Reading order

Nsibidi Scripts reading order

Nnedi Okorafor

  1. Akata Witch2011
  2. Akata Warrior2017
  3. Akata Woman2022
7.97.9 / 10
292 ratings
Score
3 volumes
Volumes
2011–2022
Published
about 23 h
Reading time
Ongoing
Status

Quick answer

Akata Witch
Start withAkata Witch2011 · Volume 1 of 3

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Publication order

3 volumes2011–2022Ongoing

  • Nnedi Okorafor’s young adult fantasy rooted in West African magic: Sunny, an albino girl born in New York and living in Nigeria, discovers she is one of the Leopard People and joins three friends in learning juju and hunting a ritual killer.
  • Read in order — Akata Witch, Akata Warrior, Akata Woman.
  • The second rates higher than the first.

A plan for the whole series

3 volumes, 1,248 pages, about 23 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 weeks.

39%

Share of volume 1’s readers who reach the last volume. Chance of reaching the last volume: medium

  • The series is still running; the last volume came out in 2022. You will wait for the next one anyway, so no need to rush.

Stages

2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 8, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.

  1. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 29, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  2. Stage 27 h10 daysby December 8, 2026
    • 3. Akata Woman2022 · 400 pages · 7 h
  3. The end of the series
    December 8, 2026
In one goDecember 5, 2026about 4 weeks
In stages, with breaksDecember 8, 2026about 5 weeks · +2 h of other books

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How this plan is calculated

The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →

Every volume in order

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  1. Akata Woman
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Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 31, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which Nsibidi Scripts book is the best?

By reader score, Akata Warrior (8.0/10). The lowest-rated is Akata Witch (7.9/10).

Which Nsibidi Scripts book is the longest?

“Akata Warrior” is the longest at 496 pages; the shortest is “Akata Witch” with 352 pages.

What should I read after Nsibidi Scripts?

Other series by Nnedi Okorafor: Binti Trilogy.

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