Celebrating Black MCs in Fantasy

Updated June 5, 2026
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Blood Debts
Benton-Walker, Terry J.
Paper Book
GODS MEDDLE AND MAGIC WILL BETRAY YOU, BUT THIS TIME JUSTICE WILL REIGN. Terry J. Benton-Walker's contemporary fantasy debut, Blood Debts, is "an extravaganza from start to finish" (Chloe Gong) with powerful magical families, intergenerational curses, and deadly drama in...
An arcane inheritance : a novel
Cole, Kamilah
Paper Book
A modern-day dark academia fantasy with a twist, perfect for fans of Babel and A Deadly Education. Warren University has stood amongst the ivy elite for centuries, built on the bones-and forbidden magic-of its most prized BIPOC students...hiding the rot of a secret...
(S)Kin
Zoboi, Ibi
Paper Book
From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ibi Zoboi comes her groundbreaking contemporary fantasy debut--a novel in verse based on Caribbean folklore--about the power of inherited magic and the price we must pay to live the life we yearn for. "Our new...
Somadina
Emezi, Akwaeke
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From the National Book Award finalist and author of Pet comes a novel set in a magical West African world, about a teen girl who must save her missing twin while learning to navigate her own terrifying new powers. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR:...
I, Medusa
Gray, Ayana
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A "captivating villain origin story" (People Book of the Week) reimagining one of the most iconic monsters in Greek mythology as a provocative and powerful young heroine This hardcover edition features a premium dust jacket with foil and a...
The Starseekers: A Murder and Magic Novel
Glover, Nicole
Paper Book
Indiana Jones meets Hidden Figures in this brand-new stand-alone historical fantasy set in the world of The Conductors, in which the space race of the mid-20th century will be determined by magic...if not murder. In the 1960s, the world was caught up in reaching beyond our...

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