A thread of books by black authors doing incredible work in adult SFF right now (with buy links):
THE CITY WE BECAME by N. K. Jemisin https://bookshop.org/books/the-city-we-became/9780316509848">https://bookshop.org/books/the...
THE CITY WE BECAME by N. K. Jemisin https://bookshop.org/books/the-city-we-became/9780316509848">https://bookshop.org/books/the...
HOW LONG & #39;TIL BLACK FUTURE MONTH by N. K. Jemisin https://bookshop.org/books/how-long-til-black-future-month-stories/9780316491372">https://bookshop.org/books/how...
The triple Hugo Award-winning BROKEN EARTH TRILOGY by N. K. Jemisin, starting with THE FIFTH SEASON https://bookshop.org/books/the-fifth-season/9780316229296">https://bookshop.org/books/the...
THE DEEP by Rivers Solomon with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes https://bookshop.org/books/the-deep-9781508280309/9781534439863">https://bookshop.org/books/the...
AN UNKINDESS OF GHOSTS by Rivers Solomon https://bookshop.org/books/an-unkindness-of-ghosts/9781617755880">https://bookshop.org/books/an-...
THE WORMWOOD TRILOGY, starting with ROSEWATER by Tade Thompson https://bookshop.org/books/rosewater/9780316449052">https://bookshop.org/books/ros...
THE MOLLY SOUTHBOURNE SERIES, starting with THE MURDERS OF MOLLY SOUTHBOURNE by Tade Thompson https://bookshop.org/books/the-murders-of-molly-southbourne/9780765397133">https://bookshop.org/books/the...
THE GALAXY GAME by Karen Lord https://bookshop.org/books/the-galaxy-game/9780345534071">https://bookshop.org/books/the...
THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS by Karen Lord https://bookshop.org/books/the-best-of-all-possible-worlds-9780345549341/9780345549341">https://bookshop.org/books/the...
REDEMPTION IN INDIGO by Karen Lord https://bookshop.org/books/redemption-in-indigo/9781931520669">https://bookshop.org/books/red...
UNRAVELING by Karen Lord (a companion novel to REDEMPTION IN INDIGO) https://bookshop.org/books/unraveling/9780756415204">https://bookshop.org/books/unr...
THE RAGE OF DRAGONS by Evan Winter https://bookshop.org/books/the-rage-of-dragons/9780316489768">https://bookshop.org/books/the...
THE FIRES OF VENGEANCE, sequel to THE RAGE OF DRAGONS, by Evan Winter (currently available for pre-order) https://bookshop.org/books/the-fires-of-vengeance/9780316489805">https://bookshop.org/books/the...
World Fantasy Award winner WHO FEARS DEATH by Nnedi Okorafor https://bookshop.org/books/who-fears-death-9781441879882/9780756407285">https://bookshop.org/books/who...
THE BOOK OF PHOENIX by Nnedi Okorafor, a companion novel to WHO FEARS DEATH https://bookshop.org/books/the-book-of-phoenix/9780756410797">https://bookshop.org/books/the...
The Hugo and Nebula Award-winning BINTI TRILOGY by Nnedi Okorafor https://bookshop.org/books/binti-the-complete-trilogy/9780756415181">https://bookshop.org/books/bin...
REMOTE CONTROL by Nnedi Okorafor (now available for pre-order) https://bookshop.org/books/remote-control-9781250772800/9781250772800">https://bookshop.org/books/rem...
RIOT BABY by Tochi Onyebuchi https://bookshop.org/books/riot-baby/9781250214751">https://bookshop.org/books/rio...
WHAT IT MEANS WHEN A MAN FALLS FROM THE SKY by Leslie Nneka Arimah https://bookshop.org/books/what-it-means-when-a-man-falls-from-the-sky-stories/9780735211032">https://bookshop.org/books/wha...
THE CHANGELING by Victor LaValle https://bookshop.org/books/the-changeling-9780812985870/9780812985870">https://bookshop.org/books/the...
THE BALLAD OF BLACK TOM by Victor LaValle https://bookshop.org/books/ballad-of-black-tom/9780765387868">https://bookshop.org/books/bal...
EVERFAIR by Nisi Shawl https://bookshop.org/books/everfair/9780765338068">https://bookshop.org/books/eve...
NEW SUNS: ORIGINAL SPECULATIVE FICTION BY PEOPLE OF COLOR edited by Nisi Shawl https://bookshop.org/books/new-suns-original-speculative-fiction-by-people-of-color/9781781085783">https://bookshop.org/books/new...
THE SORCERER OF THE WILDEEPS by Kai Ashante Wilson https://bookshop.org/books/the-sorcerer-of-the-wildeeps/9780765385246">https://bookshop.org/books/the...
A TASTE OF HONEY by Kai Ashante Wilson https://bookshop.org/books/a-taste-of-honey-9780765390042/9780765390042">https://bookshop.org/books/a-t...
DAVID MOGO, GODHUNTER by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
https://bookshop.org/books/david-mogo-godhunter/9781781086490
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https://bookshop.org/books/david-mogo-godhunter/9781781086490
He">https://bookshop.org/books/dav... also has an upcoming epic fantasy with Orbit that you should be on the lookout for.
QUEEN OF THE CONQUERED by Kacen Callender https://bookshop.org/books/queen-of-the-conquered/9780316454933">https://bookshop.org/books/que...
I know there are many others that I& #39;m forgetting or might not even be aware of. I& #39;ll add as I think of them. And this list doesn& #39;t even begin to cover the amazing books coming out in YA fiction and SFF, or adult literary fiction. Please feel free to add books I have missed
Adding some more that I& #39;ve been reminded of:
As suggested by @vanillawinnie, PREY OF THE GODS by Nicky Drayden https://bookshop.org/books/the-prey-of-gods/9780062493033">https://bookshop.org/books/the...
As suggested by @vanillawinnie, PREY OF THE GODS by Nicky Drayden https://bookshop.org/books/the-prey-of-gods/9780062493033">https://bookshop.org/books/the...
TEMPER by Nicky Drayden https://bookshop.org/books/temper-9780062493057/9780062493057">https://bookshop.org/books/tem...
ESCAPING EXODUS by Nicky Drayden https://bookshop.org/books/escaping-exodus/9780062867735">https://bookshop.org/books/esc...
RING SHOUT by P. Djèlí Clark (currently available for pre-order!) https://bookshop.org/books/ring-shout/9781250767028">https://bookshop.org/books/rin...
THE HAUNTING OF TRAM CAR 015 by P. Djèlí Clark https://bookshop.org/books/the-haunting-of-tram-car-015/9781250294807">https://bookshop.org/books/the...
THE BLACK GOD& #39;S DRUMS by P. Djèlí Clark https://bookshop.org/books/the-black-god-s-drums/9781250294715">https://bookshop.org/books/the...
KING OF THE RISING by Kacen Callender, sequel to QUEEN OF THE CONQUERED, is also now available for pre-order https://bookshop.org/books/king-of-the-rising/9780316454940">https://bookshop.org/books/kin...