Speculative Fiction by Women of Color

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Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 60,539 ratings
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The Killing Moon (Dreamblood, #1)
The Killing Moon (Dreamblood, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 22,756 ratings
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 239,018 ratings
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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,217 ratings
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Binti (Binti, #1)
Binti (Binti, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 78,690 ratings
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Forest of Souls (Shamanborn, #1)
Forest of Souls (Shamanborn, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 4,456 ratings
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Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating — 27,811 ratings
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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 80,327 ratings
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Redemption in Indigo
Redemption in Indigo 3.88 avg rating — 2,932 ratings
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Huntress
Huntress 3.79 avg rating — 13,438 ratings
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Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,373 ratings
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Ancient, Ancient
Ancient, Ancient 3.88 avg rating — 162 ratings
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The Iron King (The Iron Fey, #1)
The Iron King (The Iron Fey, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 217,490 ratings
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Lagoon
Lagoon 3.63 avg rating — 8,984 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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An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 333,900 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 — 105,710 ratings
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Cast in Shadow (Chronicles of Elantra, #1)
Cast in Shadow (Chronicles of Elantra, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 18,092 ratings
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The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow (The Twelve Kingdoms, #1)
The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow (The Twelve Kingdoms, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 2,972 ratings
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Bloodchild and other Stories
Bloodchild and other Stories 4.35 avg rating — 26,126 ratings
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The Salt Roads
The Salt Roads 3.84 avg rating — 2,491 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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Legend (Legend, #1)
Legend (Legend, #1)
by: Marie Lu
4.15 avg rating — 556,163 ratings
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Mind of My Mind (Patternist, #2)
Mind of My Mind (Patternist, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 15,071 ratings
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Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2)
Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 77,781 ratings
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The Marrow Thieves
The Marrow Thieves 3.95 avg rating — 42,143 ratings
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Servant of the Underworld (Obsidian and Blood, #1)
Servant of the Underworld (Obsidian and Blood, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 2,327 ratings
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The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf (The Tribe, #1)
The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf (The Tribe, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 2,561 ratings
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Beloved
Beloved 3.97 avg rating — 476,997 ratings
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The Tiger’s Daughter (Ascendant, #1)
The Tiger’s Daughter (Ascendant, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 4,101 ratings
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Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)
Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 51,668 ratings
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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
by: Grace Lin
4.32 avg rating — 53,142 ratings
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Zahrah the Windseeker
Zahrah the Windseeker 4.16 avg rating — 2,663 ratings
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Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicles, #1)
Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicles, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 3,443 ratings
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Midnight Robber
Midnight Robber 3.93 avg rating — 3,780 ratings
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Warchild (Warchild, #1)
Warchild (Warchild, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 2,260 ratings
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Dark Matter: Reading the Bones
Dark Matter: Reading the Bones 4.10 avg rating — 390 ratings
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Filter House
Filter House 3.95 avg rating — 399 ratings
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Witches of East End (The Beauchamp Family, #1)
Witches of East End (The Beauchamp Family, #1) 3.53 avg rating — 21,812 ratings
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Seed to Harvest (Patternist, #1-4)
Seed to Harvest (Patternist, #1-4) 4.39 avg rating — 6,601 ratings
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Ascension (Tangled Axon, #1)
Ascension (Tangled Axon, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 1,694 ratings
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A Stranger in Olondria
A Stranger in Olondria 3.66 avg rating — 3,007 ratings
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Report from Planet Midnight (PM's Outspoken Authors, #9)
Report from Planet Midnight (PM's Outspoken Authors, #9) 3.93 avg rating — 555 ratings
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Silver Phoenix (Kingdom of Xia, #1)
Silver Phoenix (Kingdom of Xia, #1)
by: Cindy Pon
3.57 avg rating — 3,381 ratings
44.
The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden, #1)
The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 72,051 ratings
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Sister Mine
Sister Mine 3.74 avg rating — 1,726 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 — 63,038 ratings
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Smoketown
Smoketown 3.61 avg rating — 165 ratings
48.
The Broken Kingdoms (Inheritance, #2)
The Broken Kingdoms (Inheritance, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 38,521 ratings
48.
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1)
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 37,836 ratings
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The Everlasting Rose (The Belles, #2)
The Everlasting Rose (The Belles, #2) 3.60 avg rating — 7,797 ratings
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Future Home of the Living God
Future Home of the Living God 3.60 avg rating — 28,724 ratings
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Dragon Sword and Wind Child (Tales of the Magatama, #1)
Dragon Sword and Wind Child (Tales of the Magatama, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 1,179 ratings
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Sunbolt (The Sunbolt Chronicles, #1)
Sunbolt (The Sunbolt Chronicles, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 3,247 ratings
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Girls of Paper and Fire (Girls of Paper and Fire, #1)
Girls of Paper and Fire (Girls of Paper and Fire, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 58,078 ratings
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Eartheater
Eartheater 3.64 avg rating — 20,891 ratings
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Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas, #1)
Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 14,413 ratings
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The Midnight Bargain
The Midnight Bargain
by: C.L. Polk
3.75 avg rating — 16,066 ratings
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Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1)
Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 107,204 ratings
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Severance
Severance
by: Ling Ma
3.89 avg rating — 122,967 ratings
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Orleans
Orleans 3.72 avg rating — 4,333 ratings
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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 420,237 ratings
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The Candle and the Flame
The Candle and the Flame 3.74 avg rating — 3,271 ratings
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She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)
She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 89,413 ratings
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On a Red Station, Drifting
On a Red Station, Drifting 3.76 avg rating — 2,105 ratings
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Zero Sum Game (Russell's Attic, #1)
Zero Sum Game (Russell's Attic, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 3,295 ratings
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Ignite the Stars (Ignite the Stars, #1)
Ignite the Stars (Ignite the Stars, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 1,944 ratings
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Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories 3.82 avg rating — 102,326 ratings
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Infomocracy (The Centenal Cycle, #1)
Infomocracy (The Centenal Cycle, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 7,015 ratings
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Shades in Shadow (Inheritance, #0.5, 1.5, 2.5)
Shades in Shadow (Inheritance, #0.5, 1.5, 2.5) 4.05 avg rating — 2,545 ratings
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The Sound of Stars
The Sound of Stars 3.73 avg rating — 5,286 ratings
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Home (Binti, #2)
Home (Binti, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 29,659 ratings
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The Night Masquerade (Binti, #3)
The Night Masquerade (Binti, #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22,907 ratings
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The Book of Phoenix (Who Fears Death, #0)
The Book of Phoenix (Who Fears Death, #0) 3.94 avg rating — 5,874 ratings
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The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch, #1)
The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 48,855 ratings
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The Tiger at Midnight (The Tiger at Midnight Trilogy, #1)
The Tiger at Midnight (The Tiger at Midnight Trilogy, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 5,636 ratings
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Do You Dream of Terra-Two?
Do You Dream of Terra-Two?
by: Temi Oh
3.65 avg rating — 5,271 ratings
78.
The Tea Master and the Detective
The Tea Master and the Detective 3.84 avg rating — 5,890 ratings
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In the Vanishers’ Palace
In the Vanishers’ Palace 3.65 avg rating — 2,677 ratings
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The Prey of Gods
The Prey of Gods 3.76 avg rating — 3,811 ratings
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What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours 3.64 avg rating — 14,301 ratings
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The Earth Girl and Queen Eliza
The Earth Girl and Queen Eliza
by: C.C. Alma
3.77 avg rating — 57 ratings
82.
Voice Of The Blood (Voice of Blood, #1)
Voice Of The Blood (Voice of Blood, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 500 ratings
82.
Kabu Kabu
Kabu Kabu 3.99 avg rating — 1,806 ratings
82.
The Tale of Yin
The Tale of Yin 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Reenu-You
Reenu-You 3.89 avg rating — 105 ratings
82.
Venous Hum
Venous Hum 3.48 avg rating — 67 ratings
82.
Secret Insurrection: Stories from a Novel of a Future Time
Secret Insurrection: Stories from a Novel of a Future Time it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Descendant of the Crane
Descendant of the Crane
by: Joan He
3.63 avg rating — 12,093 ratings
82.
The Chosen and the Beautiful
The Chosen and the Beautiful
by: Nghi Vo
3.55 avg rating — 18,443 ratings
82.
The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)
The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 596 ratings
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Kurangaituku
Kurangaituku 4.34 avg rating — 410 ratings
82.
Time is a Room
Time is a Room 3.40 avg rating — 25 ratings
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The Earth Boy and Mr. Brown / Robots in Love
The Earth Boy and Mr. Brown / Robots in Love
by: C.C. Alma
3.17 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Summer Prince
The Summer Prince 3.56 avg rating — 4,731 ratings
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Anathema
Anathema it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Whispers of Shadow & Flame (Earthsinger Chronicles, #2)
Whispers of Shadow & Flame (Earthsinger Chronicles, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 728 ratings
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The Bird King
The Bird King 3.73 avg rating — 9,857 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 — 15,782 ratings
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White Is for Witching
White Is for Witching 3.54 avg rating — 12,890 ratings
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