Book Series Guide

Author guide

Octavia E. Butler

American science fiction writer known for novels about race, gender, power, survival, and social change. She received a MacArthur Genius Grant and the PEN West Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Books by series

novel series · complete

Patternist

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  1. 1 Cover of Wild Seed
    Wild Seed

    Book 1 · novel · 1980

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  2. 2 Cover of Mind of My Mind
    Mind of My Mind

    Book 2 · novel

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  3. 3 Cover of Clay's Ark
    Clay's Ark

    Book 3 · novel · 1984

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  4. 4 Cover of Patternmaster
    Patternmaster

    Book 4 · novel · 1976

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  5. 5 Cover of Survivor
    Survivor

    novel · 1978

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novel series · unknown

Xenogenesis

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  1. 1 Cover of Dawn
    Dawn

    Book 1 · novel · 1987

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  2. 2 Cover of Adulthood Rites
    Adulthood Rites

    Book 2 · novel · 1988

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  3. 3 Cover of Imago
    Imago

    Book 3 · novel · 1989

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novel series · unknown

Earthseed

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  1. 1 Cover of Parable of the Sower
    Parable of the Sower

    Book 1 · novel · 1993

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  2. 2 Cover of Parable of the Talents
    Parable of the Talents

    Book 2 · novel

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Outside the series

Standalone and other books

  1. Cover of Kindred
    Kindred

    novel · 1979

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  2. Bloodchild and Other Stories

    collection · 1984

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  3. Cover of Fledgling
    Fledgling

    novel · 2001

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  4. Unexpected Stories

    collection · 2014

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  5. A Few Rules for Predicting the Future

    essay · 2000

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