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Akwaeke Emezi Books in Order

Akwaeke Emezi has written 18 books, published between 2013 and 2025. The first book is How to Hide a Child (2013) and the newest is Son of the Morning (2025). One more title is announced: Eclipse & the Wolf (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18 + 1 announced
Published
2013–2025
Pages on record
1,532 in 6 of 19 books
See all 19 books in order Printable Akwaeke Emezi checklistNext: Eclipse & the Wolf (2027)
Photo of Akwaeke Emezi, author of the Pet series

Akwaeke Emezi is a Nigerian fiction writer and visual artist, known for Freshwater (2018), Pet and the bestselling The Death of Vivek Oji. Emezi writes speculative fiction, romance, memoir and poetry for young adults and adults alike, mostly on LGBTQ themes, and has taken the Otherwise Award and the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Time named Emezi a Next Generation Leader in 2021. Nineteen titles are catalogued, from How to Hide a Child (2013) to Son of the Morning (2025), with Eclipse & the Wolf scheduled for 2027.

How many Akwaeke Emezi books are there?

Akwaeke Emezi has 18 published books, released between 2013 and 2025. 2 of them belong to the Pet series. One more, Eclipse & the Wolf (2027), is announced.

Akwaeke Emezi Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Akwaeke Emezi books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (2018)
  2. Cover of Pet by Akwaeke Emezi, book 1 of the Pet series (2019)
  3. Cover of The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi (2020)
  4. Cover of Dear Senthuran by Akwaeke Emezi, book 1 of the Memoirs series (2021)
  5. Cover of Content Warning: Everything by Akwaeke Emezi (2022)
  6. Cover of Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi, book 2 of the Pet series (2022)
  7. Cover of You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi (2022)
  8. Cover of Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi (2024)
  1. 1
    How to Hide a Child2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  2. 2
    Sometimes the Fire is Not Fire2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Burial2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Welcome2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Texture of Joy2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Who Is Like God2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Freshwater2018 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018240
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Transition2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    PetPet #12019 · 204 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019204
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Death of Vivek Oji2020 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020256
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    My Spirit Burns Through This Body2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Dear SenthuranMemoirs #12021 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021240
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    Content Warning: Everything2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    BitterPet #22022 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022272
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    Little Rot2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    Somadina2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  18. 18
    Son of the Morning2025 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2025320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  19. 19
    Eclipse & the Wolf2027 · confirmed 2/4
    2027–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Akwaeke Emezi books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Pet in order

2 books
  1. 1. Pet
  2. 2. Bitter

Memoirs in order

1 book
  1. 1. Dear Senthuran

Standalone books

16 books

16 Akwaeke Emezi titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Akwaeke Emezi books in order?

You only need to read Akwaeke Emezi books in order within the Pet series, which holds 2 of the 19 Akwaeke Emezi books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Akwaeke Emezi

Start with How to Hide a Child (2013), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Akwaeke Emezi book?

Son of the Morning (2025) is the newest Akwaeke Emezi book released so far.

Is there a new Akwaeke Emezi book coming?

Yes. Eclipse & the Wolf (2027) is the next Akwaeke Emezi book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.

Awards Akwaeke Emezi has won

Wikidata records 2 awards and 2 nominations for Akwaeke Emezi. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Otherwise Award2019Wonfor Freshwater
  • Nommo Novel Award2019Wonfor Freshwater
  • Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2023Shortlistedfor Bitter
  • Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2020Shortlistedfor Pet

Akwaeke Emezi at a glance

Still publishing
Akwaeke Emezi is still publishing. Eclipse & the Wolf is announced for 2027.
Release pace
Akwaeke Emezi books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,532 pages across the 6 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 248 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Akwaeke Emezi books, 9 of 19, were published in the 2020s.

What the Akwaeke Emezi books are about

5 of the 19 Akwaeke Emezi books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: english literature is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • English literature 3 of 5 books
  • Stonewall Book Awards 3 of 5 books
  • Nigeria 2 of 5 books
  • Biography 1 of 5 books
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBTQ+ 1 of 5 books
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs 1 of 5 books
  • Children's fiction 1 of 5 books
  • Coming of age 1 of 5 books
  • Identity (psychology) 1 of 5 books
  • LGBTQ novels 1 of 5 books