Created by Nomade Moderne
Probably needs a better name, but basically books I like from authors that are BIPOC, queer, or women.
List is in no particular order. Also, sometimes I’ve listed multiple books in a series and sometimes just one. Doesn’t mean anything. Read the whole series.
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
First of the Wayfarer series. Each is worth reading.
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 …
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 …
Read this and then read everything else Nnedi Okorafor has written. Or read the other stuff first and then this. Whatever. Just read it.
The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin (The 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 …
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 …
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 …
First of the three Broken Earth books, all Hugo award winners. Amazing series.
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk & 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 …
