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An online database of books by Black authors, because why not? ✌🏾

We only talk about books by Black authors with Black characters 🤎

Run by @CLockhartWrite.bsky.social

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The Melanin Library @melaninlibrary.com · Nov 15
Hey y'all 👋🏾

This is the Melanin Library, an online database of books written by Black authors. We've been about supporting Black authors since day one and will die on this hill, shouting at folx to read more Black authors 👏🏾

So if you vibe with that, say hi ✌🏾
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#AddToBlackSky #BVM
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The Melanin Library is an ever-growing, online database of books of all genres by Black authors.
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clockhartwrite.bsky.social
What would you do if a dragon alpha walked into your bar, calmed your chaos, and decided you were hers? 🤭

Hezi faces this exact dilemma in MAY CHAOS REIGN OVER YOU by @purviswrites.bsky.social
It released today so y'all already know what to do!
#BVM #Romantasy

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May Chaos Reign Over You - Signed Hardcover - Preorder — La Purvis
Book Description: Hezi is the purveyor of wine and chaos at Wayward Sip, the safe haven she created to escape her abusive ex. As chaos incarnate, she bestows her golden apples at her discretion and i...
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August 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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mswocreader.bsky.social
Not all of these are urban fantasy but all are Black fantasy and it's a good starting point
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Black Adult Fantasy Recs
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May 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Advice from @melaninlibrary.com and @clockhartwrite.bsky.social
Establish Yourself Online (2025 Guide for New Authors)
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March 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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#blackbooksky 🪐📚
Magic in the Melanin audiobook by Doyin Aderele - Rakuten Kobo
Listen to "Magic in the Melanin A Black Fantasy Anthology" by Doyin Aderele available from Rakuten Kobo. Narrated by Ruthie Bowles. Start a free 30-day trial today and get your first audiobook free. I...
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March 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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clockhartwrite.bsky.social
I had the chance to interview Tati Richardson @richardwriteson.bsky.social about her latest book LOSING SIGHT. It was an incredible conversation and I highly recommend giving it a listen.

Available on YouTube & everywhere you get podcasts from ✌🏾
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#BlackSky #BVM #BlackBookSky
March 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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clockhartwrite.bsky.social
The audiobook is out y'all!

Get it from Hoopla, Libby, Google Books, Kobo, or the place we're all boycotting 🤎

It's available everywhere so just get it from somewhere! And tell somebody about it while you're at it 😉
#BlackBookSky
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March 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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👀👀

#BlackBookSky
clockhartwrite.bsky.social C. M. Lockhart (Chelsea) @clockhartwrite.bsky.social · Mar 4
Hey #BlackBookSky
Who wants a book club hosted by Black authors where we read Black books and have honest discussions about them while having a good time and you're not required to finish the book?

Cause we made one 🤎
www.patreon.com/WrittenInMel...
An illustrated drawing of three Black women with pink, green, and purple hair with a pink book. The text reads: Coming Soon! DNF Bookclub
March 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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It's my sworn duty to put Black books on your skyline, especially if it's likely you've never heard of them. So, here I am, showing you SPROUT! by E.B. Yates 🫡
#BlackSky #BlackBookSky
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Jack and the Beanstalk BUT MAKE IT BLACK 👏🏾 GIRL 👏🏾 MAGIC 👏🏾 | Melanin Spotlight
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March 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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clockhartwrite.bsky.social
Hey #BlackBookSky
Who wants a book club hosted by Black authors where we read Black books and have honest discussions about them while having a good time and you're not required to finish the book?

Cause we made one 🤎
www.patreon.com/WrittenInMel...
An illustrated drawing of three Black women with pink, green, and purple hair with a pink book. The text reads: Coming Soon! DNF Bookclub
March 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Some Melanin Awareness for your skyline. Lemme know if I should do more of these 🤔
#BlackBookSky #BlackSky
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She got kidnapped and is out for revenge 💥 | Melanin Awareness
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February 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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graceverything.bsky.social
PAUSE!

HAVE YOU SEEN THE COVER REVEAL FOR SWEET HEAT?!!!
#booksky #blackbooksky
Sweet Heat by Bolu Babalola
February 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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clockhartwrite.bsky.social C. M. Lockhart (Chelsea) @clockhartwrite.bsky.social · Feb 22
I'll be at Resist Booksellers in Petersburg, VA today with @purviswrites.bsky.social signing books and talking about the anthology and being a Black author and EVERYTHING!

So come through if you're in the area 😆🤎
February 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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cryling.bsky.social
So excited to see how the illustration I worked on turned out for @melaninlibrary.com 's Magic In The Melanin! 🤎✨️ It looks beautiful! Loved working on this for @clockhartwrite.bsky.social 's story "We're Going on a God Hunt". ⚔️✨️

#booksky #blackbooksky #books
Picture of the book Magic In The Melanin A Black Fantasy Anthology presented by The Melanin Library Art card of an art piece of two women from a story within Magic in The Melanin.
February 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Here's @raenbowpunk.bsky.social's "Must Have Monday" including "Magic in the Melanin" a Black Fantasy Anthology by the @melaninlibrary.com, as well as @stephanieburgis.bsky.social's "Wooing the Witch Queen" and others!

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Must-Have Monday #224 - Every Book a Doorway
Witches, vampires, and slumber-party demons!
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February 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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clockhartwrite.bsky.social
Website Redesign 🤎

✨ Filter books by multiple criteria
✨ See more books by the same author
✨ Recently released + added
✨ Direct buy links from authors
✨ Children's + Middle Grade have a site!
💥 Identifying indie vs trad pubbed in progress!
MelaninLibrary.com | #BlackBookSky | @melaninlibrary.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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ebyates.bsky.social
'SPROUT!' Volume 1 is featured for the 'Melanin Spotlight' on @melaninlibrary.com !

A tale of an unlikely pair with the shared goal of reaching above the clouds by traversing a colossal beanstalk! Volume 1 is out now, and Volume 2 is coming this Spring! (Link below)
February 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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themjanthony.bsky.social
Pt 2/4! #Novellas & #Anthologies, feat. @mosesoseutomi.bsky.social @aijiang.bsky.social @melaninlibrary.com @annaleen.bsky.social and Akwaeke Emezi)
February 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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cryling.bsky.social
*coughs* Ya'll should pre-order this book 📖🤎✨️
#booksky
melaninlibrary.com The Melanin Library @melaninlibrary.com · Dec 12
✨ MAGIC IN THE MELANIN ✨ is now formatted!

And this gorgeous piece was done by @cryling.bsky.social ! She's beautiful and talented AND her commissions are open. So, hire her!

shop.melaninlibrary.com/products/mag...
A book page with black and white artwork of two women, one with a blunt cut bob holding a staff and the other with a big afro holding a double sided axe and wearing armor, are on the left page. The right page has the text: WE'RE GOING ON A GOD HUNT by C. M. Lockhart, Art by Karissa, Content warnings for descriptive violence. The text beneath reads: “Does it bother you?” The question was quiet and smoky, as his voice always was, but still just loud enough to be heard. He sat with an ankle across his knee on the smooth edge of a boulder that hadn’t existed a half hour ago and let his jade eyes follow the two women walking across the silent battlefield. He hadn’t expected them to pick a fight with sentry angels the moment they arrived in heaven, but he was too fascinated by them to be surprised. Above the page is the text: Preorder now! With a hardcover mockup of the cover for Magic in the Melanin: A Black Fantasy Anthology At the bottom is a coffee cup line drawing with the words: shop.melaninlibrary.com above it.
December 29, 2024 at 5:22 AM
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cryling.bsky.social
Got to work on this piece for Magic in The Melanin! ❤️✨️
Make sure to pre-order the book and support all the authors involved! ❤️
melaninlibrary.com The Melanin Library @melaninlibrary.com · Dec 12
✨ MAGIC IN THE MELANIN ✨ is now formatted!

And this gorgeous piece was done by @cryling.bsky.social ! She's beautiful and talented AND her commissions are open. So, hire her!

shop.melaninlibrary.com/products/mag...
A book page with black and white artwork of two women, one with a blunt cut bob holding a staff and the other with a big afro holding a double sided axe and wearing armor, are on the left page. The right page has the text: WE'RE GOING ON A GOD HUNT by C. M. Lockhart, Art by Karissa, Content warnings for descriptive violence. The text beneath reads: “Does it bother you?” The question was quiet and smoky, as his voice always was, but still just loud enough to be heard. He sat with an ankle across his knee on the smooth edge of a boulder that hadn’t existed a half hour ago and let his jade eyes follow the two women walking across the silent battlefield. He hadn’t expected them to pick a fight with sentry angels the moment they arrived in heaven, but he was too fascinated by them to be surprised. Above the page is the text: Preorder now! With a hardcover mockup of the cover for Magic in the Melanin: A Black Fantasy Anthology At the bottom is a coffee cup line drawing with the words: shop.melaninlibrary.com above it.
December 12, 2024 at 12:17 AM
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✨ MAGIC IN THE MELANIN ✨ is now formatted!

And this gorgeous piece was done by @cryling.bsky.social ! She's beautiful and talented AND her commissions are open. So, hire her!

shop.melaninlibrary.com/products/mag...
A book page with black and white artwork of two women, one with a blunt cut bob holding a staff and the other with a big afro holding a double sided axe and wearing armor, are on the left page. The right page has the text: WE'RE GOING ON A GOD HUNT by C. M. Lockhart, Art by Karissa, Content warnings for descriptive violence. The text beneath reads: “Does it bother you?” The question was quiet and smoky, as his voice always was, but still just loud enough to be heard. He sat with an ankle across his knee on the smooth edge of a boulder that hadn’t existed a half hour ago and let his jade eyes follow the two women walking across the silent battlefield. He hadn’t expected them to pick a fight with sentry angels the moment they arrived in heaven, but he was too fascinated by them to be surprised. Above the page is the text: Preorder now! With a hardcover mockup of the cover for Magic in the Melanin: A Black Fantasy Anthology At the bottom is a coffee cup line drawing with the words: shop.melaninlibrary.com above it.
December 12, 2024 at 12:11 AM
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nicolelewislcsw.bsky.social
Warm lines that don’t call the police.

#BlackSky #BlackTherapistsSky #BlueSkyTherapists
Warm lines that don’t call the police graphic.
November 27, 2024 at 7:37 PM
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📞 #blackbooksky
black owned indie bookstore, resist booksellers, launched their black friday sale online early. starting at midnight EST. everything is 20% off 👀

black indie books, black fantasy books, black romance books, candles, etc

they also ship FAST, like 2-3 days ✨

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Resist Booksellers Home Page
Resist Bookseller's online bookstore is where readers, book clubs, and change makers find inspiration, their next great read, and community. Shop now and get rewarded!
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November 28, 2024 at 2:18 AM
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iamcaseyrkelley.bsky.social
BLACK BOOK OF THE DAY

BEFORE WE FALL x Rilzy Adams
Genre: Romance
Published: October 27, 2021
Length: 414 pages

FULL VIDEO REVIEW ON IG AND TIKTOK

#booksky #blackbooksy
November 27, 2024 at 10:53 PM
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As soon as I get off today I’m swan diving into this book!

#blackbooksky
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November 27, 2024 at 1:45 PM
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mswocreader.bsky.social
Underrated YA titles to add to your TBR #booksky #blackbooksky
The Second Chance of Darius Logan
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November 27, 2024 at 5:19 PM