My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel

By Oyinkan Braithwaite

A short, darkly funny, hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends.

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Published Jul 30, 2019

240 pages

Average rating: 6.53

1,391 RATINGS

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Readers say *My Sister, the Serial Killer* is a sharp, darkly funny, and fast-paced novella that explores a complex sibling relationship marked by pas...

KassieB
Jul 01, 2026
7/10 stars
Quick read.
Lee Ann
Jun 18, 2026
10/10 stars
I learned about this book through the PopSugar 2020 Reading Challenge and thought I would check it out. I am glad I did. This is a story of two sisters trying to deal with hurts of the past. Korede is the older sister and has been told, since she was young, that she is responsible for her younger sister, Ayoola. Turns out, being responsible also means cleaning up the messes Ayoola creates, mainly the crime scene after she murders her boyfriends. This was a short, quick read, but full of a good storyline.
Tlbland
Jun 10, 2026
A little funny but that sister is something else.
Sara
Apr 06, 2026
4/10 stars
Not a thriller. Actually very boring, slow and predictable. Reading this was yawn inducing. I don’t get the hype.
Jujubeans
Apr 05, 2026
8/10 stars
Crazy opening but good read overall . I really wish Korede would have stood up for herself and stopped feeling like she had to protect Ayoola.

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