Binti
Novella · 2015
Hugo winnerNebula winnerLocus recognition
One student carries her whole world into an unfamiliar universe.
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Nnedi Okorafor: award-winning science fiction books
Nnedi Okorafor has 9 science fiction books recognized by the Hugo, Locus, Nebula and Arthur C. Clarke Awards, including 2 winners.
Award wins
Death of the Author
Novel · 2025
Locus winnerHugo recognitionNebula recognition
Death of the Author is a 2025 Africanfuturist novel by Nigerian American author Nnedi Okorafor. The book follows Zelunjo Onyenezi-Onyedele, a Nigerian American writer who gains critical success through the publication of a science fiction work, entitled Rusted Robots.
Who Fears Death
Novel · 2010 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Nebula recognition
Born into post-apocalyptic Africa to a mother who was raped after the slaughter of her entire tribe, Onyesonwu is tutored by a shaman and discovers that her magical destiny is to end the genocide of her people.
The Book of Phoenix
Novel · 2015
Clarke recognition
Phoenix was grown and raised among other genetic experiments in New York's Tower 7. She is an 'accelerated woman'--only two years old but with the body and mind of an adult, Phoenix's abilities far exceed those of a normal human.
Binti: Home
Novella · 2017
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
It's been a year since Binti and Okwu enrolled at Oomza University. A year since Binti was declared a hero for uniting two warring planets. A year since she found friendship in the unlikeliest of places.
Binti: The Night Masquerade
Novella · 2018
Hugo recognition
Binti: The Night Masquerade is a science fiction novella written by Nnedi Okorafor. The novella was published in 2018 by Tor.com, and it is the final novella in the Binti trilogy that began with 2015's Binti and 2017's Binti: Home.
Noor
Novel · 2021
Locus recognition
When everything goes wrong on a trip to the local market, AO, a woman with a ton of major and necessary body augmentations, must race against time across the deserts of Northern Nigeria with a Fulani herdsman named DNA in a world where everything is…
Remote Control
Novella · 2021
Locus recognition
Remote Control is a 2021 science fiction novella by Nigerian American Nnedi Okorafor. It is Okorafor's first novella after the Binti Trilogy and is set in the same universe as Okorafor's Who Fears Death and The Book of Phoenix.
She Who Knows
Novella · 2024 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Locus recognition
She Who Knows is a 2024 novella by Nnedi Okorafor. It takes place in the universe of Who Fears Death and tells the story of Najeeba, mother of that novel’s protagonist, Onyesonwu. She Who Knows is the first novella in a planned trilogy. It was followed by One Way Witch in 2025.
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