Celebrating Black MCs in Science Fiction

Updated April 22, 2026
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Death of the Author (Standard Edition)
Okorafor, Nnedi
Paper Book
2026 NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER WINNER OF THE LIBBY AWARD FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION THE INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER Recommended by New York Times Book Review * People * NPR * Rolling Stone * Los Angeles Times *...
The Dividing Sky
Tew, Jill
Paper Book
A cunning teen memory merchant falls for the handsome rookie officer on her tail in this swoony dystopian romance that's "one to watch" (Amie Kaufman, New York Times bestselling author of The Isles of the Gods) ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: YALSA'S BEST...
Weird black girls : stories
Cotman, Elwin
Paper Book
Finalist for the Locus Award Belletrist Book Club Pick From Philip K. Dick Award finalist Elwin Cotman, an irresistibly unnerving collection of stories that explore the anxieties of living while Black--a high-wire act of literary-fantastical hybrid fiction.
Lost ark dreaming
Okungbowa, Suyi Davies
Paper Book
"Suyi Davies Okungbowa is a scholar of place and a master of worlds--his grasp of how we are shaped by the spaces we occupy makes him one of the most exciting authors writing in SFF."--Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six A Most...
Breath of Oblivion
Broaddus, Maurice
Paper Book
The second book in a trilogy where the futuristic technology of Black Panther meets the scale of The Expanse and the intricate political maneuverings of Game of Thrones. "Not to be missed."--Washington Post on Sweep of Stars ...
This Great Hemisphere
Askaripour, Mateo
Paper Book
Despite the odds, Candace, a young invisible woman, has done everything right her entire life - school, university, and now a highly sought-after apprenticeship with one of the Northwestern Hemisphere's premier inventors, a non-invisible man belonging to the dominant population who is as eccentric...
Firespitter / Firespitter
Okorafor, Nnedi
Paper Book
Amazon Editors' Pick - August 2024 Gizmodo's New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books Releasing in August Screenrant #1 Most Anticipated Book in Sci-fi Coming Out in August ⭐ "Readers will devour this." --Publishers Weekly (starred...
Those beyond the wall
Johnson, Micaiah
Paper Book
Faced with a coming apocalypse, a woman must reckon with her past to solve a series of sudden and inexplicable deaths in a searing sci-fi thriller from the Compton Crook Award-winning author of The Space Between Worlds. Scales is the best at what she does- She is an...
Sky full of elephants
Campbell, Cebo
Paper Book
" In a world without white people, what does it mean to be Black? One day, a cataclysmic event occurs: all of the white people in America walk into the nearest body of water. A year later, Charlie Brunton is a Black man living in an entirely new world....
Vern, custodian of the universe
Waiters, Tyrell
Paper Book
A thought-provoking and hilarious romp through time and space from debut creator, Tyrell Waiters that explores what it means to be human in a world fraught with uncertainty. "This is more than a graphic novel; it's an experience. Imagination, science and adventure weave together...

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