Part 4: Books by Black Authors to Read

Dread Nation #1 Dread Nation Justina Ireland Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville—derailing the War Between the States and changing America forever. In this new nation, safety for all depends on the work of a few, and laws like the Native and Negro Reeducation…

Part 3: Science Fiction and Fantasy Books by Black Authors

Black Sci-Fi Short Stories Tia Ross (Editor), Sandra M. Grayson (Introduction) Dystopia, apocalypse, gene-splicing, cloning and colonization are explored here by new authors and combined with proto-sci-fi and speculative writing of an older tradition (by W.E.B. Du Bois, Martin R. Delany, Sutton E. Griggs, Pauline Hopkins and Edward Johnson) whose first-hand experience of slavery and denial created their…

Part 2: Science Fiction and Fantasy Books by Black Authors

Witches Steeped in Gold #1 Witches Steeped in Gold Ciannon Smart Divided by their order. United by their vengeance. Iraya has spent her life in a cell, but every day brings her closer to freedom - and vengeance. Jazmyne is the Queen’s daughter, but unlike her sister before her, she has no intention of dying to…

Part 1: Science Fiction & Fantasy Books by Black Authors

Not all of these books are from 2023, but I want to highlight these series and books that feature either Black Authors or Black Characters (POC/Ownvoices) for Black History Month. I haven't done a list like this specifically before so that's also why I'm hightlighting books people might have already read. Deathless #1 The Gilded Ones…