Celebrating Black MCs in Science Fiction

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Death of the Author
Okorafor, Nnedi
Ebook
2026 NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER WINNER OF THE LIBBY AWARD FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION WINNER OF BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL, 2026 LOCUS AWARDS THE INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER Recommended by New York Times Book Review * People * NPR...
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...
The Glass Abyss
Barnes, Steven
Paper Book
Jedi Master Mace Windu travels to a dangerous, remote planet on a mission that challenges even his deadly prowess--all to fulfill Qui-Gon's last request. The Jedi are reeling from Qui-Gon Jinn's sudden death at the hands of a Sith. Jedi Master Mace Windu's feelings about Qui-Gon...
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
"A thrilling page-turner."-Brit Bennett, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Wildly imaginative."-The Washington Post "Askaripour soars."-The Boston Globe A rallying cry for anyone who has ever felt invisible....
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
" 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....
Eve: children of the moon
Lavalle, Victor.
Paper Book
WHAT WORLD HAVE WE LEFT OUR CHILDREN? When the ice caps melted, most of humanity was lost to the hidden disease that was released. Now, a mysterious girl named Eve has awoken in secret and must deal with a world that's nothing like the virtual reality she was raised in. In...
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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