Catherine Asaro Reading Order

14 books (1998–2025)

Start with Analog, December 1998, the first of 13 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Analog, December 1998 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine, July/August 2000 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Civil War Fantastic 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Charmed Destinies 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Irresistible Forces 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Best New Paranormal Romance 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Space Cadets 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Space Opera Renaissance 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Nebula Awards Showcase 2007 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Mammoth Book of SF Wars 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Nebula Awards 47 (2013) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Visions of the Future 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Infinite Stars 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Permutations: A Well World Anthology 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2024–2025)

Start with The Down Deep and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Down Deep 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Gold Dust 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2023–2023)

Start with Earthborn and read in order.

6 books (2003–2008)

Start with Charmed Destinies(With: Mercedes Lackey,Rachel Lee), the first of 6 books in the Lost Continent series.

#	Title
1	Charmed Destinies(With: Mercedes Lackey,Rachel Lee) 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Charmed Sphere 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Misted Cliffs 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Dawn Star 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Fire Opal 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Night Bird 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (2011–2022)

Start with The City of Cries, the first of 5 books in the Major Bhaajan series.

#	Title
1	The City of Cries 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Undercity 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Bronze Skies 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Vanished Seas 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Jigsaw Assassin 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2000–2008)

Start with A Roll of the Dice and read in order.

15 books (1995–2011)

Start with Primary Inversion, the first of 15 books in the Skolian Empire series.

#	Title
1	Primary Inversion 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Catch the Lightning 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Last Hawk 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Radiant Seas 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Ascendant Sun 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Quantum Rose 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Sextopia(With: Cecilia Tan) 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Spherical Harmonic 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Skyfall 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Moon's Shadow 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Schism 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Final Key 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Ruby Dice 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Diamond Star 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Carnelians 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2011–2011)

1 book (2014–2014)

2 books (1999–2000)

Start with The Veiled Web and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Veiled Web 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Phoenix Code 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2004–2004)

Start with Alpha and read in order.

#	Title
1	Alpha 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Sunrise Alley 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible