| #1 | | 4.04 |
| #2 | | 4.12 |
| #3 | Africa Risen - Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
- Sheree Renée Thomas
- Zelda Knight
| 3.75 |
| #4 | Dark Matter - W.E.B. Du Bois
- Kalamu ya Salaam
- Samuel R. Delany
- Nalo Hopkinson
- Akua Lezli Hope
- Charles W. Chesnutt
- Linda Addison
- Charles R. Saunders
- Nisi Shawl
- Steven Barnes
- Jewelle L. Gómez
- Henry Dumas
- Tony Medina
- Kiini Ibura Salaam
- Robert Fleming
- Derrick A. Bell
- Darryl A. Smith
- Ama Patterson
- Walter Mosley
- Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
- Paul D. Miller
- Evie Shockley
- Leone Ross
- Tananarive Due
- Amiri Baraka
- Octavia E. Butler
| 3 |
| #5 | | 4.06 |
| #6 | | 4.46 |
| #7 | | 3.62 |
| #8 | | 4.32 |
| #9 | | 3.75 |
| #10 | | 3.76 |
| #11 | Several People Are Typing | 3.73 |
| #12 | | 3.99 |
