Carl Brandon Society Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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The Carl Brandon Society is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to issues of race & ethnicity in speculative fiction

Pet
Akwaeke Emezi
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Carl Brandon Awards: Akwaeke Emezi has won the Carl Brandon Parallax Award for their novel Pet. Michele Tracy Berger has won the Carl Brandon Kindred Award for her story “Doll Seed.” Full details: https://t.co/vbciEvBETg
Paperback, 2021
$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Sam Greenlee
In @NisiShawl's #HistoryOfBlackSF series she offers a monthly deep dive into a science fiction novel, short story, play, or other media created by Black folks. In this installment, learn about The Spook Who Sat by the Door by Sam Greenlee. https://t.co/pzC1CDxzCR
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Elysium
Jennifer Marie Brissett
In @NisiShawl's #HistoryOfBlackSF series she offers a monthly deep dive into a science fiction novel, short story, play, or other media created by Black folks. In this installment, learn about Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett / @jennbrissett. https://t.co/F5oamFV2Nk
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The House Behind the Cedars (1900). By: Charles W. Chesnutt: Novel
Charles W. Chesnutt
In @NisiShawl's #HistoryOfBlackSF series she offers a monthly deep dive into a science fiction novel, short story, play, or other media created by Black folks. In this installment, learn about The Goophered Grapvine by Charles W. Chesnutt. https://t.co/OcZ2DAIi7Y
Paperback, 2017
$12.43$6.22 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Comet
W. E. B. Du Bois
In @NisiShawl's #HistoryOfBlackSF series she offers a monthly deep dive into a science fiction novel, short story, play, or other media created by Black folks. In this installment, learn about "The Comet" by W.E.B. Du Bois. Yes, *that* W.E.B. Du Bois https://t.co/cHgXJPr0OU
Paperback, 2021
$7.99$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Earthseed: The Seed Trilogy, Book 1
Pamela Sargent
We are #CelebratingOctavia with a series of virtual events, starting with an Earthseed-themed birthday celebration on June 22. Join a party room full of authors, editors, & academics for a reading of "The Book of the Living" fro the Parable series. https://carlbrandon.org/events/ https://t.co/ZHDxIGXPxn
Paperback, 2012
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Sam Greenlee
In @NisiShawl's #HistoryOfBlackSF series she offers a monthly deep dive into a science fiction novel, short story, play, or other media created by Black folks. In this installment, learn about The Spook Who Sat by the Door by Sam Greenlee. https://t.co/pzC1CDxzCR
Paperback, 1989
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
We Are All Completely Fine
Daryl Gregory
CBS steering committee member Kate Schaefer sez: "I hate horror, because I do not like to be frightened, but I love Daryl Gregory's We Are All Completely Fine because he makes me laugh even when I'm scared." Get this book & many others in this bundle! https://t.co/QEw6BUiZEY
Paperback, 2014
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Star Daughter
Shveta Thakrar
Want to now how fantasy and SF writers use mythology in their fiction? Listen in as authors Vida Cruz, Piper J Drake, Kate Elliott, Rebecca Roanhorse, and Shveta Thakrar (author of ✨ Star Daughter ✨ out today!) explore this topic: https://t.co/sIKHZn6cHp
Paperback, 2021
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Four Profound Weaves
R. B. Lemberg
The Four Profound Weaves is CBS steering committee member @jhameia's longform editorial debut, and is a magical journey of two trans elders learning new magic to take down a tyrant. Get this & MANY other books in this @humble bundle 👇🏾 https://www.humblebundle.com/books/supermassive-scifi-fantasy-horror-tachyon-books
Paperback, 2020
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book