Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge discussion

A book about Afrofuturism

Whoo! Whoo! I am glad to see an Afrofuturism prompt for 2026!

As I recall a similar prompt in the past initiated much discussion as to what authors and/or books might qualify. Therefore, here is the Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrofut... Hopefully this will help us all in selecting books! Though I admit that as usual, if a specific book fulfills this prompt for you, then it counts!!

There are Listopias already in existence that could help!
Afrofuturism
Popsugar 2021 #2 - An Afrofuturist Book

Listopia: A book about Afrofuturism

The first books that come to mind are well written but grim: Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor, or N.K. Jemisin's N K Jemisin / Broken Earth Trilogy The Fifth Season The Obelisk Gate Signed 2017 Hardcover Jemisin, N.K and The Inheritance Trilogy Series 3 Books Collection Set. Jemisin also has a short story collection called How Long 'til Black Future Month - I may read that one, or possibly the anthology Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History.

I'll probably go with Dismantling the Master's Clock: On Race, Space, and Time.

Sasha wrote: "I'll probably go with Dismantling the Master's Clock: On Race, Space, and Time."

I LOVED that one!

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

The wording here confuses me a little - I feel like it's meant to be about afrofuturism as a genre - so like a history of it or review of several books. I assume the meaning was actually "An Afrofuturist book", but we'll see if my brain lets me go that route, or if it's going to insist on a strict interpretation!

Joanna G wrote: "The wording here confuses me a little - I feel like it's meant to be about afrofuturism as a genre - so like a history of it or review of several books. I assume the meaning was actually "An Afrofu..."

No I came here wondering the same thing. Does this prompt mean an afrofutrist book like The City We Became or A Master of Djinn? Or does it mean a non-fiction book about Afrofuturism like KAOS Theory: The Afrokosmic Ark of Ben Caldwell or The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred?

Melody wrote: "Joanna G wrote: "The wording here confuses me a little - I feel like it's meant to be about afrofuturism as a genre - so like a history of it or review of several books. I assume the meaning was ac..."

It feels like a nonfiction prompt to me, but I think it's totally fine if someone wants to take a wider interpretation and read something fictional.

Oh, gee, but I seem to be finding most prompts for 2026 either strange and foreign to me or baffling. I looked up the Wikipedia article to get a better sense of this prompt and was left still a bit baffled. Perhaps because it is outside of my life experiences and reading interests.
However, I did see Octavia Butler listed...and I enjoyed (correct word?) her writing, but I have read most of her work. Then! I found a graphic novel. Yes! I will be reading Infinitum.

Sasha wrote: "I'll probably go with Dismantling the Master's Clock: On Race, Space, and Time."

That one looks so good I want to read it right now for Nonfiction November!