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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Ikenga by Nnedi Okorafor

Ikenga

Nnedi Okorafor

6 hours, 10 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous medium-paced
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

The Three-Body Problem

Remembrance of Earth's Past #1

Cixin Liu

399 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction science fiction challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
Shades in Shadow: An Inheritance Triptych by N.K. Jemisin

Shades in Shadow: An Inheritance Triptych

Inheritance Trilogy #0.5; 1.5; 2.5

N.K. Jemisin

60 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy short stories adventurous challenging medium-paced
Palestine +100: Stories from a Century after the Nakba by Basma Ghalayini

Palestine +100: Stories from a Century after the Nakba

Futures Past

Basma Ghalayini

224 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna

A Spark of White Fire

The Celestial Trilogy #1

Sangu Mandanna

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction young adult adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong

Immortal Longings

Flesh and False Gods #1

Chloe Gong

369 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
A Psalm of Storms and Silence by Roseanne A. Brown

A Psalm of Storms and Silence

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin #2

Roseanne A. Brown

547 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

Race to the Sun

Rebecca Roanhorse

302 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious fast-paced
We Are the Crisis by Cadwell Turnbull

We Are the Crisis

Convergence Saga #2

Cadwell Turnbull

350 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ challenging dark medium-paced
The Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorafor

The Shadow Speaker

The Desert Magician's Duology #1

Nnedi Okorafor

336 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark medium-paced