Fantasies by BIPOC authors

Playing Books & Bites Bingo? Try these suggestions for the prompt, a fantasy by a BIPOC author (Black, Indigenous, or person of color).

Updated June 10, 2025
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Fathomfolk
Chan, Eliza
Paper Book
''Prepare to be engulfed. Chan has superbly created a world as real and complex as our own, where oppression has no easy solutions and there is no success without sacrifice. Fast-paced action combined with true social depth make this an unforgettable, must-read fantasy'' Shelley...
Black water sister
Cho, Zen
Paper Book
'A sharp and bittersweet story of past and future, ghosts and gods and family, that kept me turning pages into the dark hours of the night' - Naomi Novik, author of UprootedThis mischievous Malaysian-set novel is an adventure featuring family, ghosts and local gods - from Hugo Award winning novelist...
Ring shout : or, Hunting Ku Kluxes in the end times
Clark, P. Dje?li?
Audiobook
In America, demons wear white hoods. In 1915, The Birth of a Nation casts a spell across America, swelling the Klan's ranks and drinking deep from the darkest thoughts of white folk. All across the nation they ride, spreading fear and violence among the...
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...
Dazzling
Emelumadu, Chikodili
Paper Book
'I am truly dazzled' TRACY CHEVALIER 'A rich tapestry of African mythology and magic' CHERIE JONES 'Bursting with magic, bright and visceral' JENNIFER SAINT 'A feast of shimmering, beautiful prose' CHIKA UNIGWE ...
The year of the witching
Henderson, Alexis
Paper Book
The Handmaid's Tale meets The Village in this stunning feminist debut . . . Shortlisted for the GoodReads Choice Awards 2020 for Best Debut Novel and Best Horror Novel . . . 'Thrillingly brisk and bracing . . . it takes the best tropes of...
Black leopard, red wolf
James, Marlon
Paper Book
Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter - and he always works alone. But when he is engaged to find a child who disappeared three years ago, he must break his own rules joining a group of mercenaries to find the boy. Following the lost boy's scent from one ancient city to another,...
Babel : or the necessity of violence : an arcane history of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
Kuang, R. F.
Paper Book
THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 NYT BESTSELLER 'One for Philip Pullman fans' THE TIMES 'This one is an automatic buy' GLAMOUR 'Ambitious, sweeping and epic' EVENING STANDARD 'Razor-sharp' DAILY MAIL 'An ingenious...
The poppy war
Kuang, R. F.
Paper Book
Winner of the Reddit Fantasy Award for Best Debut 2018 'The best fantasy debut of 2018' - WIRED A brilliantly imaginative epic fantasy debut, inspired by the bloody history of China's twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic. When Rin aced the Keju...
The teller of small fortunes
Leong, Julie
Paper Book
🫖🥠SMALL FORTUNES. BIG FEELINGS.🥠🫖 'Joyful, heartwarming and utterly charming' AMÉLIE WEN ZHAO 'The warmest, loveliest book' SANGU MANDANNA 'Will soothe your heart' SARAH BETH DURST A cozy fantasy...
The very secret society of irregular witches
Mandanna, Sangu
Paper Book
Certain dark things
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
Paper Book
'One of the best books I've read in years' - VE Schwab, author of THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is just trying to survive its heavily policed streets when a jaded...
Gods of jade and shadow
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
Paper Book
'This is historical fantasy at its best' S.A. Chakraborty, author of The City of Brass Casiopea Tun is too busy scrubbing floors in her wealthy grandfather's house to do anything more than dream of a life far from her dusty, small town in southern Mexico. A life...
Black sun
Roanhorse, Rebecca
Paper Book
A god will return When the earth and sky converge Under the black sun In the holy city of Tova the winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event...
Victory city : a novel
Rushdie, Salman
Paper Book
She will breathe a new empire into life - but all worlds can escape their creator... 'Full of adventure... A celebration of the power of storytelling' GUARDIAN In the wake of an unimportant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms, a nine-year-old...

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