2018 SFF by Authors of Color

Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy books by authors of color, published in 2018.

Previous years:
2016 SFF by Authors of Color
2017 SFF by Authors of Color

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2019 SFF by Authors of Color

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1	Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 24,571 ratings score: 2,072, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 210,048 ratings score: 1,790, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1) by Tomi Adeyemi (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 215,223 ratings score: 978, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí Clark (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 9,173 ratings score: 966, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Witchmark (The Kingston Cycle, #1) by C.L. Polk (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 13,493 ratings score: 878, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Tales of the Astonishing Black Spark by Charlie J. Eskew (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 94 ratings score: 600, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Girls of Paper and Fire (Girls of Paper and Fire, #1) by Natasha Ngan (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 51,339 ratings score: 576, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Revenant Gun (The Machineries of Empire, #3) by Yoon Ha Lee 4.13 avg rating — 6,337 ratings score: 494, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Mem by Bethany C. Morrow (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 3,324 ratings score: 491, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1) by Justina Ireland (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 32,038 ratings score: 489, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Descent of Monsters (Tensorate, #3) by Neon Yang 3.86 avg rating — 3,178 ratings score: 484, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories by Vandana Singh 4.02 avg rating — 527 ratings score: 476, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Phoenix Empress (Ascendant, #2) by K. Arsenault Rivera (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 1,127 ratings score: 396, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Abbott by Saladin Ahmed (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 2,433 ratings score: 392, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Temper by Nicky Drayden (Goodreads Author) 3.55 avg rating — 697 ratings score: 388, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Empire of Sand (The Books of Ambha, #1) by Tasha Suri (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 10,901 ratings score: 367, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Mind of My Mind (Patternmaster, #2) by Octavia E. Butler 4.17 avg rating — 12,305 ratings score: 296, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Heroine's Journey (Heroine Complex, #3) by Sarah Kuhn (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 594 ratings score: 287, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Queens of Innis Lear (Innis Lear, #1) by Tessa Gratton (Goodreads Author) 3.55 avg rating — 3,480 ratings score: 286, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Sisyphean by Dempow Torishima 3.86 avg rating — 270 ratings score: 286, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2) by Octavia E. Butler 4.31 avg rating — 54,068 ratings score: 283, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Survival of Molly Southbourne (Molly Southbourne, #2) by Tade Thompson 3.60 avg rating — 1,700 ratings score: 280, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Severance by Ling Ma (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 86,985 ratings score: 280, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	A Thousand Beginnings and Endings by Ellen Oh (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.77 avg rating — 5,713 ratings score: 278, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 5,204 ratings score: 276, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Infidel by Pornsak Pichetshote 3.86 avg rating — 3,094 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul by Nikita Gill (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 10,404 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Belles (The Belles, #1) by Dhonielle Clayton (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 23,123 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 1,757 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Not So Stories by David Thomas Moore (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.72 avg rating — 169 ratings score: 179, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Hybrid Child by Mariko Ōhara 3.31 avg rating — 153 ratings score: 175, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Lost Gods (Lost Gods #1) by Micah Yongo (Goodreads Author) 3.49 avg rating — 172 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Dawn Princess by Rose Waites (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Altered Straits by Kevin Martens Wong (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 55 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Book of the Anointed (Saga of the Sons, #1) by J. Moon (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Timingila by Shon Mehta (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Miael: Lovers (Miael #3) by Grea Alexander (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Judges: When The Light Lay Still by Charles J. Eskew 3.29 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim (Goodreads Author) 3.42 avg rating — 6,321 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Oyster Thief by Sonia Faruqi (Goodreads Author) 3.19 avg rating — 443 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Cast in Deception (Chronicles of Elantra, #13) by Michelle Sagara 4.20 avg rating — 2,910 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Suicide Club by Rachel Heng (Goodreads Author) 3.22 avg rating — 4,310 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Mirage (Mirage, #1) by Somaiya Daud (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 12,662 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Empress of All Seasons by Emiko Jean (Goodreads Author) 3.56 avg rating — 4,876 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Ignite the Stars (Ignite the Stars, #1) by Maura Milan (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 1,875 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix (Rise of the Empress #2) by Julie C. Dao (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 2,455 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Erinys Incident by Kōshū Tani 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Tree (Wrath & Athenaeum #2) by Na'amen Gobert Tilahun (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars