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Helen Oyeyemi Books in Order

Helen Oyeyemi has written 12 books, published between 2005 and 2025. The first book is Juniper's Whitening / Victimese (2005) and the newest is A New New Me (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2005–2025
Confirmed
1 of 12 titles
Pages on record
2,527 in 9 of 12 books
Reading time
42–63 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,527 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Helen Oyeyemi, author

Helen Oyeyemi, born in 1984, is a British novelist and writer of short stories. Twelve books are catalogued between 2005 and 2025, among them The Icarus Girl (2005), The Opposite House (2007), White is for Witching (2009), Mr. Fox (2011), Boy, Snow, Bird (2013), Gingerbread (2019), Peaces (2021) and A New New Me (2025). Subject headings cover England, family secrets, doppelgängers, twins, imaginary companions and racially mixed children. One catalogued entry, The BBC National Short Story Award 2010, is an anthology shared with David Constantine, Sarah Hall, Aminatta Forna and Jon McGregor.

How many Helen Oyeyemi books are there?

Helen Oyeyemi has 12 books, released between 2005 and 2025.

Helen Oyeyemi Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Helen Oyeyemi 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 Juniper's Whitening / Victimese by Helen Oyeyemi (2005)
  2. Cover of The Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi (2005)
  3. Cover of The Opposite House by Helen Oyeyemi (2007)
  4. Cover of White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi (2009)
  5. Cover of Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi (2011)
  6. Cover of Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi (2013)
  7. Cover of What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi (2016)
  8. Cover of Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi (2019)
  9. Cover of Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi (2021)
  10. Cover of Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi (2024)
  1. 1
    Juniper's Whitening / Victimese2005 · 73 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200573
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  2. 2
    The Icarus Girl2005 · 337 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005337
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  3. 3
    The Opposite House2007 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007272
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  4. 4
    White is for Witching2009 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009304
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The BBC National Short Story Award 2010BBC National Short Story Award #12010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  6. 6
    Mr. Fox2011 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Boy, Snow, Bird2013 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours2016 · 325 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016325
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Gingerbread2019 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019272
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Peaces2021 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021272
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Parasol Against the Axe2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  12. 12
    A New New Me2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Helen Oyeyemi 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.

BBC National Short Story Award

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Standalone books

11 books

11 Helen Oyeyemi titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Helen Oyeyemi books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 12 Helen Oyeyemi books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Helen Oyeyemi

Start with Juniper's Whitening / Victimese (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Helen Oyeyemi book?

A New New Me (2025) is the newest Helen Oyeyemi book released so far.

Is there a new Helen Oyeyemi book coming?

No next Helen Oyeyemi book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Helen Oyeyemi has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 4 nominations for Helen Oyeyemi. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Somerset Maugham Award2010Won
  • Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2022Shortlistedfor Peaces
  • Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2020Shortlistedfor Gingerbread
  • BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction2016Shortlistedfor Presence
  • Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2012Shortlistedfor Mr. Fox

Helen Oyeyemi at a glance

Still publishing
Helen Oyeyemi published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Helen Oyeyemi books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,527 pages across the 9 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Helen Oyeyemi books, 5 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Helen Oyeyemi books are about

10 of the 12 Helen Oyeyemi books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: england is tagged on 2 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.