Octavia Butler is a name that stands tall in science fiction, known for her powerful and thought-provoking stories that explore race, identity, and survival in ways few others have. In 2010, she was posthumously awarded the Eugene E. Myers Infinity Award, solidifying her lasting impact on the genre.

While I haven’t read all of her works yet, I’ve dived deep into the Patternmaster series—a gripping journey where I had to choose between reading the books in publication order or chronologically (I went with publication!). For this list, I’ve sorted all her books in the order they were originally published, along with some of my favorite cover art.

This isn’t her full bibliography, just a selection of 13 covers I like 🙂

Did you know there’s 13 numbers in a ISBN ? There used to be 10 but now it’s 13. I love the colors in those covers, it inspired me to use them on my header pic!

I recently stumbled across something that hit me right in the childhood nostalgia: a coloring book!

I’ve decided to turn my header pic into a color-by-code image—so not only can you see it, but you can color it too! What do you think? Would you have the patience to finish a color-coded painting today, or would you get as distracted as I might? Let me know in the comments!