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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
THE CITY WE BECAME by N. K. Jemisin https://bookshop.org/books/the-city-we-became/9780316509848
HOW LONG 'TIL BLACK FUTURE MONTH by N. K. Jemisin https://bookshop.org/books/how-long-til-black-future-month-stories/9780316491372
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
THE DEEP by Rivers Solomon with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes https://bookshop.org/books/the-deep-9781508280309/9781534439863
AN UNKINDESS OF GHOSTS by Rivers Solomon https://bookshop.org/books/an-unkindness-of-ghosts/9781617755880
THE WORMWOOD TRILOGY, starting with ROSEWATER by Tade Thompson https://bookshop.org/books/rosewater/9780316449052
THE MOLLY SOUTHBOURNE SERIES, starting with THE MURDERS OF MOLLY SOUTHBOURNE by Tade Thompson https://bookshop.org/books/the-murders-of-molly-southbourne/9780765397133
THE GALAXY GAME by Karen Lord https://bookshop.org/books/the-galaxy-game/9780345534071
THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS by Karen Lord https://bookshop.org/books/the-best-of-all-possible-worlds-9780345549341/9780345549341
REDEMPTION IN INDIGO by Karen Lord https://bookshop.org/books/redemption-in-indigo/9781931520669
UNRAVELING by Karen Lord (a companion novel to REDEMPTION IN INDIGO) https://bookshop.org/books/unraveling/9780756415204
THE RAGE OF DRAGONS by Evan Winter https://bookshop.org/books/the-rage-of-dragons/9780316489768
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
World Fantasy Award winner WHO FEARS DEATH by Nnedi Okorafor https://bookshop.org/books/who-fears-death-9781441879882/9780756407285
THE BOOK OF PHOENIX by Nnedi Okorafor, a companion novel to WHO FEARS DEATH https://bookshop.org/books/the-book-of-phoenix/9780756410797
The Hugo and Nebula Award-winning BINTI TRILOGY by Nnedi Okorafor https://bookshop.org/books/binti-the-complete-trilogy/9780756415181
REMOTE CONTROL by Nnedi Okorafor (now available for pre-order) https://bookshop.org/books/remote-control-9781250772800/9781250772800
RIOT BABY by Tochi Onyebuchi https://bookshop.org/books/riot-baby/9781250214751
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
THE CHANGELING by Victor LaValle https://bookshop.org/books/the-changeling-9780812985870/9780812985870
THE BALLAD OF BLACK TOM by Victor LaValle https://bookshop.org/books/ballad-of-black-tom/9780765387868
EVERFAIR by Nisi Shawl https://bookshop.org/books/everfair/9780765338068
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
THE SORCERER OF THE WILDEEPS by Kai Ashante Wilson https://bookshop.org/books/the-sorcerer-of-the-wildeeps/9780765385246
A TASTE OF HONEY by Kai Ashante Wilson https://bookshop.org/books/a-taste-of-honey-9780765390042/9780765390042
DAVID MOGO, GODHUNTER by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
https://bookshop.org/books/david-mogo-godhunter/9781781086490
He also has an upcoming epic fantasy with Orbit that you should be on the lookout for.
https://bookshop.org/books/david-mogo-godhunter/9781781086490
He 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
I know there are many others that I'm forgetting or might not even be aware of. I'll add as I think of them. And this list doesn'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've been reminded of:
As suggested by @vanillawinnie, PREY OF THE GODS by Nicky Drayden https://bookshop.org/books/the-prey-of-gods/9780062493033
As suggested by @vanillawinnie, PREY OF THE GODS by Nicky Drayden https://bookshop.org/books/the-prey-of-gods/9780062493033
TEMPER by Nicky Drayden https://bookshop.org/books/temper-9780062493057/9780062493057
ESCAPING EXODUS by Nicky Drayden https://bookshop.org/books/escaping-exodus/9780062867735
RING SHOUT by P. Djèlí Clark (currently available for pre-order!) https://bookshop.org/books/ring-shout/9781250767028
THE HAUNTING OF TRAM CAR 015 by P. Djèlí Clark https://bookshop.org/books/the-haunting-of-tram-car-015/9781250294807
THE BLACK GOD'S DRUMS by P. Djèlí Clark https://bookshop.org/books/the-black-god-s-drums/9781250294715
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
