Black SF & Fantasy

A collection of science-fiction and fantasy stories written by Black authors or featuring Black protagonists.

Updated January 23, 2026
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Death of the Author (Standard Edition) : A Novel
Okorafor, Nnedi
I, Medusa : A Novel
Gray, Ayana
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 "Ayana Gray brings her fresh, dynamic storytelling to one of the...
Son of the Morning (Deluxe Limited Edition) : A Novel
Emezi, Akwaeke
Infinity Alchemist
Callender, Kacen.
Paper Book
Swoony romance meets epic fantasy as Ash Wood racesto find the legendary Book of Source - the debut YAfantasy from the bestselling and award-winning KacenCallender.
Dead Cat Tail Assassins
Ebook
Eveen the Eviscerator is skilled, discreet, professional, and here for your most pressing needs in the ancient city of Tal Abisi. Her guild is strong, her blades are sharp, and her rules are simple. Those sworn to the Matron of Assassins--resurrected, deadly, wiped of their memories--have only three...
Chain Gang All Stars : A Novel.
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Paper Book
FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. FIGHT FOR LOVE. WELCOME TO THE KILLING GROUND. 'America's new Hunger Games' Sunday Times 'So good. This one is from the heart' Stephen King 'Brutal, thrilling, devastating and beautiful' The Times ...
Sing Me to Sleep
Paper Book
Words sting. Songs kill. 'Everything about Burton's debut is razor-sharp' NATASHA NGANThe Cruel Prince meets To Kill a Kingdom in this seductive YA fantasy debut, in which a siren must choose between protecting her family and following her heart in a...
The memory librarian : and other stories of dirty computer.
Monae, Janelle
Paper Book
In The Memory Librarian music, fashion, film and futurist icon Janelle Monáe returns to the Afrofuturistic world of her critically acclaimed album, Dirty Computer, to explore how different threads of liberation - queerness, race, gender plurality, love - become tangled in a totalitarian landscape...
Blood scion.
Falaye, Deborah
Ebook
"Equal parts soaring fantasy, heart-pounding action, and bloody social commentary, Blood Scion is a triumph of a book." --Roseanne A. Brown, New York Times bestselling author of A Song of Wraiths and Ruin  This is what they deserve. They wanted me to be a monster. I will...
Far sector. [graphic novel]
Jemisin, N. K.
Paper Book
Winner of the 2022 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic! The first murder in 500 years. Twenty billion suspects. One hope. The City Enduring, a booming metropolis at the edge of the universe, hasn't experienced a violent crime in generations. The Emotion...
This poison heart
Bayron, Kalynn.
Paper Book
_______________ 'Kalynn Bayron does more than re-write a fairy-tale ... She breaks it apart and rebuilds it into a wholly original and captivating story where girls finally decide for themselves who lives happily ever after' - Brigid Kemmerer 'A...
Skin of the sea.
Bowen, Natasha
Paper Book
This is the story of a great love - a love that will threaten worlds and anger Gods. This is a story that will change history. Simidele is one of the Mami Wata, mermaids duty-bound to collect the souls of those who die at sea and bless their journeys back home to the...
The city we became.
Jemisin, N. K.
Paper Book
'The most celebrated science fiction and fantasy writer of her generation... Jemisin seems able to do just about everything'NEW YORK TIMES'Jemisin is now a pillar of speculative fiction, breathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold'ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLYFive New Yorkers must band...
The gilded ones.
Forna, Namina.
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TEEN VOGUE   "A dark feminist tale spun with blood and gold. Must read!" -Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author...
Legendborn.
Deonn, Tracy.
Paper Book
SOME LEGACIES ARE MEANT TO BE BROKEN. "I love the feeling of a magical world existing just beneath the surface of our own and this story gave me everything I wanted: incredible characters, ancient lore and secret societies - all grounded in our very real, very flawed world...
Black sun.
Roanhorse, Rebecca.
Paper Book
Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series! From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Resistance Reborn comes the "engrossing and vibrant" (Tochi Onyebuchi, author of Riot Baby) first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy inspired by the...
Black leopard, red wolf.
James, Marlon, 1970-
Paper Book
One of TIME's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time Winner of the L.A. Times Ray Bradbury Prize Finalist for the 2019 National Book Award The New York Times Bestseller Named a Best Book of 2019 by The Wall Street...
Pet.
Emezi, Akwaeke
Paper Book
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER * ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The New York Times * Time * Buzzfeed * NPR * New York Public Library * Publishers Weekly * School...
Children of blood and bone.
Adeyemi, Tomi.
Paper Book
The belles.
Clayton, Dhonielle.
Paper Book
The rage of dragons.
Winter, Evan
Paper Book
The fifth season.
Jemisin, N. K.
Paper Book
At the end of the world, a woman must hide her secret power and find her kidnapped daughter in this "intricate and extraordinary" Hugo Award winning novel of power, oppression, and revolution. (The New York Times) This is the way the world ends. . .for the last time. ...
Dawn.
Butler, Octavia E.
Audiobook
Who fears death.
Okorafor, Nnedi
Audiobook
An award-winning literary author enters the world of magical realism with her World Fantasy Award-winning novel of a remarkable woman in post-apocalyptic Africa. Now optioned as a TV series for HBO, with executive producer George R.R. Martin! In a post-apocalyptic Africa, the world...

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