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ⓘ About Aminatta Forna
With an intelligent and idiosyncratic approach, she keeps her readers hooked with every turn of the page, always ensuring that they come back for more. Writing numerous essays too, she’s produced work for a number of different prestigious literary publications as well. This has seen her build a brand and name quite unlike any other currently out there, reaching scores of readers worldwide. Engaging her audience, it’s her compelling stories that really grab the reader, keeping them glued to the page from the outset. It’s also her characters that truly resonate, as they come off the page, leaving an impact on the audience long after they’ve put the book down.
All Book Series by Aminatta Forna
Mother Of All Myths: How Society Moulds And Constrains Mothers
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1998
The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest
Book 2 of 3 · published 2002
The Window Seat: Notes from a Life in Motion
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2021
The BBC National Short Story Award 2010
Series opener · book 1 of 15 · published 2010 Co-authored · Helen Oyeyemi,David Constantine,Sarah Hall,Jon McGregor
The BBC National Short Story Award 2011
Book 2 of 15 · published 2011 Anthology · Alison MacLeod,M.J. Hyland,Jon McGregor,K.J. Orr,Sue MacGregor
The BBC International Short Story Award 2012
Book 3 of 15 · published 2012 Anthology · Miroslav Penkov,Carrie Tiffany,Deborah Levy,M.J. Hyland,Clive Anderson,Lucy Caldwell,Henrietta Rose-Innes,Julian Gough,Chris Womersley,Krys Lee,Adam Ross
The BBC National Short Story Award 2013
Book 4 of 15 · published 2013 Anthology · Lionel Shriver,Sarah Hall,Lavinia Greenlaw,Lucy Wood
The BBC National Short Story Award 2014
Book 5 of 15 · published 2014 Anthology · Tessa Hadley,Lionel Shriver,Zadie Smith,Rose Tremain,Francesca Rhydderch,Alan Yentob
The BBC National Short Story Award 2015
Book 6 of 15 · published 2015 Anthology · Jeremy Page
BBC National Short Story Award 2016
Book 7 of 15 · published 2016 Anthology · Hilary Mantel,Claire-Louise Bennett,Lavinia Greenlaw,Tahmima Anam,Jenni Murray,K.J. Orr
The BBC National Short Story Award 2017
Book 8 of 15 · published 2017 Anthology · Joanna Trollope,Helen Oyeyemi,Jenni Fagan,Benjamin Markovits,Will Eaves,Cynan Jones
The BBC National Short Story Award 2018
Book 9 of 15 · published 2018 Anthology · Kerry Andrew,Sarah Hall,Ingrid Persaud,Nell Stevens,Kiare Ladner,Stig Abell
The BBC National Short Story Award 2019
Book 10 of 15 · published 2019 Anthology · Lucy Caldwell,Jo Lloyd,Lynda Clark,Jacqueline Crooks,Nikki Bedi
The BBC National Short Story Award 2020
Book 11 of 15 · published 2020 Anthology · Eley Williams,Sarah Hall,Caleb Azumah Nelson,Jan Carson,Jack Houston
The BBC National Short Story Award 2021
Book 12 of 15 · published 2021 Anthology · Danny Rhodes,James Runcie,Richard Smyth,Lucy Caldwell,Rory Gleeson,Georgina Harding
The BBC National Short Story Award 2022
Book 13 of 15 · published 2022 Anthology · Kerry Andrew,Elizabeth Day,Jenn Ashworth,Anna Bailey,Vanessa Onwuemezi,Saba Sams
The BBC National Short Story Award 2023
Book 14 of 15 · published 2023 Anthology · Kamila Shamsie,NickMulgrew,NaomiWood,CheriseSaywell,KPatrick,Reeta Chakrabarti
The BBC National Short Story Award 2024
Latest in the series · book 15 of 15 · published 2024 Anthology · Lucy Caldwell,Ross Raisin,Will Boast,Manish Chauhan,Paddy O’Connell,Vee Walker
The Granta Book of the African Short Story
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2011
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Aminatta Forna?
With an intelligent and idiosyncratic approach, she keeps her readers hooked with every turn of the page, always ensuring that they come back for more. Writing numerous essays too, she's produced work for a number of different prestigious literary publications as well. This has seen her build a brand and name quite unlike any other currently out there, reaching scores of readers worldwide.
Which Aminatta Forna series should I start with?
The best place to start is The BBC National Short Story Award series, the earliest of Aminatta Forna's multi-book series: it opens with The BBC National Short Story Award 2010 (2010) and runs to 15 books across 2010–2024, ending with The BBC National Short Story Award 2024 (2024).
How many books has Aminatta Forna written?
Aminatta Forna has 28 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1998 and 2024. 15 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being The BBC National Short Story Award series with 15 books — and 13 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Aminatta Forna's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Aminatta Forna's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The BBC National Short Story Award (2010–2024, 15 books).
How are Aminatta Forna's books organised into series?
This guide splits Aminatta Forna's 28 books into 1 named series and 13 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The BBC National Short Story Award (15 books, 2010–2024).