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ⓘ About Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers is an American author and poet. She made her debut as a novelist in 2021 after releasing The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois. Jeffers works is known for the ways in which she examines culture, religion, race, and family. The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois was selected for Oprah’s Book Club and was a top seller. The book was also a hit on the awards circuit as it was longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction, was a finalist for the 2021 Kirkus Prize in fiction, and made numerous Best Books of the Year lists. New York Times reviewer Veronica Chambers said it was the best book that she ever read. Jeffers was born in Kokomo, Indiana, but grew up in North Carolina and Georgia.
All Book Series by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings
Single-title series · published 2025
Already the World
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 1995 Anthology · Victoria Redel
The Spectral Wilderness
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2014 Anthology · Oliver Baez Bendorf
The Future Has an Appointment with the Dawn
Series opener · book 1 of 25 · published 2011 Co-authored · Tanella Boni,Todd Fredson
The Promise of Hope: New and Selected Poems, 1964-2013
Book 2 of 25 · published 2014 Anthology · Kofi Awoonor
The Kitchen-Dweller's Testimony
Book 4 of 25 · published 2015 Anthology · Kwame Dawes,Ladan Osman
Gabriel Okara: Collected Poems
Book 6 of 25 · published 2016 Anthology · Gabriel Okara
When the Wanderers Come Home
Book 8 of 25 · published 2016 Anthology · Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
After the Ceremonies: New and Selected Poems
Book 10 of 25 · published 2017 Anthology · Ama Ata Aidoo,Helen Yitah
In a Language That You Know
Book 12 of 25 · published 2017 Anthology · Len Verwey
Think of Lampedusa
Book 13 of 25 · published 2017 Anthology · Todd Fredson,John Keene,Josué Guébo
Stray
Book 14 of 25 · published 2018 Anthology · Kwame Dawes,Bernard Farai Matambo
The Careless Seamstress
Book 15 of 25 · published 2019 Anthology · Kwame Dawes,Tjawangwa Dema
Modern Sudanese Poetry: An Anthology
Book 17 of 25 · published 2019 Anthology · Matthew Shenoda,Adil Babikir
Sacrament of Bodies
Book 18 of 25 · published 2020 Anthology · Oluwasegun Romeo Oriogun
The Rinehart Frames
Book 20 of 25 · published 2021 Anthology · Kwame Dawes,Cheswayo Mphanza
In the Net
Book 22 of 25 · published 2022 Anthology · Christopher Wise,Mahmoudan Hawad,Helene Hawad
Mummy Eaters
Book 23 of 25 · published 2022 Anthology · Kwame Dawes,Sherry Shenoda
There Where It's So Bright in Me
Book 24 of 25 · published 2022 Anthology · Tanella Boni
Keorapetse Kgositsile: Collected Poems, 1969–2018
Latest in the series · book 25 of 25 · published 2023 Anthology · Keorapetse Kgositsile,Phillippa Yaa de Villiers,Uhuru Portia Phalafala
A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2000
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Honorée Fanonne Jeffers?
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers is an American author and poet. She made her debut as a novelist in 2021 after releasing The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois. Jeffers works is known for the ways in which she examines culture, religion, race, and family.
Which Honorée Fanonne Jeffers series should I start with?
The best place to start is the African Poetry Book series, the earliest of Honorée Fanonne Jeffers's multi-book series: it opens with The Future Has an Appointment with the Dawn (2011) and runs to 25 books across 2011–2023, ending with Keorapetse Kgositsile: Collected Poems, 1969–2018 (2023).
How many books has Honorée Fanonne Jeffers written?
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers has 38 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1995 and 2025. 27 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the African Poetry Book series with 25 books — and 11 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Honorée Fanonne Jeffers's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Honorée Fanonne Jeffers's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Wick First Book (1995–2014, 2 books) and African Poetry Book (2011–2023, 25 books).
How are Honorée Fanonne Jeffers's books organised into series?
This guide splits Honorée Fanonne Jeffers's 38 books into 2 named series and 11 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: African Poetry Book (25 books, 2011–2023); Wick First Book (2 books, 1995–2014).