published 2016, avg rating 3.76 — Yes! avg rating 4.31 — 21,906 ratings — published 2017, avg rating 4.17 — He incorporates Afrofuturism, speculative fiction, and fantasy into his science fiction. I also want to get The Reader newsletter featuring book deals, recommendations, and giveaways. Davis has written over a dozen books and has published a number of anthologies. Want more classics? published 1977, avg rating 3.99 — Posted by Christy Thomas on Friday, February 8th, 2019. published 1940, avg rating 3.88 — published 1970, avg rating 4.52 — 47,335 ratings — 75,254 ratings — Find out more about how we use your information in our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. An activist, serviceman, lawyer, professor and author, Bell’s short story The Space Traders made a cultural and literary impact. If you are looking for some hard-core, apocalyptic sci-fi then you can start with Sparks’s trilogy. published 2009, avg rating 4.43 — Posted by Christy Thomas on Friday, February 8th, 2019. Love science fiction and fantasy? published 2006, avg rating 4.27 — There are several books and graphic novels you can jump in to, but if you have never read anything by Butler, I would suggest reading Kindred first. A non-exhaustive list of award-winning novels and story collections by authors of African descent from around the world. Who doesn’t love a good space opera? 12,265 ratings — 39,863 ratings — I’m going to recommend Cinderella Is Dead because it is a dystopian, queer, Black feminist novel that follows Sophia who is committed to living her life on her own terms and that includes wanting to smash the patriarchy so she can secure her true love. published 2018, avg rating 4.26 — published 1937, avg rating 4.11 — 16,041 ratings — published 2019, avg rating 4.02 — It’s hard to choose a book to start with on Milton, but I like this a lot. 17 of the most iconic, must-read books written by Black authors. 165,963 ratings — 5,438 ratings — Johnson is more of a speculative fiction writer and while she might not incorporate all the traditional elements of what sci-fi readers are used to, she creates mystical characters set in different time periods which creates a perfect genre-bending mash-up of historical reference, magic, and environmental disasters as she time travels through the galaxy. We're giving away a $250 gift card to Barnes and Noble! If your favorite isn’t included in this list, please include it in the comments! 0 people liked it, Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1), Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1), The Coldest Winter Ever (Mass Market Paperback), The Girl with the Louding Voice (Hardcover), Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance (Hardcover), Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America (ebook), A SEAT AT THE TABLE BOOK CLUB PLANS FOR 2020. published 2013, avg rating 4.44 — 519,910 ratings — 2,159,043 ratings — It’s a page-turner for sure and trust me, it will stay with you for the rest of your life. 31,518 ratings — Shawl combines steampunk and Afrofuturism in such a satisfying way, it will make you think to yourself: what if? Yes! I had to get more. published 2019, avg rating 4.30 — published 2010, avg rating 4.37 — It was also part of a TV series but read the book instead because it’s only 13 pages; you can find it in Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora, an anthology edited by Sheree R. Thomas that includes stories by Octavia E. Butler, Walter Mosley, and more.

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