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Black Masculine/Male Sci-fi and Fantasy

I've spent the last few years cultivating a list of Black girls in speculative fiction stories. This site was never meant to just house SFF with Black girls, however, so this year, I wanted to expand my site to include stories that feature Black boys. One thing that I've realized through all of this is that there aren't that many. Yes, I know that I've missed many of them, but in comparison to what I've found for Black women and girls, the number is much lower. I'm not surprised at all, but I was hoping to get a longer list going before I shared. Of course, I'll continue to add to this list as I find more, but this is what I have for now. Below, you'll see the same language on the "Black girls in speculative fiction" page. 

Before I give the list, I should probably define what speculative fiction is. According to the Oxford Research Encyclopedia for Literature, #SpecFic is defined as the following:
  • The term “speculative fiction” has three historically located meanings: a subgenre of science fiction that deals with human rather than technological problems, a genre distinct from and opposite to science fiction in its exclusive focus on possible futures, and a super category for all genres that deliberately depart from imitating “consensus reality” of everyday experience. In this latter sense, speculative fiction includes fantasy, science fiction, and horror, but also their derivatives, hybrids, and cognate genres like the gothic, dystopia, weird fiction, post-apocalyptic fiction, ghost stories, superhero tales, alternate history, steampunk, slipstream, magic realism, fractured fairy tales, and more.
I like the "super category" definition best because it includes so many different genres that belong under the large umbrella that is speculative fiction. I would also add that genres, like Afrofuturism, Visionary Fiction, and Steamfunk have to be included (but I don't expect the encyclopedia writers to put it in there).

A few things:
  1. The list is in alphabetical order by author's last name. The books under the author's names are grouped by series or just randomly put in there for now. Black men/masculine authors are in blue and Black women/femme authors are in purple (if I know for sure).
  2. The single books are ones where I could only find one book written by the author with a Black woman/girl protagonist. I may find others, and if/when I do, they will be added to the larger list. They are in alphabetical order by title. 
  3. If I could tell the difference, books written for young people have no special font, books categorized as adult (including new adult) are italicized, books written by smaller publishers or self-published are underlined. Of course, people like reading all kinds of books, but I figured it would be good to have if people were looking for specific things.
  4. To make it look better and to highlight some awesome films/tv shows, I've included speculative fiction films/tv shows/books/music featuring Black men/masculine characters on the right.
  5. Book reviews are now housed on my Goodreads account because it's much easier to update. Access the reviews and add me as a friend!

List of Books

Steven Barnes
  • Zulu Heart
  • Lion's Blood
  • Street Lethal
  • Firedance
  • Gorgon Child
Roseanne Brown
  • A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
  • A Psalm of Storms and Silence
Troy CLE
  • The Marvelous Effect
  • Olivion's Favorites
Rashid Darden
  • Birth of a Dark Nation
  • Children of Fury
Samuel Delaney
  • The Jewels of Aptor
  • Dhalgren
  • Nova
  • The Ballad of Beta-2
Zetta Elliott
  • Dragons in a Bag
  • The Phoenix on Barkley Street
  • Dayshaun's Gift
  • ​Cin's Mark
  • The Phantom Unicorn
  • Ship of Souls
Derrick Ferguson
  • Young Dillon in the Halls of Shamballah
  • Young Dillon Voice of Odin
  • Dillon: The Odd Jobs
D.K. Gaston
  • Pantheon: Escape
  • Juju Man
  • Taurus Moon: Magic and Mayhem
  • Taurus Moon: Scorched Earth
Lamar Giles
  • The Last Day of Summer
  • The Last Mirror on the Left
Virginia Hamilton
  • Dustland
  • The Gathering
A.J. Harper​
  • Night Biters: A Tale of Urban Horror
  • Werewolves: The Mixtape
  • Smoke & Demons
  • In Concert
  • In Concert 2
  • Zombie Television
M. Haynes
  • Legend of the Orange Scepter
  • Return of A.G.
Lora Hyler
  • The Stupendous Adventures of Mighty Marty Hayes
  • Our Bodies Stay Home; Our Imaginations Run Free (children's book)
Robert Jeffrey
  • Route 3: Volume 1
  • Route 3 #1
  • Route 3 #2
  • Route 3 #3
Rashad Jennings
  • Arcade and the Triple T Token
  • Arcade and the Golden Travel Guide
  • Arcade and the Fiery Metal Tester
  • Arcade and the Dazzling Truth Detector
Charles Johnson & Elisheba Johnson
  • Bending TIme: The Adventures of Emery Jones, Boy Science Wonder
  • The Hard Problem
Vince Loc
  • The Catalyst: Project Titan
  • The Catalyst: Project Maelstrom
Jason McCammon
  • Tribe of Leopards
  • The Ancient Lands Warrior Quest: Search for Ifa's Scepter
Kwamae Mbalia
  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
  • Tristan Strong Destroys the World
Walter Dean Myers
  • 47
  • Dope Sick
  • Shadow of the Red Moon
  • The Legend of Tarik
Tochi Onyebuchi
  • Beasts Made of Night
  • Crown of Thunder
Kwanza Osajyefo
  • Black #1
  • Black #2
  • Black #3
  • Black #4
  • Black #5
  • Black #6
Ishmael Reed
  • Mumbo Jumbo
  • Yellow Black Radio Broke Down
  • The Freelance Pallbearers
  • The Last Days of Louisiana Red
Justin A. Reynolds
  • Early Departures
  • Opposite of Always
DaVaun Sanders
  • The Seedbearing Prince: Part I
  • The Seedbearing Prince: Part II
  • The Course of Blades
Charles Saunders
  • Imaro
  • Imaro 2: The Quest for Cush
  • Imaro 3: The Trail of Bohu
  • Imaro 4: The Naama War
  • Dossouye
  • Dossouye: The Dancers of Mulukau
Ronald L. Smith
  • Black Panther: The Young Prince
  • Hoodoo
  • The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away
  • Gloom Town
Maiya Williams
  • The Golden Hour
  • The Hour of the Outlaw
Colson Whitehead
  • Underground Railroad
  • Sag Harbor
  • Zone One
Single Books
  • The Black Canary - Jane Louise Curry
  • Black Leopard, Red Wolf - Marlon James
  • Blake, Or the Huts of America - Martin Delaney
  • Blood Debts - Terry J Benton
  • Cameron Battle and the Legend of Chidani - Jamar Perry 
  • Coal: Book One - Constance Burris
  • The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad - Minister Faust
  • Cuttlefish - Dave Freer
  • Destroyer - Victor LaValle
  • Explorer X-Alpha - LM Preston
  • Eye of Ra - Kipjo Ewers
  • Futureland - Walter Mosely
  • Gameworld - Christopher John Farley
  • Ghostboys - Jewell Parker Rhodes
  • Hide and Seek - Daka Hermon
  • I Am Alphonso Jones - Tony Medina
  • Ikenga - Nnedi Okorafor
  • Infinity Riders - Kekla Magoon
  • Kingston and the Magician's Lost and Found - Rucker Moses
  • Miles Morales: Spiderman - Jason Reynolds
  • My Life in the Bush of Ghosts - Amos Tutuola
  • Not Your Villain - C.B. Lee
  • The Offenders - Jerry Craft
  • Posers - L.M. Davis
  • Pym - Mat Johnson
  • The Spook Who Sat by the Door​ - Sam Greenlee
  • A Song of Wraiths and Ruin - Roseanne Brown
  • Star Wars: Lando's Luck - Justina Ireland
  • The Gatekeeper's Staff (TJ Young and the Orishas)  - Antoine Bandele
  • Trace - Pat Cummings
  • Trapped between the Lash and the Gun - Arvella Whitmore
  • Transcendence - C.J. Omolulu

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