Octavia E. Butler

Adulthood Rites

by Octavia E. Butler

4.2(13,248)

Torn between his five parents' alien legacy and humanity's self-destructive freedom, Akin, a uniquely human-Oankali child, must decide if his 'pure' human captors deserve the fertility that will inevitably lead to their own undoing.

Mind of My Mind

by Octavia E. Butler

4.1(7,493)

An ancient immortal, Doro, secretly breeds a superhuman race from humanity's margins. A powerful young telepath, Mary, emerges from the ghetto to start a psychic war, challenging her creator and awakening her kind to claim their freedom.

Wild Seed

by Octavia E. Butler

4.2(17,617)

An immortal African shapeshifter who heals with a kiss and fears no one meets a body-jumping entity of immense power and casual cruelty. Their journey from ancient Africa to the New World changes humanity forever.

Bloodchild and Other Stories

by Octavia E. Butler

4.3(13,144)

Symbiotic alien overlords, divine mandates to save humanity, and the struggle for communication in a world without speech reveal unsettling truths about our existence.

Kindred

by Octavia E. Butler

4.1(5,190)

Parable of the Talents

by Octavia E. Butler

4.3(24,320)

In a shattered 2030s California, a prophetess leading humanity to the stars must first survive enslavement, reclaim her stolen daughter, and battle a tyrannical regime to forge a new world from the ashes.