Vital Culture Books

Futurism & Speculative

Science fiction, fantasy and horror by Black writers, from Octavia E. Butler and N.K. Jemisin to the newest voices in speculative fiction. Afrofuturist worlds, hard-won magic, haunted houses and far-off galaxies: bold imagination on every page.

39 books

Science fiction 10 books

Parable of the SowerOctavia E. Butler$19.99
KindredOctavia Butler$17.00
DawnOctavia E. Butler$18.99
BintiNnedi Okorafor$17.99
Riot BabyTochi Onyebuchi$19.99Currently unavailable
RosewaterTade Thompson$19.99
Black No MoreGeorge S. Schuyler$16.00
NovaSamuel R. Delany$18.00
Sweep of StarsMaurice Broaddus$19.99
The Space Between WorldsMicaiah Johnson$19.00

Fantasy 14 books

Wild SeedOctavia E. Butler$19.99
The Fifth SeasonN. K. Jemisin$19.99
The City We BecameN. K. Jemisin$19.99
A Master of DjinnP. Djèlí Clark$18.99
The Rage of DragonsEvan Winter$19.99
Black Leopard, Red WolfMarlon James$19.00
Midnight RobberNalo Hopkinson$18.99
Brown Girl in the RingNalo Hopkinson$18.99
The Water DancerTa-Nehisi Coates$20.00
An Arcane Inheritance (Standard Edition)Kamilah Cole$18.99
I, MedusaAyana Gray$30.00
Trouble the SaintsAlaya Dawn Johnson$21.99
The Lies of the AjungoMoses Ose Utomi$11.99
Son of the StormSuyi Davies Okungbowa$17.99

Horror 5 books

The ReformatoryTananarive Due$19.99
MazywoodTananarive Due$32.00
Ring ShoutP. Djèlí Clark$17.99
The Ballad of Black TomVictor Lavalle$17.99
The ChangelingVictor Lavalle$12.00

Anthology / collection 4 books

Forged in FiyahDavaun Sanders$29.99
Out There ScreamingJordan Peele, John Joseph Adams$20.00
Africa RisenSheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Zelda Knight$23.99
Black ArtsMegan Giddings$17.99

YA 6 books

Children of Blood and BoneTomi Adeyemi$24.99
LegendbornTracy Deonn$14.99
Dread NationJustina Ireland$15.99
Akata WitchNnedi Okorafor$13.99
The Weight of BloodTiffany D. Jackson$15.99
Hawk & SparrowAyana Gray$20.99