Aliette de Bodard Reading Order

60 books (2008–2025)

Aliette de Bodard's work appears across 51 different anthologies published between 2008 and 2023, spanning fantasy, romance, and young adult genres. These anthology appearances should be read in publication order, beginning with The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 22. The series is likely complete, offering a comprehensive view of the author's short fiction contributions to various science fiction, fantasy, and speculative collections over a fifteen-year period.

Start with The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 22, the first of 51 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 22 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	New Ceres Nights 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Dark Futures: Tales of Dystopia SF 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Eight Against Reality 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Best of Talebones 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 3 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Lightspeed Magazine, January 2015 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Lightspeed Magazine, November 2012 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Pandemonium: Stories of the Smoke 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Alchemy Press Book of Ancient Wonders 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Best of Electric Velocipede 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Mammoth Book of Steampunk 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Best New SF 26 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Other Half of the Sky 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2013 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	We See a Different Frontier 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Carbide Tipped Pens 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Clarkesworld: Year Six 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Solaris Rising 3 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Speculative Fiction 2013 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	The Mammoth Book of SF Stories by Women 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	The Mammoth Book of Steampunk Adventures 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Letters to Tiptree 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Love Hurts 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	The Long List Anthology 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Warrior Women 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Asian Monsters 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	People of Color Destroy Science Fiction! 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine, Year Seven 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	The Long List Anthology Volume 2 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	The Starlit Wood 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novellas 2016 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	To Shape the Dark 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Children of a Different Sky 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Galactic Empires 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Infinity Wars 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2016 Edition 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	The Best Science Fiction of the Year Volume Three 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Two 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	The Long List Anthology Volume 3 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	A Thousand Beginnings and Endings 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	Clarkesworld Year Nine: Volume One 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	Knee-Deep in Grit: Two Bloody Years of Grimdark Fiction 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	Mechanical Animals 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	Mythic Journeys 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	The Best of Uncanny 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
51	The New Accelerator 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
52	Consolation Songs: Optimistic Speculative Fiction For A Time of Pandemic 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
53	London Centric 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
54	Silk & Steel 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
55	The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Five 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
56	The Long List Anthology Volume 8 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
57	Grimdark Magazine, Issue #35 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
58	I Want That Twink OBLITERATED! 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
59	The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time 5 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
60	Uncanny Magazine Issue 64: May/June 2025 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (2015–2019)

Dominion of the Fallen is a five-book fantasy romance series by Aliette de Bodard, published between 2015 and 2019 and now complete. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with In Morningstar's Shadow and continuing through Of Books, and Earth, and Courtship, The House of Shattered Wings, The House of Binding Thorns, and concluding with The House of Sundering Flames. This series blends fantasy and romance elements across its interconnected narratives.

Start with In Morningstar's Shadow, the first of 5 books in the Dominion of the Fallen series.

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1	In Morningstar's Shadow 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Of Books, and Earth, and Courtship 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The House of Shattered Wings 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The House of Binding Thorns 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The House of Sundering Flames 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2020–2022)

Dragons and Blades is a two-book fantasy romance series by Aliette de Bodard published between 2020 and 2022. The series appears to be complete. Read the books in publication order, beginning with Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders followed by Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances.

Start with Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders and read in order.

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1	Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2013–2020)

The Feral Astrogators is a complete trilogy of fantasy and romance stories by Aliette de Bodard, published between 2013 and 2020. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Other Half of the Sky, followed by To Shape the Dark, and concluding with Retellings of the Inland Seas, a collaborative anthology featuring contributions from multiple authors including Judith Tarr, Alexander Jablokov, and others.

Start with The Other Half of the Sky and read in order.

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1	The Other Half of the Sky 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	To Shape the Dark 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Retellings of the Inland Seas(By: Judith Tarr,Alexander Jablokov,James L. Cambias,Melissa Scott,Shariann Lewitt,Athena Andreadis,Elana Gomel,Christine Lucas,Eleni Tsami,Kelly Jennings,Dimitra Nikolaidou,Genevieve Williams,A.M. Tuomala,F.J. Doucet) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

41 books (1985–2025)

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future is an ongoing anthology series that has published 41 volumes since 1985, featuring speculative fiction from debut and established writers across fantasy, science fiction, and related genres. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with volume 1 and continuing through the most recent entries. New volumes continue to be released, making this an active series for readers interested in discovering emerging talent and diverse short fiction.

Start with L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1, the first of 41 books in the L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future series.

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1	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 2 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 3 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 4 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 5 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 6 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 7 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 8 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future9 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 10 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 11 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 12 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 13 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 14 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 15 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 16 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 17 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 18 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 19 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 21 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 22 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 23 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 24 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 25 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 26 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 27 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 28 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 29 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 30 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 31 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 32 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 33 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 34 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 35 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 36 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 37 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 38 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 39 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future 40 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 41 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2010–2011)

Aliette de Bodard's Obsidian and Blood is a complete fantasy romance trilogy published between 2010 and 2011. The three books—Servant of the Underworld, Harbinger of the Storm, and Master of the House of Darts—should be read in publication order to fully appreciate the interconnected narrative. This series blends fantasy and romance elements across its three installments.

Start with Servant of the Underworld and read in order.

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1	Servant of the Underworld 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Harbinger of the Storm 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Master of the House of Darts 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

18 books (2009–2024)

This ongoing series of fantasy and romance short stories and novellas by Aliette de Bodard spans from 2010 to 2024 and currently contains 14 published entries. The stories should be read in publication order, beginning with The Jaguar House, in Shadow. The collection features standalone and interconnected tales exploring themes of mythology, memory, and relationships across a richly imagined universe.

Start with The Jaguar House, in Shadow, the first of 14 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

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1	Butterfly, Falling at Dawn 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Fleeing Tezcatlipoca 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Jaguar House, in Shadow 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Shipbirth 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Immersion 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	On a Red Station, Drifting 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Heaven Under Earth (Electric Velocipede #24) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Waiting Stars 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Weight of a Blessing 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Two Sisters in Exile 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Memorials 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Lullaby for a Lost World 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Children of Thorns, Children of Water 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Inaccessibility of Heaven 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Fireheart Tiger 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Tea and Murder(With: Stefan Rudnicki,Kate Orsini) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Mausoleum’s Children 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Navigational Entanglements 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2012–2012)

3 books (2011–2013)

The Solaris Rising anthology series consists of three complete collections published between 2011 and 2013, featuring science fiction short stories from multiple acclaimed authors. Each volume should be read in publication order, beginning with the first Solaris Rising, followed by Solaris Rising 1.5, and concluding with Solaris Rising 2. The series brings together diverse voices in speculative fiction, with each installment showcasing different authors' contributions to the anthology format.

Start with Solaris Rising(By: Pat Cadigan,Mike Resnick,Stephen Baxter,Lavie Tidhar,Ken MacLeod,Peter F. Hamilton,Ian Watson,Eric Brown,Adam Roberts,Paul Di Filippo,Alastair Reynolds,Tricia Sullivan,Ian Whates,Richard Salter) and read in order.

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1	Solaris Rising(By: Pat Cadigan,Mike Resnick,Stephen Baxter,Lavie Tidhar,Ken MacLeod,Peter F. Hamilton,Ian Watson,Eric Brown,Adam Roberts,Paul Di Filippo,Alastair Reynolds,Tricia Sullivan,Ian Whates,Richard Salter) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Solaris Rising 1.5 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Solaris Rising 2(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Paul Cornell,Liz Williams,James Lovegrove,Robert Reed,Eugie Foster,Nancy Kress,Nick Harkaway,Norman Spinrad,Vandana Singh,Kim Lakin-Smith,Ian Whates,Paul Cornell, Jr.,Kay Kenyon,Adrian Tchaikovsky,Martin Sketchley,Allan Steele) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2018–2020)

Aliette de Bodard's two standalone fantasy novels were published between 2018 and 2020, with In the Vanishers' Palace arriving first, followed by A Fire of Ten Thousand Flags. While each book stands alone with its own complete story, readers should follow publication order to experience them as the author intended. This complete series blends fantasy and romance elements with young adult sensibilities.

Start with In the Vanishers’ Palace and read in order.

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1	In the Vanishers’ Palace 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	A Fire of Ten Thousand Flags 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2007–2024)

Aliette de Bodard's Xuya Universe is an ongoing series of six fantasy and romance novels published between 2007 and 2024. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with The Lost Xuyan Bride and continuing through The Citadel of Weeping Pearls, The Tea Master and the Detective, Of Wars, and Memories, and Starlight, Seven of Infinities, and concluding with In the Shadow of the Ship. This interconnected series blends fantasy and romance elements across multiple interconnected narratives.

Start with The Lost Xuyan Bride, the first of 6 books in the Xuya Universe series.

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1	The Lost Xuyan Bride 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Citadel of Weeping Pearls 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Tea Master and the Detective 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Of Wars, and Memories, and Starlight 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Seven of Infinities 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	In the Shadow of the Ship 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2022–2023)

Aliette de Bodard's Xuya Universe Romance consists of two fantasy romance novels published between 2022 and 2023. The series appears to be complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with The Red Scholar's Wake followed by A Fire Born of Exile. Both books blend fantasy and romance elements with young adult appeal.

Start with The Red Scholar’s Wake and read in order.

18 books (1996–2013)

The Year's Best SF Anthology is a completed 18-book series of science fiction anthologies published between 1996 and 2013. Each volume collects outstanding short stories and novellas from the year, curated to represent the best work in the science fiction genre. Readers should begin with the first volume and progress through in publication order to follow the chronological development of the field. This anthology series provides an excellent survey of contemporary science fiction across nearly two decades.

Start with Year's Best SF, the first of 18 books in the Year's Best SF Anthology series.