The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Filter Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor Science fiction, as one character in Nnedi Okorafor’s metafictional Death of the Author puts it, is about “being different, seeing more, examining human nature, and imagining tomorrow.” And though the 2025 novel’s genre is hard to pin down—one half of the book follows an ascendant writer on an earth not too dissimilar from our own, and the other is populated by sentient, warring robots—Okorafor more than delivers on that promise. With multiple Hugo Awards under her belt, Okorafor is easily one of today’s most acclaimed speculative-fiction authors. Death of the Author marks a new chapter for her: one that doubles down on her vision for Africanfuturist literature while incorporating moments of significant realism. —Cate Matthews These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. Buy Now: Death of the Author on Bookshop | Amazon Advertisement Source: https://time.com/collections/the-100-must-read-books-of-2025/7329494/death-of-the-author/