Winter 2023 BIPOC SF/F Title List

Welcome to the winter quarter’s list of upcoming SF/F books by BIPOC writers, covering titles from January of 2023 through December of 2023.

JANUARY 2023

Novels (Adult):

1. Bachtyar Ali, The Last Pomengranate Tree. Bookshop.org
2. Brandon Ying Kit Boey, Karma of the Sun. Bookshop.org
3. Mike Chen, Vampire Weekend. Bookshop.org
4. Hadeer Elsbai, The Daughters of Izdihar, Book 1. Amazon
5. Han Song, Hospital. Bookshop.org

Novels (YA):

1. Ann Dávila Cardinal, Breakup from Hell. Bookshop.org
2. Olivia Chadha, Fall of the Iron Gods, Book 2. Bookshop.org
3. Michael Ferris Gibson & Imani Josey, Queen of Bablyon, Book 2. Bookshop.org
4. Maiya Ibrahim, Spice Road. Bookshop.org
5. Shakir Rashaan, Neverwraith. Paranormal romance. Amazon
6. Amélie Wen Zhao, Song of Silver, Flame Like Night. Amazon

Novellas:

1.  Nicole Givens Kurtz, Death Violation 01: Glitches & Stitches. Amazon
2. Xian Mao, Apollo Weeps. Aqueduct Press

FEBRUARY 2023

Novels (Adult):

1. Brad Abdul, The Devil’s Advisor. Amazon
2. Roshani Chokshi, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride. Bookshop.org
3. Johnny Compton, The Spite House. Amazon
4. Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ, Dazzling. Amazon.co.uk*
5. Mariana Enriquez, Our Share of Night. Amazon
6. Stephen Graham Jones, Don’t Fear the Reaper. Amazon
7. Ayize Jama-Everett, Heroes of an Unknown World, Book 4. Amazon
8. Laline Paull, Pod. Bookshop.org
9. Salman Rushdie, Victory City. Amazon
10. Allie Therin, Liar City. Paranormal romance. Bookshop.org
11. Dorothy Tse, Owlish. Bookshop.org
12. Alyssa Wees, Nocturne. Bookshop.org

Novels (YA):

1. Lauren Blackwood, Wildblood. Amazon
2. Dhonielle Clayton, The Beauty Trials. Bookshop.org
3. Chloe Gong, The Last Violent Call. Bookshop.org
4. Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads. Bookshop.org
5. Liselle Sambury, Delicious Monsters. Bookshop.org
6. Trang Thanh Tran, She is a Haunting. Amazon
7. Moses Ose Utomi, Daughters of Oduma. Bookshop.org

Collections:

1. E. Lily Yu, Jewel-Box Stories. Bookshop.org

MARCH 2023

Novels (Adult):

1. Nadia Afifi, The Transcendent. Amazon
2. Diane Marie Brown, Black Candle Women. Bookshop.org
3. Myeong-Kwan Cheon, The Whale. Amazon
4. Jinwoo Chong, Flux. Bookshop.org
5. C.L. Clark, The Faithless. Book 2. Amazon
6. Leopoldo Gout, Piñata. Bookshop.org
7. Victor LaValle, Lone Women. Amazon
8. Jade Song, Chlorine. Bookshop.org
9. Mia Tsai, Bitter Medicine. Bookshop.org

Novels (YA):

1. Tessa Barbosa, The Moonlight Blade. Amazon
2. Candace Kade, Enhanced. Amazon
3. Clara Kumagai, Catfish Rolling. Link TBA
4. Zeba Shahnaz, Midnight Strikes. Amazon

Novellas:

1. LaToya Jordan, To the Woman in the Pink Hat. Aqueduct Press
2. Malka Older, The Mimicking of Known Successes. Amazon
3. Moses Ose Utomi, The Lies of the Ajungo. Amazon

Collections:

1. Yuri Herrera, Ten Planets. Amazon
2. Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, Drinking from Graveyard Wells. Bookshop.org
3. Anuja Varghese, Chrysalis. Bookshop.org

APRIL 2023

Novels (Adult):

1. V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra. Amazon
2. N.E. Davenport, The Blood Gift. Book 2. Amazon
3. Lydia Kang, Star Wars: Cataclysm. Bookshop.org
4. Gama Ray Martinez, Queens of Wonderland. Book 2. Amazon
5. Nick Medina, Sisters of the Lost Nation. Amazon
6. Kritika H. Rao, The Surviving Sky. Book 1. Amazon
7. Andrea Stewart, The Bone Shard War, Book 3. Bookshop.org
8. Kotuku Titihuia Nuttall, Tauhou. Bookshop.org
9. Tyriek White, The We Are a Haunting. Amazon

Novels (YA):

1. Rena Barron, Master of Souls, Book 3. Amazon 
2. Terry J. Benton-Walker, Blood Debts. Amazon
3. Ella Cerón, Viva Lola Espinoza. Bookshop.org
4. Sharina Harris, Spirit of the Slayer. Amazon
5. Kiyash Monsef, Once There Was. Amazon
6. Sarah Raughley, Song of Wrath, Book 2. Bookshop.org
7. Cynthia Leitich Smith, Harvest House. Bookshop.org

Novellas:

1. Ness Brown, The Scourge Between Stars. Bookshop.org
2. Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky. Bookshop.org

Collections:

1. Izumi Suzuki, Hit Parade of Tears. Bookshop.org

MAY 2023

Novels (Adult):

1. Moniquill Blackgoose, To Shape a Dragon’s Breath. Book 1. Amazon
2. Sarina Dahlan, Preset. Amazon.
3. Saara El-Arif, The Battle Drum. Bookshop.org
4. Chloe Gong, Immortal Longings, Book 1. Amazon
5. S.L. Huang, The Water Outlaws. Bookshop.org
6. Cassandra Khaw. The Salt Grows Heavy. Amazon
7. Temi Oh, More Perfect. Bookshop.org
8. Abraham Verghse, The Covenant of Water. Bookshop.org
9. Aubrey Wood, Bang Bang Bodhisattva. Bookshop.org

JUNE 2023

Novels (Adult):

1. Emma Mieko Candon, The Archive Undying. Bookshop.org
2. Rita Chang-Eppig, Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea. Amazon
3. Tananarive Due, The Reformatory. Bookshop.org
4. Melissa Karibian, A Chorus of Ashes and Shadows. Link TBA
5. Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World, Book 2. Amazon
6. Kritika H. Rao, The Surviving Sky. Bookshop.org
7. Valerie Valdez, Where Peace is Lost. Bookshop.org

Novels (YA):

1. Vanessa Len, Never A Hero, Book 2. Amazon

Collections:

1. Jeffery Renard Allen, Fat Time and Other Stories. Amazon

JULY 2023

Novels (Adult):

1. Kemi Ashing-Giwa, The Splinter in the Sky. Amazon
2. Stephen Blackmoore, Cult Classic, Book 9. Amazon
3. Vajra Chandrasekera, The Saint of Bright Doors. Bookshop.org
4. Chloe Gong, Immortal Longings. Bookshop.org
5. T.L. Huchu, The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle, Book 3. Amazon
6. Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson, The Principle of Moments. Link TBD
7. Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Silver Nitrate. Bookshop.org
8. Nalini Singh, Resonance Surge, Book 7. Paranormal romance. Amazon
9. Julia Vee & Ken BeBelle, Ebony Gate. Bookshop.org

Novels (YA+MG):

1. P. Djèlí Clark, Abeni’s Song. MG. Bookshop.org
2. Benjamin Dean, The King is Dead. Amazon
3. Femi Fadugba, The Mirror World. Amazon

AUGUST 2023

Novels (Adult):

1. Isabel Cañas, The Vampires of El Norte, Amazon
2. Wesley Chu, The Art of Destiny. Bookshop.org
3. T.L. Huchu, The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle, Book 3. Amazon
4. Ehigbor Okosun, Forged by Blood. Bookshop.org
5. Evelyn Skye, The Hundred Loves of Juliet. Amazon
6. Wole Talabi, Shigidi. Bookshop.org

Novels (YA):

1. S. Jae-Jones, Guardians of Dawn: Zhara. Amazon
2. Shanna Miles, The Fall of the House of Tatterly. Link TBD
3. Akshaya Raman, The Crimson Fortress. Amazon

SEPTEMBER 2023

Novels (Adult):

1. Tobias Buckell, A Stranger in the Citadel. Link TBD
2. Mariely Lares, Sun of Blood and Ruin. Amazon
3. Anna Smith-Spark, A Sword of Bronze and Ashes. Link TBA
4. Allie Therin, Once a Rogue, Book 2. Paranormal romance. Amazon

Novels (YA):

1. Shade Lapite, Goddess Crown. Link TBA
2. Maggie Tokuda-Hall, The Siren, the Song, and the Spy. Link TBA

Novellas:

1. Nghi Vo, Mammoths at the Gate, Book 4. Amazon

OCTOBER 2023

NOVEMBER 2023

Novels (YA):

1. Maya Motayne, Lucero, Book 3. Amazon

DECEMBER 2023

Novels (YA):

1. Renée Adhieh, The Ruined. Paranormal romance. Bookshop.org