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The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth, #1)

At the end of the world, a woman must hide her secret power and find her kidnapped daughter in this …

The Black Pages by Nnedi Okorafor (Black Stars, #2)

By fate and fire, a being four millennia old is reborn in Mali in a short story of contemporary African …

The Visit by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Black Stars, #1)

As a powerful matriarchy reshapes the world, two men—old friends—confront the past and future in a bracing speculative short story …

Ark by Veronica Roth (Forward, #1)

On the eve of Earth’s destruction, a young scientist discovers something too precious to lose, in a story of cataclysm …

2043... A Merman I Should Turn to Be by Nisi Shawl (Black Stars, #3)

African-descended USians are finally obtaining reparations—underwater. Five miles off the South Carolina coast, Darden and Catherina are getting their promised …

We Travel the Spaceways by Victor D. LaValle (Black Stars, #6)

Otherworldly interference in real-world New York City? Or delusions? Grimace is a homeless man on a holy mission to free …

Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton

S.T., a domesticated crow, is a bird of simple pleasures. He spends his days hanging out with this owner, Big …

Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton

S.T., a domesticated crow, is a bird of simple pleasures. He spends his days hanging out with this owner, Big …

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #2)

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #1)

It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …