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Hello, friends! 2026 is shaping up to be a banner year for fantasy novels, with a TON of great books headed our way in the coming months. If I had to guess why, I’d say it’s partly because of the continuing romantasy readership surge, and partly because readers need to escape **waves hands at world**.

With so many books on the horizon, it means there are a lot of books that need to be shouted out. So for today’s post, I’m highlighting five exciting upcoming fantasy novels from Black authors—including four debuts!

Here are the at-a-glance titles, so you can go straight to placing your preorders:

• Black as Diamond by U. M. Agoawike (Bindery Books, March 3)
• Year of the Mer by L. D. Lewis (S&S/Saga Press, April 7)
• Witch Queen Rising by Savannah Stephens (Ace, April 21)
• The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass by Leslye Penelope (Redhook, August 11)
• Death Card by Jasmine Smith (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, August 11)

All Access members, read on for more about these five fantasy books by Black authors out in 2026.

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