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Originally Posted by hildea
I'm looking for recommendations of books written by Black authors. I mostly read science fiction, fantasy, and romance, but I'm willing to try other genres as well.
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Romance
I highly recommend Talia Hibbert, Alyssa Cole, Adriana Herrera, Beverly Jenkins and my personal favourite Kennedy Ryan.
You can also try Tasha L. Harrison, Jodie Slaughter, Christina C. Jones, Katrina Jackson, Dylan Allen, Jasmine Guillory, Piper Huguely, Lucy Eden, Charish Reid, Rebekah Weatherspoon, Pepper Pace, Tiana Laveen, Vanessa Riley, Kilby Blades, Danielle Allen, Tracey Livesay, Stacey Reid, Brittany C. Cherry, Reese Ryan... there are so many and ths list includes historical romance author too!
Also, as many more black romance authors publish independently including on KU I would look there too, some of those I mentioned above are on KU including some of Kennedy Ryan's books.
I will also second any recs for Queen Octavia E. Butler who is another one of my favourite authors overall. Her Earthseed Duet (Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents) are in my top 10 books of all time.
A mixture of authors of mostly Adult titles covering a range of genres including lit-fic, sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, horror;
Chimamande Ngozi Adiche, P. Djeli Clark,Steven Barnes, Attica Locke, Brandon Taylor, Colson Whitehead, George S. Schuyler, James Baldwin, Jason Mott, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Paul Beatty, Percival Edwards, Anissa Gray, Esi Edugyan, Jesmyn Ward, Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, Angela J. Ford, Zinzi Clemmons, Nisi Shawl, Jewell Gomez, Karen Lord,Candice Carty-Williams, Diana Evans, Dorothy Koomson, Helen Oyeyemi, Tade Thompson, Deji Bryce Olukotun, Ashley Beasley, L. L. Farmer, Marlon James, Claire O'Dell, Rivers Solomon, Akweke Emezi, LA Banks, Serissia Glass, Kai Ashante Wilon, Antoine Bandele, Evan Winters, Ono Ekeh, Elisabeth Thomas, Kiley Reid, Victor Lavelle, Tananative Due...
A mixture of authors of mostly YA titles covering a range of genres including sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, and romance;
Brandy Colbert, Tomi Adeyemi, Jason Reynolds, Bethany C. Morrow, Roseanne A. Brown, Elizabeth Acevedo, Kwame Mbalia, Jordan Ifueko, Sherri L. Smith, Cheryl S. Ntumy, Amanda Joy, Nic Stone,Tochi Onyebuchi, Michael Donkor, Charlotte Nicole Davis, Brittney Morris, Rena Barron, L. Penelope, Sharolyn G. Brown, K. Ancrum, Ibi Zoboi, Tiffany D. Jackson, Angie Thomas, Lamar Giles, Malorie Blackman, Chibundu Onuzo, Justin A. Reynolds, Kacen Callendar, Jay Coles, Kelly McWilliams...
As with romance, both of these lists could go on as there are plenty of black authors with books published. The problem is that other than the 'trendy' few that most people have heard of, very few ever get pushed by their publishers. The bookish community on youtube (booktube) is a great place to find discussions and recommendations for all types of books, not just those by black authors, and you can start by searcching 'black booktubers'... and it you have twitter access, follow the #PublishingPaidMe, not only what what disparities are highlighted, but also because it will connect you directly with many black authors.