SCPL Reads: Fantasies by BIPOC Authors

Magical worlds are revealed and fantastic lore is retold in these intriguing books by BIPOC authors.

Book cover for Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse.

Black Sun

Rebecca Roanhorse

Xiala, a disgraced Teek who can calm waters or cause madness with her song, arrives and disrupts the holy city of Tova during the winter solstice.

Book cover for Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James.

Black Leopard Red Wolf

Marlon James

Hired to find a mysterious boy who disappeared three years before, Tracker joins a search party that is quickly targeted by deadly creatures.

Book cover for Legendborn by Tracy Deonn.

Legendborn

Tracy Deonn

Wanting to escape her previous life after the accidental death of her mother, 16-year-old Bree enrolls in a program for high school students at the local university before her witness to a magical attack reveals her undiscovered powers as well as sinister truths about her mother’s death.

Book cover for So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole.

So Let Them Burn

Kamilah Cole

After her sister Elara forms an unbreakable bond with an enemy dragon, seventeen-year-old Faron, who once wielded the magic of the gods to save her island from those same dragon-riding colonizers, must find a way to save her sister and the fate of their world in the face of impossible odds.

Book cover for The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah.

The Stardust Thief

Chelsea Abdullah

A hunter and seller of illegal magic, Loulie al-Nazari, after saving the life of a cowardly prince, is blackmailed into finding an ancient lamp, drawing her into a world where nothing is what it seems and where she must decide who she will become in this new reality.

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