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• Chain-Gang All-Stars

  Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame,

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  In the not-too-distant future, Criminal Action Penal Entertainment--or CAPE--is a popular program in the "private prison industry." The idea is for inmates or so-called gladiators to fight one another to the death in order for one inmate to gain…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Africa Risen

  a New Era of Speculative Fiction

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  An anthology of 32 original speculative fiction stories, written by African authors. Also available in eBook and downloadable audiobook formats.

• Conquer the Dark

  Banks, L. A.

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  Celeste Jackson is a half-human/half-angel known as Remnant. The Remnant are declining in numbers, but Celeste has a protector named Azrael, a mighty angel of death. When Azrael goes up against the dark angel Asmodeus for dominion over an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cinderella Is Dead

  Bayron, Kalynn,

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  In the couple of centuries since Cinderella married her prince and lived happily ever after, their former kingdom is now a patriarchy ruled by a ruthless king who commands with an iron fist. Rather than submit to this dominance, young Sophia--a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Aftermath

  Burton, LeVar

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  In a future America torn asunder by race riots, black citizens are used in a particularly horrid way: they become forced body-parts donors. Working to end such unimaginable suffering is a black woman scientist named Dr. Rene Reynolds, who creates…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kindred

  Butler, Octavia E.

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  26-year-old Dana lives in the modern world--and yet for reasons unknown to her, she must endure time travel to the deep south, to an era when slavery is still legal. Dana ends up on a plantation where she must save the life of the master's son. It…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Unbroken

  Clark, C. L. (Cherae L.),

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  Book One in the "Magic of the Lost" series. This is the story of Luca and Touraine, each with her own agenda, each using anything and anyone for her own ends, one a princess and one a soldier. When they meet and fall in love, each has to wonder if…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Black God's Drums

  Clark, P. Djèlí,

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  A teen named Creeper decides that she doesn't want to live on the streets any longer; she wants to book passage on the smuggler airship Midnight Robber, led by Captain Ann-Marie. In return for her passage, Creeper would tell what she knows of a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Prey of Gods

  Drayden, Nicky,

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  A band of misfits must pull together to stop a very dangerous and deranged demigoddess (who's wreaking havoc in the land!), to halt the latest AI mutiny, fight a drug war, and more in this enjoyable science fiction thriller set in South Africa. …Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Conductors

  Glover, Nicole,

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  Hetty and Benjy used to be conductors on the Underground Railroad, using a combination of unerring instincts and magic. And now, while the Civil War itself may be over, this husband and wife team is desperately needed to solve murders that most…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mrs Death Misses Death

  Godden, Saliva,

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  Mrs Death--though lonesome and weary of what she must do each and every day--shares her thoughts with a young man named Wolf Willeford, a writer who begins to pen Mrs Death's memoirs. Death is personified and also humanized in this unusual book. …Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bacchanal

  Henry, Veronica G.,

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  Bacchanal is the name of a traveling carnival, currently in the south during the Depression years. Hoping to join Bacchanal is Eliza Meeks, a young woman whose specialty is communicating with animals. Eliza finds herself caught up in dark magic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Brown Girl in the Ring

  Hopkinson, Nalo,

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  In this highly original speculative novel, a young girl must survive in the abandoned and forgotten district of the inner city as best she can, as so many others have had to do. But the rich are now wanting these disenfranchised citizens for their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Leopard, Red Wolf

  James, Marlon, 1970-

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  Tracker is a hunter, a mercenary...and he has been hired to find a boy. After Tracker and his hunting party become hunted themselves while trying to locate the missing adolescent, Tracker begins to ponder who this boy is and why he cannot be found.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How Long 'til Black Future Month?

  Jemisin, N. K.,

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  This exceptional collection of speculative short stories is considered a classic by the Hugo award-winning Jemisin. Also available in Large Type, eBook and downloadable audiobook formats.

• The Blue, Beautiful World

  Lord, Karen, 1968-

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  A novel about first contact and what this means to Earth's inhabitants, who have been quietly observed for years by other civilizations. Also available in eBook and downloadable audiobook formats.

• The Memory Librarian

  and Other Stories of Dirty Computer

  Monáe, Janelle,

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  In this collection of short stories by Janelle Monae and her team of writers, a future world is explored where all thoughts and memories are tightly controlled, thereby controlling people as well (along with AI and other life forms too). Then the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• New Suns

  Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

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  This volume is chock full of short stories by authors of diversity such as Steven Barnes, Chinelo Onwualu, Andrea Hairston, and more. The book really is just what the subtitle indicates...original speculative fiction by people of color! As Nisi…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• New Suns 2

  Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

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  More short stories in one volume, with a Forward by Walter Mosley and edited by Nisi Shawl. Also available in eBook format.

• Binti

  the Complete Trilogy

  Okorafor, Nnedi,

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  This trilogy tells the story of a girl named Binti who, because of her brilliance in math and her genius with ancient astronomical instruments, is on her way to attend the renowned Oomza University. But the spaceship she is on falls under invasion…Read moreRead more of this annotation