Patternist Series

4 primary works • 6 total works

(aka Patternmaster or Seed to Harvest)

This is a reading order based on internal chronology, not publication order.

These novels detail a secret history continuing from the ancient Egyptian period to the far future. They involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.

In order of publication:

Patternmaster (1976)
Mind of My Mind (19…

Book 1

Wild Seed

by Octavia E. Butler

4.20 · 39446 Ratings · 3713 Reviews · published 1980 · 57 editions

Doro is an entity who changes bodies like clothes,…

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Book 2

Mind of My Mind

Mind of My Mind

by Octavia E. Butler

4.19 · 15614 Ratings · 1220 Reviews · published 1977 · 40 editions

For 4,000 years, an immortal has spread the seeds …

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Book 3

Clay's Ark

by Octavia E. Butler

3.84 · 12155 Ratings · 1169 Reviews · published 1984 · 2 editions

An innocent familiy, carjacked on a desolate highw…

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Survivor

by Octavia E. Butler

3.80 · 1408 Ratings · 195 Reviews · published 1978 · 16 editions

Know Thy Enemy

They fled from an Earth ravaged by p…

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Book 4

Patternmaster

by Octavia E. Butler

4.03 · 10932 Ratings · 904 Reviews · published 1976 · 34 editions

The combined mind-force of a telepathic race, Patt…

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Book 1-4

Seed to Harvest

Seed to Harvest

by Octavia E. Butler

4.39 · 6650 Ratings · 503 Reviews · published 2007 · 16 editions

In her classic Patternist series, multiple Hugo an…

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