SFF Books by Black Authors

1.
The Deep
The Deep 3.77 avg rating — 38,697 ratings
2.
The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)
The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 54,585 ratings
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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,121 ratings
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Fledgling
Fledgling 3.80 avg rating — 37,686 ratings
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Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)
Raybearer (Raybearer, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 30,962 ratings
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Binti (Binti, #1)
Binti (Binti, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 78,676 ratings
7.
A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)
A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 11,846 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 — 33,518 ratings
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An Unkindness of Ghosts
An Unkindness of Ghosts 3.96 avg rating — 21,199 ratings
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The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 187,495 ratings
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Freshwater
Freshwater 4.01 avg rating — 35,600 ratings
12.
Miles Morales: Spider-Man
Miles Morales: Spider-Man 3.89 avg rating — 8,224 ratings
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Undead Girl Gang
Undead Girl Gang 3.75 avg rating — 10,709 ratings
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Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,289 ratings
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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,281 ratings
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The Rage of Dragons (The Burning, #1)
The Rage of Dragons (The Burning, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 43,251 ratings
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Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating — 27,809 ratings
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Pet (Pet, #1)
Pet (Pet, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 33,364 ratings
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Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 175,730 ratings
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Lagoon
Lagoon 3.63 avg rating — 8,983 ratings
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Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)
Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1) 3.19 avg rating — 6,188 ratings
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 238,877 ratings
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Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1)
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 80,687 ratings
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Emergency Skin
Emergency Skin 4.02 avg rating — 32,503 ratings
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Mirage (Mirage, #1)
Mirage (Mirage, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 13,969 ratings
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Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 60,524 ratings
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Wild Seed (Patternist, #1)
Wild Seed (Patternist, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 38,328 ratings
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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 80,312 ratings
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 238,877 ratings
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How Long 'til Black Future Month?
How Long 'til Black Future Month? 4.27 avg rating — 17,830 ratings
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Imago (Xenogenesis, #3)
Imago (Xenogenesis, #3) 4.20 avg rating — 23,527 ratings
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Riot Baby
Riot Baby 3.71 avg rating — 11,748 ratings
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Master of Poisons
Master of Poisons 3.35 avg rating — 1,102 ratings
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Slay
Slay 3.77 avg rating — 118 ratings
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The Water Dancer
The Water Dancer 4.06 avg rating — 116,571 ratings
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The Blood Trials
The Blood Trials 4.07 avg rating — 8,385 ratings
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Tales of the Astonishing Black Spark
Tales of the Astonishing Black Spark 4.02 avg rating — 100 ratings
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Black Panther, Vol. 4: Avengers of the New World, Part One
Black Panther, Vol. 4: Avengers of the New World, Part One 3.80 avg rating — 1,452 ratings
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Brown Girl in the Ring
Brown Girl in the Ring 3.85 avg rating — 7,276 ratings
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Fractured Princess (The Shattered Chronicles #1)
Fractured Princess (The Shattered Chronicles #1) 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings
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JUDGES: When The Light Lay Still
JUDGES: When The Light Lay Still 3.37 avg rating — 60 ratings
42.
The Gilda Stories
The Gilda Stories 3.95 avg rating — 4,243 ratings
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Venous Hum
Venous Hum 3.48 avg rating — 67 ratings
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The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3)
The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3) 4.34 avg rating — 159,378 ratings
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The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3)
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3) 3.97 avg rating — 17,178 ratings
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The Beautiful Side of the Moon
The Beautiful Side of the Moon 3.26 avg rating — 76 ratings
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The Ballad of Black Tom
The Ballad of Black Tom 3.84 avg rating — 32,625 ratings
48.
Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)
Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 16,588 ratings
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My Soul to Keep (African Immortals, #1)
My Soul to Keep (African Immortals, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 7,405 ratings
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Remembrance
Remembrance 3.72 avg rating — 1,983 ratings
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Imaro (Imaro #1)
Imaro (Imaro #1) 3.92 avg rating — 895 ratings
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Skin Folk
Skin Folk 3.97 avg rating — 1,924 ratings
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These Ghosts Are Family
These Ghosts Are Family 3.66 avg rating — 7,587 ratings
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Buffalo Soldier
Buffalo Soldier 3.54 avg rating — 549 ratings
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Witchmark (The Kingston Cycle, #1)
Witchmark (The Kingston Cycle, #1)
by: C.L. Polk
3.86 avg rating — 15,985 ratings
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Shuri (Shuri: A Black Panther Novel, #1)
Shuri (Shuri: A Black Panther Novel, #1)
by: Nic Stone
3.87 avg rating — 1,713 ratings
56.
The Monsters We Defy
The Monsters We Defy 4.11 avg rating — 6,018 ratings
58.
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 76,602 ratings
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Ironheart, Vol. 1: Those With Courage
Ironheart, Vol. 1: Those With Courage 4.06 avg rating — 1,059 ratings
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Gingerbread
Gingerbread 3.05 avg rating — 15,465 ratings
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The Midnight Bargain
The Midnight Bargain
by: C.L. Polk
3.75 avg rating — 16,065 ratings
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Zone One
Zone One 3.25 avg rating — 26,608 ratings
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Black Panther: The Young Prince
Black Panther: The Young Prince 3.86 avg rating — 1,381 ratings
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St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid
St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid
by: C.L. Polk
3.85 avg rating — 964 ratings
65.
Lakewood
Lakewood 3.48 avg rating — 13,437 ratings
65.
Yohancé
Yohancé 4.24 avg rating — 55 ratings
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AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers
AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers 3.94 avg rating — 294 ratings
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Mating the Huntress (Monsters and Mates, #1)
Mating the Huntress (Monsters and Mates, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 5,629 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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Two Moons: Stories
Two Moons: Stories 3.94 avg rating — 115 ratings
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Stormsong (The Kingston Cycle, #2)
Stormsong (The Kingston Cycle, #2)
by: C.L. Polk
3.87 avg rating — 4,303 ratings
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Rebirth of the Cool (Static Shock #1)
Rebirth of the Cool (Static Shock #1) 3.95 avg rating — 216 ratings
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Orleans
Orleans 3.72 avg rating — 4,334 ratings
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Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand 3.81 avg rating — 3,105 ratings
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Excellence, Vol. 1: Kill the Past
Excellence, Vol. 1: Kill the Past 3.51 avg rating — 365 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 — 18,960 ratings
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Steamfunk!
Steamfunk! 4.24 avg rating — 109 ratings
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Nova
Nova 3.80 avg rating — 8,860 ratings
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Tuskeegee Heirs
Tuskeegee Heirs 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings
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The Angel of Khan el-Khalili (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.2)
The Angel of Khan el-Khalili (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.2) 3.94 avg rating — 3,325 ratings
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Mosaic, Vol. 1: King of the World
Mosaic, Vol. 1: King of the World 3.39 avg rating — 157 ratings
81.
Masquerade Season
Masquerade Season 3.94 avg rating — 190 ratings
81.
Flowers for the Sea
Flowers for the Sea 3.40 avg rating — 2,243 ratings
84.
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1)
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 37,833 ratings
84.
The Complete Quantum and Woody Classic Omnibus
The Complete Quantum and Woody Classic Omnibus 4.08 avg rating — 49 ratings
84.
Blood Is Another Word for Hunger
Blood Is Another Word for Hunger 3.68 avg rating — 928 ratings
84.
Soulstar (The Kingston Cycle, #3)
Soulstar (The Kingston Cycle, #3)
by: C.L. Polk
3.92 avg rating — 2,640 ratings
88.
Luke Cage: Second Chances, Vol. 1
Luke Cage: Second Chances, Vol. 1 2.99 avg rating — 78 ratings
89.
We Cast a Shadow
We Cast a Shadow 3.62 avg rating — 5,089 ratings
89.
Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel
Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel 3.64 avg rating — 311 ratings
91.
Midnight Robber
Midnight Robber 3.93 avg rating — 3,779 ratings
91.
Black Panther: Killmonger - By Any Means
Black Panther: Killmonger - By Any Means 3.70 avg rating — 375 ratings
93.
Bitter Root, Vol. 1: Family Business
Bitter Root, Vol. 1: Family Business 3.98 avg rating — 2,565 ratings
93.
Captain America: Truth - Red, White & Black
Captain America: Truth - Red, White & Black 4.02 avg rating — 1,159 ratings
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Root Magic
Root Magic 4.20 avg rating — 3,355 ratings
95.
Marvel Rising: Heroes of the Round Table
Marvel Rising: Heroes of the Round Table 3.59 avg rating — 313 ratings
97.
FALCON: TAKE FLIGHT
FALCON: TAKE FLIGHT 3.37 avg rating — 274 ratings
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The Intuitionist
The Intuitionist 3.62 avg rating — 16,068 ratings
98.
Captain America/Black Panther: Flags of our Fathers
Captain America/Black Panther: Flags of our Fathers 3.68 avg rating — 415 ratings
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The Jumbies (The Jumbies, #1)
The Jumbies (The Jumbies, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 5,603 ratings
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