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Queer FantasyQueer Science FictionEpic Fantasy

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

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  • 2019 first published
  • 680 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (6 ratings)
  • 13 editions
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Published in 2019, Black Leopard, Red Wolf is a queer fantasy and queer science fiction novel by Marlon James. It deals with Mythology, Adult, LGBT and Africa.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, and 79 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 13 editions. It appeared on the New York Times Combined Print And E-Book Fiction bestseller list in 2019.

At about 680 pages, most readers finish it in 12–13 hours.

About Black Leopard, Red Wolf

Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: "He has a nose," people say. Engaged to track down a mysterious boy who disappeared three years earlier, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group that comes together to search for the boy. The band is a hodgepodge, full of unusual characters with secrets of their own, including a shape-shifting man-animal known as Leopard. As Tracker follows the boy's scent--from one ancient city to another; into dense forests and across deep rivers--he and the band are set upon by creatures intent on destroying them. As he struggles to survive, Tracker starts to wonder: Who, really, is this boy? Why has he been missing for so long? Why do so many people want to keep Tracker from finding him? And perhaps the most important questions of all: Who is telling the truth, and who is lying?
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Awards & lists

  • 🏆Locus Awards 2020 — Best Horror Novel (winner)
  • 📰New York Times bestseller list — Combined Print And E-Book Fiction, 2019

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Fantasy
  • Mythology
  • Adult
  • LGBT
  • Africa
  • LGBTQ+
  • Queer
  • Science Fiction Fantasy
  • Science Fiction
  • Adaptations
  • Hunters
  • Quests, Expeditions
  • Truthfulness and falsehood
  • Adventure fiction
  • Historical
  • African American

Quick answers

Who wrote Black Leopard, Red Wolf?

Black Leopard, Red Wolf was written by Marlon James and first published in 2019.

What genre is Black Leopard, Red Wolf?

It is usually shelved as Queer Fantasy, Queer Science Fiction, Epic Fantasy and Myth & Legend Fiction.

How long is Black Leopard, Red Wolf?

The median edition has 680 pages, about 12–13 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Black Leopard, Red Wolf?

Readers who like it often enjoy A Psalm for the Wild-Built, The Book Eaters and Final Strife.

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