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L.L. McKinney Books in Order

L.L. McKinney has written 10 books, published between 2018 and 2025. The first book is A Blade So Black (2018) and the newest is Nubia: Too Real (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2018–2025
Pages on record
1,136 in 4 of 10 books
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Photo of L.L. McKinney, author

Leatrice "Elle" McKinney writes young adult fiction under the pen name L.L. McKinney. The debut novel, A Blade So Black, came out in September 2018, and A Dream So Dark (2019) and A Crown So Cursed (2020) are also in the catalogue. In June 2020 McKinney started the PublishingPaidMe hashtag on Twitter to expose racial gaps in the advances paid to writers. Other titles include Nubia: Real One (2021), Power Rangers Unlimited: Edge of Darkness (2021), Mourning Glory (2023), Escaping Mr. Rochester (2024) and Nubia: Too Real (2025). Nightmare-Verse is among the series on the site, and subject headings include magic, nightmares, African American teenage girls and women superheroes.

How many L.L. McKinney books are there?

L.L. McKinney has 10 books, released between 2018 and 2025. They include 3 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.

L.L. McKinney Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 L.L. McKinney books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of A Dream So Dark by L.L. McKinney, book 2 of the Nightmare-Verse series (2019)
  2. Cover of A Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinney, book 3 of the Nightmare-Verse series (2020)
  3. Cover of Nubia: Real One by L.L. McKinney (2021)
  4. Cover of Captain America: The Shield of Sam Wilson by L.L. McKinney, book 1 of the Gar Anthony Haywood Graphic Novels series
  5. Cover of Nubia: Too Real by L.L. McKinney (2025)
  1. 1
    A Blade So BlackNightmare-Verse #12018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  2. 2
    A Dream So DarkNightmare-Verse #22019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  3. 3
    A Crown So CursedNightmare-Verse #32020 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020416
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Nubia: Real One2021 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021208
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Power Rangers Unlimited: Edge of DarknessPower Rangers: Limited #12021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Mourning Glory2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Splintered Magic2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Captain America: The Shield of Sam WilsonGar Anthony Haywood Graphic Novels #12024 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2024304
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Escaping Mr. Rochester2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Nubia: Too Real2025 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2025208
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

L.L. McKinney books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Nightmare-Verse in order

3 books
  1. 1. A Blade So Black
  2. 2. A Dream So Dark
  3. 3. A Crown So Cursed

Power Rangers: Limited in order

1 book
  1. 1. Power Rangers Unlimited: Edge of Darkness

Gar Anthony Haywood Graphic Novels in order

1 book
  1. 1. Captain America: The Shield of Sam Wilson

Standalone books

5 books

5 L.L. McKinney titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read L.L. McKinney books in order?

You only need to read L.L. McKinney books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with L.L. McKinney

Start with A Blade So Black (2018), the earliest published title.

What is the newest L.L. McKinney book?

Nubia: Too Real (2025) is the newest L.L. McKinney book released so far.

Is there a new L.L. McKinney book coming?

No next L.L. McKinney book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards L.L. McKinney has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 1 nomination for L.L. McKinney. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • The Ignyte Community Award2021Wonfor #PublishingPaidMe
  • Locus Award for Best First Novel2019Shortlistedfor A Blade So Black

L.L. McKinney at a glance

Still publishing
L.L. McKinney published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
L.L. McKinney books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,136 pages across the 4 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most L.L. McKinney books, 8 of 10, were published in the 2020s.

What the L.L. McKinney books are about

6 of the 10 L.L. McKinney books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: african american superheroes is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • African American superheroes 2 of 6 books
  • African American teenage girls 2 of 6 books
  • African American women superheroes 2 of 6 books
  • Children of gay parents 2 of 6 books
  • Children's fiction 2 of 6 books
  • Comics & graphic novels 2 of 6 books
  • Magic 2 of 6 books
  • Nightmares 2 of 6 books
  • Teenage superheroes 2 of 6 books
  • Women superheroes 2 of 6 books