5 must-read indigenous books like Unlimited Futures: speculative, visionary blak+black fiction by Rafeif Ismail

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Unlimited Futures: speculative, visionary blak+black fiction

By: Rafeif Ismail

4.08

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Unlimited Futures is an anthology of Own Voice speculative fiction from 21 emerging and established…

If you liked the indigenous plot in Unlimited Futures: speculative, visionary blak+black fiction by Rafeif Ismail , here is a list of 5 books like this:

1. An Equal Music

By: Vikram Seth

3.84

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

The author of the international bestseller A Suitable Boyreturns with a powerful and deeply romanti… read more

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2. Krik? Krak!

By: Edwidge Danticat

3.87

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

At an astonishingly young age, Edwidge Danticat has become one of our most celebrated new writers. … read more

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3. Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

By: Anna Funder

4.20

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East Germany ceas… read more

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"People were crazy with pain and secrets."

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

"When I got out of prison, I was basically no longer human,' Miriam says."

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

"Why are some things easier to remember the more time has passed since they occurred?"

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

"Ten days is time enough to die, to be born, to fall in love and to go mad. Ten days is a very long time."

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

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4. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

By: Shankari Chandran

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more

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  • fiction
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5. Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life

By: Anna Funder

4.13

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century… read more

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6. Stone Yard Devotional

By: Charlotte Wood

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winn… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
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7. Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray

By: Anita Heiss

4.17

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Gundagai, 1852The powerful Murrumbidgee River surges through town leaving death and destruction in … read more

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  • fiction
  • indigenous
"Using Wiradjuri language on the cover of my novel makes a strong statement … regarding the reclamation and maintenance of the traditional language of my family."

-Anita Heiss, Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray

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8. After Story

By: Larissa Behrendt

4.07

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

When Indigenous lawyer Jasmine decides to take her mother Della on a tour of England's most revered… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
  • indigenous
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9. Ready When You Are

By: Gary Lonesborough

4.20

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable YA love story between two Aboriginal boys -- one who doesn’t want to accept he’s gay, … read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • indigenous
"Go to your elders. You should ask them about your country and your totem. Because that is your identity. A blackfella with no identity is a lost blackfella. He don't know where he belongs."

-Gary Lonesborough, Ready When You Are

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10. Before We Forget Kindness (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #5)

By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.79

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In the fifth book in the sensational Before the Coffee Gets Cold series translated from Japanese, t… read more

Similar categories in Toshikazu Kawaguchi's Before We Forget Kindness (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #5) book and Rafeif Ismail's Unlimited Futures: speculative, visionary blak+black fiction

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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11. Scary Monsters

By: Michelle de Kretser

3.34

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A profoundly original exploration of racism, misogyny, and ageism—three monsters that plague the wo… read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
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12. The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist

By: Sophie Gonzales

3.51

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A fanfic writer brings her favorite TV character to life in this friends-to-enemies-to-lovers novel… read more

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  • fantasy
  • young adult
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13. This All Come Back Now

By: Mykaela Saunders

4.08

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

The first-ever anthology of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander speculative fiction – written, cu… read more

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  • anthologies
  • indigenous
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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14. Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution

By: Kacen Callender

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From National Book Award–winner Kacen Callender, a contemporary YA that follows Lark's journey to s… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
"The goal of accountability is to end harm through learning and growth. What's the goal of shaming? Shaming is more about the person who shames, and making themselves feel like they're better than ano…"

-Kacen Callender, Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution

"I realized—what makes a story good—I think it's a trick question, because every single reader will always want something different, right? So to one reader, a book is good, and to another reader, the…"

-Kacen Callender, Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution

"Maybe not. But does that make your voice less important? Does that mean stories or speaking your truth don't have a role in activism, too? I don't know about that. Our society wouldn't be the same wi…"

-Kacen Callender, Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution

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15. Still Alive: Notes from Australia’s Immigration Detention System

By: Safdar Ahmed

4.66

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

In early 2011, Safdar Ahmed visited Sydney’s Villawood Immigration Detention Centre for the first t… read more

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16. Everything Feels Like the End of the World

By: Else Fitzgerald

3.72

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Everything Feels Like the End of the World is a collection of short speculative fiction exploring p… read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
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17. New Australian Fiction 2022

By: Suzy Garcia

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

A new collection of short fiction from Kill Your Darlings Characters hunt for fame and fortune. Ch… read more

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  • short stories
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18. We Could Be Something

By: Will Kostakis

3.97

Format: 401 pages, Paperback

Part Coming-Out Story. Part falling-in-love story. Part falling-apart story. Harvey's dads… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
"Right now, I'm not sure I can get a book about a gay teenager through acquisitions. The schools market factors heavily into our thinking and they won't let it fly."

-Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something

"Just because you released one novel doesn't mean you're owed a career, Sotiris. That isn't how the book world works. There are so many names I only ever see on one title."

-Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something

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19. Dirrayawadha

By: Anita Heiss

4.16

Format: None pages, Audiobook

From the bestselling author of Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams) comes a sweeping new h… read more

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20. Unlimited Futures: speculative, visionary blak+black fiction

By: Rafeif Ismail

4.08

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Unlimited Futures is an anthology of Own Voice speculative fiction from 21 emerging and established… read more

Similar categories in Rafeif Ismail's Unlimited Futures: speculative, visionary blak+black fiction book and Rafeif Ismail's Unlimited Futures: speculative, visionary blak+black fiction

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • indigenous
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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21. Once a Stranger

By: Zoya Patel

3.75

Format: 270 pages, ebook

Their mother was sick. Their mother was dying. Laila wanted her to come home. She wasn't sure whi… read more

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  • fiction

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