AfroSF Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers |
2012 |
N/A |
| AfroSF |
2012 |
Buy |
| AfroSFv2 |
2015 |
Buy |
| AfroSFv3 |
2018 |
Buy |
Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Mothership |
2013 |
Buy |
| Myriad Lands: Volume 1: Around the World |
2016 |
Buy |
| Crises and Conflicts |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Thirteen |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Best of British Fantasy 2018 |
2019 |
Buy |
| Stories of Hope and Wonder: In Support of UK’s Healthcare Workers |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Book of Witches |
2023 |
Buy |
Doctor Who: Icons Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Charles Darwin and the Silurian Survival |
2024 |
Buy |
| Frida Kahlo and the Skull Children |
2024 |
Buy |
| Shirley Jackson and the Chaos Box |
2025 |
Buy |
| One Night Only |
2025 |
Buy |
Five Stories High Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Five Stories High |
2016 |
N/A |
| Maggots |
2016 |
Buy |
| Gnaw |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Best Story I Can Manage Under the Circumstances |
2016 |
Buy |
| Priest’s Hole |
2016 |
Buy |
| Skin Deep |
2016 |
Buy |
Molly Southbourne Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Murders of Molly Southbourne |
2017 |
Buy |
| Molly Southbourne feltámadása |
2019 |
N/A |
| The Survival of Molly Southbourne |
2019 |
Buy |
| Molly Southbourne öröksége |
2022 |
N/A |
| The Legacy of Molly Southbourne |
2022 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Making Wolf |
2015 |
Buy |
| Far from the Light of Heaven |
2021 |
Buy |
| Jackdaw |
2022 |
Buy |
| Liberation |
2025 |
Buy |
The Wormwood Trilogy Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Rosalera |
2017 |
N/A |
| Rosewater |
2017 |
Buy |
| The Rosewater Insurrection |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Rosewater Redemption |
2019 |
Buy |
Tade Thompson is a British-Nigerian author and psychiatrist who writes science fiction, horror, and speculative fiction. He grew up in Nigeria and the UK, and his fiction often draws on both settings. His best-known work is the Wormwood Trilogy, beginning with Rosewater (2016), which is set in a future Nigeria where an alien biodome has appeared near Lagos. The second book, The Rosewater Insurrection, won the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2019, bringing Thompson to wide international attention.
Beyond the Wormwood books, Thompson has written the Molly Southbourne novellas, a horror-tinged science fiction series about a woman whose blood creates murderous duplicates. His standalone novels include Making Wolf, a crime thriller set in a fictional West African country, and Far from the Light of Heaven, a space mystery aboard a generation ship. He also works as a practicing psychiatrist, and his medical background informs the clinical precision of his speculative world-building.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Tade Thompson written?
Tade Thompson has written 34 books across seven series.
What was Tade Thompson's first book?
Tade Thompson’s first book is AfroSF, published in 2012.
What awards has Tade Thompson won?
Tade Thompson won the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2019 for The Rosewater Insurrection, the second book in his Wormwood Trilogy. He has also been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. His novella The Murders of Molly Southbourne was a Shirley Jackson Award finalist, and his debut novel Making Wolf won the Golden Tentacle Award.