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• How Long 'til Black Future Month?

  Jemisin, N. K.,

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  N. K. Jemisin is one of the most powerful and acclaimed speculative fiction authors of our time. In the first collection of her evocative short fiction, Jemisin equally challenges and delights readers with thought-provoking narratives of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Parable of the Sower

  Butler, Octavia E.

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  Written in the late 1990s but set in 2030, a future California exists as a post-apocalyptic state that is torn between politics and theology, community and individualism. Lauren has survived “The Pox” which has devastated the nation…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Candle Women

  a Novel

  Brown, Diane Marie,

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  A warm and wry family drama with a magical twist about four generations of Black women, a family love curse, and the secrets they keep for and from each other over one very complicated year.

• The Memory Librarian

  and Other Stories of Dirty Computer

  Monáe, Janelle,

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  In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, singer-songwriter, actor, fashion icon, activist, and worldwide superstar Janelle Monáe brings to the written page the Afrofuturistic world of one of her critically acclaimed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Even Though I Knew the End

  Polk, C. L. (Chelsea L.),

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  Elena sold her soul to the devil ten years ago. Their bargain runs out in three days, at which time the devil will collect what’s due. With the clock ticking down to her untimely death, Elena’s granted an 11th-hour opportunity: catch a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Goliath

  Onyebuchi, Tochi,

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  In his adult novel debut, Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and NAACP Image Award finalist and ALA Alex and New England Book Award winner Tochi Onyebuchi delivers a sweeping science fiction epic in the vein of Samuel R. Delany and Station Eleven.

• Remote Control

  Okorafor, Nnedi,

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  The day Fatima forgot her name, Death paid a visit. From here on in she would be known as Sankofa--a name that meant nothing to anyone but her, the only tie to her family and her past. Her touch is death, and with a glance a town can fall.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Unbroken

  Clark, C. L. (Cherae L.)

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  Walking into the heart of the rebellion isn’t how Touraine expected to return to Qazāl. The Balladairan Empire uprooted her entire life when she was a child — taught her to kill, to serve. Princess Luca, the emperor’s niece, needs to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Master of Djinn

  Clark, P. Djèlí,

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  Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark goes full-length for the first time in his dazzling debut novel. Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha’arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Within These Wicked Walls

  a Novel

  Blackwood, Lauren,

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  Kiersten White meets Tomi Adeyemi in this Ethiopian-inspired fantasy retelling of Jane Eyre. Andromeda is a debtera—an exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye. She would be hired, that is, if her mentor hadn’t thrown her out…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Gilded Ones

  Forna, Namina,

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  This high-fantasy novel starts off with Deka who is fearful of what will happen during her village’s upcoming yearly ceremony. If she succeeds, she will remain safe in her village, but if she doesn’t she will meet a fate worse than death.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The City We Became

  Jemisin, N. K.,

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  Three-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts her most incredible novel yet, a "glorious" story of culture, identity, magic, and myths in contemporary New York City.

• Master of Poisons

  Hairston, Andrea,

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  Award-winning author Andrea Hairston weaves together African folktales and postcolonial literature into unforgettable fantasy in Master of Poisons

• Conjure Women

  Atakora, Afia,

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  Celebrated author Afia Atakora did extensive research for this historical speculative fantasy. Three women, including a mother and daughter as well as the daughter of their master, have a shared experience using faith, midwifery, and a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gingerbread

  Oyeyemi, Helen,

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  In her novel, Gingerbread, Oyeyemi turns her eye to the story of Hansel and Gretel, the classic German fairy tale about a brother and sister who make a violent escape from a witch's house. Her novel isn't a retelling; rather, it approaches…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• War Girls

  Onyebuchi, Tochi,

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  Two sisters are torn apart by war and must fight their way back to each other in a futuristic, Black Panther-inspired Nigeria. In a war-torn Nigeria, battles are fought using flying, deadly mechs and soldiers are outfitted with bionic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lesson

  a Novel

  Turnbull, Cadwell, 1987-

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  The Lesson explores the nature of belief, the impact of colonialism, and asks how far are we willing to go for progress? Breaking ground as one of the first science fiction novels set in the Virgin Islands, The lesson is not only a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Deep

  Solomon, Rivers,

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  The water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have built their own underwater society—and must reclaim the memories of their past to shape their future in this brilliantly imaginative novella inspired by the Hugo…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rage of Dragons

  Winter, Evan,

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  Game of Thrones meets Gladiator in this blockbuster debut epic fantasy about a world caught in an eternal war, and the young man who will become his people's only hope for survival.

• Black Leopard, Red Wolf

  James, Marlon, 1970-

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  If you are a more daring reader looking for a Black epic fantasy novel, this one is for you. With over six hundred pages of rich, hearty prose, this fantasy is truly the beginning of something special you can follow for years to come. A…Read moreRead more of this annotation