Probably needs a better name, but basically books I like from authors that are BIPOC, queer, or women.
Diverse SFF I Can't Recommend Enough Public
Created by Nomade Moderne
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A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
4 stars
Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark returns to his popular alternate Cairo universe for his fantasy novel debut, …
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The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
4 stars
In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings …
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Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
4 stars
Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Civil War era America derailing …
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A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #1)
4 stars
It’s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …
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Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #1)
4 stars
Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off …
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Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #2)
4 stars
"She answered the Emperor's call.
She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend.
In victory, her world …
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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #1)
4 stars
When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, a patched-up ship that's seen …
Nomade Moderne says: First of the Wayfarer series. Each is worth reading.
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A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
4 stars
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous …
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Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor
4 stars
Collected for the first time in an omnibus edition, the Hugo- and Nebula-award-winning Binti trilogy, the story of one extraordinary …
Nomade Moderne says: Read this and then read everything else Nnedi Okorafor has written. Or read the other stuff first and then this. Whatever. Just read it.
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The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin, N.k. Jemisin (Great Cities, #2)
4 stars
All is not well in the city that never sleeps. Even though the avatars of New York City have temporarily …
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The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin (Great Cities, #1)
4 stars
Five New Yorkers must come together in order to defend their city.
Every city has a soul. Some are as …
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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) by N. K. Jemisin (Broken Earth, #1)
4 stars
A SEASON OF ENDINGS HAS BEGUN.
IT STARTS WITH THE GREAT RED RIFT across the heart of the world's sole …
Nomade Moderne says: First of the three Broken Earth books, all Hugo award winners. Amazing series.
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A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk & Robot, #1)
5 stars
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …
