Happy Spring! It’s time to take a look at titles by BIPOC writers in SFF being published for the rest of 2021. But first, I want to take the time to highlight a few titles already published this year that I missed in the last post:
- C.L. Clark, The Unbroken. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Amanda Joy, A Queen of Gilded Horns. Book 2/2. Bookshop.org/Amazon. YA novel
- Ben Okri, Prayer for the Living. Bookshop.org/Amazon. Short story collection
- C.T. Rwizi, Requiem Moon. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Andrea Tang, Renegade Flight. Bookshop.org/Amazon. YA novel
- Morowa Yejide, Creatures of Passage. Bookshop.org/Amazon
And now onto forthcoming titles for the rest of 2021!
APRIL 2021
Novels (Adult):
- Ashok Banker, A Dark Queen Rises, Book 2. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Sarah Kuhn, Star Wars: Doctor Aphra. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Angela Mi Young Hur, Folklorn. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Courttia Newland, A River Called Time. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Shall Machines Divide the Earth. Amazon
- Jin Yong, A Heart Divided. Bookshop.org/Amazon
Novels (YA):
- Akemi Dawn Bowman, The Infinity Courts. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Heidi Heilig, On This Unworthy Scaffold. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Maya Motayne, Occulta. Amazon
- Ciannon Smart, The Witches Steeped in Gold. Bookshop.org/Amazon
Collections:
- Kim Bo-Young, I’m Waiting for You and other stories. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Zen Cho, Spirits Abroad and Other Stories. Bookshop.org/Amazon
MAY 2021
Novels (Adult):
- Zen Cho, Black Water Sister. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Sarina Dahlan, Reset. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Son of the Storm. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- P. Djeli Clark, A Master of Djinn. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Peng Shepherd, The Cartographers. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- K.S. Villoso, The Dragon of Jin-Sayeng, Book 3. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- David Yoon, Version Zero. Bookshop.org/Amazon
Novels (YA&MG):
- Zoraida Córdova, Illusionary, Book 2. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Joan He, The Ones We’re Meant to Find. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Justina Ireland, Ophie’s Ghosts. MG. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen, Last Gate of the Emperor. Middlegrade. Bookshop.org/Amazon
Novellas:
- Cixin Liu, The Cretaceous Past. Bookshop.org/Amazon
Collections:
- Brenda Peynado, The Rock Eaters. Bookshop.org/Amazon
JUNE 2021
Novels (Adult):
- Ta-Wei Chi, The Membranes. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Veronica G. Henry, Bacchanal. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- T.L. Huchu, The Library of the Dead. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Cassandra Khaw, The All-Consuming World. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Lori M. Lee, Broken Web. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Michelle Sagara, Cast in Conflict. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Yan Lei Sheng, Assassin’s Creed: The Ming Storm. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Tasha Suri, The Jasmine Throne. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Na’amen Gobert Tilahun, The Fruit, Book 3. Bookshop.org/Amazon
Novels (YA):
- Aamna Aqreshi, The Lady or the Lion. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Kalynn Bayron, This Poison Heart. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Roseanne A. Brown, A Psalm of Storms and Silence. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Kelly deVos, Eat Your Heart Out. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Sandhya Menon, Of Princes and Promises, Book 2. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Zoe Hana Mikuta, Gearbreakers. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Bethany Morrow, A Chorus Rises. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Sasha Nanua and Sarena Nanua, Sisters of the Snake. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Liselle Sambury, Blood Like Magic. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Destiny Soria, Fire with Fire. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Swati Teerdhala, The Chariot at Dusk. Book 3/3 Bookshop.org/Amazon
Novellas:
- Silvia Morena-Garcia, The Return of the Sorceress. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Nghi Vo, The Chosen and the Beautiful. Bookshop.org/Amazon
Collections:
- Yun Ji, The Shadow Book of Ji Yun. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Marjorie Liu, The Tangleroot Palace. Bookshop.org/Amazon
JULY 2021
Novels (Adult):
- Violet Kupersmith, Build Your House Around My Body. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Lena Nguyen, We Have Always Been Here. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Lucinda Roy, The Freedom Race. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Nalini Singh, Last Guard. Paranormal romance. Bookshop.org/Amazon
Novels (YA):
- Ryan Douglass, The Taking of Jake Livingstone. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Elizabeth Lim, Six Crimson Cranes. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Amy Tintera, All These Warriors. Bookshop.org/Amazon
AUGUST 2021
Novels (Adult):
- Alexis Henderson, The Dawn of the Coven, Book 2. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Jadie Jang, Monkey Around. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart is a Chainsaw. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Sheng Keyi, Death Fugue. Bookshop.org
- L Penelope, Requiem of Silence, Book 4. Paranormal romance. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Kit Rocha, The Devil You Know, Book 2. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Cynthia Zhang, After the Dragons. Links TBA.
Novels (YA):
- Janella Angeles, When Night Breaks, Book 2. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Nafiza Azad, The Wild Ones. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Charlotte Nicole Davis, The Sisters of Reckoning, Book 2. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Jordan Ifueko, Redemptor, Book 2/2. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Taran Matharu, The Champion, Book 3/3. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Amber McBride, Me (Moth). Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Caroline Tung Richmond, The Great Destroyers. Bookshop.org/Amazon
Novellas:
- Qiouyi Lu, In the Watchful City. Bookshop.org/Amazon
SEPTEMBER 2021
Novels (Adult):
- Ryka Aoki, Light From Uncommon Stars. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Agnes Gomillion, The Seed of Cain, Book 2. Bookshop.org/Amazon
Novels (YA+MG):
- David Bowles & Raul the Third, The Witch Owl Parliament. MG. Bookshop.org
- Ayana Gray, Beasts of Prey. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Tiffany Jackson, White Smoke. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Sarah Raughley, The Bones of Ruin. Bookshop.org/Amazon
Novellas:
- Kayla Chenault, These Bones. Links TBA.
- Zin E. Rocklyn, Flowers for the Sea. Amazon
- Neon Yang, The Tensorate Series. Omnibus of four novellas. Bookshop.org/Amazon
OCTOBER 2021
Novels (Adult):
- Jennifer Marie Brissett, Destroyer of Light. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Cherie Dimaline, Hunting by Stars. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Un Su Kim, The Cabinet. Amazon
- Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Dreaming of You. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- June C.L. Tan, Jade Fire Gold. Amazon
Novels (YA):
Olivia Abtahi, Twin Flames. Links TBA.
Novellas:
Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth. Bookshop.org/Amazon
Collections:
Cixin Liu, The Wandering Earth. Links TBA.
NOVEMBER 2021
Novels (Adult):
- Nicole Glover, The Undertakers. Book 2/2. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Ken Liu, The Veiled Throne, Book 3. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Nnedi Okorafor, Noor. Links TBA
- David Valedes, Spin Me Right Round. Bookshop.org/Amazon
Novels (YA):
- Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea. Bookshop.org/Amazon
- Makiaa Lucier, Year of the Reaper. Amazon
- Rebecca Kim Wells, Briar Girls. Bookshop.org/Amazon
DECEMBER 2021
Novels (Adult):
Michelle Sagara, The Queen of the Dead (omnibus). Links TBA.
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