Eleven top science fiction & fantasy titles by black authors

At the Waterstones blog, Mark Skinner tagged eleven top works of science fiction & fantasy by black authors, including:

The Fifth Season
N. K. Jemisin

Jemisin’s The Broken Earth trilogy is one of the most acclaimed fantasy sequences of recent years and The Fifth Season is where it all begins. A bravura example of literary world-building and rich, rounded characterisation, this is a novel that will still be being read in fifty years-time.

Read about another entry on the list.

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--Marshal Zeringue