Charles Stross Reading Order

32 books (2001–2017)

Charles Stross's Anthologies series comprises 29 science fiction and fantasy short story collections published between 2001 and 2017, spanning magazines like Asimov's Science Fiction and curated volumes such as The Mammoth Book of Best New SF and Year's Best SF. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with the June 2001 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction. These anthologies showcase Stross's short fiction alongside work by other contemporary authors across the speculative fiction genre.

Start with Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2001, the first of 29 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2001 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Supermen 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 15 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 16 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Year's Best SF 8 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2004 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	ReVisions 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Year's Best Science Fiction: 21 Annual Edition 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Edition 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	One Million A.D. 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Space Opera Renaissance 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Rewired 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Space Opera 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Alien Contact 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Engineering Infinity 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Fables from the Fountain 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Book of Cthulhu 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	The Recent Weird 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Digital Rapture 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 4 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2012 Edition 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2013 Edition 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	The Time Traveler's Almanac 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Tor.com: Selected Original Fiction, 2008-2012 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Zombies: More Recent Dead 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Shoreline of Infinity 8½ 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Shoreline of Infinity 8½: Edinburgh International Book Festival Special Edition 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2017–2021)

Charles Stross's Empire Games series comprises three science fiction novels published between 2017 and 2021 that should be read in publication order: Empire Games, Dark State, and Invisible Sun. The series appears to be complete, with all three books now available for readers seeking a full arc. This interconnected trilogy builds its world and narrative across each installment, making sequential reading essential for understanding the overarching story.

Start with Empire Games and read in order.

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1	Empire Games 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Dark State 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Invisible Sun 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2008–2013)

Charles Stross's Freyaverse is a complete trilogy of science fiction and fantasy novels published between 2008 and 2013. The three books should be read in publication order: Saturn's Children, Bit Rot, and Neptune's Brood. This interconnected series blends speculative fiction elements across its standalone yet related narratives.

Start with Saturn's Children and read in order.

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1	Saturn's Children 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Bit Rot 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Neptune's Brood 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2007–2011)

Charles Stross's Halting State series comprises two science fiction novels published between 2007 and 2011. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Halting State followed by Rule 34. Both books are set in a near-future Scotland and explore themes of technology, crime, and virtual reality through interconnected narratives.

Start with Halting State and read in order.

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1	Halting State 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Rule 34 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

19 books (2004–2026)

The Laundry Files is an ongoing series of 19 books by Charles Stross blending fantasy and science fiction, beginning with The Atrocity Archives in 2004 and continuing through 2026. The series should be read in publication order, starting with The Atrocity Archives, to properly follow the developing narrative and world. Books range from full-length novels to shorter works, with titles including The Jennifer Morgue, The Fuller Memorandum, The Apocalypse Codex, The Rhesus Chart, The Annihilation Score, The Nightmare Stacks, The Delirium Brief, The Labyrinth Index, Dead Lies Dreaming, and Escape from Yokai Land, among others.

Start with The Atrocity Archives, the first of 19 books in the Laundry Files series.

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1	The Atrocity Archives 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Pimpf 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Jennifer Morgue 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Down on the Farm 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Equoid 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Overtime 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Fuller Memorandum 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Apocalypse Codex 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Rhesus Chart 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Annihilation Score 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Nightmare Stacks 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Delirium Brief 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Labyrinth Index 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Dead Lies Dreaming 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Escape from Yokai Land 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Quantum of Nightmares 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Season of Skulls 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	A Conventional Boy 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Regicide Report 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2014–2014)

1 book (1996–1996)

1 book (2024–2024)

41 books (2015–2026)

Shoreline of Infinity is an ongoing science fiction magazine series that began in 2015 and continues through 2026, comprising 41 issues to date. The series should be read in publication order, starting with issue 1. Each issue features fiction and poetry contributions from multiple authors, including notable science fiction writers alongside emerging voices. This anthology series is ideal for readers seeking diverse short science fiction stories published across a decade of contemporary speculative fiction.

Start with Shoreline of Infinity 1(By: Noel Chidwick), the first of 41 books in the Shoreline of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine series.

13 books (1989–2012)

Charles Stross's Short Stories and Novellas collection comprises ten standalone works spanning science fiction and fantasy, published between 1989 and 2012. These tales should be read in publication order, beginning with Approaching Xanadu and concluding with Palimpsest and A Tall Tail. Several entries feature collaborations with Cory Doctorow, including Jury Service and Appeals Court. The series is now complete.

Start with Approaching Xanadu, the first of 10 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

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1	Approaching Xanadu 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	A Colder War 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Antibodies 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Lobsters 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Halo 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Jury Service(With: Cory Doctorow) 2002
7	Festival of Fools 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Nightfall 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Appeals Court(With: Cory Doctorow) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Elector 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Concrete Jungle 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Palimpsest 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	A Tall Tail 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2002–2009)

Charles Stross's two-book short story collection series spans from 2002 to 2009 and is now complete. The collection begins with Toast, and Other Stories, followed by Wireless, and both should be read in publication order. Stross blends science fiction and fantasy across these tales, showcasing the range of imagination that defines his work.

Start with Toast, and Other Stories and read in order.

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1	Toast, and Other Stories 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Wireless 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2003–2005)

Charles Stross's Singularity Sky series consists of three science fiction novels published between 2003 and 2005. The complete trilogy should be read in publication order, beginning with Singularity Sky and continuing through Iron Sunrise before concluding with Accelerando. Each installment builds upon the previous, making sequential reading essential for full appreciation of the narrative arc.

Start with Singularity Sky and read in order.

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1	Singularity Sky 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Iron Sunrise 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Accelerando 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2006–2012)

Charles Stross's four standalone novels span fantasy and science fiction across 2006 to 2012 and should be read in publication order. The series concludes with The Rapture of the Nerds, cowritten with Cory Doctorow. Each book stands independently, allowing readers to approach them as separate works or experience the complete collection sequentially.

Start with Glasshouse, the first of 4 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Glasshouse 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Missile Gap 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Scratch Monkey 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Rapture of the Nerds(With: Cory Doctorow) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2004–2010)

The Merchant Princes is a six-book fantasy and science fiction series by Charles Stross that follows a complete story arc from 2004 to 2010. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Family Trade and concluding with The Trade of Queens. This finished series blends elements of alternate worlds, family intrigue, and high-stakes conflict across its full span.

Start with The Family Trade, the first of 6 books in the The Merchant Princes series.

#	Title
1	The Family Trade 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Hidden Family 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Clan Corporate 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Merchants' War 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Revolution Business 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Trade of Queens 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2020–2023)

Charles Stross's New Management trilogy spans from 2020 to 2023 and appears to be complete. The series consists of three books—Dead Lies Dreaming, Quantum of Nightmares, and Season of Skulls—that should be read in publication order. Blending fantasy and science fiction elements, this series represents Stross's contemporary dark fantasy work aimed at adult readers.

Start with Dead Lies Dreaming and read in order.

#	Title
1	Dead Lies Dreaming 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Quantum of Nightmares 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Season of Skulls 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

254 books (1980–2026)

The Warhammer 40,000 series is an expansive science fiction universe comprising 243 books from multiple authors, beginning with Deathwing and continuing through 2026. Published across decades starting in 1980, this ongoing series should be read in publication order to follow the development of the fictional setting and interconnected storylines. The collection spans numerous sub-series and standalone novels that collectively build the lore of this far-future science fiction world.

Start with Deathwing, the first of 243 books in the Warhammer 40,000 series.

#	Title
1	Deathwing 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Draco(By: Ian Watson) 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Inquisitor(By: Ian Watson) 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Chaos Child(By: Ian Watson) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Harlequin(By: Ian Watson) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Eye of Terror(By: Barrington J. Bayley) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Wine Of Dreams(By: Brian Craig) 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Dark Imperium(By: Gav Thorpe,William King,Simon Jowett,Matthew Farrer,Ben Counter,Barrington J. Bayley,Marc Gascoigne,Andy Chambers,Robert Earl,Neil Rutledge) 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Pawns of Chaos(By: Brian Craig) 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Farseer(By: William King) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Storm of Iron(By: Graham McNeill) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Words of Blood(By: Christian Z. Dunn,Marc Gascoigne) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Angels of Darkness(By: Gav Thorpe) 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Crucible of War(By: Dan Abnett,Graham McNeill,Christian Z. Dunn,Matthew Farrer,Sandy Mitchell,Simon Spurrier,Jonathan Green,Marc Gascoigne,Edward Rusk,David Charters,Matt Ralphs) 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Daemon World(By: Ben Counter) 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Lone Wolves(By: Dan Abnett) 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Iron Hands(By: Jonathan Green) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The 13th Black Crusade(By: Andy Hoare) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Inquisition War(By: Ian Watson) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	What Price Victory(By: Marc Gascoigne) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Bringers of Death(By: Simon Jowett,Mike Lee,Christian Z. Dunn,Sandy Mitchell,Marc Gascoigne,Mitchel Scanlon,C.S. Goto) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Barony of the Damned(By: Ben Counter) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Let the Galaxy Burn(By: Dan Abnett,Gav Thorpe,William King,Graham McNeill,Christian Z. Dunn,Ben Counter,Marc Gascoigne,Mark Brendan,Jonahan Curran,C.S. Goto,Andras Millward,Neil Rutledge) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Tales from the Dark Millennium(By: Dan Abnett,Mike Lee,Graham McNeill,Christian Z. Dunn,Steve Parker,Marc Gascoigne,Matt Keefe,C.S. Goto,Darren-Jon Ashmore) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Eldar Prophecy(By: C.S. Goto) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	The Inquisition(By: Nick Kyme) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Blood & Thunder(By: Dan Abnett) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Planetkill(By: Graham McNeill,Matthew Farrer,Steve Parker,Lindsey Priestley,Richard Williams,Henry Zou,Simon Dyton,Robey Jenkins) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Relentless(By: Richard Williams) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Assault on Black Reach(By: Nick Kyme) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Dawn of War II(By: Chris Roberson) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Thunder from Fenris(By: Nick Kyme) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Fear the Alien(By: Christian Z. Dunn) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Atlas Infernal(By: Rob Sanders) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Sabbat Worlds: A Good Man(By: Sandy Mitchell) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Beneath the Flesh(By: Andy Smillie) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Flesh(By: Chris Wraight) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Iron Warrior(By: Graham McNeill) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Perfection(By: Nick Kyme) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Reparation(By: Andy Smillie) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Sons of Russ(By: Nick Kyme) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	The Alien Beast Within(By: Ian Watson) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	The Beast of Calth(By: Graham McNeill) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	The Iron Without(By: Graham McNeill) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	Treacheries of the Space Marines(By: Christian Z. Dunn) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	With Baited Breath(By: George Mann) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	Cold Blood(By: David Guymer) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	Cold Steel(By: David Guymer) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	Crucible(By: John French) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	Down Amongst the Dead Men(By: Steve Lyons) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
51	Engine of Mork(By: Guy Haley) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
52	Iron Harvest(By: Guy Haley) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
53	Know Thyself(By: Andy Smillie) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
54	Machine Spirit(By: Nick Kyme) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
55	Mephiston: Lord of Death(By: David Annandale) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
56	Seventh Retribution(By: Ben Counter) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
57	Spirit War(By: Rob Sanders) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
58	The Path Forsaken(By: Rob Sanders) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
59	We Are One(By: John French) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
60	Atrophy(By: Christian Z. Dunn) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
61	Crimson Dawn(By: Christian Z. Dunn) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
62	Culling the Horde(By: Steve Parker) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
63	Devil’s Trappings(By: Nick Kyme) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
64	Knights of the Imperium(By: Graham McNeill) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
65	Nurgle's Gift & The Tallyman(By: Guy Haley) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
66	The Kauyon(By: Christian Z. Dunn) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
67	The Last Days of Ector(By: Guy Haley) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
68	The Tribute of Flesh(By: David Annandale) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
69	The Victim's Dance(By: Ben Counter) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
70	Trial by Blood(By: Andy Smillie) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
71	Valedor(By: Guy Haley) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
72	Wolves of Fenris(By: Chris Wraight) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
73	Dark City(By: Steve Lyons) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
74	Deathwatch: Kryptman's War(By: Ian St. Martin) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
75	Eye of the Dragon(By: Steve Lyons) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
76	Grey Knights: Sons of Titan(By: David Annandale) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
77	Irixa(By: Ben Counter) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
78	Necessary Evil(By: Rob Sanders) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
79	The Carnac Campaign(By: Rob Sanders) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
80	The Cost of Command(By: Sandy Mitchell) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
81	The Lords of Borsis(By: L.J. Goulding) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
82	Vermilion(By: Ben Counter) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
83	Whiteout(By: Andy Clark) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
84	Becoming(By: Andy Clark) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
85	Curse of the Wulfen(By: David Annandale) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
86	Death and Dishonour(By: Chris Wraight) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
87	Death's Shepherd(By: Andy Smillie) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
88	Deathwatch: Swordwind(By: Ian St. Martin) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
89	Gate of Souls(By: Mike Lee) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
90	Mercy Run(By: Steve Parker) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
91	Prometheus Requiem(By: Nick Kyme) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
92	The Burden of Angels(By: Nick Kyme) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
93	The Dark Hollows of Memory(By: David Annandale) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
94	The Everliving Legion(By: Nick Kyme) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
95	The Heraclitus Effect(By: Graham McNeill) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
96	The Prisoner(By: Graham McNeill) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
97	Total War: Lord of Chaos(By: Rob Sanders) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
98	Warped Stars(By: Ian Watson) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
99	Way of the Dead: Three Knights(By: Graham McNeill) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
100	A Trick of the Light(By: Joshua Reynolds) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
101	Champions of the Eternal War(By: Joshua Reynolds) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
102	Dante(By: Guy Haley) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
103	Deathwatch: The Omnibus(By: Ian St. Martin,Justin D. Hill,Steve Parker) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
104	Endurance(By: Chris Wraight) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
105	Exodus(By: Steve Lyons) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
106	Fearful Symmetries(By: Rob Sanders) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
107	Heloth(By: L.J. Goulding) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
108	Herren Von Fenris(By: Ben Counter,Sarah Anne Bülow,Anthea Wiederspohn) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
109	Kingsblade(By: Andy Clark) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
110	Left for Dead(By: Steve Lyons) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
111	Legacy of the Wulfen(By: David Annandale,Robbie MacNiven) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
112	Shroud of Night(By: Andy Clark) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
113	Sons of the Hydra(By: Rob Sanders) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
114	Soulfuel(By: Rob Sanders) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
115	Terminal Velocity(By: L.J. Goulding) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
116	The Path Unclear(By: Mike Brooks) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
117	The Vorago Fastness(By: David Annandale) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
118	Warlord: Fury of the God-Machine(By: David Annandale) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
119	Choke Point(By: Mike Brooks) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
120	Crusade(By: Andy Clark) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
121	Defiant(By: Andy Clark) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
122	Heart of Decay(By: Ben Counter) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
123	Hunger(By: Andy Smillie) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
124	Judge of the Wastes(By: David Annandale) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
125	Kill Shot(By: Ben Counter) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
126	Knightsblade(By: Andy Clark) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
127	Legacy of Dorn(By: Mike Lee) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
128	Lightning Run(By: Peter McLean) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
129	Lukas the Trickster(By: Joshua Reynolds) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
130	Masters of Stone and Steel(By: Gav Thorpe,Nick Kyme) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
131	Prophets of Waaagh!(By: Guy Haley) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
132	Rise(By: Ben Counter) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
133	Spear of the Emperor(By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
134	The Armour of Fate(By: Guy Haley) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
135	The Enemy of My Enemy(By: Nate Crowley) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
136	The Lords of Silence(By: Chris Wraight) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
137	The Tau'va(By: Andy Smillie) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
138	Agents of the Imperium(By: David Annandale) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
139	Assassinorum: Divine Sanction(By: Robert Rath) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
140	Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work(By: Guy Haley) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
141	Born of the Storm(By: Edoardo Albert) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
142	Celestine: Revelation(By: Andy Clark) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
143	Celestine: The Living Saint(By: Andy Clark) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
144	Ghosts of Iron(By: Marc Collins) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
145	Inferno! Volume 4(By: Edoardo Albert) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
146	Knights of Caliban(By: Gav Thorpe) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
147	Last Flight(By: Edoardo Albert) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
148	Mark of Faith(By: Rachel Harrison) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
149	Redemption Through Sacrifice(By: Justin Woolley) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
150	Sabbat Crusade: The Deeper Wounds(By: David Annandale) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
151	Servants of the Imperium(By: Nick Kyme,Danie Ware,Ian St. Martin) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
152	Shadowbreaker(By: Steve Parker) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
153	The Colonel's Monograph(By: Graham McNeill) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
154	The Strong Among Us(By: Steve Lyons) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
155	To Speak as One(By: Guy Haley) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
156	Vaults of Obsidian(By: David Annandale,Gav Thorpe,Nick Kyme,Darius Hinks,Joshua Reynolds,Guy Haley,J.C. Stearns,Denny Flowers,Nicholas Wolf) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
157	Assassinorum: Iron Sight(By: Robert Rath) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
158	Assassinorum: Live Wire(By: Robert Rath) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
159	Brutal Kunnin'(By: Mike Brooks) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
160	Darkness in the Blood: Blood Angels(By: Guy Haley) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
161	Deathwatch: Xenos Hunters(By: Christian Z. Dunn,Steve Parker) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
162	Empra(By: Nate Crowley) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
163	Ephrael Stern: The Heretic Saint(By: David Annandale) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
164	Green and Grey(By: Edoardo Albert) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
165	Imperium at War(By: Steve Lyons,Nate Crowley,Danie Ware,Thomas Parrott,Edoardo Albert) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
166	Indomitus(By: Gav Thorpe) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
167	Journey of the Magi(By: Jonathan Green) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
168	Knights of Macragge(By: Nick Kyme) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
169	Lord of the Dark Millennium(By: Dan Abnett) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
170	Nexus & Other Stories(By: Dan Abnett,Steve Parker,Joshua Reynolds,Peter McLean,Mike Brooks,Danie Ware,Guy Haley,Chris Wraight,Rachel Harrison,Robert Rath,J.C. Stearns,Thomas Parrott,Phil Kelly,Marc Collins) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
171	Night Shriekers(By: Justin Woolley) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
172	Opération: Shadowbreaker(By: Steve Parker) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
173	Savage(By: Guy Haley) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
174	The Adeptus Astartes(By: Nick Kyme) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
175	The Hammer and the Eagle: Icons of Warhammer(By: Dan Abnett,David Annandale,Gav Thorpe,Graham McNeill,Aaron Dembski-Bowden,Nick Kyme,Sandy Mitchell,Joshua Reynolds,Danie Ware,Guy Haley,Chris Wraight,David Guymer,Andy Clark,C.L. Werner,Justin D. Hill,Rachel Harrison,John French,Nick Horth) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
176	The Infinite and The Divine(By: Robert Rath) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
177	The Karsharat Abomination(By: George Mann) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
178	The Oath in Darkness(By: David Annandale) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
179	The Shapers of Scars(By: Marc Collins) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
180	Unification(By: Chris Wraight) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
181	War in the Museum(By: Robert Rath) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
182	Warriors and Warlords(By: Gav Thorpe,Steve Lyons,Graham McNeill,Joshua Reynolds,Peter McLean,Guy Haley,Chris Wraight,Robbie MacNiven,Rachel Harrison,Phil Kelly,MattSmith) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
183	Where Dere’s da Warp Dere’s a Way(By: Mike Brooks) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
184	Angels of Darkness and Blood(By: James Swallow,Ben Counter) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
185	Da Gobbo's Revenge(By: Mike Brooks) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
186	Mad Dok(By: Nate Crowley) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
187	Recongregator(By: David Annandale) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
188	Sabbat War(By: Dan Abnett,Graham McNeill,Matthew Farrer,Justin D. Hill,Rachel Harrison,John French,Edoardo Albert,John French Sloan) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
189	Servants of the Inquisition(By: Ben Counter,John French) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
190	Silent Hunters(By: Edoardo Albert) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
191	The Book Of Martyrs(By: Danie Ware) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
192	The Emperor's Sword(By: Steve Lyons) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
193	The Labyrinth of Lost Souls(By: Graham McNeill) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
194	The Tear of Selevia(By: Mike Brooks) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
195	The Twice-Dead King: Ruin(By: Nate Crowley) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
196	Volpone Glory(By: Nick Kyme) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
197	Warsphere(By: Darius Hinks) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
198	A Small Cog(By: Mitchel Scanlon) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
199	Assassinorum Kingmaker(By: Robert Rath) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
200	Astorath: Angel of Mercy(By: Guy Haley) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
201	Awakenings(By: George Mann) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
202	Fool's Ruin(By: Mike Brooks) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
203	Ghazghkull Thraka: Prophet of the Waaagh!(By: Nate Crowley) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
204	Helbrecht Knight Of The Throne(By: Marc Collins) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
205	Huron Blackheart: Master of the Maelstrom(By: Mike Brooks) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
206	It Bleeds(By: David Guymer) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
207	Kasrkin(By: Edoardo Albert) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
208	Krieg(By: Steve Lyons) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
209	Only War: Stories from the 41st Millennium(By: Edoardo Albert) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
210	Packin' Heat(By: Mike Brooks) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
211	Renegades: Harrowmaster(By: Mike Brooks) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
212	Sacred Hate(By: David Annandale) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
213	The Brightest And Best(By: Mike Brooks) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
214	The Skull Forge(By: Danie Ware) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
215	The Triumph Of Saint Katherine(By: Danie Ware) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
216	The Twice-Dead King: Reign(By: Nate Crowley) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
217	Void King(By: Marc Collins) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
218	Cypher: Lord of the Fallen(By: John French) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
219	Forges of Mars(By: Graham McNeill) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
220	Galaxy of Horrors(By: Steve Lyons) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
221	God-Machines(By: David Annandale) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
222	Less Than Human(By: Steve Lyons) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
223	Once A Killer(By: Mike Brooks) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
224	One Million Years(By: Nate Crowley) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
225	The Bleeding Stars(By: Robert Rath) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
226	The Devouring Void(By: Danie Ware) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
227	The Iron Kingdom(By: Nick Kyme) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
228	The Lion: Son of the Forest(By: Mike Brooks) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
229	The Long Promise(By: Mike Brooks) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
230	The Price of Morkai(By: Marc Collins) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
231	Warboss(By: Mike Brooks) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
232	Da Big Dakka(By: Mike Brooks) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
233	Lelith Hesperax: Queen of Knives(By: Mike Brooks) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
234	Lords Of Nocturne(By: Nick Kyme) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
235	Saints and Martyrs(By: Danie Ware) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
236	Sea of Souls(By: Chris Wraight) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
237	Solemnity(By: Nick Kyme) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
238	The High Kâhl's Oath(By: Gav Thorpe) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
239	Yarrick: The Omnibus(By: David Annandale) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
240	Archmagos(By: Guy Haley) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
241	Interceptor City(By: Dan Abnett) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
242	Soldiers of the Imperium(By: Steve Lyons) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
243	The Relentless Dead(By: Steve Lyons) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
244	Voidscarred(By: Mike Brooks) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
245	Aestred Thurga: Pyre of Faith(By: Danie Ware) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
246	Apostle(By: David Annandale) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
247	Carnage Unending(By: Dan Abnett) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
248	Da Freebooterz Code(By: Justin Woolley) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
249	Dawn of Fire: Crusade of Vengeance(By: Gav Thorpe,Guy Haley,Andy Clark) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
250	Ghost Legion(By: Mike Brooks) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
251	HIVE(By: Dan Abnett) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
252	Legends of the Waaagh!(By: Dan Abnett) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
253	The Wicked and the Warped(By: Robert Rath) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
254	World Ablaze(By: Guy Haley,Robbie MacNiven,Jude Reid,Denny Flowers,Justin Woolley,Richard Swan,Rhuairidh James,Marc Collins,John Sollitto,Mike Vincent,R.S. Wilt) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

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 fiction from the previous year, showcasing the best work in the genre across the series' run. These anthologies should be read in publication order to follow the chronological progression of acclaimed science fiction stories. While edited rather than written by Charles Stross, the series serves as a comprehensive retrospective of quality SF from the mid-1990s through early 2010s.

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

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1	Year's Best SF 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Year's Best SF 2 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Year's Best SF 3 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Year's Best SF 4 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Year's Best SF 5 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Year's Best SF 6 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Year's Best SF 7 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Year's Best SF 8 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Year's Best SF 9 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Year's Best SF 10 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Year's Best SF 11 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Year's Best SF 12 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Year's Best SF 13 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Year's Best SF 14 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Year's Best SF 15 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Year's Best SF 16 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Year's Best SF 17 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Year's Best SF 18 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible