Celebrating Black MCs in Science Fiction

Updated April 22, 2026
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Death of the author /
Okorafor, Nnedi.
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER Order now and receive the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last--featuring a special alternate cover design on the hardcover case, gorgeous sprayed edges, and exclusive endpapers. This breathtaking edition is only available on a limited first...
The Ephemera Collector
Jackson, Stacy Nathaniel
Paper Book
The year is 2035, and Los Angeles County is awash in a tangelo haze of wildfire smoke. Xandria Anastasia Brown spends her days deep in the archives of the Huntington Library as the curator of African American Ephemera and associate curator of American Historical Manuscripts, supported by an array of...
The Dividing Sky /
Tew, Jill.
Paper Book
Serpent & Dove meets Arcane in this dystopian romance debut that follows a cunning memory merchant who deals a little extra happiness on the side and the handsome rookie officer on her tail! In 2460, eighteen-year-old Liv Newman dreams of a future beyond her...
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...
She who knows /
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
"Bold and imaginative." --Tananarive Due "This stunning allegory will spark much discussion." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A truly powerful and riveting story." --Booklist In a world without white people,...
Archangels of funk
Hairston, Andrea
Paper Book
Run from your past. Hide from your future. Protect your present. The Water Wars have scrambled the world. Flood refugees are on the run. Disrupters and the nostalgia militia roam the roads wreaking havoc. Invisible Darknet Lords troll the internet, solidifying their power,...
The Second Chance of Darius Logan
Walker, David F.
Paper Book
Eisner award-winning author David F. Walker explodes onto the YA literary scene with a remarkable story about justice and second chances and all the ways we can make our own world in the image of our dreams. Darius Logan is far from a hero. Since his parents were killed, he has spent most...
Far from the light of heaven /
Thompson, Tade.
Paper Book
'Gripping and skilfully told, with an economy and freshness of approach that is all Tade Thompson's own. The setting is interstellar, but it feels as real, immediate and lethal as today's headlines' Alastair Reynolds Arthur C. Clarke Award winner Tade Thompson makes a...

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