Author

Octavia E. Butler

American author best known for the *Patternist* and *Parable* series, and the novel *Kindred*. A recipient of both the Hugo and Nebula awards, Butler was the first science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. This page provides the Octavia E. Butler books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All books · chronological
1976 Patternmaster PO · 1 No link
1977 Mind of My Mind PO · 2 No link
1978 Survivor PO · 3 No link
1979 Kindred PO · 1 No link
1980 Wild Seed PO · 4 No link
1983 Speech Sounds PO · 1 No link
1984 Clay's Ark PO · 5 No link
1984 Bloodchild PO · 2 No link
1985 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1 PO · 1 No link
1986 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 2 PO · 2 No link
1987 Dawn PO · 1 No link
1987 The Evening and the Morning and the Night PO · 3 No link
1987 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 3 PO · 3 No link
1988 Adulthood Rites PO · 2 No link
1988 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 4 PO · 4 No link
1989 Imago PO · 3 No link
1989 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 5 PO · 5 No link
1990 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 6 PO · 6 No link
1991 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 7 PO · 7 No link
1992 An Exploration of Horror: Foundations of Fear(By: George R.R. Martin,Robert A. Heinlein,David G. Hartwell,Peter Straub,Richard Matheson,Daphne du Maurier,Clive Barker,Carlos Fuentes,Arthur Machen,Gerald Durrell) PO · 1 No link
1992 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 8 PO · 8 No link
1993 Parable of the Sower PO · 1 No link
1993 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future9 PO · 9 No link
1994 Foundations of Fear: Volume I: Shadows of Fear(By: Robert A. Heinlein,David G. Hartwell,Peter Straub,H.P. Lovecraft,Daphne du Maurier,Arthur Machen,Jean Ray,Harriet Prescott Spofford) PO · 2 No link
1994 Foundations of Fear: Volume II: Worlds of Fear(By: George R.R. Martin,David G. Hartwell,Thomas Hardy,Gertrude Atherton,Thomas M. Disch,Elizabeth Engstrom,Carlos Fuentes) PO · 3 No link
1994 Foundations of Fear: Volume III: Visions of Fear(With: David G. Hartwell,E.T.A. Hoffmann,Richard Matheson,Philip K. Dick,Clive Barker,Gerald Durrell) PO · 4 No link
1994 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 10 PO · 10 No link
1995 Bloodchild and Other Stories PO · 1 No link
1995 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 11 PO · 11 No link
1996 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 12 PO · 12 No link
1997 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 13 PO · 13 No link
1998 Parable of the Talents PO · 2 No link
1998 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 14 PO · 14 No link
1999 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 15 PO · 15 No link
2000 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 16 PO · 16 No link
2001 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 17 PO · 17 No link
2002 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 18 PO · 18 No link
2002 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 19 PO · 19 No link
2004 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20 PO · 20 No link
2005 Fledgling PO · 2 No link
2005 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 21 PO · 21 No link
2006 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 22 PO · 22 No link
2007 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 23 PO · 23 No link
2008 The Hole(By: John Jennings,Damian Duffy) PO · 1 No link
2008 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 24 PO · 24 No link
2009 Conversations with Octavia Butler PO · 1 No link
2009 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 25 PO · 25 No link
2010 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 26 PO · 26 No link
2011 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 27 PO · 27 No link
2012 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 28 PO · 28 No link
2013 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 29 PO · 29 No link
2014 Unexpected Stories PO · 2 No link
2014 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 30 PO · 30 No link
2015 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 31 PO · 31 No link
2016 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 32 PO · 32 No link
2017 Kindred(With: Nnedi Okorafor,Damian Duffy) PO · 2 No link
2017 Kindred(With: Nnedi Okorafor,Damian Duffy) PO · 1 No link
2017 Kindred(With: Nnedi Okorafor,Damian Duffy) PO · 1 No link
2017 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 33 PO · 33 No link
2018 Black Panther: Long Live the King(By: Nnedi Okorafor) PO · 2 No link
2018 Wakanda Forever(By: Nnedi Okorafor) PO · 3 No link
2018 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 34 PO · 34 No link
2019 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 35 PO · 35 No link
2019 Shuri, Vol. 2(By: Nnedi Okorafor) PO · 4 No link
2020 Parable of the Sower(With: Damian Duffy) PO · 3 No link
2020 Shuri: Wakanda Forever(By: Nnedi Okorafor) PO · 5 No link
2020 Parable of the Sower(With: Damian Duffy) PO · 2 No link
2020 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 36 PO · 36 No link
2021 After the Rain(By: Nnedi Okorafor) PO · 6 No link
2021 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 37 PO · 37 No link
2022 Comic Arts Against Erasure(By: Damian Duffy) PO · 4 No link
2022 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 38 PO · 38 No link
2023 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 39 PO · 39 No link
2024 A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay PO · 4 No link
2024 L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future 40 PO · 40 No link
2025 Parable of the Talents(With: Damian Duffy,David Brame) PO · 5 No link
2025 Parable of the Talents(With: Damian Duffy,David Brame) PO · 3 No link
2025 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 41 PO · 41 No link
Book series
Publication Order of Patternmaster Books 5 books · 1976–1984
01 Patternmaster 1976 No link
02 Mind of My Mind 1977 No link
03 Survivor 1978 No link
04 Wild Seed 1980 No link
··· 1 more book in this series
Publication Order of Standalone Novels 2 books · 1979–2005
01 Kindred 1979 No link
02 Fledgling 2005 No link
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 4 books · 1983–2024
01 Speech Sounds 1983 No link
02 Bloodchild 1984 No link
03 The Evening and the Morning and the Night 1987 No link
04 A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay 2024 No link
Publication Order of L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future Books 41 books · 1985–2025
01 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1 1985 No link
02 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 2 1986 No link
03 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 3 1987 No link
04 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 4 1988 No link
··· 37 more books in this series
Publication Order of Xenogenesis Books 3 books · 1987–1989
01 Dawn 1987 No link
02 Adulthood Rites 1988 No link
03 Imago 1989 No link
Publication Order of Foundations of Fear Anthology Books 4 books · 1992–1994
01 An Exploration of Horror: Foundations of Fear(By: George R.R. Martin,Robert A. Heinlein,David G. Hartwell,Peter Straub,Richard Matheson,Daphne du Maurier,Clive Barker,Carlos Fuentes,Arthur Machen,Gerald Durrell) 1992 No link
02 Foundations of Fear: Volume I: Shadows of Fear(By: Robert A. Heinlein,David G. Hartwell,Peter Straub,H.P. Lovecraft,Daphne du Maurier,Arthur Machen,Jean Ray,Harriet Prescott Spofford) 1994 No link
03 Foundations of Fear: Volume II: Worlds of Fear(By: George R.R. Martin,David G. Hartwell,Thomas Hardy,Gertrude Atherton,Thomas M. Disch,Elizabeth Engstrom,Carlos Fuentes) 1994 No link
04 Foundations of Fear: Volume III: Visions of Fear(With: David G. Hartwell,E.T.A. Hoffmann,Richard Matheson,Philip K. Dick,Clive Barker,Gerald Durrell) 1994 No link
Publication Order of Earthseed Books 2 books · 1993–1998
01 Parable of the Sower 1993 No link
02 Parable of the Talents 1998 No link
Publication Order of Short Story Collections 2 books · 1995–2014
01 Bloodchild and Other Stories 1995 No link
02 Unexpected Stories 2014 No link
Publication Order of Damian Duffy Graphic Novels 5 books · 2008–2025
01 The Hole(By: John Jennings,Damian Duffy) 2008 No link
02 Kindred(With: Nnedi Okorafor,Damian Duffy) 2017 No link
03 Parable of the Sower(With: Damian Duffy) 2020 No link
04 Comic Arts Against Erasure(By: Damian Duffy) 2022 No link
··· 1 more book in this series
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 1 book · 2009
01 Conversations with Octavia Butler 2009 No link
Publication Order of Nnedi Okorafor Graphic Novels 6 books · 2017–2021
01 Kindred(With: Nnedi Okorafor,Damian Duffy) 2017 No link
02 Black Panther: Long Live the King(By: Nnedi Okorafor) 2018 No link
03 Wakanda Forever(By: Nnedi Okorafor) 2018 No link
04 Shuri, Vol. 2(By: Nnedi Okorafor) 2019 No link
··· 2 more books in this series
Publication Order of Graphic Novels 3 books · 2017–2025
01 Kindred(With: Nnedi Okorafor,Damian Duffy) 2017 No link
02 Parable of the Sower(With: Damian Duffy) 2020 No link
03 Parable of the Talents(With: Damian Duffy,David Brame) 2025 No link