The 2024 #SomethingBookishReadingChallenge - hosted by lipglossmaffia

A Fantasy By A Non Caucasian Author
 We're in desperate need of some new fantasy stories. Game of Thrones is great and all, but we've been stuck in a "Faux-Europe Fantasy World Starring Faux-Europeans" rut for a long, long time now. It's been done. Let's move on...
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Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Lost Ark Dreaming

Suyi Davies Okungbowa

178 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction speculative fiction adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

The Sunbearer Trials

The Sunbearer Duology #1

Aiden Thomas

416 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional funny medium-paced
Akogun: Brutalizer of Gods #1 by Murewa Ayodele

Akogun: Brutalizer of Gods #1

Akogun: Brutalizer of Gods #1-3

Murewa Ayodele

120 pages • first pub 2025 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

The Spear Cuts Through Water

Simon Jimenez

522 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ literary adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

Six Crimson Cranes

Six Crimson Cranes #1

Elizabeth Lim

456 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake

Three Dark Crowns

Three Dark Crowns #1

Kendare Blake

9 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

The Fox Wife

Yangsze Choo

14 hours, 36 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary speculative fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark

The Haunting of Tram Car 015

The Dead Djinn Universe #0.7

P. Djèlí Clark

144 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Sons of Darkness by Gourav Mohanty

Sons of Darkness

The Raag of Rta #1

Gourav Mohanty

24 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi

The Final Strife

The Ending Fire Trilogy #1

Saara El-Arifi

497 pages • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced