BEST BOOKS OF 2019!!! - Black Science Fiction & Fantasy + Afrofuturism + Africanfuturism!

[@zoyaneela1928]

Moon - the Lunar, Feminine, cooling energy. Loved "Friday Black", so haunting. Enjoyed the sweetness of "The Stars and the Blackness between Them", and that ending.....Wow!

[@WordWonders]

The ending of The Stars and the Blackness between Us is one of my favorites ever. It's brilliant!!!

[@ONYXPages]

Word Wonders Right?!?!??

[@Walkerofthewild]

Thanking the moon that I happened across you page! I am part of a black book club and I completely jacked your list to suggest our next (few) books! lol This is so helpful, we are all busy with life and were having a hard time coming up with things to read!! THANKS SO MUCH! I'm definitely subscribing to this channel!

[@macarmenadoree]

This video has been terrible for my wallet, thank you very much. Somehow all of them from The Forgotten Girl to Two Moons are on my TBR list now.? I'm so excited! Thank you!!!

[@ONYXPages]

macarmenadoree Please send my condolences to your wallet. 😆 But think of how much enjoyment you’ll get from them.

[@maxwellmills4825]

The local Library could maybe take some of the burden off of your wallet

[@rizmarie8136]

You have totally laid forth my 2021 sci-fi reading list. I've only read Fledgling and I am So ready for new-to-me black sci-fi 🖤💚💚

[@VidalKJ]

moon. Thank you for your selection. I'm excited and looking forward to your 2020 and 2021 selections.

[@Majesticon]

yooooooo! ELYSIUM is so good! it's one of those books i try to get everyone to read, awesome

[@acrimsondaisy5513]

first of all - i love your shirt! i also liked how you broke your list down by age category i also loved hurricane child a lot, i was especially impressed with the writing of it ive never heard of magnifique noir before, but it sounds really really good! I also loved the deep! And ive never heard of two moons either!

[@ONYXPages]

a crimson daisy Thanks for commenting! I think you’d like MN, actually. Check it out!

[@acrimsondaisy5513]

@@ONYXPages thank you!

[@drucillabrown7361]

I have about 3 of these books in my amazon chart right now because of this review. The little nerdy black girl inside of me THANKS you sis. 🌕🌻

[@ONYXPages]

You’re so welcome! 🌻🌻

[@puchi1388]

I just bought the deep! Excited to read

[@40bpaula]

this was a great list. I haven't read allot of these authors. I have read Octavia Butler and I love everything she did. I also read and really enjoyed Tanana Reed Do's Skin folk. it was an incredible read and the first time i was introduced to stories of that nature. and just for you...I am looking forward to reading Two Moons by crystal a. Smith. Great video. thank you. blessings.

[@MoiraHeim]

Hello I come from Germany I saw your video on Goodreads. Nice Channel-

[@AntonioNeto-if7fl]

This is the kind of booktube channel I've been looking for! Many pleasure to meet you, greetings from Brasil

[@middlechamber3574]

I am new to the Adult fantasy genre of books. I picked up 'Soul Keeper' by David Dalglish. It's pretty interesting and definitely a polar opposite of what I normally read. So far so good.

[@HaydenBooks]

the Book of Night Women sounds super cool! I will need to check it out! you have some good taste and I will definitely be coming back to this video when I go to buy more books soon :)

[@BeautifullyBookishBethany]

Great lineup! And yes, Silvia-Moreno Garcia is an amazing writer.

[@naimaabdirhmon8642]

Appreciate you and your review. Moon 🌗🌑

[@ThistleVerse]

I need to get around to Elysium, Heaviness of Knowing, and Black From the Future. Two Moons was such a great collection. An iconic moment for me was when the woman tired of heartbreak tries to get rid of her heart and it comes to life and makes her pancakes. And it assured her the squishy red stuff on the pancakes was strawberry compote not blood lol. So funny and cute.

[@ONYXPages]

Thistle & Verse That was so cute. I forgot about that one! Weird and cute. I loved the one about the rose bush...

[@ThistleVerse]

@@ONYXPages That was another great one!

[@sunflowerspirited4974]

Moon! Just wanted to comment on the celestial bodies and falling in love thing, the lightning bug Ray in Princess and the Frog falls in love with a star! He names her Evangeline and it’s actually a very sweet romance even if she never says anything back uwu . Great recs, I will definitely be checking some of these out!

[@ONYXPages]

Rainbow Rocky 🌚

[@ONYXPages]

Thank you for that reminder!

[@JesseOnYoutube]

added so many of these to my tbr. yesss i love your excitement, youre just glowing

[@ONYXPages]

Bowties & Books Thanks, love!

[@jalondradavis2473]

I’ve read some of these but can’t wait to look up some of the others you recommended! 🌙

[@ONYXPages]

How is your reading coming along?

[@mommylovestoreadread1371]

Moon : great video I also loved loved loved the stars and the blackness between us. It was amazing I loved seeing the relationship between Audrey and her dad . How accepting of her he was and didn’t judge her choices and that ending got me I wasn’t expecting that at all

[@ONYXPages]

Mommy loves to read Read 🌚😀 right?!, that ending ! Check in again when you finish Nisi shawls work

[@SweeneySays]

I read Lagoon at the end of the year last year and I kept trying to tell people to read it but also explaining it SO BADLY. Gonna direct people here now 🤣 Love this list! Lots of things going on my TBR for 2020!

[@ONYXPages]

Nicole Sweeney That’s great to hear! Glad to help.

[@evanmiaanderson4666]

Thanks for the commendations! It’s like 3 am but I’m desperate to find more sci-fi dystopian fantasy it with no magic, possibly afrofuturism like I wrote down some you mentioned. And a girl falling in love with the moon sound unique and inspired though!

[@seriela]

I really have to get to my Octavia Butler books. And to Silvia Morano García. Glad to see you again, Njeri.

[@ONYXPages]

seriela Gracias, Alba! I think you’ll really like both of those authors.

[@KathyTrithardt]

_Dragons in a Bag_ sounds adorable and I now have a hold on the audiobook from my library. I also have _The Forgotten Girl_ on my radar.

[@ONYXPages]

Kathy Trithardt ooooh Awesome! I would love to know how you react to TFG!

[@KathyTrithardt]

I haven't read _Fledgling_ but will be picking up _Parable_ really soon for a book club.

[@erinfox2671]

HOW are you not a host for Black-a-thon?! Please tell me you’re at least participating and posting a TBR! MOON.

[@priscillareads]

Ok I added like all of these to my TBR lol. They all sound incredible. They’re moontacular!!

[@ONYXPages]

I’m over the MOON that you’re excited about them!

[@leelynntroupe6894]

MOON! Love the new format, Njeri! So, how about you are responsible for most of my book purchases in 2019? yeah, you and your channel take me to new literary heights! thank you!

[@ONYXPages]

leelynn troupe 🌚😀 Sorry! (Not sorry! Lol)

[@walkinthewoods981]

Moon! I'm surprised you didn't mention Jumbies for MG book. I'm listening to it on audible and it's incredible so far. It a 3 book series and all the books are out now. And there's mermaids. The book about Dragons by Zetta (first name basis, too) I'm going to definitely have to pick that one up and The Forgotten Girl book looks and sounds like something I want to read. I love short story collections. J. California Cooper and Sherman Alexie's are amazing short story writers too. Take care. Amazing as always

[@ONYXPages]

Haven’t read Jumbies yet! Can’t wait! I’ll check out the other writers you mentioned. 🌚😊

[@parisnorman1093]

Moon!! I really love your channel! I spend so much time googling and searching on Goodreads for Afrofuturism books, but now I know that I can come to your channel and get amazing recs. Thank you so much :)

[@tomeesojournerconsulting]

I loved this video format. Your reviews are exciting to watch and I learn a lot. Congratulations on the new look of your channel.

[@ONYXPages]

Thank you :) Glad you liked it, more changes to come, as you know!

[@megaDwiggins]

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[@JoshsBookishVoyage]

What a great list with a lot of books that I had never even heard before. I think I a most intrigued by the short fictions you mentioned especially Two Moons.

[@ONYXPages]

Two Moons = perfection!

[@BookieCharm]

Love the new look on your channel! I loved The Deep and Pet too! Fledgling made me so uncomfortbale but it's Butler so I still enjoyed it.

[@ONYXPages]

Bookie Charm Hey love! Ya... I still have to get to that Fledgling/Gilda Stories situation!!

[@ananxiousnerd]

Immediately adding all of these fantasy and scifi books to my TBR and right at the top is Laguun, The Deep, and Two Moons. Great recs!

[@ONYXPages]

Jamie Barker Exciting! I’d love to hear what you think of them!

[@ananxiousnerd]

@@ONYXPages for sure! I think I'll start with The Deep.

[@alyxbaye]

thank you for all the great suggestions. I just finished “Monday’s Not Coming” and I’m still trying to get myself together. 😭 I’m actually going to try reading, “Two Moons” because short stories are my favorite writing style to read.💛

[@curiouslanguage2032]

Love the moon! These all sound great!

[@ONYXPages]

Curious Language 🌚😉. Thanks!!

[@annahepworth132]

bit behind on my watching of reviews, and now I've five books more on my to read list, thank you -- some I did find at the time, but in particular the short story collections didn't make it to Australia. (and yes, I watched to the end, where you ask to mention the Moon)

[@ONYXPages]

Wonderful!

[@misskay007]

Thank you for this video.

[@shreyabooked9309]

Ghost Summer sounds interesting, I'll definitely chdck it out!

[@owlthebooks]

Thank you for putting all these fabulous-looking books on my radar! I'm actually reading another one of Octavia Butler's books right now, The Parable of the Sower, and I'm kind of in love with her writing/world-building skills, so I'm eager to pick up Fledgling. P.S. In regards to your question about whether a girl or a person has fallen in love with a celestial manifestation, the only real example that comes to mind for me is Avatar: The Last Airbender and the Sokka/Yue romance. (If you haven't seen the show, I won't spoil why, but let's just say it kind of fits.)

[@ONYXPages]

Thank you!

[@galatruc5480]

Wow I bookmarked literally half of all these books :') I love your way of presenting them, to the point but relevant, and with passion! I am very intrigued by The Book of the Night Women, The Deep, Lagoon and Love Beyond Body Space and Time ahah. Two Moons sounds amazing also! I think I didn't hear about any of these short stories collections... thank you!

[@ONYXPages]

Gala Truc You’re welcome! That’s what I’m here for - to get good and important books to good people! Enjoy hen, and let me know what you think of them when you’re done.

[@JessicaNicoleDickerson]

The new introooo weeeI STILL need to get The Forgotten Girl AHH! YES The Stars and Blackness Between was so beautifulll :) Gosh I also need Pet! You make me want to spend money :) The short stories sound SO good :) Loved the video!!!

[@ONYXPages]

Jessica Nicole Dickerson Thanks, Sis!!

[@CaseyCassidy]

the only thing i'd read in this video was Love Beyond Space and Time and I've spent the last 15 minutes looking up the rest of them to see if my library has them/Scribd/adding to my barnes&noble cart. everything sounds amazinggggggg. also moon! :)

[@CuriousReader]

Really enjoyed hearing you chat about your favourites! I'm not much of a speculative fiction/fantasy/sci-fi reader myself but I'm intrigued by Two Moons, sounds strange but also amazing.

[@ONYXPages]

Curious Reader Hey! 2 moons has a variety of sweet stories. Some magical realism, some sci-fi, some speculative, all beautiful.

[@richaelfaithful3779]

Stellar list! I’m excited to read the short story collections and to finally read a work by Nisi Shawl, who you’ve recommended for a while now (and I’m remembering your interview with them). Thank you for this compilation!

[@ONYXPages]

Richael Faithful Thanks for commenting! It was great buddy reading Lagoon with you. Which title do you think you’ll start with?

[@richaelfaithful3779]

ONYX Pages I just traded my Audible credit for Everfair! (I remember your thoughtful review too.) I have 2 Moons high on my Goodreads list as well. In an effort to organize my reads, I’m aiming to read one fiction book, one nonfiction book, one knowledge area book, and one audible book at a time, so 2 moons is high on the fiction list.

[@ONYXPages]

Richael Faithful You night enjoy Bodyminds Reimagined by Dr. Sami Schalk!

[@JesseOnYoutube]

lagoon sounds so good!

[@ONYXPages]

Bowties & Books It was wild. The chaos and the humour? I think you’ll enjoy it.

[@LiteratureScienceAlliance]

I have been looking for good sci-fi to put on my tbr and found quite a few good ones here. You really have me sold on Elysium in particular! I also think you are one of the first booktubers I have followed that talked about short story collections and I am now considering picking one up. Based on your reaction to two moons I might start there. But yea found out about your channel thru the SFF book awards announcement videos and really excited that I did!

[@chastity6062]

I love this video and you and these recommendations so much. I was just looking at the sun in awe, amazement, and love today so the mention of falling in love with the moon hit right home for me. An author's courage never ceases to amaze me. Writing about things many of us have felt but might feel too bashful to put words to. Gotta love it.

[@ericchristopher1687]

Moon! I wrote a story called Have you seen the Goddess Naked? (it's in the Green Egg Omelette anthology of 2009) that features the moon as the paramour of God's widow - narrated by her son. Thank you for the reviews on so many books - I will buy Two Moons immediately and others as well - probably Filter House and one of the anthologies, since I like a variety of authors within a single book.

[@ONYXPages]

Thanks for the recommendation! Is it Black SFF?

[@ericchristopher1687]

@@ONYXPages No, Green Egg was a neo-pagan magazine that celebrated stories and articles about all traditions and cultures - including African, Native American, and pre-Christian European. They ceased publishing the mag several years ago and went online for a while. They produced the anthology just before switching to online. I found your KZbin channel because I am looking for more Black SF and fantasy to read. Samuel R. Delany and Octavia Butler are favorites of mine...I have read Dhalgren 9 times over the years; I think it is the greatest SF novel of the 20th century, because it covers absolutely everything - race, sex, religion, politics, environmental degradation, consumerism...and everything else. Delany's Triton and Heavenly Breakfast are also fabulous.

[@pghbekka]

Fabulous recommendations! Some are already favorites, some I am excited to read, some I was so thrilled to discover through your video! I am hoping to read The Deep and then listen to the multimedia version of it this month. And now I can't wait to read Two Moons, which wasn't on my radar yet - I love the premise of the title story. Ghost Summer is my favorite work by Tananarive Due, but if you haven't read her novel Joplin's Ghost, I highly recommend it.

[@ONYXPages]

pghbekka Thank you for the recommendation!! I bought JG last year!!

[@NurChaos]

I like the new look of your channel. just today i finally got a copy of "hurricane child" from the library. all the other books sound so great as well. i also want to try to read more short story collections so your recommendations help a lot. thank you! moon :)

[@megaDwiggins]

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[@williambethea8703]

Greetings. I enjoyed your review of titles to read of 2019. I found your channel on a search for black sci-fi book reviews. I currently read comic books and graphic novels but am looking to expand my interests. Thank you for the authors and titles to begin my journey.

[@vera747]

I love the way that you break down books. Makes me want to buy all of them. Do you ever review self-published books?

[@ONYXPages]

Thank you. I have, but only if they fit my criteria and if they fall within my reading interests. Check the video about my rating system to get an understanding of my reading tastes.

[@megaDwiggins]

Hey check out a trailer book about an African American female president. kzbin.info/www/bejne/omG5Y6yff7-LiM0

[@iLiviesimone]

Love the new look, love the video, and just in general love everything XD

[@ONYXPages]

Hey!!! Thanks, Olivia! It’s feeling fresh and new! ❤️❤️

[@BrandysBooks61316]

Oh wow I literally just got New Suns in today! I also ordered Everfair by Nisi Shawl....oh and Elysium sounds amazing! So many wonderful books .

[@ONYXPages]

Brandys Books!Wiatva goldmine!!!!

[@ThatsSoPoe]

So many great books! A number of these made my favorites of 2019 as well (Hurricane Child, Gods of Jade and Shadow). I really want to get to Dragons in a Bag, Fledgling, Friday Black, and of course... New Suns. I did just finish Black From the Future, though! Oh, and moon. 🌕

[@megaDwiggins]

Hey check out a trailer book about an African American female president. kzbin.info/www/bejne/omG5Y6yff7-LiM0

[@ashleymorlan5707]

Thank you for the amazing recommendations!!

[@Keyonna06]

I’m a couple of years late but I enjoyed this video. Moon because I watched the whole video.

[@ONYXPages]

You’re right on time! How did you hear about my channel and this video!?

[@Keyonna06]

@@ONYXPages I heard about you when I was searching for reviews of White Smoke. I actually posted my own video. You should check it out.

[@Ironeth]

🌜Thank you for all the recommendations! 🌛

[@ONYXPages]

Thanks, love! Come back when you’ve read books I’ve suggested, and let me know what you think. ❤️🖤💜

[@henryyhenryy]

magnifiqueNOIR sounds so coool!! 😍

[@henryyhenryy]

OKay but so does everything else in this videooo 😭 I'd never heard of Two Moons or Love Beyond Body, Space and Time! 👀

[@ONYXPages]

It really is!

[@MusicalTati]

Short stories were a win for me in 2019 too! I’ll need to check out some of the ones you read that I haven’t read. Hopefully my library has some of these novels because...I’m NOT buying books! Lol I really moon it!

[@ONYXPages]

Musical Tati Hey Reading Twin! What novels are you going to try? 🌚❤️

[@MusicalTati]

ONYX Pages Definitely The Forgotten Girl (was waiting for your take), The Stars and the Blackness Between Them, Gods of Jade and Shadow & the heaviness book (I think...).

[@sirbooksage]

Freshwater was fantastic. I've got Pet in my queue to read this year. And I've added a couple more from your list to my TBR. And how about that moon? 🙂

[@ONYXPages]

sirbooksage 🌚 can’t wait to hear what you think of Pet!!!

[@LiteraryStoner]

I recently read The Deep by Rivers Solomon and loved it! I have several of the others already on my TBR, I need to get to them. Moon

[@ONYXPages]

Wickedjr Reads Keep on touch as you read! Thanks for commenting! 🌚😉

[@christinahasd]

I don't know whether it's the way you describe them or the fact that those books are great but currently I'm trying to figure out how to read 6 book at the same time. Also, moon!

[@danamatthews9688]

Well done.

[@ONYXPages]

Thanks!

[@Empressles]

#Africanfuturism #africanjujuism

[@puchi1388]

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[@JP-wn4jn]

who designed your intro self portrait? amazing! please send me the contact bc i'd like to work with them. great channel. awesome book recommendations

[@ONYXPages]

J P www.joeoseibonsu.com/ Tell Joe I said hi!

[@JP-wn4jn]

@@ONYXPages 👸🏽🙏🏽thank you. I sure will

[@alexishumphrey7568]

sokka's first girlfriend turned into the moon lmao. never seen a girl date the moon but there's that southern water tribe guy

[@user-hg7vr6uy3b]

Moon

[@ONYXPages]

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[@edurneirizarry9050]

Moon

[@Ketutar]

I was watching BooksandLala and she did a "thing", reading the favorite books of youtubers, or something like that. I like the idea, but not the books she likes, so I set on trying to find someone with similar taste on books like me. And I found you. I have seen a couple of videos by you, now, and I like what I see. You are enthusiastic, have nice voice, present the books in a way that I have put a couple of these on my TBR list :-D BTW, 1986 Mecano made a song that is one of my all time favorites. Hijo de la luna. Check it out ;-)

[@studiomokii7534]

Does anyone know of any authors that were born in Africa?

[@annoyedbyyourface]

One of the plots in The One Hundred Nights of Hero is about the moon falling in love with a human man. I actually like that story better simply because the idea of the moon (or any "old" entity) imprinting on a baby is gross lol. Like, I don't know why Smith couldn't just have them fall in love once the character was an adult. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@ONYXPages]

Kay K I see what you mean. I didn’t think of time and space in that way. I thought of the girl and the moon as infinite beings, both having choice in it all.

[@annoyedbyyourface]

@@ONYXPages The girl became an infinite being after uniting with the moon but before that, she was a human girl. I wish Smith approached their relationship they way you did because the backstory of how the being became a human girl would be really interesting along with how the moon knew it was them even as a human baby. Instead it's a lighter version of Jacob Black and Renesmee Cullen lol... 🤮

[@JesseOnYoutube]

MOON

[@ONYXPages]

Bowties & Books 🌚😉

[@bethmw28]

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[@britleytmason4734]

Moon