If the patchwork charm of the stories in Kabu Kabu hooked you—the way pieces like “Spider the Artist,” “The Palm Tree Bandit,” and the title story each conjure a complete world in a few vivid pages—Arimah’s collection will feel like a kindred spirit. You’ll get sharp, self-contained tales where math can erase grief, mothers bargain with the uncanny, and everyday Nigerian life slides into the speculative with the same effortless glide as that otherworldly taxi.

If the folkloric currents that run through Kabu Kabu—from the ancestral presences guiding a midnight cab to the fable-like swagger of “The Palm Tree Bandit”—were your favorite part, Freshwater dives deep into similar waters. Emezi threads ogbanje spirits through a modern coming-of-age, giving that same goosebump sense of unseen forces shaping fate that Okorafor taps in stories where the old world and the new walk side by side.

If you loved how Kabu Kabu lets the supernatural slip onto real roads—the title story’s spirit-driven taxi threading through airports and alleyways—Jemisin’s novel makes that urban magic explode. New York literally comes alive through human avatars battling an invasive cosmic entity, channeling the same thrill you get when Okorafor’s cityscapes reveal their secret, mythic residents in plain sight.

If the off-kilter, uncanny vibe of Kabu Kabu stuck with you—the lyrical menace of “Spider the Artist,” or the way a simple ride can bend into the surreal—you’ll savor Jagannath. Tidbeck crafts compact, disorienting tales where family, bodies, and landscapes tilt just enough to reveal the weird, echoing the enchanted-but-unsettling atmosphere that gives Okorafor’s stories their shimmer.

If characters like the audacious girl of “The Palm Tree Bandit” or the quietly stubborn survivors in Kabu Kabu won you over, meet Paama. In Redemption in Indigo, she outwits trickster spirits and wrestles with fate using courage and guile, channeling the same buoyant, woman-centered strength and folkloric sparkle that make Okorafor’s heroines so memorable.