The 2024 #SomethingBookishReadingChallenge - hosted by lipglossmaffia

A Fantasy By A Non Caucasian Author
 We're in desperate need of some new fantasy stories. Game of Thrones is great and all, but we've been stuck in a "Faux-Europe Fantasy World Starring Faux-Europeans" rut for a long, long time now. It's been done. Let's move on...
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That Self-Same Metal by Brittany N. Williams

That Self-Same Metal

The Forge & Fracture Saga #1

Brittany N. Williams

334 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal

A Tempest of Tea

Blood and Tea #1

Hafsah Faizal

11 hours, 1 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull

No Gods, No Monsters

Convergence Saga #1

Cadwell Turnbull

387 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents

Earthseed #2

Octavia E. Butler

15 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Edge of Here by Kelechi Okafor

Edge of Here

Kelechi Okafor

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah

The Stardust Thief

The Sandsea Trilogy #1

Chelsea Abdullah

480 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Blood and Bone

Legacy of Orïsha #1

Tomi Adeyemi

533 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker

Blood Debts

Blood Debts #1

Terry J. Benton-Walker

416 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ mystery young adult adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
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
Flower and Thorn by Rati Mehrotra

Flower and Thorn

Rati Mehrotra

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional fast-paced