Speculative Fiction Books with BIPOC/LGBTQI+ Characters

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Ensoulment (The Ensoulment Trilogy, #1)
Ensoulment (The Ensoulment Trilogy, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 84 ratings
2.
Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)
Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 51,663 ratings
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A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope
A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope 3.95 avg rating — 3,179 ratings
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Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)
Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 104,803 ratings
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Marvel's Voices: Indigenous Voices #1
Marvel's Voices: Indigenous Voices #1 4.07 avg rating — 379 ratings
6.
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1)
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 27,078 ratings
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Shadowshaper (Shadowshaper Cypher, #1)
Shadowshaper (Shadowshaper Cypher, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 10,801 ratings
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A Dead Djinn in Cairo (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.1)
A Dead Djinn in Cairo (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18,962 ratings
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The Deep
The Deep 3.77 avg rating — 38,703 ratings
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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong, #1)
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 10,513 ratings
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Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements
Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements 3.93 avg rating — 4,244 ratings
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Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1) 3.45 avg rating — 30,280 ratings
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Salvaged
Salvaged 3.53 avg rating — 1,565 ratings
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Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,315 ratings
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Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-3)
Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-3) 4.37 avg rating — 21,511 ratings
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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,157 ratings
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The Black God's Drums
The Black God's Drums really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11,308 ratings
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Alif the Unseen
Alif the Unseen 3.84 avg rating — 17,851 ratings
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Skin Folk
Skin Folk 3.97 avg rating — 1,924 ratings
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New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color
New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color 3.85 avg rating — 1,974 ratings
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Abbott
Abbott 4.03 avg rating — 2,671 ratings
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Pet (Pet, #1)
Pet (Pet, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 33,364 ratings
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Spirits Abroad
Spirits Abroad
by: Zen Cho
4.17 avg rating — 1,965 ratings
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Fevered Star (Between Earth and Sky, #2)
Fevered Star (Between Earth and Sky, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 20,067 ratings
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Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror Delight
Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror Delight 3.85 avg rating — 1,016 ratings
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Sea, Swallow Me and Other Stories
Sea, Swallow Me and Other Stories 3.95 avg rating — 84 ratings
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Virtue: The Unintended Heir
Virtue: The Unintended Heir it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
28.
Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas, #1)
Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 14,413 ratings
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Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha, #2)
Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 78,669 ratings
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A Spectral Hue
A Spectral Hue 3.98 avg rating — 328 ratings
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A Taste of Honey (The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, #2)
A Taste of Honey (The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 2,583 ratings
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Son of a Trickster (Trickster, #1)
Son of a Trickster (Trickster, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 13,899 ratings
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Ghost Boys
Ghost Boys 4.33 avg rating — 32,631 ratings
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The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)
The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 184,558 ratings
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The Marrow Thieves
The Marrow Thieves 3.94 avg rating — 42,139 ratings
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Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 245,789 ratings
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The Inheritance Trilogy
The Inheritance Trilogy 4.28 avg rating — 9,251 ratings
37.
The Poet X
The Poet X 4.37 avg rating — 138,755 ratings
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Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond
Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond 3.93 avg rating — 459 ratings
39.
Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1)
Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 35,468 ratings
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With the Fire on High
With the Fire on High 4.17 avg rating — 88,723 ratings
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Imaro (Imaro #1)
Imaro (Imaro #1) 3.92 avg rating — 895 ratings
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On the Come Up
On the Come Up 4.26 avg rating — 99,744 ratings
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The Good Luck Girls (The Good Luck Girls, #1)
The Good Luck Girls (The Good Luck Girls, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 4,556 ratings
44.
Descendant of the Crane
Descendant of the Crane
by: Joan He
3.63 avg rating — 12,093 ratings
46.
Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating — 27,810 ratings
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Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)
Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 63,021 ratings
48.
Shadow of the Fox (Shadow of the Fox, #1)
Shadow of the Fox (Shadow of the Fox, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 24,625 ratings
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Gods of Jade and Shadow
Gods of Jade and Shadow 3.88 avg rating — 74,721 ratings
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Legend (Legend, #1)
Legend (Legend, #1)
by: Marie Lu
4.15 avg rating — 556,124 ratings
51.
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 60,534 ratings
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Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal, #1)
Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal, #1)
by: Zen Cho
3.73 avg rating — 15,781 ratings
53.
Cleverman #1
Cleverman #1 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings
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A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)
A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1) 3.74 avg rating — 8,517 ratings
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Mother of the Sea
Mother of the Sea 4.20 avg rating — 256 ratings
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Kingdom of Souls (Kingdom of Souls, #1)
Kingdom of Souls (Kingdom of Souls, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 5,807 ratings
56.
Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening
Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening 3.96 avg rating — 65,659 ratings
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War Girls (War Girls, #1)
War Girls (War Girls, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 3,114 ratings
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Moon Honey (Nunatak Series)
Moon Honey (Nunatak Series) 3.70 avg rating — 69 ratings
60.
The Rage of Dragons (The Burning, #1)
The Rage of Dragons (The Burning, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 43,255 ratings
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Pemmican Wars (A Girl Called Echo, #1)
Pemmican Wars (A Girl Called Echo, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 2,943 ratings
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Agents of the Realm
Agents of the Realm 4.26 avg rating — 138 ratings
63.
Griots: A Sword and Soul Anthology
Griots: A Sword and Soul Anthology 4.13 avg rating — 142 ratings
64.
Love Beyond Body, Space & Time
Love Beyond Body, Space & Time 3.91 avg rating — 1,486 ratings
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Werewolf by Night: New Wolf Rising
Werewolf by Night: New Wolf Rising
by: Taboo
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 163 ratings
66.
Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology
Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology 4.24 avg rating — 394 ratings
67.
Infidel
Infidel 3.84 avg rating — 3,516 ratings
68.
Dhalgren
Dhalgren 3.78 avg rating — 12,077 ratings
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The Ballad of Black Tom
The Ballad of Black Tom 3.84 avg rating — 32,628 ratings
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We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya, #1)
We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 105,700 ratings
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Bitter Root, Vol. 1: Family Business
Bitter Root, Vol. 1: Family Business 3.98 avg rating — 2,565 ratings
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Mech Cadet Yu, Vol. 1
Mech Cadet Yu, Vol. 1
by: Greg Pak
3.90 avg rating — 542 ratings
73.
The Water Dancer
The Water Dancer 4.06 avg rating — 116,574 ratings
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Evil Eye
Evil Eye really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9,238 ratings
75.
Marvel's Voices #1
Marvel's Voices #1 3.38 avg rating — 195 ratings
76.
Mexican Gothic
Mexican Gothic 3.67 avg rating — 416,490 ratings