Beginner's Guide to Black sci-fi/fantasy/horror

1.
Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)
Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 16,591 ratings
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Magic Dark, Magic Divine (Warrior of the Divine Sword, #1)
Magic Dark, Magic Divine (Warrior of the Divine Sword, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 216 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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Terminus: Tales of the Black Fantastic from the ATL
Terminus: Tales of the Black Fantastic from the ATL 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Beneath the Shining Jewel
Beneath the Shining Jewel 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Heretics
Heretics really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Of Cinder and Bone
Of Cinder and Bone
by: Kyoko M.
4.07 avg rating — 303 ratings
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Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1)
Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 35,470 ratings
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Gunman's Peace (The Gunman Series Book 1)
Gunman's Peace (The Gunman Series Book 1) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Sisters of the Wild Sage: A Weird Western Collection
Sisters of the Wild Sage: A Weird Western Collection really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27 ratings
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The Brothers Jetstream: Leviathan
The Brothers Jetstream: Leviathan 3.91 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Return of A.G. (Elemental Series Book 2)
Return of A.G. (Elemental Series Book 2)
by: M. Haynes
4.64 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Rage of Dragons (The Burning, #1)
The Rage of Dragons (The Burning, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 43,261 ratings
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When Night Falls (The Three Gifts #1)
When Night Falls (The Three Gifts #1) 4.28 avg rating — 29 ratings
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The Promise of Aferi (The Wolf Queen #2)
The Promise of Aferi (The Wolf Queen #2) 4.39 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Lightning Wears a Red Cape
Lightning Wears a Red Cape 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings
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skinless: A Novel in III Parts (Part I)
skinless: A Novel in III Parts (Part I) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Brookwater's Curse Volume 1
Brookwater's Curse Volume 1 4.55 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Sycorax's Daughters
Sycorax's Daughters 4.06 avg rating — 108 ratings
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Subject 82-42
Subject 82-42 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
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How Long 'til Black Future Month?
How Long 'til Black Future Month? 4.27 avg rating — 17,832 ratings
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My Soul to Keep (African Immortals, #1)
My Soul to Keep (African Immortals, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 7,408 ratings
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The Seedbearing Prince: Part I (World Breach #1)
The Seedbearing Prince: Part I (World Breach #1) 3.96 avg rating — 106 ratings
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Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1)
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 27,080 ratings
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Babel-17
Babel-17 3.72 avg rating — 19,542 ratings
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Everfair (Everfair, #1)
Everfair (Everfair, #1) 3.19 avg rating — 2,915 ratings
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Brown Girl in the Ring
Brown Girl in the Ring 3.85 avg rating — 7,278 ratings
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A Spectral Hue
A Spectral Hue 3.98 avg rating — 328 ratings
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Claiming T-Mo
Claiming T-Mo 3.59 avg rating — 58 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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The Last Seer (Order of the Seers, #3)
The Last Seer (Order of the Seers, #3) 4.38 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 239,008 ratings
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All The Dead Men: Alexander Smith #2
All The Dead Men: Alexander Smith #2 4.73 avg rating — 11 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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Maya and the Rising Dark (Maya and the Rising Dark, #1)
Maya and the Rising Dark (Maya and the Rising Dark, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 2,031 ratings
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A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #1)
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 20,487 ratings
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Buffalo Soldier
Buffalo Soldier 3.54 avg rating — 549 ratings
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A Plague Of Shadows: Book Two of The Three Gifts
A Plague Of Shadows: Book Two of The Three Gifts 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
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A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 33,531 ratings
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The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)
The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 54,595 ratings
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An Unkindness of Ghosts
An Unkindness of Ghosts 3.96 avg rating — 21,202 ratings
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Slay
Slay 3.77 avg rating — 118 ratings
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Nyumbani Tales
Nyumbani Tales 4.29 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Afro Puffs Are the Antennae of the Universe (Brothers Jetstream #2)
Afro Puffs Are the Antennae of the Universe (Brothers Jetstream #2) 4.58 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Ascension (War & Mir, #1)
Ascension (War & Mir, #1) 3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Waso: Gathering Wind
Waso: Gathering Wind it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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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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Cog
Cog 3.82 avg rating — 38 ratings
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The Ballad of Black Tom
The Ballad of Black Tom 3.84 avg rating — 32,627 ratings