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Worlds Without End Roll-Your-Own Reading Challenge

Speculative Fiction by Authors of Colour 2025

Speculative Fiction by Authors of Colour 2025

Rules are very simple, read any novel or novella that fits the challenge of being speculative fiction by people of colour. If you can find some authors you've never read before, even better.

It would also be good if we could all review at least one book we have read.

Challenge Details
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
Challenge Span: January 2025 – December 2025

Reading Levels
Select your reading level below. You can adjust your level up or down at any time during the challenge.

 Soshee Chunder = 3 books + 1 reviews
 Shinichi Hoshi = 6 books + 1 reviews
 Mustafa Mahmud = 10 books + 2 reviews
 Njemba Medu = 14 books + 2 reviews

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Adele1967

Adele1967

Archangels of Funk
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
The Deep Sky
The Jasmine Throne
Parable of the Sower
The Poppy War
dalex

dalex

Chilling Effect
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Dread Nation
Fathomfolk
Gods of Jade and Shadow
The Hacienda
Her Radiant Curse
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
MEM
The Ministry of Time
Of Jade and Dragons
The Poppy War
She Who Became the Sun
The Splinter in the Sky
Engelbrecht

Engelbrecht

The Jasmine Throne
The Oleander Sword
The Spear Cuts Through Water
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Hneite

Hneite

The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee
The Hole
The Immortal King Rao
Incomplete Solutions
Iraq + 100: Stories From a Century After the Invasion
Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions
Land of Milk and Honey
The Library of the Dead
Machinehood
The Reformatory
The Rising of the Shield Hero, Vol. 2
Sky Full of Elephants
Tales From the Cafe
Vagabonds!
lanawritenow

lanawritenow

An Academy for Liars
Kindred
The River Has Roots
3
2
1
Linguana

Linguana

At the Fount of Creation
Hammajang Luck
In the Shadow of the Fall
Water Moon
6
5
4
3
2
1
Momosnyx

Momosnyx

Death's End
This Is How You Lose the Time War
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Naomi_uk72

Naomi_uk72

Death of the Author
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
nightxade

nightxade

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
Archangel's Sun
Blackheart Man
Bloodmarked
Death of the Author
The Dragon Republic
Soul of the Deep
3
2
1
piibald

piibald

Apple and Knife
The Book of Form and Emptiness
The Centre: A Novel
The City in Glass
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
Death of the Author
The First Woman
Indian Burial Ground
Let Us Descend: A Novel
Mr. Fox
Pym
Rakesfall
The Sentence
Unexpected Stories
pixel

pixel

Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Monstress, Vol. 7: Devourer
4
3
2
1
RenkotheLibrarian

RenkotheLibrarian

The Best of All Possible Worlds
The Butcher of the Forest
Driftglass
The Einstein Intersection
Ion Curtain
Luminous: A Novel
Mindscape
The River Has Roots
2
1
sara baggins

sara baggins

The Faithless
The Reformatory
1
spoltz

spoltz

14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Weesam

Weesam

Archangels of Funk
Before We Forget Kindness
The City and Its Uncertain Walls
The Dallergut Dream Department Store
Dazzling
The Garden of Delights
Goddess of the River
Kavithri
The Monstrous Misses Mai
Parasol Against the Axe
The Principle of Moments
The Proposal
Rakesfall
A View From the Stars