7 must-read science fiction fantasy books like Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi

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Riot Baby

By: Tochi Onyebuchi

3.72

Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition

Ella has a Thing. She sees a classmate grow up to become a caring nurse. A neighbor's son murdered …

"When you have a purpose that doesn't involve hurting someone else, it changes the way you walk."

-Tochi Onyebuchi, Riot Baby

"When you have a purpose that doesn't involve hurting someone else, it changes the way you walk."

-Tochi Onyebuchi, Riot Baby

"When you have a purpose that doesn't involve hurting someone else, it changes the way you walk."

-Tochi Onyebuchi, Riot Baby

"Look at outside. We don't have drug dealers on the corners anymore. I can't remember the last time someone was shot on this block. My church-goers can come and go in peace." "When there isn't a curfew. Pastor, this isn't peace. This is order"

-Tochi Onyebuchi, Riot Baby

If you liked the science fiction fantasy plot in Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Home (Binti, #2) by Nnedi Okorafor

1. Home (Binti, #2)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.87

Format: 260 pages, ebook

It's been a year since Binti and Okwu enrolled at Oomza University. A year since Binti was declared… read more

Similar categories in Nnedi Okorafor's Home (Binti, #2) book and Tochi Onyebuchi's Riot Baby

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps (The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, #1) by Kai Ashante Wilson

2. The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps (The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, #1)

By: Kai Ashante Wilson

3.94

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

Since leaving his homeland, the earthbound demigod Demane has been labeled a sorcerer. With his anc… read more

Similar categories in Kai Ashante Wilson's The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps (The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, #1) book and Tochi Onyebuchi's Riot Baby

  • science fiction
  • novella
  • fantasy
  • fiction

3. Binti (Binti, #1)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.95

Format: 145 pages, ebook

Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza Uni… read more

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4. The Night Masquerade (Binti, #3)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.75

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

The concluding part of the highly-acclaimed science fiction trilogy that began with Nnedi Okorafor'… read more

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5. Taming Flame

By: Therisa Peimer

4.30

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Flaminius's days of bouncing between beds are snatched away the instant he sets eyes on his perfect… read more

Similar categories in Therisa Peimer's Taming Flame book and Tochi Onyebuchi's Riot Baby

  • speculative fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Tightening his embrace around his wife and little Theo, he vowed, "I will do everything in my power to continue being worthy of the faith you have in me."

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"Why do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?" "I've told you a million times that I love you, you make me feel safe and cherished, and you care deeply for our people. Why wouldn't I have faith in you?"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"I'm so proud of you I could burst, but in the interest of saving the poor cleaning staff the hassle, I would, instead, like to take you to our room and lick you from stem to stern until you beg me to…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"A virgin," Flaminius smiled deviously. "I'll take her." Instantly, surprised chatter erupted. Mother Guardian held up her hand for silence. "You cannot be serious, Sire." "Oh, but I am," he replied w…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

Cover of Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9) by Seanan McGuire

6. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.09

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9) book and Tochi Onyebuchi's Riot Baby

  • novella
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Because all the ways we're not normal are the way our normal homes want us to be."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"We're your penance, silly, the whole chaotic bunch of us, and as part of your penance, I say you're not done suffering us yet."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"If you want a life without terrible surprises, you should always look at the worst possible answer until you understand it all the way down to the bottom. Once you can do that, you'll know what's com…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"None of us is normal, and we'll either figure out how to pretend we are, or we'll find our doors home, and then we won't have to worry about it anymore, because all the ways we are not normal are the…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

Cover of The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) by Nghi Vo

7. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

By: Nghi Vo

4.17

Format: 128 pages, ebook

The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) book and Tochi Onyebuchi's Riot Baby

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."

-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

Cover of Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4) by Nghi Vo

8. Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)

By: Nghi Vo

4.24

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

The Hugo and Crawford Award-Winning Series! The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singin… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4) book and Tochi Onyebuchi's Riot Baby

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Child of Another Kind by Steven Decker

9. Child of Another Kind

By: Steven Decker

4.29

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

A little girl can look at someone and know their past. How? Why? Single mom Cynthia Pace has he… read more

Similar categories in Steven Decker's Child of Another Kind book and Tochi Onyebuchi's Riot Baby

  • science fiction
  • fiction
"No,"

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

"Teacher,"

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

"We do not sleep,"

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

"They came for me the next morning."

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

Cover of The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3) by P. Djèlí Clark

10. The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3)

By: P. Djèlí Clark

3.98

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 returns to the alternate Cairo of Clark's short fiction, where humans … read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3) book and Tochi Onyebuchi's Riot Baby

  • novella
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

11. Ring Shout

By: P. Djèlí Clark

3.99

Format: 185 pages, Hardcover

In America, demons wear white hoods. In 1915, The Birth of a Nation cast a spell across America,… read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's Ring Shout book and Tochi Onyebuchi's Riot Baby

  • novella
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Who says all the fantasies with sword-wielding heroes and heroines have to be in Middle Earth, Westeros, or even our dreams of Africa past—“copper sun or scarlet sea?"

-P. Djèlí Clark, Ring Shout

"There were two brothers, Truth and Lie. One day they get to playing, throwing cutlasses up into the air. Them cutlasses come down and fast as can be-swish!-chop each of their faces clean off! Truth b…"

-P. Djèlí Clark, Ring Shout

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12. The Deep

By: Rivers Solomon

3.78

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

The water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have built their own underw… read more

Similar categories in Rivers Solomon's The Deep book and Tochi Onyebuchi's Riot Baby

  • novella
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"What is belonging?"

-Rivers Solomon, The Deep

"Forgetting was not the same as healing."

-Rivers Solomon, The Deep

"It is easy to do that with the past, even with the blessing of the full visions of the history."

-Rivers Solomon, The Deep

"Then don't die." Yetu said... "Stay with me and we will make a new thing. What's behind us, it is done."

-Rivers Solomon, The Deep

Cover of Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor

13. Remote Control

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.85

Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition

The new book by Nebula and Hugo Award-winner, Nnedi Okorafor."She’s the adopted daughter of the Ang… read more

Similar categories in Nnedi Okorafor's Remote Control book and Tochi Onyebuchi's Riot Baby

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3) by Nghi Vo

14. Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3)

By: Nghi Vo

4.03

Format: 100 pages, Hardcover

Wandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of the notorio… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3) book and Tochi Onyebuchi's Riot Baby

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1) by Nghi Vo

15. The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

By: Nghi Vo

3.95

Format: 119 pages, Kindle Edition

A young royal from the far north is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of… read more

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  • novella
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Angry mothers raise daughters fierce enough to fight wolves."

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

"[,,,] if you want to understand people who have gone, that's what you look at, isn't it? Their offal. Their leavings."

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

"The abbey at Singing Hills would say that if a record cannot be perfect, it should at least be present. Better for it to exist than for it to be perfect and only in your mind."

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

"... He was unimportant, the least of In-yo's spies and couriers, but—" Almost Brilliant fluttered her wings in the dying light. "I understand. I will remember Sukai for you, and so will my children a…"

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

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16. Upright Women Wanted

By: Sarah Gailey

3.61

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

“That girl’s got more wrong notions than a barn owl’s got mean looks.” Esther is a stowaway. She… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Gailey's Upright Women Wanted book and Tochi Onyebuchi's Riot Baby

  • novella
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Just because he needed killing doesn't mean I can sleep easy."

-Sarah Gailey, Upright Women Wanted

"You really believe all that? About how there’s only one end in sight for people like you?"

-Sarah Gailey, Upright Women Wanted

"When there's people around that we don't trust, we let them think we're the kinds of people who are allowed to exist. And the only kind of Librarian that's allowed to exist is one who answers to she."

-Sarah Gailey, Upright Women Wanted

"Good," Esther said back, echoing Cye's words automatically because she didn't know what else to say, because you have a freckle on your bottom lip seemed like the wrong thing to say but it was the on…"

-Sarah Gailey, Upright Women Wanted

Cover of The Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí Clark

17. The Black God's Drums

By: P. Djèlí Clark

4.01

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

Creeper, a scrappy young teen, is done living on the streets of New Orleans. Instead, she wants to … read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's The Black God's Drums book and Tochi Onyebuchi's Riot Baby

  • novella
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi

18. Riot Baby

By: Tochi Onyebuchi

3.72

Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition

Ella has a Thing. She sees a classmate grow up to become a caring nurse. A neighbor's son murdered … read more

Similar categories in Tochi Onyebuchi's Riot Baby book and Tochi Onyebuchi's Riot Baby

  • race
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"When you have a purpose that doesn't involve hurting someone else, it changes the way you walk."

-Tochi Onyebuchi, Riot Baby

"Look at outside. We don't have drug dealers on the corners anymore. I can't remember the last time someone was shot on this block. My church-goers can come and go in peace." "When there isn't a curfe…"

-Tochi Onyebuchi, Riot Baby

Cover of Finna (LitenVerse, #1) by Nino Cipri

19. Finna (LitenVerse, #1)

By: Nino Cipri

3.66

Format: 103 pages, Kindle Edition

MP3 CD Format Nino Cipri's Finna is a rambunctious, touching story that blends all the horrors the … read more

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  • novella
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Getting lost for lack of a better option loses its appeal after a while."

-Nino Cipri, Finna (LitenVerse, #1)

"We're here to tell you what to do if a worm-hole opens up on your shift!"

-Nino Cipri, Finna (LitenVerse, #1)

"It was the most obnoxiously heterosexual thing Ava had seen since the last St. Patrick's Day parade."

-Nino Cipri, Finna (LitenVerse, #1)

"My boss, Tricia, always said tat we were a family. I should have realised she meant that I would have to put up with constant bullshit."

-Nino Cipri, Finna (LitenVerse, #1)

Cover of We Are the Crisis (Convergence Saga, #2) by Cadwell Turnbull

20. We Are the Crisis (Convergence Saga, #2)

By: Cadwell Turnbull

4.00

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

In We Are the Crisis—the second book in the Convergence Saga from award-winning author Cadwell Turn… read more

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  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Miranda in Milan by Katharine Duckett

21. Miranda in Milan

By: Katharine Duckett

3.51

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

With Miranda in Milan, debut author Katharine Duckett reimagines the consequences of Shakespeare’s … read more

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  • novella
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction

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