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• Parable of the Sower

  Butler, Octavia E,

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  Octavia Butler is one of the most famous Afrofuturist authors. This series is considered to be one of her masterworks.

• The Black God's Drums

  Clark, P. Djèlí

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  This steampunk themed novel follows Creeper, a young woman looking for a way to escape onto a smuggler airship in an alternate New Orleans during the American Civil War.

• Children of Blood and Bone

  Adeyemi, Tomi,

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  This brand new title includes magic, forbidden love and an oppressive king. It takes place in a fictional West Africa and is a great pick for fans of Leigh Bardugo.

• The Fifth Season

  Jemisin, N. K,

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  The first novel in "The Broken Earth Series," "The Fifth Season" tells the story of an empire collapsing and a woman trying to find answers about her husband's murder and her daughter's kidnapping.

• Brown Girl in the Ring

  Hopkinson, Nalo

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  Featuring a mixture of social criticism, strong female characters and magical powers, "Brown Girl in the Ring" is a classic of the Afrofuturist genre.

• Elysium

  Or, The World After

  Jennifer Marie Brissett

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  This post-apocalyptic dystopian novel focuses on the love and survival of two characters told from a computer's corrupted perspective.

• The Underground Railroad

  a Novel

  Whitehead, Colson, 1969-

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  Colson Whitehead is one of the newer voices in Afrofuturism. In this book, he imagines the Underground Railroad as an actual railroad that moves through an alternative history in the antebellum South.

• Dark Matter

  A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora

  Thomas, Sheree R.

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  This collection of short fiction and essays provide an introduction to black science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction writers.

• Invisible Man

  Ellison, Ralph

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  Ralph Ellison's classic novel about black masculinity is considered an early example of Afrofuturism.

• An Unkindness of Ghosts

  Solomon, Rivers,

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  "An Unkindness of Ghosts" takes place aboard a space vessel reminiscent of the American South before the Civil War. In this setting, young Aster fights to find a way off the ship to a freer life.

• Akata Witch

  Okorafor, Nnedi,

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  In this YA novel, an albino girl named Sunny becomes immersed in a magical world in which she must fight a powerful killer and understand her growing powers.

• Lagoon

  Okorafor, Nnedi,

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  Told from multiple perspectives, this novel features the story of what happens in the aftermath of a giant, mysterious object crash landing off the Nigerian coast.

• Octavia's Brood

  Imarisha, Walidah

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  This collection of short fiction includes titles in which Afrofuturism intersects with social justice movements.

• Mumbo Jumbo

  A Novel

  Reed, Ishmael

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  This important, but controversial, classic novel was published in 1972 and features a mixture of jazz, magical realism and poetic elements reflecting on technology, cinema and history.

• Who Fears Death

  Okorafor, Nnedi

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  This post-apocalyptic novel tells the story of girl named Onyesonwu (meaning "who fears death?") whose destiny is to save her people from genocide. Find yourself engrossed in her struggle with fate and her harsh circumstances.

• Your Brief And Far-Out Guide To Afrofuturism

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• George Schuyler: An Afrofuturist Before His Time | by Danzy Senna | NYR Daily | The New York Review of Books

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• Afrofuturism: From the Past to the Living Present | UCLA

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