RECOMMENDED READS
RECOMMENDED READS *Black Girl Magic* *genre or theme*
BLOOD LIKE MAGIC Liselle Sambury A dark urban fantasy following a teen witch who is given a horrifying task: sacrificing her first love to save her family's magic. Can she do it? Even if she falls in love in time?
THE GUILDED ONES Namina Forna Already different from everyone else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel like she belongs. But on the day of her ceremony her blood runs gold
A PHEONIX FIRST MUST BURN
LEGENDBORN
Black girls, including gender non-conforming individuals, star in this collection of sixteen stories of fantasy, science fiction, and magic.
Tracy Deonn After her mother dies in an accident, Bree Matthews just wants to move on. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC-Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape-- until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus. A young mage who calls himself a 'Merlin' attempts-- and fails-to wipe Bree's memory of everything she saw. His failure unlocks Bree's own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection: the night her mother died, another Merlin was at the hospital. Now she'll do whatever it takes to find out the truth, even if that means infiltrating the Legendborn as one of their initiates.
SKIN OF THE SEA Natasha Bowen Simi, a Mami Wata--a type of mermaid who collects the souls of those who die at sea--goes against an ancient decree by saving the life of a boy, which threatens the fate of all Mami Wata.
A BLADE SO BLACK L. L. McKinney This isn't the Wonderland you remember. The first time the Nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she's trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland with magic weapons and hardcore fighting skills. Yet even warriors have a curfew. Life in real-world Atlanta isn't always so simple, as Alice juggles an overprotective mom, a highmaintenance best friend, and a slipping GPA. Keeping the Nightmares at bay is turning into a fulltime job. But when Alice's handsome and mysterious mentor is poisoned, she has to find the antidote by venturing deeper into Wonderland than she's ever gone before. And she'll need to use everything she's learned in both worlds to keep from losing her head...literally