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ⓘ About Nalo Hopkinson
Nalo wrote her first story at some point between the ages of nine and eleven. Her English teacher asked her class to write a mystery. So Nalo penned a story that was a mix of a vampire tale and a murder mystery that was about a Catholic priest and holy water and a cross and ting and ting. After that, her creative spark lay dormant for awhile, from fifteen to 33 she didn’t write anything except a few articles and a groaner of a poem. It wasn’t until her dad was dying that her spark to write came back. Before this prompting from her teacher, she hadn’t realized that she was interested in writing fantasy or fiction. The inspiration for this first story was subtle, and the product of her wildly diverse reading list.
All Book Series by Nalo Hopkinson
Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2024
Report from Planet Midnight
Single-title series · published 2012 Co-authored · Eleanor Arnason
The Visit
Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 2021 Anthology · Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
2043...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
Book 4 of 6 · published 2021 Anthology · Nisi Shawl
The House of WhispersVol. 1
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2019 Co-authored · Max Fiumara,Bilquis Evely,Kat Howard,Aneke,Sebastian Fiumara,Simon Spurrier,Dan Watters,Dominike Stanton,Tom Fowler
The House of WhispersVol. 2
Book 2 of 3 · published 2020 Co-authored · Amancay Nahuelpan,Dan Watters,Isaac Goodhart,Dominke Stanton,Nelson Blake
House of WhispersVol. 3
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2020 Co-authored · Matthew Dow Smith,Dan Watters,Dominike "Domo" Stanton
The Presidential Papers
Series opener · book 1 of 32 · published 1984 Anthology · John H. Kessel
The Left Left Behind
Book 3 of 32 · published 2009 Anthology · Terry Bisson,Eleanor Arnason
The Underbelly
Book 5 of 32 · published 2010 Anthology · Gary Phillips,Eleanor Arnason
Mammoths of the Great Plains
Book 6 of 32 · published 2010 Anthology · Eleanor Arnason
The Wild Girls
Book 7 of 32 · published 2011 Anthology · Ursula K. Le Guin,Eleanor Arnason
Modem Times 2.0
Book 8 of 32 · published 2011 Anthology · Michael Moorcock,Eleanor Arnason
The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
Book 9 of 32 · published 2011 Anthology · Cory Doctorow,Eleanor Arnason
Report from Planet Midnight
Book 11 of 32 · published 2012 Co-authored · Eleanor Arnason
The Science of Herself
Book 12 of 32 · published 2013 Anthology · Karen Joy Fowler,Eleanor Arnason
Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials
Book 13 of 32 · published 2013 Anthology · Eleanor Arnason,Paul Krassner
Raising Hell
Book 15 of 32 · published 2014 Anthology · Norman Spinrad,Eleanor Arnason
Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be
Book 18 of 32 · published 2016 Anthology · Joe R. Lansdale
Fire.
Book 19 of 32 · published 2017 Anthology · Elizabeth Hand,Eleanor Arnason
The Atheist in the Attic
Book 21 of 32 · published 2018 Anthology · Samuel R. Delany,Eleanor Arnason
Thoreau's Microscope
Book 22 of 32 · published 2018 Anthology · Michael Blumlein,Eleanor Arnason
Utopias of the Third Kind
Book 28 of 32 · published 2021 Anthology · Vandana Singh
The Collapsing Frontier
Book 30 of 32 · published 2024 Anthology · Jonathan Lethem
She is Here
Latest in the series · book 32 of 32 · published 2026 Anthology · Nicola Griffith
Shoreline of Infinity 1
Series opener · book 1 of 41 · published 2015 Anthology · Noel Chidwick
Shoreline of Infinity 2
Book 2 of 41 · published 2015 Anthology · Iain M. Banks,Anton Rose,Duncan Lunan,Megan Neumann,Steve Green,Ian Hunter,Noel Chidwick,Ken Poyner,Iain Maloney,Ken McLeod,Michael Fontana,Tyler J Petty,Ryan L. Daly,Bethany Ruth Anderson,Steve Simpson,Kathy Steinemann,Ann Craig,Elsa Bouet,Russell Jones
Shoreline of Infinity 3
Book 3 of 41 · published 2016 Anthology · Jane Yolen,Edd Vick,Marge Simon,David Lindsay,Ian Hunter,Noel Chidwick,Guy Stewart,Sára Júlia,J.K. Fulton,Miriam Johnson,Thomas Broderick,Tracey S. Rosenberg,Dee Raspin,Sara Ljeskovac
Shoreline of Infinity 4
Book 4 of 41 · published 2016 Anthology · Ken MacLeod,Holly Schofield,Tricia Sullivan,Gary Gibson,Ruth E.J. Booth,Shelly Bryant,Robert Neilson,Paul Holmes,Noel Chidwick,Andrew J. Wilson,Caroline Grebbell,Michael Stroh,Clive Tern,Lewis Grassic Gibbon,Benjamin Dodds,Sára Júlia,J. Leslie Mitchell
Shoreline of Infinity 5
Book 5 of 41 · published 2016 Anthology · Craig Thompson,George MacDonald,Ruth E.J. Booth,ThomasClark,Paul Holmes,Noel Chidwick,Sára Júlia,Monica Burns,Iain Maloney,Andrew Blair,Rob Butler,Adam Connors,Jack Schouten,Simon Mordem,Ruth Aylett,Stuart Beel,Net Newman,Daniel Rosen,Gary Dalkin
Shoreline of Infinity 7
Book 7 of 41 · published 2017 Anthology · Andrew Lang,Shannon Connor Winward,May Kendall,David L. Clements,Ruth E.J. Booth,Tim Major,Paul Holmes,Noel Chidwick,Monica Burns,Dan Grace,Davyne DeSye,Katie Gray,Mark Toner,Terry Jackman,Daniel Soule,Steve Pickering
Shoreline of Infinity 8½
Book 9 of 41 · published 2017 Co-authored · Iain M. Banks,Jane Yolen,Charles Stross,Ken MacLeod,Adam Roberts,Jo Walton,Marge Simon,Gary Gibson,Ada Palmer,Ruth E.J. Booth,ThomasClark,Noel Chidwick,Pippa Goldschmidt,Andrew J. Wilson,Caroline Grebbell,Benjamin Dodds,Iain Maloney,Des Raspin,Katie Gray,Mark Toner,Shelley Bryant,Grahame Barrasford Young,Russell Jones
Shoreline of Infinity 9
Book 10 of 41 · published 2017 Anthology · Noel Chidwick
Shoreline of Infinity 10
Book 11 of 41 · published 2017 Anthology · Die Booth,Noel Chidwick,Ephiny Gale,Daniel Rosen,Marija Smits,Matthew Castle,SK Farrell,Serna Johe,K.E. Macphee,Chris Baily
Shoreline of Infinity 11
Book 12 of 41 · published 2018 Anthology · Karen Heuler
Shoreline of Infinity 12
Book 13 of 41 · published 2018 Anthology · Noel Chidwick
Shoreline of Infinity 13
Book 14 of 41 · published 2018 Anthology · Premee Mohamed,Bo Balder,Tim Major,Noel Chidwick,Preston Grassmann,Rachel Armstrong,Caroline Grebbell,Esme Carpenter,Laura Young
Shoreline of Infinity 14
Book 15 of 41 · published 2019 Anthology · Ken MacLeod,Neil Williamson,Cat Hellisen,Andrew Reichard,Noel Chidwick,Eris Young,Thomas Broderick,Emma Levin,Rhiannon Grist,Vicki Jarrett
Shoreline of Infinity 15
Book 16 of 41 · published 2019 Anthology · Gareth L. Powell,Callum McSorley,Tim Major,Tiffany Meuret,Noel Chidwick,Teika Marija Smits,DA D’Amico,Lidia Molina Whyte,E.M. Faulds,J.G. Sarmiento
Shoreline of Infinity 16
Book 17 of 41 · published 2019 Anthology · Allen Ashley,Ahmed A. Khan,Noel Chidwick,Rachel Plummer,Helen French,Laura Duerr,Petra Kuppers,Kate Macdonald,Vicki Jarrett,Calum L Macleoid
Shoreline of Infinity 17
Book 18 of 41 · published 2020 Anthology · Chris Beckett,Bo Balder,Ruth E.J. Booth,Noel Chidwick,Brian M. Milton,Dave Ring,Simon Fung,S.A.M. Rundell,Peyman Saremian,Jeremey Nelson
Shoreline of Infinity 18
Book 19 of 41 · published 2020 Anthology · Noel Chidwick
Shoreline of Infinity 19
Book 20 of 41 · published 2020 Anthology · Ian Watson,Tony Ballantyne,Chris Beckett,F.J. Bergmann,Sherry Shahan,Raman Mundair,Noel Chidwick,Pippa Goldschmidt,Davide Mana,Mariah Montoya,Teika Marija Smits,Hûw Steer,Anya Ow,Gregory A. Austin
Shoreline of Infinity 20
Book 21 of 41 · published 2021 Anthology · Noel Chidwick
Shoreline of Infinity 21
Book 22 of 41 · published 2021 Anthology · Noel Chidwick
Shoreline of Infinity 22
Book 23 of 41 · published 2021 Anthology · Noel Chidwick
Shoreline of Infinity 23
Book 24 of 41 · published 2021 Anthology · Noel Chidwick
Shoreline of Infinity 24
Book 25 of 41 · published 2021 Anthology · Noel Chidwick
Shoreline of Infinity 25
Book 26 of 41 · published 2021 Anthology · Elana Gomel,Gary Gibson,Cat Hellisen,Noel Chidwick,E. M. Faulds,David L Clements,Simon Nagel,Alex Storer
Shoreline of Infinity 27
Book 28 of 41 · published 2021 Anthology · Callum McSorley,Noel Chidwick,Christopher Collingwood,Alex Storer,Jack Schouten,Jo Ross-Barrett,RV Neville
Shoreline of Infinity 29
Book 30 of 41 · published 2021 Anthology · Noel Chidwick
Shoreline of Infinity 30
Book 31 of 41 · published 2022 Anthology · Eric Brown,Gary Gibson,Cat Hellisen,Noel Chidwick,Christopher R. Muscato,Teika Marina Smits,Raymond W Gallacher
Shoreline of Infinity 31
Book 32 of 41 · published 2022 Anthology · Ken MacLeod,Andy McKell,Chris Barnham,Bo Balder,Ruth E.J. Booth,Heather Valentine,Noel Chidwick,Lindz McLeod,Adam Marx
Shoreline of Infinity 32
Book 33 of 41 · published 2022 Anthology · Jane Yolen,Adam Roberts,Sofia Samatar,Cat Hellisen,Noel Chidwick,Teika Marija Smits,Dave Weaver,Bethany Davis,Laura Scotland,Woody Dismukes,Edmind Fines
Shoreline of Infinity 33
Book 34 of 41 · published 2022 Anthology · T.L. Huchu,Callum McSorley,Noel Chidwick,Benjamin C. Kinney,Lucy Zhang,Brent Baldwin,M.H. Ayinde,M. Luke McDonell,David Lawrie,Jesse Rowell
Shoreline of Infinity 34
Book 35 of 41 · published 2023 Anthology · Ian Whates,Vaughan Stanger,Eris Young,L.R. Lam,Lyndsey Croal,Moussa Ould Ebnou,Robert Bagnall,Louis Evans,Emma Levin
Shoreline of Infinity 35
Book 36 of 41 · published 2023 Anthology · Ken MacLeod,Eric Brown,John Buchan,Callum McSorley,Noel Chidwick,Rachel Plummer,Jeda Pearl,T.H. Dray,Beth Nuttall
Shoreline of Infinity 36
Book 37 of 41 · published 2023 Anthology · Kim Stanley Robinson,Noel Chidwick,Christopher R. Muscato,Lyndsey Croal,Tania Chen,Rhiannon Grist,Gessica Sakamoto Martini,Knighton Knighton,Sara Kate Ellis,Greta Colombani
Shoreline of Infinity 37
Book 38 of 41 · published 2024 Anthology · Andrew Knighton
Shoreline of Infinity 38
Book 39 of 41 · published 2024 Anthology · Tim Major,David McGillveray,Ruth E.J. Booth,Noel Chidwick,Paul McQuade,Andrew Kozma,Jeda Pearl,Bram E. Gieben,Anna Ziemons-McLean,Anna Cheung,Dylan Kwok,LeeAnn Perry,M.A.R. Rinaldi,S.J. Groenewegen
Shoreline of Infinity 39
Book 40 of 41 · published 2025 Anthology · Eugen Bacon,Noel Chidwick,Douglas Gwilym,Kenzie Lappin,Jamie M Boyd,M Shedric Simpson,Darryl A Smith,Caitriana NicNeacail,Ruth EJ Booth
Shoreline of Infinity 40
Latest in the series · book 41 of 41 · published 2026 Anthology · Chris Kelso,Noel Chidwick,Pippa Goldschmidt,Hiron Ennes,John J Kennedy,Scott Payne,T. Lucas Earle,Franki Halliwell,Timothy Quinn,Joyce Bingham
A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora
Book 3 of 35 · published 2000
Tesseracts Nine: New Canadian Speculative Fiction
Book 11 of 35 · published 2005
After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia
Book 15 of 35 · published 2012
Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales
Book 17 of 35 · published 2014
The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 11: Trials by Whiteness
Book 25 of 35 · published 2017
People of Color Take over Fantastic Stories of the Imagination
Book 26 of 35 · published 2017
Inviting Interruptions: Wonder Tales in the Twenty-First Century
Book 31 of 35 · published 2021
Far Out: Recent Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy
Book 32 of 35 · published 2021
Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror
Book 34 of 35 · published 2023
Shoreline of Infinity 8½: Edinburgh International Book Festival Special Edition
Latest in the series · book 35 of 35 · published 2017
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Nalo Hopkinson?
Nalo wrote her first story at some point between the ages of nine and eleven. Her English teacher asked her class to write a mystery. So Nalo penned a story that was a mix of a vampire tale and a murder mystery that was about a Catholic priest and holy water and a cross and ting and ting.
Which Nalo Hopkinson series should I start with?
The best place to start is the House of Whispers series, the earliest of Nalo Hopkinson's multi-book series: it opens with The House of WhispersVol. 1 (2019) and runs to 3 books across 2019–2020, ending with House of WhispersVol. 3 (2020). Nalo Hopkinson's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Nalo Hopkinson written?
Nalo Hopkinson has 146 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1984 and 2026. 97 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the Black Stars series with 6 books — and 49 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Nalo Hopkinson's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Nalo Hopkinson's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are House of Whispers (2019–2020, 3 books) and Black Stars (2021, 6 books).
How are Nalo Hopkinson's books organised into series?
This guide splits Nalo Hopkinson's 146 books into 6 named series and 49 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Black Stars (6 books, 2021); House of Whispers (3 books, 2019–2020); Shoreline of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine (41 books, 2015–2026); Outspoken Authors (32 books, 1984–2026); Year's Best Fantasy (9 books, 2001–2009), plus 1 further series.