Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Animal | 2012 | K’wan Foye | Buy |
| 2 | The Animal II: The Omen | 2013 | K’wan Foye | Buy |
| 3 | Ghetto Bastard: The Beginning | 2014 | K’wan Foye | Buy |
| 4 | The Animal III: Revelations | 2014 | K’wan Foye | Buy |
| 5 | Animal IV: Last Rites | 2015 | K’wan Foye | Buy |
| 6 | Animal 4.5 | 2017 | K’wan Foye | Buy |
| 7 | Animal V: Executioner’s Song | 2021 | K’wan Foye | Buy |
| 8 | Little Nikki Grind | 2013 | K’wan Foye | Buy |
| 9 | Purple Reign | 2013 | K’wan Foye | Buy |
The Animal series is K’wan’s most ambitious project, spanning nine books from 2012 to 2021. The character of Animal is a street legend whose story grows more complex with each installment. Starting with Animal and continuing through The Omen, Revelations, Last Rites, and Executioner’s Song, the series tracks a man whose violence has made him both feared and hunted.
K’wan uses the extended length of the series to develop Animal beyond a simple tough-guy archetype. The character has relationships, regrets, and a past explored in Ghetto Bastard: The Beginning. The connected titles Little Nikki Grind and Purple Reign add depth to the world around him. The nine-book run gives the series an epic scope unusual in street fiction.