Ibi Zoboi Books in Order
Ibi Zoboi has written 10 books, published between 2012 and 2025. The first book is A is for Ayiti (2012) and the newest is (S)Kin (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2012–2025
- Pages on record
- 1,797 in 6 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 30–45 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,797 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Ibi Zoboi, full name Ibi Aanu Zoboi, is a Haitian-American author of young adult fiction. American Street (2017) was a 2017 finalist for the National Book Award in young adult literature and is the novel Zoboi is best known for. The catalogue holds 10 books from A is for Ayiti (2012) to (S)Kin (2025), including Pride (2018), My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich (2019), Punching the Air (2020), The People Remember (2021), Okoye to the People (2022), Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler (2022) and Nigeria Jones (2023). Subject headings include Haitians, Vodou, immigrants, mothers and daughters, gentrification and neighborhoods.
How many Ibi Zoboi books are there?
Ibi Zoboi has 10 books, released between 2012 and 2025.
Ibi Zoboi Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Ibi Zoboi 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.
- 1A is for Ayiti2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 2American Street2017 · 324 pages · confirmed 2/420173242/4
- 3Pride2018 · 289 pages · confirmed 2/420182892/4
- 4My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich2019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
- 5Punching the Air2020 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/420204002/4
- 6The People Remember2021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 7Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler2022 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/420221282/4
- 8Okoye to the People2022 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/420222722/4
- 9Nigeria Jones2023 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/420233842/4
- 10(S)Kin2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
Ibi Zoboi 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.
Standalone books
10 books10 Ibi Zoboi titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Ibi Zoboi books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 10 Ibi Zoboi books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Ibi Zoboi
Start with A is for Ayiti (2012), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Ibi Zoboi book?
(S)Kin (2025) is the newest Ibi Zoboi book released so far.
Is there a new Ibi Zoboi book coming?
No next Ibi Zoboi 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 Ibi Zoboi has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Ibi Zoboi. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Américas Award2018Won
Ibi Zoboi at a glance
- Still publishing
- Ibi Zoboi published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Ibi Zoboi books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,797 pages across the 6 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 306 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ibi Zoboi books, 6 of 10, were published in the 2020s.
What the Ibi Zoboi books are about
4 of the 10 Ibi Zoboi books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: interpersonal relations is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Interpersonal relations 2 of 4 books
- African Americans 1 of 4 books
- Children's fiction 1 of 4 books
- Cousins 1 of 4 books
- Gentrification 1 of 4 books
- Haitians 1 of 4 books
- Harlem (new york, n.y.) 1 of 4 books
- Imagination 1 of 4 books
- Immigrants 1 of 4 books
- Law & Crime 1 of 4 books
- Mothers and daughters 1 of 4 books







