Books To Read if You Love “Black Panther”
The first mainstream superhero of African descent, the Black Panther has attracted readers of all races and colors who see their stories reflected in the King of Wakanda. The stories on this list capture the spirit of Black Panther with epic tales of adventure, African mythology, and supreme acts of bravery. Wakanda forever!
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Add to BookshelfBlack Panther
by Don McGregor, Rich Buckler, Billy Graham, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
The Black Panther is not just a superhero; as King T’Challa, he is also the monarch of the hidden African nation of Wakanda. Combining the strength and stealth of his namesake with creative scientific intelligence, the Black Panther is an icon of Afro-futurist fantasy. This new anthology includes the Black Panther’s 1966 origin tale and the entirety of the critically acclaimed “Panther’s Rage” storyline from his 1970s solo series.
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Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Dreams of Wakanda
by Ruth E. Carter, Hannah Giorgis, Yona Harvey, Tre Johnson, and more
Join creators, writers, and comics legends as they discuss the impact of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther. Complete with gorgeous original illustrations, Dreams of Wakanda brings together a wide array of diverse and multifaceted perspectives that exemplify the many ways the film has impacted cinema, culture, and society.
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The Intuitionist
by Colson Whitehead
It is a time of calamity in a major metropolitan city’s Department of Elevator Inspectors, and Lila Mae Watson, the first Black female elevator inspector in the history of the department, is at the center of it. There are two warring factions within the department: the Empiricists, who work by the book and dutifully check for problems; and the Intuitionists, who are simply able to enter the elevator cab, meditate, and intuit any defects. Lila Mae is an Intuitionist with the highest accuracy rate in the entire department. But when an elevator goes into total freefall on Lila Mae’s watch, chaos ensures.
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Black Futures
by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham
Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham have brought together this collection of work — images, photos, essays, memes, dialogues, recipes, tweets, poetry, and more — to tell the story of the radical, imaginative, provocative, and gorgeous world that Black creators are bringing forth today.
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Akata Warrior
by Nnedi Okorafor
The newest novel by the author of Akata Witch and the forthcoming Marvel comic book series about Shuri, Black Panther’s sister! A year ago, Sunny Nwazue was inducted into the secret Leopard Society. As she begins to develop her magical powers, Sunny learns that she has been chosen to lead a dangerous mission to avert an apocalypse and save humanity. Akata Warrior blends mythology, fantasy, history, and magic into a compelling tale that will keep readers spellbound.
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Kindred, Fledgling, and Collected Stories
by Octavia Butler
An original and eerily prophetic writer, Octavia E. Butler used the conventions of science fiction to explore the dangerous legacy of racism in America in harrowingly personal terms. She broke new ground with books that featured complex Black female protagonists, establishing herself as one of the pioneers of the Afrofuturist aesthetic. The definitive edition of the complete works of the “grand dame” of American science fiction begins with this volume gathering two novels and her collected stories.
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Binti: The Complete Trilogy
by Nnedi Okorafor
Collected for the first time in a trade paperback omnibus edition, the Hugo- and Nebula-award-winning Binti trilogy follows the story of one extraordinary girl’s journey from her home to distant Oomza University.
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The Icarus Girl
by Helen Oyeyemi
Jess Harrison, age eight, is the child of an English father and a Nigerian mother. Possessing an extraordinary imagination, she has a hard time fitting in at school. It is only when she visits Nigeria for the first time that she makes a friend who understands her: a ragged little girl named TillyTilly. But soon TillyTilly’s visits become more disturbing, until Jess realizes she doesn’t actually know who her friend is at all. Drawing on Nigerian mythology, Helen Oyeyemi presents a striking variation on the classic literary theme of doubles — both real and spiritual — in this lyrical and bold debut.
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Black Leopard, Red Wolf
by Marlon James
In the stunning first novel in the Dark Star trilogy, myth, fantasy, and history come together to explore what happens when a mercenary is hired to find a missing child. Drawing from African history and mythology and his own rich imagination, Marlon James has written a novel unlike anything that’s come before it: a saga of breathtaking adventure that’s also an ambitious, involving read. Black Leopard, Red Wolf is both surprising and profound as it explores the fundamentals of truth, the limits of power, and our need to understand them both.
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War Girls
by Tochi Onyebuchi
The year is 2172. Climate change and nuclear disasters have rendered much of the earth unlivable. Only the lucky ones have escaped to space colonies in the sky. Two sisters, Onyii and Ify, dream of more. Their lives have been marked by violence and political unrest. Still, they dream of peace, of hope, of a future together. And they’re willing to fight an entire war to get there.
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Afrofuturism
by Nat'l Mus Afr Am Hist Culture
This timely and gorgeously illustrated companion book to an upcoming Smithsonian exhibition explores the power of Afrofuturism to reclaim the past and reimagine Black futures.
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Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda
by Sheree Renée Thomas, Nikki Giovanni, Tananarive Due, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Cadwell Turnbull, Alex Simmons, Linda D. Addison, Kyoko M., Danian Jerry, Glenn Parris, Milton J. Davies, Troy L. Wiggins, Christopher Chambers and Harlan James
A ground-breaking anthology celebrating Marvel’s beloved Black Panther and his home of Wakanda, penned by an all-star cast of authors such as Sheree Renée Thomas and Nikki Giovanni. Here are eighteen brand-new tales of Wakanda, its people, and its legacy.
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