

Terry J. Benton-Walker

Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)

Tracy Deonn

Comments

redfox

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!

redfox

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.