Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Twisted Women’s Book Club |
2025 |
Buy |
Hush Collection Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Treasure |
2020 |
Buy |
| Slow Burner |
2020 |
Buy |
| Buried |
2020 |
Buy |
| Let Her Be |
2020 |
Buy |
| Snowflakes |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Gift |
2020 |
Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Baby is Mine |
2020 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| My Sister, the Serial Killer |
2017 |
Buy |
| Cursed Daughters |
2025 |
Buy |
Oyinkan Braithwaite gained international attention with My Sister, the Serial Killer (2017), a short, sharp novel about Korede, a nurse in Lagos who keeps cleaning up after her beautiful younger sister Ayoola’s habit of killing her boyfriends. The book’s dark humor, Nigerian setting, and tight plotting earned it shortlist spots for the Booker Prize and the Women’s Prize for Fiction, and it was translated into dozens of languages.
Braithwaite has also written the Hush Collection, a series of six short ebooks published in 2020 with titles like Treasure, Slow Burner, and Buried. Her novella The Baby is Mine (2020) and her second novel Cursed Daughters (2025) continue her interest in family dynamics, dark themes, and stories centered on women. She contributed to The Twisted Women’s Book Club anthology in 2025. Her writing is consistently brief and direct, favoring economy over length.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Oyinkan Braithwaite written?
Oyinkan Braithwaite has written ten books across four series.
What was Oyinkan Braithwaite's first book?
Oyinkan Braithwaite’s first book is My Sister, the Serial Killer, published in 2017.
What is Oyinkan Braithwaite known for?
Oyinkan Braithwaite is best known for her debut novel My Sister, the Serial Killer (2017), a darkly comic thriller about a Nigerian woman who keeps helping her younger sister cover up murders. The book was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Women’s Prize for Fiction.