Diversify SFF Reading Challenge 2023 - hosted by raeslibrary

February: Black History Month - African-American or Africian Author or Protagonist
Bonus if the characters are majority non-white or non-European setting. 
All books added
Rosewater by Tade Thompson

Rosewater

The Wormwood Trilogy #1

Tade Thompson

423 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

An Unkindness of Ghosts

Rivers Solomon

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Blood Trials by N.E. Davenport

The Blood Trials

The Blood Gift Duology #1

N.E. Davenport

464 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender

Queen of the Conquered

Islands of Blood and Storm #1

Kacen Callender

400 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

The Gilded Ones

Deathless #1

Namina Forna

424 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Black Pages by Nnedi Okorafor

The Black Pages

Black Stars #2

Nnedi Okorafor

1 hour, 27 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction short stories adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

Bloodmarked

The Legendborn Cycle #2

Tracy Deonn

529 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Emergency Skin by N.K. Jemisin

Emergency Skin

Forward Collection #3

N.K. Jemisin

1 hour, 4 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories reflective fast-paced
The Garden by Tomi Adeyemi

The Garden

Into Shadow #1

Tomi Adeyemi

45 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy short stories emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
After the Rain by Nnedi Okorafor

After the Rain

Nnedi Okorafor

128 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction graphic novel horror magical realism dark mysterious tense fast-paced