Big Books of 2026

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Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe King's Seer by L.S. BethelBlessed Moon by L.S. BethelAn Original Spencer by Lori TylerThe Time Slip Girl by Elizabeth Andre
TIME TRAVEL - African American Women
27 books — 7 voters
Binti by Nnedi OkoraforKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerWho Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
Afrofuturism
199 books — 135 voters

Captive in the Dark by C.J. RobertsTears of Tess by Pepper WintersSeduced in the Dark by C.J. RobertsConsequences by Aleatha RomigDebt Inheritance by Pepper Winters
Most Controversial "Dark Romance"
559 books — 1,277 voters
Being Plumville by Savannah J. FriersonSharing Space by Nina PerezTake a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia HibbertThe Wedding Date by Jasmine GuilloryThe Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa
African American Lead : clean version
73 books — 5 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieFacing the Son by M.L. RudolphBuck by M.K. AsanteNightmare Along the River Nile by S.E. Nelson
Africa and the Diaspora
150 books — 70 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSo Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
African Fiction
600 books — 428 voters

White Teeth by Zadie SmithSmall Island by Andrea LevyThe Lonely Londoners by Sam SelvonOn Beauty by Zadie SmithGirl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Black British Literature (fiction)
119 books — 83 voters
The Fae and the Fallen by Brittni ChenelleFledgling by Octavia E. ButlerMy Soul to Keep by Tananarive DueMahogany Sin by Kellee GilmoreDark Genesis by A.D. Koboah
African American Paranormal
132 books — 68 voters

Wild Seed by Octavia E. ButlerKindred by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerFledgling by Octavia E. ButlerThe Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
African American Science Fiction
263 books — 217 voters
Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerPopulation by Elizabeth StephensShadowshaper by Daniel José OlderSong of Blood & Stone by L. PenelopeFire Baptized by Kenya Wright
Black Women Heroines in Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, and Science Fiction
295 books — 212 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerMoon Called by Patricia BriggsAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerCinder by Marissa Meyer
Non-Caucasian Protagonists in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Paranormal Romance
2,517 books — 2,759 voters