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Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions (Collection) was the most recently released book by Nalo Hopkinson, on October 29th, 2024.

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Nalo Hopkinson Stats: The highest rated book by Nalo Hopkinson on Book Notification is Brown Girl in the Ring, a Standalone novel.

The most read book by Nalo Hopkinson on Book Notification is Brown Girl in the Ring, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is Midnight Robber, a Standalone novel.

Below is a complete list of Nalo Hopkinson books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Under Glass Under Glass
2001
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2
6
Skin Folk
2001
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3
Falling in Love with Hominids
2015
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4
Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions
2024
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Report from Planet Midnight (With: Eleanor Arnason)
2012
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9.7
Something to Hitch Meat To
2001
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2
Greedy Choke Puppy
2022
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.3
Brown Girl in the Ring
1998
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2
7.7
Midnight Robber
2000
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3
The Salt Roads
2004
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4
7
The New Moon's Arms
2007
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5
Blackheart Man
2010
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6
The Chaos
2012
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7
Sister Mine
2013
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List of Black Stars Books in Publication Order

A collection of speculative fiction stories by POC authors set in worlds much like our own.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
10
The Visit (By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
2021
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2
9
These Alien Skies (By: C.T. Rwizi)
2021
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3
10
We Travel the Spaceways ( By: Victor LaValle)
2021
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4
7
2043...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be) (By: Nisi Shawl)
2021
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5
10
The Black Pages (By: Nnedi Okorafor)
2021
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6
9
Clap Back
2021
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List of Heiresses of Russ Books in Publication Order

An annual anthology of the best lesbian themed speculative fiction.

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1
Heiresses of Russ 2012
2012
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2
Heiresses of Russ 2013
2013
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3
Heiresses of Russ 2014
2014
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4
Heiresses of Russ 2015
2015
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5
Heiresses of Russ 2016
2016
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List of House of Whispers Books in Publication Order (with Max Fiumara, with Bilquis Evely, with Kat Howard, with Aneke, with Sebastian Fiumara, with Simon Spurrier, with Matthew Dow Smith, with Amancay Nahuelpan, with Dan Watters, with Dominike Stanton, with Isaac Goodhart, with Dominke Stanton, with Nelson Blake, with Tom Fowler, with Dominike "Domo" Stanton)

A mysterious journal risks a pandemic, trapping souls as the goddess Erzulie seeks dangerous allies.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
The House of Whispers Vol. 1 (With: Max Fiumara, Bilquis Evely, Kat Howard, Aneke, Sebastian Fiumara, Simon Spurrier, Dan Watters, Dominike Stanton, Tom Fowler)
2019
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2
The House of Whispers Vol. 2 (With: Amancay Nahuelpan, Dan Watters, Isaac Goodhart, Dominke Stanton, Nelson Blake)
2020
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3
House of Whispers Vol. 3 (With: Matthew Dow Smith, Dan Watters, Dominike "Domo" Stanton)
2020
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List of Outspoken Authors Books in Publication Order

Presents iconic authors' fiction, plus interviews and essays.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Presidential Papers (By: John H. Kessel)
1984
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2
6.7
The Human Front (By: Ken MacLeod)
2001
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3
The Left Left Behind (By: Terry Bisson, Eleanor Arnason)
2009
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4
Lucky Strike (By: Kim Stanley Robinson)
2009
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5
The Underbelly (By: Gary Phillips, Eleanor Arnason)
2010
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6
7
Mammoths of the Great Plains (By: Eleanor Arnason)
2010
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7
The Wild Girls (By: Ursula K. Le Guin, Eleanor Arnason)
2011
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8
6
Modem Times 2.0 (By: Michael Moorcock, Eleanor Arnason)
2011
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9
The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (By: Cory Doctorow, Eleanor Arnason)
2011
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10
Surfing the Gnarl (By: Rudy Rucker)
2012
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11
Report from Planet Midnight (With: Eleanor Arnason)
2012
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12
The Science of Herself (By: Karen Joy Fowler, Eleanor Arnason)
2013
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13
Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials (By: Eleanor Arnason, Paul Krassner)
2013
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14
New Taboos (By: John Shirley)
2013
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15
Raising Hell (By: Norman Spinrad, Eleanor Arnason)
2014
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16
My Life, My Body (By: Marge Piercy)
2015
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17
Gypsy (By: Carter Scholz, Eleanor Arnason)
2015
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18
Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be (By: Joe R. Lansdale, Eleanor Arnason)
2016
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19
Fire. (By: Elizabeth Hand, Eleanor Arnason)
2017
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20
Totalitopia (By: John Crowley)
2017
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21
The Atheist in the Attic (By: Samuel R. Delany, Eleanor Arnason)
2018
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22
Thoreau's Microscope (By: Michael Blumlein, Eleanor Arnason)
2018
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23
The Beatrix Gates (By: Rachel Pollack)
2019
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24
A City Made of Words (By: Paul Park)
2019
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25
Talk Like a Man (By: Nisi Shawl)
2019
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26
Big Girl ( By: Meg Elison)
2020
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27
Planetbreaker’s Son (By: Nick Mamatas)
2021
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28
Utopias of the Third Kind (By: Vandana Singh)
2021
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29
Night Shift (By: Eileen Gunn)
2022
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30
The Collapsing Frontier (By: Jonathan Lethem)
2024
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31
Not What I Intended (By: Nancy Kress)
2025
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32
She is Here (By: Nicola Griffith)
2026
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List of Year's Best Fantasy Books in Publication Order

Annual short story collection of imagined lands and characters by various fantasy authors.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Year's Best Fantasy
2001
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2
Year's Best Fantasy 2
2002
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3
Year's Best Fantasy 3
2003
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4
Year's Best Fantasy 4
2004
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5
Year's Best Fantasy 5
2005
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6
9
Year's Best Fantasy 6
2006
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7
Year's Best Fantasy 7
2007
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8
Year's Best Fantasy 8
2008
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9
Year's Best Fantasy 9
2009
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Anthology series.

List of Nalo Hopkinson Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Black Swan, White Raven
1997
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2
8
Silver Birch, Blood Moon
1999
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3
10
A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora
2000
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4
Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root
2000
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5
10
Fourteenth Annual Collection
2001
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6
Queer Fear II
2002
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7
Mojo
2003
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8
Reading the Bones
2004
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9
Girls Who Bite Back
2004
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10
So Long Been Dreaming
2004
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11
Tesseracts Nine: New Canadian Speculative Fiction
2005
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12
Lust for Life: Tales of Sex & Love
2006
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13
Apex Magazine - February 2011
2011
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14
Walking the Clouds
2012
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15
After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia
2012
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16
Heiresses of Russ 2013
2013
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17
The Time Traveler's Almanac
2013
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18
6
Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales
2014
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19
Lightspeed Magazine, December 2014
2014
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20
Imaginarium 3
2015
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21
6
Blood Sisters
2015
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22
Sisters of the Revolution
2015
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23
Warrior Women
2015
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24
4
People of Color Destroy Science Fiction!
2016
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25
Imaginarium 4
2016
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26
The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 11: Trials by Whiteness
2017
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27
People of Color Take over Fantastic Stories of the Imagination
2017
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28
Shoreline of Infinity 8½: Edinburgh International Book Festival Special Edition
2017
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29
Particulates
2018
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30
Current Futures
2019
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31
Edited By
2020
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32
Inviting Interruptions: Wonder Tales in the Twenty-First Century
2021
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33
Far Out: Recent Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy
2021
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34
Trouble the Waters
2022
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35
8
Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror
2023
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Nalo Hopkinson

Nalo Hopkinson was born on December 20th, 1960 and is currently 65 years old. Nalo Hopkinson was born in Kingston, Jamaica.

Nalo Hopkinson has written 7 standalone novels, starting with Brown Girl in the Ring in 1998. The most recently released novel was Sister Mine, which was released in 2013. There are no upcoming standalone novels by Nalo at this time.

Nalo Hopkinson has also written the Collections series which has 4 books including Under Glass Under Glass and Skin Folk.

Nalo Hopkinson: Awards & Accolades

Nalo Hopkinson won the Hugo Award, Astounding Award for Best New Writer, in 1999.

Hopkinson's books have also won multiple awards, Silver Birch, Blood Moon won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 2000. A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 2001. Skin Folk won the World Fantasy Award, Collection, in 2002. Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 2015. People of Color Destroy Science Fiction! won the British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology, in 2017.

The following novels by Nalo Hopkinson were also nominated for these awards:

  • Brown Girl in the Ring: Philip K. Dick Award, Best Science Fiction Book (1998). Otherwise Award, Best Science Fiction (1998).
  • Midnight Robber: Otherwise Award, Best Science Fiction (2000). Philip K. Dick Award, Best Science Fiction Book (2000). Hugo Award, Best Novel (2001).
  • Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Otherwise Award, Best Science Fiction (2000). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2001).
  • Fourteenth Annual Collection: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2001). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2002). British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2002).
  • Something to Hitch Meat To: World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction (2002).
  • Reading the Bones: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2005). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2005).
  • The New Moon's Arms: Mythopoeic Award, Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (2008).
  • Edited By: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2021).
  • Trouble the Waters: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2023).
  • Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2024).

Nalo Hopkinson: Lists & Other Mentions

  • Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror was the Black Men Read Book Club October 2025 Pick.
  • Falling in Love with Hominids was an NPR: 100 Favorite Horror Stories Selection in 2018.
  • Brown Girl in the Ring was a CBC: 100 Novels that make you proud to be Canadian Selection in 2017 and a Flavor Wire: 50 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novels That Everyone Should Read Selection in 2013.

Related Authors

Fans of Nalo Hopkinson also enjoy these authors:

  1. Martha Wells, author of the Murderbot Diaries Series.
  2. Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale Series.
  3. Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games Series.
  4. Naomi Novik, author of the Scholomance Series.
  5. Octavia E. Butler, author of: Kindred.

Nalo Hopkinson: F.A.Q

When was Nalo Hopkinson Born? How old is Nalo Hopkinson?

Nalo Hopkinson was born on December 20th, 1960. Nalo Hopkinson is currently 65 years old.

Where was Nalo Hopkinson Born?

Nalo Hopkinson was born in Kingston, Jamaica and is Jamaican.

What awards has Nalo Hopkinson won?

Nalo Hopkinson has won the following awards: Astounding Award for Best New Writer at the Hugo Award (1999).

What book awards has Nalo Hopkinson won?

Silver Birch, Blood Moon: World Fantasy Award Anthology (2000).
A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora: World Fantasy Award Anthology (2001).
Skin Folk: World Fantasy Award Collection (2002).
Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales: World Fantasy Award Anthology (2015).
People of Color Destroy Science Fiction!: British Fantasy Award Best Anthology (2017).

What was the first book Nalo Hopkinson wrote?

The first book written by Nalo Hopkinson was Brown Girl in the Ring, published in 1998.

What was the most recent book Nalo Hopkinson wrote?

Her most recently released work was Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions on October 29th, 2024.

What is the most popular book by Nalo Hopkinson?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Nalo Hopkinson book is Brown Girl in the Ring. Here are her most popular books:
  1. Brown Girl in the Ring (8.25)
  2. Midnight Robber (7.67)
  3. The New Moon's Arms (7)
  4. Something to Hitch Meat To (9.67)
  5. Skin Folk (6)

Are there upcoming new books by Nalo Hopkinson?

Nalo Hopkinson does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.

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How many books has Nalo Hopkinson written?

Nalo Hopkinson has written 21 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 4 Collections, 1 Non-Fiction Books, 2 Short Stories/Novellas, 7 Standalone Novels, 1 book in the Black Stars Series, 1 book in the Heiresses of Russ Series, 3 books in the House of Whispers Series, 1 book in the Outspoken Authors Series, 2 books in the Year's Best Fantasy Series.

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