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A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin #1

Roseanne A. Brown

466 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced
Faebound by Saara El-Arifi

Faebound

Faebound #1

Saara El-Arifi

392 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

Binti

Binti #1

Nnedi Okorafor

74 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous fast-paced
We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride

We Are All So Good at Smiling

Amber McBride

3 hours, 45 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy poetry young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
She Who Knows by Nnedi Okorafor

She Who Knows

She Who Knows #1

Nnedi Okorafor

176 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Soul of the Deep by Natasha Bowen

Soul of the Deep

Of Mermaids and Orisa #2

Natasha Bowen

293 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous medium-paced
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

The Gilded Ones

Deathless #1

Namina Forna

12 hours, 46 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi

The Final Strife

The Ending Fire Trilogy #1

Saara El-Arifi

478 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí Clark

The Black God's Drums

P. Djèlí Clark

112 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark fast-paced
Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi

Beasts Made of Night

Beasts Made of Night #1

Tochi Onyebuchi

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous slow-paced