For anyone new to Octavia Butler, she has a short list of novels and basically all are good. The list sorted by popularity is a good start: https://www.goodread

For anyone new to Octavia Butler, she has a short list of novels and basically all are good. The list sorted by popularity is a good start: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/29535.Octavia_E_Butler https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/29535.Octavia_E_Butler Kindred is excellent and the most popular for good reason. But it as much American history as it is sci-fi. Dawn is my favorite of hers and very sci-fi. Parable of the Sower is also an excellent place to start, more of a post-apocalyptic story.