Order of N.K. Jemisin Books
N.K. Jemisin is an American author of speculative fiction novels. She writes the Inheritance Trilogy series. Born in Iowa City, Iowa, Jemisin grew up in New York City and Alabama. She then spent a decade in Massachusetts, prior to moving back to New York City. Jemisin earned her B.S. in psychology from Tulane University and her M. Ed from the University of Maryland College Park. Besides her writing, she also works as a career counselor. Jemisin lives in Brooklyn, New York.
N.K. Jemisin made her debut as a published novelist in 2009 with the novel The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, beginning her Inheritance Trilogy series. Below is a list of N.K. Jemisin’s books in order of when they were first released:
Publication Order of Broken Earth Books
The Fifth Season | (2015) | |
The Obelisk Gate | (2016) | |
The Stone Sky | (2017) |
Publication Order of Dreamblood Books
The Killing Moon | (2012) | |
The Shadowed Sun | (2012) | |
How Long ’til Black Future Month? | (2018) |
Publication Order of Great Cities Books
The City We Became | (2020) | |
The World We Make | (2022) |
Publication Order of Inheritance Trilogy Books
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms | (2010) | |
The Broken Kingdoms | (2010) | |
The Kingdom of Gods | (2011) | |
The Awakened Kingdom | (2014) | |
Shades in Shadow | (2015) |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
Far Sector | (2021) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Playing Nice with God’s Bowling Ball | (2008) | |
Non-Zero Probabilities | (2009) | |
The City Born Great | (2016) | |
The Ones Who Stay and Fight | (2020) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Geek Wisdom | (2011) |
Publication Order of Mass Effect: Andromeda Books
Nexus Uprising | (2017) | |
Initiation | (2017) | |
Annihilation | (2018) | |
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Publication Order of Forward Books
Randomize | (2019) | |
Summer Frost | (2019) | |
Ark | (2019) | |
You Have Arrived at Your Destination | (2019) | |
Emergency Skin | (2019) | |
The Last Conversation | (2019) | |
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Publication Order of The WisCon Chronicles Books
The WisCon Chronicles, Vol. 2 | (2008) | |
The Wiscon Chronicles, Vol.3: Carnival of Feminist SF | (2009) | |
The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 4 | (2010) | |
The Wiscon Chronicles Volume 5 | (2011) | |
The WisCon Chronicles Vol. 6: Futures of Feminism and Fandom | (2012) | |
The Wiscon Chronicles Vol 7: Shattering Ableist Narratives | (2013) | |
The WisCon Chronicles, Vol.9 | (2015) | |
The WisCon Chronicles 11 | (2017) | |
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Publication Order of Anthologies
The WisCon Chronicles, Vol. 2 | (2008) | |
Steam-Powered:Lesbian Steampunk Stories | (2011) | |
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk | (2012) | |
Fantastic Erotica: The Best of Circlet Press 2008-2012 | (2012) | |
After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia | (2012) | |
Clarkesworld: Year Three | (2013) | |
Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond | (2013) | |
Speculative Fiction 2013 | (2014) | |
Lightspeed Magazine, June 2014: Women Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue | (2014) | |
Systems Fail | (2014) | |
Futuredaze 2: Reprise | (2014) | |
Lightspeed Magazine, December 2014 | (2014) | |
Clarkesworld: Year Eight | (2016) | |
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2016 Edition | (2017) | |
Tor.com Publishing’s 2017 Hugo Finalist Bundle | (2017) | |
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017 | (2017) | |
Worlds Seen in Passing: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction | (2018) | |
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves | (2018) | |
A People’s Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers | (2019) | |
The Best of Uncanny | (2019) | |
Escape Pod | (2020) | |
Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror | (2023) |
Notes: Geek Wisdom was co-authored with Genevieve Valentine. Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2016 also has stories by other authors. 2017 Hugo Finalist Bundle also includes stories by Nina Allan, Kij Johnson, Victor LaValle, Seanan McGuire, Carrie Vaughn, Fran Wilde, Kai Ashante Wilson and Alyssa Wong. The Mass Effect: Andromeda series is written with Mac Walters.