Black Authors: Science fiction/Fantasy

Here is a list of some of the science fiction/fantasy titles by black authors I have found. 

The first author to mention is NK Jemison.  She has written two award winning series, stand alones, and just came out with her newest, The City We Became.  Definitely check her out.

Another title that popped up many times is the series beginning with The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter.

In no particular order, here are the rest of the suggestions:

Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Marlon James
Kindred, Octavia Butler
The Water Dancer, Ta-Nehisi Coates
Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi
The Gilded Ones, Namina Forna (will be released Feb. 9, 2021 but sounds too good not to include)
Brown Girl in the Ring, Nalo Hopkinson
Akata Witch, Nnedi Okorafor
Redemption in Indigo, Karen Lord
Beastkeeper, Cat Hellison (a Beauty and the Beast retelling)
Song Below Water, Bethany C Morrow
Cinderella Is Dead,  Kalynn Baylon (releases July 7, 2020)
The Goddess Twins, Yodassa Williams
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, Roseanne A. Brown
Babel 17, Samuel Delaney
Rosewater, Tade Thompson
Do You Dream of Terra Two? Temi Oh
Sound of Stars, Alechia Dow
My Soul To Keep,  Tananarive Due
The Belles, Dhonielle Clayton

The above links go to Amazon but if you want to buy them from a black owned bookstore, here is a list of fifty five.

Any mistakes are mine.  Happy reading!

Black Authors: Cozy Mysteries

I am starting a series of posts on black authors and on racism.  For this post, I searched for black authors in one of my favorite genres, cozy mysteries.  I am always looking for new series, and I was excited to find these.  Several of these suggestions came from a video by Intentionally Bookish, a booktuber who does a lot of cozy mystery videos.

And here without further ado is the list:

A Spell For Trouble, Esme Addison - available now on Kindle and on July 7, 2020 in hardcover

Murder, Mayhem, and A Fine Man, Claudia Mair Burney

The Plot is Murder, VM Burns

A Deadly Inside Scoop, Abby Collette

Death of an Idiot Boss, Janice Croom

Sex, Murder and a Double Latte, Kyra Davis

Murder In G Major, Alexia Gordon

Sweet and Salty Treachery, ME Harmon

Going Nowhere Fast, Gar Anthony Haywood

Deep Fried Trouble, Tyora Moody

Devil in a Blue Dress, Walter Mosley

Blance On The Lam, Barbara Neely (Kindle or Audio)

Secrets, Lies, and Crawfish Pies, Abby L. Vandiver

All of these links go to Amazon (no, I am not affiliated with them) but please try to use a local bookstore or a black owned bookstore when you can.

Any mistakes on this list are totally mine.  I hope you found a lot of books to add to your To Be Read pile!  Happy reading!