Don't forget about graphic novels! 'The Many Deaths of Laila Starr' by Ram V and Filipe Andrade is set in a mythic, modern-day Mumbai where death is personified and out of a job.
It's a poignant, beautiful story about mortality, reincarnation, and the soul of a city evolving through time. The art and writing fuse to create a vision that's both timeless and urgently contemporary.
I'm a huge fan of older works that paved the way. Cordwainer Smith's 'Instrumentality of Mankind' stories, written in the mid-20th century, are deeply influenced by his childhood in China.
The result is a future history that feels profoundly strange and un-European, with underpeople and lords and a mystical, almost fairytale quality. It’s a reminder that non-Western futures in SF have a longer, weirder history than we sometimes acknowledge.
We have to mention Becky Chambers for crafting hopeful, inclusive futures, but specifically 'A Psalm for the Wild-Built' and its sequel. They imagine a solarpunk future on a moon called Panga.
While not explicitly non-Western, the society is post-capitalist, ecological, and centered on care—a radical departure from the conflict-driven, scarcity-based models that dominate Anglo-American SF. It’s a future built on different values, which is the most important diversity of all.
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All The Ways We Sin: A Diverse Collection of Erotica Tales
Blue 💙
10
15.5K
WARNING: 18+ ONLY
This book contains explicit adult sexual content and intense psychological and erotic themes.
Not suitable for minors. Reader discretion is strongly advised.
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Welcome to the filthy heart of sin, baby.
All the Ways We Sin is a raw and unapologetic erotica collection where passion doesn’t just burn : It fucks you senseless
From the thrill of your dangerous stepbrother pinning you against the wall while your parents sleep down the hall… to the shame of sneaking into your mother’s fiancé’s bed.
These stories don’t play nice. They’re supernatural, sci-fi, taboo, LGBTQ+, romantic, dark, obsessive, and so dangerously addictive you’ll be touching yourself before you finish the first page.
Every chapter is a brand-new sin. A fresh and wet craving. A whole new world where your desire ...always...fucking wins.
Some stories will lick you slow and sweet until you’re trembling. Some will drag you into the dark, choke you with lust, and leave you bruised and dripping.
Some are wild, strange, and so twisted they’ll make you cum harder than you ever have in your life.
But every single one answers the same dripping question:
If nobody was watching…
how fucking dirty would you sin
In a bleak future, the man with everything wants one more thing. Her.
Tiernan is a man with everything, and he’s not used to being denied what he wants. When he sees Madison from a distance, he makes the arrogant decision to take her. Her family needs her, but she has little choice except to become the Commander’s new companion, albeit reluctantly. Life in the hub of power isn’t what she expects, and neither is Tiernan. He’s dark and demanding, but there are flashes of tenderness that have her falling for the man she glimpses inside the cold and exacting commander of their territory. Which Teirnan is the real one—the tyrant or the tender lover? At first, it seems impossible that she could ever be happy with the man who forced her to give up her life, but feelings grow between them. Their relationship reaches a fragile new level that could deepen to something neither expected, if betrayal and treason don’t separate the lovers.
The Obsidian Covenant #1: The Rejected Mate's Ruin
Evve
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4.6K
In a world where the moon shattered and the strong devoured the weak, Neoma Solstice is nothing. A scentless Null. A ghost. A mistake.
Until the day she saves a dying Lycan warrior with a touch, and her secret is revealed: she's Void-Born, the rarest mutation in existence. The same power that makes her invisible makes her invaluable—a living weapon that can cure the incurable Feral Rot plaguing the Lycan Ascendancy.
Captured and collared, Neoma is forced to serve as "Tether" to Unit Vanguard: four elite soldiers on the brink of madness. Barzil, the ruthless Commander who sees her as a mission. Wolfy, the cold Tactician who sees her as a puzzle. Viggo, the feral Berserker who sees her as salvation. Guller, the fallen Priest who sees her as redemption.
They own her contract. They control her life. They swear she's just a tool.
But tools don't make their masters kneel.
As Neoma's power grows, so does the threat she poses to the regime that enslaved her. When the prophesied Blood Moon rises, she'll have to choose: remain the Ascendancy's battery, or become the Void that devours them whole.
Some bonds are forged in blood. Some in magic. Theirs was forged in desperation—and it might be the only thing strong enough to save a dying world.
The Obsidian Covenant is a dark dystopian reverse harem romance featuring a morally gray FMC, four obsessive MLs, found family dynamics, enemies-to-lovers, rejected mate redemption, and a slow-burn that explodes into high heat. Perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince meets Den of Vipers in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
No choosing. No apologies. No mercy.
Blurb:
Disparate Utopia is an alternate universe where mythological creatures exist. It is peaceful, back then, until false information spreads like a wild fire and that's how the war started. The peace that their Ancestors buiilt was destroyed by mysterious man. The belittling of each race started. They began to chop their head off and cast spell to vanish someone's soul away from the existence.
Nieves, she's an elf and one of the royalties' daughters. Her heart filled with kindness and generosity. Her presence is longing for peace, that's why she ran away from her cruel hometown and ended up being cursed as dsrk elf, but people perceived her as a witch.
Nieves' dream is to create kingdom where everyone can live, despite having different races. Where everyone live without even having a thought of being attacked.
Will she lends her soul for the world to commit peacefulness for everyone? Or will lend her soul to savor for her own peace?
Between Destiny's Chains and Moonlight (Book series)
Florence Su
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1.0K
The Moon Goddess may have written the rules, but these she-wolves are tearing them apart.
In this sweeping five-book saga, the Lycanthrope species—creatures of power beyond mortal imagination—dare to defy destiny itself. Mate bonds ignite passion and peril, but every she-wolf knows love can be a weapon as much as a gift. Tradition demands obedience. They choose rebellion.
It begins with Ana, a Hybrid caught between worlds, whose collision with Romani, the ruthless Lycan Crown Prince, sparks a bond that could either save her—or destroy her. His dominance threatens to consume her, yet Ana refuses to bow. Every choice she makes twists the Goddess’s plan tighter, until fate itself trembles.
From Ana’s defiance to the cunning of wolves who wield mate bonds like blades, each book unveils a battle where freedom clashes with love, rebellion with tradition, and power with vulnerability. The Goddess watches. The wolves fight back. And destiny will bleed before it breaks.
This is not a tale of wolves who obey.
This is the saga of wolves who refuse to surrender…
When 19-year-old Clara, a village girl, is mysteriously transported 50 years into the future, she lands in the home of a wealthy childless couple. Taken in and enrolled in a prestigious school, Clara must hide a dangerous secret: she possesses supernatural powers that could alter the future. But her past isn’t finished with her enemies from another time are determined to capture her, and only her new friends, tech genius Mike, fighter-in-training James, and clever strategist Bridget, can help her survive.
Romance, danger, and secrets collide as Clara navigates two worlds. Can she protect the future without losing herself?
For a quieter, more philosophical pick, 'The First to Die at the End' by Adam Silvera (the prequel to 'They Both Die at the End') is a great near-future sci-fi. It follows two young men, one Puerto Rican and one of mixed race, who connect on the day a death-prediction service launches.
The diversity is in their backgrounds, their personalities, and the LGBTQ+ representation. The sci-fi concept is the engine for exploring intimacy, mortality, and living without regret. It's less about flashy tech and more about how a technological advance fundamentally alters human connection on the most personal level.
Shortlist: 'Void Star' by Zachary Mason for a lush, literary cyberpunk take with AI as a latent, god-like presence in a flooded future. 'The Book of the Unnamed Midwife' for a post-apocalyptic world where the disaster might be AI-related? Not sure. And 'The Wrong Stars' by Tim Pratt for a fun, space-opera with cheeky, sometimes rebellious ship AIs. There, three different flavors.
I'm thrilled to see more diversity in protagonists than ever before. Books like 'The Fifth Season' by N.K. Jemisin and 'Binti' by Nnedi Okorafor showcase strong, complex characters from underrepresented backgrounds. These stories aren't just about futuristic tech or alien invasions; they explore cultural identity, resilience, and humanity in ways that feel fresh and necessary.
I also adore 'The Space Between Worlds' by Micaiah Johnson, where the protagonist is a marginalized woman navigating parallel universes. It's proof that diverse perspectives can elevate sci-fi beyond the usual tropes. Seeing characters who reflect real-world diversity makes the genre more immersive and relatable.
For a surreal, literary take, ‘Mona Lisa Overdrive’ by William Gibson… wait, that’s not new. Scratch that. A newer one in that vein is ‘Zero Bomb’ by M.T. Hill. It’s a near-future UK thriller about a grieving father drawn into a conspiracy involving AI and animal-rights activists. The protagonist is a working-class man left behind by technological change and personal loss. His marginalization is economic and emotional, driving a paranoid, compelling narrative about disposable people in a digital age.
It’s bleak but gripping.