42 Books Everyone Will Be Talking About in 2021

Namina Forna introduces readers to an intricate, West African-inspired fantasy world in The Gilded Ones. At 16, Deka's fate seems to be sealed when her blood runs gold, marking her as impure, but then a mysterious woman shows up in her village offering her the chance to become a warrior in an army full of girls just like her.

Out Feb. 9