Books like 'Lightspeed Magazine, June 2016: People of Colo (u)r Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue'
Readers who enjoyed Lightspeed Magazine, June 2016: People of Colo (u)r Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue by Nalo Hopkinson, Kristine Ong Muslim, Dayo Ntwari, Jeremy Szal, Isha Karki, Gabriela Santiago, Teresa Naval, Fábio Fernandes, Jennifer Marie Brissett, Nin Harris, T.S. Bazelli, S.B. Divya, John Joseph Adams, Caroline M. Yoachim, J.Y. Yang, Octavia E. Butler, Naru Dames Sundar, Kevin Jared Hosein, John Chu, Vandana Singh, Edmee Pardo, Samuel R. Delany, Samantha L. Taylor, Karin Lowachee, Misha Nogha, Zainab Amadahy, Grace L. Dillon, Sunil Patel, Ken Liu, Alyssa Wong, Aliette de Bodard, Malon Edwards, Yash Kesanakurthy, Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, Arthur Chu, Lisa Allen-Agostini, Tyhitia Green, Julie M. Rodriguez, Malka Ann Older, Nick T. Chan, Steven Barnes, Brian K. Hudson, Sofia Samatar & Terence Taylor also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Untamed by Lindsey Pogue
6 ratingsIt’s been eleven years since a pandemic devastated the population and left survivors with superhuman capabilities, and the world has finally settled into a new sense of normal.Beau has learned to embrace and grow into his Ability, but when he loses his best friend, Beau’s world crumbles all over again...Categorized as:
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![Ah'dan by Nikki Clarke]()
Ah'dan by Nikki Clarke
6 ratingsLeft by his soulmate and forced to watch his brothers build lives with their true loves, Ah'dan finds new promise in the beautiful eyes of a human woman, Niya. Still bound to his lehti for life, Ah'dan hopes he isn't too broken for another kind of happiness... -
![M Archive: After the End of the World by Alexis Pauline Gumbs]()
M Archive: After the End of the World by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
6 ratingsFollowing the innovative collection Spill, Alexis Pauline Gumbs's M Archive—the second book in a planned experimental triptych—is a series of poetic artifacts that speculatively documents the persistence of Black life following a worldwide cataclysm. Engaging with the work of the foundational Black feminist theorist M... -
![Madas’s Falling Star / Madas’s Unexpected Gift by S.E. Smith]()
Madas’s Falling Star / Madas’s Unexpected Gift by S.E. Smith
6 ratingsMadas’s Unexpected GiftCan a small reptile from another world save the Princess he has adopted?L’eon, a Chameleon Lightning Lizard, awakens to find that his planet was destroyed by an unidentified force... -
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![Apex Predator: Wolf Moon by D.A. Roberts]()
Apex Predator: Wolf Moon by D.A. Roberts
6 ratingsThey exist in myth and legend dating back to the earliest history of man. Different cultures have different names for the same creature, which has haunted the dark places of our collective psyche. Loup Garou, Werewolf, Lycanthropes, Rougaru, Michigan Dogman, The Beast of Land Between the Lakes, Oolonga-Doglalla, Shunka Warak'in, Skinwalker... -
![Christmas for a Goddess: Dragon Lords of Valdier Novella by S.E. Smith]()
Christmas for a Goddess: Dragon Lords of Valdier Novella by S.E. Smith
6 ratingsSometimes, even a Goddess needs a touch of magic…Aikaterina has lived since the dawn of time. Her species was born at the same time as the universe, yet she yearns for something more. Her experiences with the Valdier, Sarafin, Curizan, and especially the Dragonlings, has left her craving something she never expected—a sense of belonging... -
![1637: The Coast of Chaos (34) by Eric Flint]()
1637: The Coast of Chaos (34) by Eric Flint
6 ratingsTHE NEW WORLD FALLS INTO THE RING OF FIRE. All new stories set in the Ring of Fire series, edited by New York Times best-selling series creator Eric Flint.Europe, 1632. It is a time of upheaval and great change...Categorized as:
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![The Wraith : Guerrilla Warfare by Jeffery H. Haskell]()
The Wraith : Guerrilla Warfare by Jeffery H. Haskell
7 ratingsWhen the Hunter becomes the Hunted… Madisun Dumas is on a roll. She kicked ISO-1 out of Detroit, and then New Orleans. The people who killed her family are six feet under. Now, it’s time to go after their bosses, but not everything is as simple as it appears… Something sinister is brewing within ISO-1. Drugs, corruption, and human trafficking are all just a cover for something far more horrific... -
![Amari's Adored by Pearl Tate]()
Amari's Adored by Pearl Tate
6 ratingsI’m one of eight young women abducted by aliens from college! Before I even wake up from my abduction, I'm “rescued” from the shuttle that crashed here on their prison planet.My rescuer is different though, with mismatched eyes and a language I can’t understand... -
![Fear by Hattie Jacks]()
Fear by Hattie Jacks
6 ratingsShe’s the mate he desires…He’s the nightmare she wakes up to…He’s a terrifying brute of a male that I can’t help but fear.Ripped away from Earth and everything I know, I’m stuck in a lair of alien warriors, including him. The one that stares at me, threatens me. Hates me.Until he brings me his broken feather and asks me to mend him... -
![Unleashed by the Defender by Evangeline Anderson]()
Unleashed by the Defender by Evangeline Anderson
6 ratingsA Warrior bound in chains...A Defender sworn to release him...An accidental Claiming which cannot be undone...When Imani meets J'are, she accidentally claims him as her own.But can he protect her from the most dangerous threat of all...The beast which lives within him?/i>*-*Imani is a crusader for justice... -
![Rashe by Ava Ross]()
Rashe by Ava Ross
6 ratingsShe's looking for happily-ever-after. He can’t touch her. But with her life at stake, he'll sacrifice everything to protect her.Kristy: Chosen for the Driegon bride selection, I’m confident I’ll meet the alien of my dreams. I don’t expect to find true love, but it would be nice to find someone special... -
![Secret Agent Seduction by Maureen Smith]()
Secret Agent Seduction by Maureen Smith
6 ratingsBorn to live a life of intrigue and adventure, beautiful Secret Service agent Lia Charles has never met a challenge she can't overcome. That is, until she receives her latest assignment--rescue the brilliant, boldly charismatic and bona fide hottie Armand Magliore, a revolutionary leader of a war-ravaged Caribbean republic... -
![Drex by Ella Blake]()
Drex by Ella Blake
6 ratingsMadison McGurdy didn’t enter herself into the selection process to become mistress to a powerful Virilian male for the money. She did it to escape. When your obsessed ex is one of the most ruthless men in the world and there’s no place on Earth to hide from him (because you’ve tried), going to a faraway planet sounds like an adventure and a chance for a fresh start... -
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![Virak by Ella Blake]()
Virak by Ella Blake
6 ratingsJessa Robson applied to the alien match program for the money. After a string of disappointing relationships and a childhood spent shuffling between foster homes, she doesn’t envision love in her future. When she’s chosen to be a mistress for a Virilian male, she sees that five-million-dollar fee as her ticket to an independent life, free from scraping by and dead-end jobs... -
![Jarmen's Jane Doe by S.E. Smith]()
Jarmen's Jane Doe by S.E. Smith
6 ratingsHe is a monster who discovers he had a heart; she is a woman who wants to remain unknown…Jarmen D’ju has no memories of his previous life. They were stolen in the lab that changed him into a monster. Though he was rescued, he knows he will never truly have the life he wants. As a being of half organic material and half cybernetic engineering, Jarmen will always need to hide... -
![Twins for the Dark Elf by Celeste King]()
Twins for the Dark Elf by Celeste King
6 ratingsMy kids are my world. No dark elf will take them away!The dark elf, Imris, saw me.Chased me. Won me. After I gave in…He left me.Not just heartbroken. But also…Pregnant.A year later, I’ve moved on and am thriving.Life is hard. But good.And then Imris comes back.He says he never wanted to be sent away.That he fought to come back to me.He says he still loves me... -
![Kwarq by Nikki Clarke]()
Kwarq by Nikki Clarke
8 ratingsKwarq I only came to this planet for a scavenger hunt, a ridiculous child's game, arranged by my twin brother to celebrate our birthday. From the moment we step from our pod, I'm not impressed. Humans are kind of miserable, which is hard for a species like mine that thrives on giving and receiving pleasure. This makes it even more shocking when I catch the sweet scent of the woman on the bus... -
![Spike by Kathy Reichs, Brendan Reichs]()
Spike by Kathy Reichs, Brendan Reichs
10 ratingsTory and the Virals have untangled the most twisted mysteries and proven no crime is too complex for them to solve…now they just need to make it through Kit and Whitney’s wedding day. As the daughter of the groom and maid-of-honor it’s up to Tory to make sure everything goes off without a hitch...Categorized as:
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![Antipoems: How to Look Better and Feel Great by Nicanor Parra]()
Antipoems: How to Look Better and Feel Great by Nicanor Parra
10 ratings"Real seriousness," Nicanor Parra, the antipoet of Chile, has said, rests in "the comic." And read in that light, this newest collection of his work is very serious indeed... -
![Entwined Fates by Tiffany Roberts]()
Entwined Fates by Tiffany Roberts
6 ratingsHe met his destined mate too soon.Bold, kind, and adventurous, Kiara was everything Volcair needed in his stiff, formal life. Along with his pet inux, Cypher, the three were inseparable during Volcair’s years on Earth. But the same winds of fate that brought them together as children tore them apart again. With half a universe separating them, years sped by, and Kiara seemed lost to him forever... -
![The Last Panther by Todd Mitchell]()
The Last Panther by Todd Mitchell
6 ratingsFor fans of "The One and Only Ivan" and "Hoot, " this is the uplifting story of a girl who discovers a family of panthers that were thought to be extinct, and her journey to save the species. Eleven-year-old Kiri has a secret: wild things call to her. More than anyone else, she s always had a special connection to animals... -
![Horatio by T.J. Klune]()
Horatio by T.J. Klune
6 ratingsOn October 15, 1979, two men take to the road, leaving their town behind, waiting for the peanut farmer president to come onto the radio to make an important announcement about the future of all mankind. In the hours leading up to the broadcast, Jamie and Harry will look back on their relationship, and what it means to live in defiance like there's no tomorrow... -
![New World: Stay with Me by Lily X.]()
New World: Stay with Me by Lily X.
6 ratingsIn this first of a sexy new sci-fi romance series, a galactic farmer discovers the robot she ordered is actually a flesh-and-blood woman.Cedra: Running a farm on your own is exhausting and lonely. The Servana 200 service bot I ordered was expensive, but I need the help—and if it can also hold a conversation, it will be worth the price... -
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![Moccasin Square Gardens: Short Stories by Richard Van Camp]()
Moccasin Square Gardens: Short Stories by Richard Van Camp
8 ratingsThe characters of Moccasin Square Gardens inhabit Denendeh, the land of the people north of the sixtieth parallel. These stories are filled with in-laws, outlaws and common-laws. Get ready for illegal wrestling moves (“The Camel Clutch”), pinky promises, a doctored casino, extraterrestrials or “Sky People,” love, lust and prayers for peace... -
![Beast Master's Ark by Andre Norton, Lyn McConchie]()
Beast Master's Ark by Andre Norton, Lyn McConchie
8 ratingsThe first new exciting Beast Master adventure in decades!Danger on ArzorBeast Master Hosteen Storm has endured great perils to carve out a life for himself on Arzor, the colony planet he's called home since the destruction of Earth by the alien Xik... -
![Cry of the Curlew by Peter Watt]()
Cry of the Curlew by Peter Watt
8 ratingsSquatter Donald Macintosh little realises what chain of events he is setting in motion when he orders the violent dispersal of the Nerambura tribe on his property, Glen View. Unwitting witnesses to the barbaric exercise are bullock teamsters Patrick Duffy and his son Tom...Categorized as:
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![The Priest and the Shepherd by Chloe Gong]()
The Priest and the Shepherd by Chloe Gong
8 ratingsInitially released as a bonus short story in the B&N/Indigo Exclusive Edition of Foul Lady Fortune, The Priest and the Shepherd is now free to read on Simon Teen... -
![Engine Empire: Poems by Cathy Park Hong]()
Engine Empire: Poems by Cathy Park Hong
10 ratingsEngine Empire is a trilogy of lyric and narrative poems that evoke an array of genres and voices, from Western ballads to sonnets about industrialized China to fragmented lyric poems set in the future. Through three distinct yet interconnected sequences, Cathy Park Hong explores the collective consciousness of fictionalized boomtowns in order to explore the myth of prosperity... -
![Find Me by Tahereh Mafi]()
Find Me by Tahereh Mafi
18 ratingsCalling all fans of Tahereh Mafi’s New York Times bestselling Shatter Me series! This gorgeous paperback bind-up includes Shadow Me and the fourth novella in the series, both in print for the first time ever...Categorized as:
poc-mc action-adventure anthologies audiobook dystopia enemies-to-lovers fiction magic -
![La invención de Morel / El gran Serafín by Adolfo Bioy Casares]()
La invención de Morel / El gran Serafín by Adolfo Bioy Casares
12 ratingsEl argentino Adolfo Bioy Casares, nacido en 1914, tiene en su haber una larga y consistente labor literaria finalmente reconocida al concedérsele el Premio Cervantes en 1990. En el presente volumen se ofrecen dos de sus obras más características, la novela La invención de Morel y la colección de cuentos cortos El gran Serafín... -
![Lion's Blood by Steven Barnes]()
Lion's Blood by Steven Barnes
10 ratingsIn the year 1863, a primitive village is raided, the men killed, and the women and children captured. The survivors find themselves chained in the dark, filthy hold of a ship crossing the ocean to the New World, where they are sold into slavery. The powerful master of a vast Southern plantation purchases the 11-year-old Irish lad Aidan O'Dere... -
![Aye, and Gomorrah by Samuel R. Delany]()
Aye, and Gomorrah by Samuel R. Delany
10 ratingsA father must come to terms with his son's death in the war. In Venice an architecture student commits a crime of passion. A white southern airport loader tries to do a favor for a black northern child... -
![At the Bottom of the World by Bill Nye, Gregory Mone]()
At the Bottom of the World by Bill Nye, Gregory Mone
10 ratingsNew York Times bestselling authors Bill Nye the Science Guy and Gregory Mone take middle-grade readers on a scientific adventure in the launch of an exciting new chapter book series, Jack and the Geniuses... -
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![Genius: The Con by Leopoldo Gout]()
Genius: The Con by Leopoldo Gout
8 ratingsThree teen geniuses from diverse backgrounds must work together to stop a vicious warlord, protect their families, and save the world in this fast-paced sequel to Genius: The Game.ON THE RUN!Tunde: This fourteen-year-old self-taught engineering genius from Nigeria is in a race against time to save his village from a ruthless warlord... -
![Report from Planet Midnight by Nalo Hopkinson]()
Report from Planet Midnight by Nalo Hopkinson
8 ratingsInfused with feminist, Afro-Caribbean views of the science fiction and fantasy genres, this collection of offbeat and highly original works takes aim at race and racism in literature... -
![Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories by Vandana Singh]()
Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories by Vandana Singh
8 ratingsIn her first North American collection, Vandana Singh’s deep humanism and scientific background intersect in stories that celebrate characters who are trying to make sense of the people they meet, what they see, and the challenges they face in this world and others. In “Requiem”, a woman goes to Alaska to try and make sense of her aunt’s disappearance... -
![Taming The Alien Overlord (Nova Brides, #1) by Thea Dane]()
Taming The Alien Overlord (Nova Brides, #1) by Thea Dane
6 ratingsOne minute I had a cushy job as an assistant to one of Earth's intergalactic ambassadors. Now I'm stuck on Planet Xaxos with a seven-foot alien overlord. I don't know what's bigger, his muscles, his retractable horns or...his ego. Rone Azulim is used to being in charge. He lords over a whole planet and fleet of soldiers. My planet wants to form an alliance. He will only do so if I stay with him... -
![Last Gamer Standing by Katie Zhao, Sunny Lu]()
Last Gamer Standing by Katie Zhao, Sunny Lu
6 ratingsTwelve-year-old Reyna Cheng is the up-and-coming junior amateur Dayhold gamer, competing in a VR battle royale against AI monsters and human players alike. But despite Reyna's rising popularity and skills, no one know who she is. Gaming is still a boy's club and to protect herself against trolls, she games as the mysterious TheRuiNar... -
![Dark Reflections by Samuel R. Delany]()
Dark Reflections by Samuel R. Delany
6 ratingsArnold Hawley, a gay, African–American poet, has lived in NYC for most of his life. Dark Reflections traces Hawley's life in three sections — in reverse order. Part one: Hawley, at 50 years old, wins the an award for his sixth book of poems. Part two explores Hawley's unhappy marriage, while the final section recalls his college days... -
![Portable Curiosities by Julie Koh]()
Portable Curiosities by Julie Koh
6 ratingsA biting collection of stories from a bold new voice. A young girl sees ghosts from her third eye, located where her belly button should be. A corporate lawyer feels increasingly disconnected from his job in a soulless 1200-storey skyscraper... -
![The Princess and her Alien Rogue by Harmony Raines]()
The Princess and her Alien Rogue by Harmony Raines
6 ratingsPrincess Tallia has a problem. She needs a son, but to get a son, she needs a husband. After the death of her father, she is the sole heir to the throne, on the planet Carinia, the only problem is, the Emissars will only accept a male as an heir. Her only hope is to find a husband, but being cut off from all suitors means finding a good man is never going to be easy... -
![Marek by Liza Probz]()
Marek by Liza Probz
6 ratingsJazmine Being a thief was never my life’s ambition, but there’s something I need to find, and I’ll go to any length to do it. It’s a matter of life and death. And no one is willing to help. A few mishaps later, I find myself in trouble with the feline king and it’s time to RUN. But I don’t get very far... -
![The Book of Disappearance: A Novel by Ibtisam Azem]()
The Book of Disappearance: A Novel by Ibtisam Azem
6 ratingsWhat if all the Palestinians in Israel simply disappeared one day? What would happen next? How would Israelis react? These unsettling questions are posed in Azem’s powerfully imaginative novel...Categorized as:
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![Warrior's Bond by Emma Alisyn]()
Warrior's Bond by Emma Alisyn
10 ratingsHonor. Loyalty. Strength.Elite alien warrior Benyon believes in all three. He rose in the ranks of his planet’s legion of highly skilled fighters, earning his position with S.E.T.I. upholding the treaty between Earth and Yedahn.He never expected his bonding marks to respond to a short, curvy tigress defending her three rebellious, talented children.Work. Live. Say under the radar... -
![Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond by Bill Campbell, Junot Díaz, Lauren Beukes, Victor LaValle]()
Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond by Bill Campbell, Junot Díaz, Lauren Beukes, Victor LaValle
8 ratingsMothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond is a groundbreaking speculative fiction anthology that showcases the work from some of the most talented writers inside and outside speculative fiction across the globe—including Junot Diaz, Victor LaValle, Lauren Beukes, N. K. Jemisin, Rabih Alameddine, S. P. Somtow, and more... -
![The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad by Minister Faust]()
The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad by Minister Faust
8 ratingsHamza and Yehat are The Coyote Kings' best friends, one a disgruntled dishwasher and the other a video store clerk, but each brilliant in his own right. Yehat builds prototypes of space-age inventions in his spare time, while Hamza, a former English honors student who was kicked out of the university, writes lush, lyrical poems when he's not blocked--which, these days, is nearly always... -
![Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization by Greg Keyes, Ната Гриценко]()
Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization by Greg Keyes, Ната Гриценко
8 ratingsThe official novelization of the summer blockbuster Godzilla: King of the Monsters , the latest film in the MonsterVerseTM franchise, starring Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, with Ken Watanabe and Ziyi Zhang... -
![Naima by Lisa Lace]()
Naima by Lisa Lace
6 ratingsI never thought I'd find my soulmate through a mail-order bride agency. I never thought he'd be an alien warrior. He calls me naima. His beloved. When I'm on my way to meet him face-to-face, my shuttle is attacked, and we crash onto a planet in the middle of a war. I didn't sign up to be an alien comfort woman. I need my naima to rescue me... -
![Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction by Grace L. Dillon, Sherman Alexie, Zainab Amadahy, Celu Amberstone]()
Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction by Grace L. Dillon, Sherman Alexie, Zainab Amadahy, Celu Amberstone
6 ratingsIn this first-ever anthology of Indigenous science fiction Grace Dillon collects some of the finest examples of the craft with contributions by Native American, First Nations, Aboriginal Australian, and New Zealand Maori authors...Categorized as:
poc-mc anthologies female-author fiction indigenous-mc magical-realism poc-author politics
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