Reading Order List — Book Series Reading Order Guide
Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow Reading Order

12 series · 176 books · Born 17 July 1971

Cory Doctorow is a Canadian author and activist renowned for his contributions to the science fiction genre, with a focus on themes of technology and societal issues. With an impressive body of work that includes 176 titles across 12 series, his most recognized novel, Little Brother, exemplifies his engaging narrative style. Active from 1984 to 2026, Doctorow has also explored various formats, including standalone novels, graphic novels, and short stories.

Anthologies Series

Ongoing

36 books (1998–2025)

Start with Tesseracts 7, the first of 36 books in the Anthologies series.

#Title
1
Cover of Tesseracts 7
Tesseracts 7
2
Asimov's Science Fiction, June 1999
3
Cover of Starlight 3
Starlight 3
4
Tesseracts 8
5
Cover of New Voices In Science Fiction
New Voices In Science Fiction
6
Cover of Open Space: New Canadian Fantastic Fiction
Open Space: New Canadian Fantastic Fiction
7
Cover of Witpunk
Witpunk
8
Cover of ReVisions
ReVisions
9
Cover of Future Washington
Future Washington
10
The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction
11
Cover of Year's Best SF 11
Year's Best SF 11
12
Rewired
13
Tesseracts Eleven: Amazing Canadian Speculative Fiction
14
Cover of The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection
15
Fast Forward 2
16
Cover of Unplugged
Unplugged
17
Cover of Alien Contact
Alien Contact
18
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 5
19
Cover of The Chronicles of Harris Burdick
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick
20
Cover of Imaginarium 2012
Imaginarium 2012
21
Robots: The Recent A.I.
22
Cover of After the End
After the End
23
Cover of Future Games
Future Games
24
Cover of Imaginarium 2013
Imaginarium 2013
25
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2013 Edition
26
Cover of Super Stories of Heroes and Villains
Super Stories of Heroes and Villains
27
Hieroglyph
28
Robot Uprisings
29
Cover of Imaginarium 3
Imaginarium 3
30
Press Start to Play
31
Watchlist
32
Astro Noise
33
Imaginarium 4
34
Cover of Escape Pod
Escape Pod
35
Make Shift
36
The Year's Best Science Fiction on Earth 3

Graphic Standalone Novels Series

Complete

2 books (2008–2014)

Start with Cory Doctorow's Futuristic Tales Of The Here And Now(With: Dara Naraghi) and read in order.

#Title
1
Cover of Cory Doctorow's Futuristic Tales Of The Here And Now(With: Dara Naraghi)
Cory Doctorow's Futuristic Tales Of The Here And Now(With: Dara Naraghi)
2
Cover of In Real Life(With: Jen Wang)
In Real Life(With: Jen Wang)

Jen Wang Graphic Novels Series

Complete

4 books (2010–2019)

Start with Koko Be Good(By: Jen Wang), the first of 4 books in the Jen Wang Graphic Novels series.

#Title
1
Cover of Koko Be Good(By: Jen Wang)
Koko Be Good(By: Jen Wang)
2
Cover of In Real Life
In Real Life
3
The Prince and the Dressmaker(By: Jen Wang)
4
Stargazing(By: Jen Wang)

Little Brother Series

Ongoing

7 books (2008–2024)

Start with Little Brother, the first of 7 books in the Little Brother series.

#Title
1
Cover of Little Brother
Little Brother
2
Cover of Homeland
Homeland
3
Lawful Interception
4
Cover of Attack Surface
Attack Surface
5
Force Multiplier
6
Spill
7
Vigilant

Martin Hench Series

Ongoing

3 books (2023–2025)

Start with Red Team Blues and read in order.

#Title
1
Red Team Blues
2
Cover of The Bezzle
The Bezzle
3
Picks and Shovels

Non-Fiction Series

Ongoing

10 books (2000–2025)

Start with The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction, the first of 10 books in the Non-Fiction series.

#Title
1
Cover of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction
2
Cover of Essential Blogging
Essential Blogging
3
Cover of Content
Content
4
Ebooks
5
Cover of Context
Context
6
All Complex Ecosystems Have Parasites
7
Cover of Information Doesn't Want to Be Free
Information Doesn't Want to Be Free
8
Chokepoint Capitalism(With: Rebecca Giblin)
9
The Internet Con
10
Cover of Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It

Outspoken Authors Series

Ongoing

32 books (1984–2026)

Start with The Presidential Papers(By: John H. Kessel), the first of 32 books in the Outspoken Authors series.

#Title
1
The Presidential Papers(By: John H. Kessel)
2
Cover of The Human Front(By: Ken MacLeod)
The Human Front(By: Ken MacLeod)
3
Lucky Strike(By: Kim Stanley Robinson)
4
The Left Left Behind(By: Terry Bisson,Eleanor Arnason)
5
Mammoths of the Great Plains(By: Eleanor Arnason)
6
The Underbelly(By: Gary Phillips,Eleanor Arnason)
7
Modem Times 2.0(By: Michael Moorcock,Eleanor Arnason)
8
The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow(With: Eleanor Arnason)
9
The Wild Girls(By: Ursula K. Le Guin,Eleanor Arnason)
10
Report from Planet Midnight(By: Nalo Hopkinson,Eleanor Arnason)
11
Cover of Surfing the Gnarl(By: Rudy Rucker)
Surfing the Gnarl(By: Rudy Rucker)
12
New Taboos(By: John Shirley)
13
Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials(By: Eleanor Arnason,Paul Krassner)
14
The Science of Herself(By: Karen Joy Fowler,Eleanor Arnason)
15
Raising Hell(By: Norman Spinrad,Eleanor Arnason)
16
Gypsy(By: Carter Scholz,Eleanor Arnason)
17
My Life, My Body(By: Marge Piercy)
18
Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be(By: Joe R. Lansdale,Eleanor Arnason)
19
Fire.(By: Elizabeth Hand,Eleanor Arnason)
20
Totalitopia(By: John Crowley)
21
The Atheist in the Attic(By: Samuel R. Delany,Eleanor Arnason)
22
Thoreau's Microscope(By: Michael Blumlein,Eleanor Arnason)
23
A City Made of Words(By: Paul Park)
24
Talk Like a Man(By: Nisi Shawl)
25
The Beatrix Gates(By: Rachel Pollack)
26
Cover of Big Girl(By: Meg Elison)
Big Girl(By: Meg Elison)
27
Planetbreaker’s Son(By: Nick Mamatas)
28
Utopias of the Third Kind(By: Vandana Singh)
29
Night Shift(By: Eileen Gunn)
30
The Collapsing Frontier(By: Jonathan Lethem)
31
Not What I Intended(By: Nancy Kress)
32
She is Here(By: Nicola Griffith)

Short Stories/Novellas Series

Likely Complete

12 books (2005–2023)

Start with I, Robot, the first of 12 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

#Title
1
Cover of I, Robot
I, Robot
2
Cover of When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth
When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth
3
Cover of The Things That Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away
The Things That Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away
4
Cover of True Names(With: Benjamin Rosenbaum)
True Names(With: Benjamin Rosenbaum)
5
Chicken Little
6
Cover of After the Siege
After the Siege
7
Cover of Anda's Game
Anda's Game
8
Car Wars
9
Party Discipline
10
Unauthorized Bread / Wie man einen Toaster überlistet: Novelle
11
Cover of Poesy the Monster Slayer
Poesy the Monster Slayer
12
The Canadian Miracle

Short Story Collections Series

Complete

5 books (2000–2019)

Start with A Place So Foreign and Eight More, the first of 5 books in the Short Story Collections series.

#Title
1
Cover of A Place So Foreign and Eight More
A Place So Foreign and Eight More
2
Cover of Overclocked
Overclocked
3
With a Little Help
4
The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow(With: Eleanor Arnason)
5
Cover of Radicalized
Radicalized

Smart Pop Series

Complete

38 books (2003–2015)

Start with Seven Seasons of Buffy(By: Scott Westerfeld,Charlaine Harris,Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,Kevin Andrew Murphy,Christie Golden,Sherrilyn Kenyon,Nancy Holder,Lawrence Watt-Evans,David Brin,Jacqueline Lichtenberg,Jean Lorrah,Laura Resnick,Sarah Zettel,Nancy Kilpatrick,Michelle West,Glenn Yeffeth,Margaret L. Carter,Peg Aloi,Marguerite Krause,Jennifer Crusie,Carla Montgomery), the first of 38 books in the Smart Pop series.

#Title
1
Seven Seasons of Buffy(By: Scott Westerfeld,Charlaine Harris,Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,Kevin Andrew Murphy,Christie Golden,Sherrilyn Kenyon,Nancy Holder,Lawrence Watt-Evans,David Brin,Jacqueline Lichtenberg,Jean Lorrah,Laura Resnick,Sarah Zettel,Nancy Kilpatrick,Michelle West,Glenn Yeffeth,Margaret L. Carter,Peg Aloi,Marguerite Krause,Jennifer Crusie,Carla Montgomery)
2
Cover of Taking the Red Pill(By: Glenn Yeffeth)
Taking the Red Pill(By: Glenn Yeffeth)
3
Five Seasons of Angel(By: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,Peter S. Beagle,Laura Anne Gilman,Sherrilyn Kenyon,Nancy Holder,Jacqueline Lichtenberg,Jean Lorrah,Josepha Sherman,Laura Resnick,Candace Havens,Glenn Yeffeth,Michelle Sagara,Steven Harper,Amy Berner,Marguerite Krause,Abbie Bernstein,Jennifer Crusie,Don DeBrandt,K. Stoddard Hayes,Joy Davidson,Don Kerns)
4
Stepping through the Stargate(By: P.N. Elrod,Roxanne Conrad)
5
Cover of Alias Assumed(By: Tracy S. Morris)
Alias Assumed(By: Tracy S. Morris)
6
Farscape Forever! Sex, Drugs and Killer Muppets(By: Glenn Yeffeth)
7
Cover of Finding Serenity(By: Robert Brian Taylor)
Finding Serenity(By: Robert Brian Taylor)
8
Flirting With Pride And Prejudice(By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Crusie)
9
Cover of King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape!(By: David Brin)
King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape!(By: David Brin)
10
Cover of Navigating the Golden Compass(By: Glenn Yeffeth)
Navigating the Golden Compass(By: Glenn Yeffeth)
11
Revisiting Narnia(By: Shanna Caughey)
12
Cover of The Anthology at the End of the Universe
The Anthology at the End of the Universe
13
Cover of The War of the Worlds(By: Connie Willis,Mercedes Lackey,H.G. Wells,Mike Resnick,Stephen Baxter,Lawrence Watt-Evans)
The War of the Worlds(By: Connie Willis,Mercedes Lackey,H.G. Wells,Mike Resnick,Stephen Baxter,Lawrence Watt-Evans)
14
Cover of Totally Charmed(By: Maggie Shayne,Rebecca York,Jody Lynn Nye,Evelyn Vaughn,Tanya Huff,Vera Nazarian,Jennifer Crusie)
Totally Charmed(By: Maggie Shayne,Rebecca York,Jody Lynn Nye,Evelyn Vaughn,Tanya Huff,Vera Nazarian,Jennifer Crusie)
15
Cover of Boarding the Enterprise(By: Robert J. Sawyer,David Gerrold)
Boarding the Enterprise(By: Robert J. Sawyer,David Gerrold)
16
Cover of Getting Lost(By: Orson Scott Card)
Getting Lost(By: Orson Scott Card)
17
Investigating CSI(By: Leah Wilson,Donn Cortez)
18
Cover of So Say We All(By: Peter B. Lloyd,Richard Hatch)
So Say We All(By: Peter B. Lloyd,Richard Hatch)
19
Cover of The Battle for Azeroth(By: Jody Lynn Nye,Justina Robson,Doranna Durgin,Bill Fawcett,Mel White,James John Bell,James M. Ward,Scott Cuthbertson,Nancy Berman,Jerry Jackson,Chris McCubbin,Maressa Hecht Orzack,Nancy Durgin)
The Battle for Azeroth(By: Jody Lynn Nye,Justina Robson,Doranna Durgin,Bill Fawcett,Mel White,James John Bell,James M. Ward,Scott Cuthbertson,Nancy Berman,Jerry Jackson,Chris McCubbin,Maressa Hecht Orzack,Nancy Durgin)
20
The Man from Krypton(By: Glenn Yeffeth)
21
The Unauthorized X-Men(By: Leah Wilson,Len Wein)
22
Cover of This Is Chick-Lit(By: Lauren Baratz-Logsted)
This Is Chick-Lit(By: Lauren Baratz-Logsted)
23
Cover of Welcome to Wisteria Lane(By: Leah Wilson)
Welcome to Wisteria Lane(By: Leah Wilson)
24
Cover of Coffee at Luke's(By: Leah Wilson,Jennifer Crusie)
Coffee at Luke's(By: Leah Wilson,Jennifer Crusie)
25
Grey's Anatomy 101(By: Leah Wilson)
26
Halo Effect(By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Thomason)
27
House Unauthorized(By: Leah Wilson)
28
Cover of Neptune Noir(By: Rob Thomas)
Neptune Noir(By: Rob Thomas)
29
Perfectly Plum(By: Leah Wilson)
30
Serenity Found(By: Orson Scott Card,Jacob Clifton,Michael Marano,Jane Espenson,Natalie Haynes,Nathan Fillion)
31
Webslinger(By: Leah Wilson,Gerry Conway)
32
Batman Unauthorized(By: Leah Wilson)
33
Secrets of the Dragon Riders(By: James A. Owen)
34
In the Hunt(By: Leah Wilson)
35
James Bond in the 21st Century(By: Leah Wilson,Glenn Yeffeth)
36
A Taste of True Blood(By: Leah Wilson)
37
Ardeur(By: Laurell K. Hamilton)
38
You Do Not Talk About Fight Club(By: Chuck Palahniuk,Read Mercer Schuchardt)

Standalone Novels Series

Likely Complete

9 books (2003–2023)

Start with Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, the first of 9 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#Title
1
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
2
Cover of Eastern Standard Tribe
Eastern Standard Tribe
3
Cover of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
4
Cover of Makers
Makers
5
Cover of For the Win
For the Win
6
Cover of Pirate Cinema
Pirate Cinema
7
Cover of The Rapture of the Nerds(With: Charles Stross)
The Rapture of the Nerds(With: Charles Stross)
8
Cover of Walkaway
Walkaway
9
The Lost Cause

Year's Best SF Anthology Series

Complete

18 books (1996–2013)

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

#Title
1
Year's Best SF
2
Year's Best SF 2
3
Cover of Year's Best SF 3
Year's Best SF 3
4
Year's Best SF 4
5
Cover of Year's Best SF 5
Year's Best SF 5
6
Year's Best SF 6
7
Cover of Year's Best SF 7
Year's Best SF 7
8
Year's Best SF 8
9
Year's Best SF 9
10
Cover of Year's Best SF 10
Year's Best SF 10
11
Cover of Year's Best SF 11
Year's Best SF 11
12
Cover of Year's Best SF 12
Year's Best SF 12
13
Year's Best SF 13
14
Year's Best SF 14
15
Cover of Year's Best SF 15
Year's Best SF 15
16
Year's Best SF 16
17
Cover of Year's Best SF 17
Year's Best SF 17
18
Cover of Year's Best SF 18
Year's Best SF 18

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Cory Doctorow written?
Cory Doctorow has written 176 books across 12 series. Their published works span from 1984 to 2026.
What is the first book in each Cory Doctorow series?
Here are the first books in Cory Doctorow's series: Anthologies: Tesseracts 7; Graphic Standalone Novels: Cory Doctorow's Futuristic Tales Of The Here And Now(With: Dara Naraghi); Jen Wang Graphic Novels: Koko Be Good(By: Jen Wang); Little Brother: Little Brother; Martin Hench: Red Team Blues.
What order should I read Cory Doctorow's books?
We recommend reading Cory Doctorow's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
Is Cory Doctorow still writing new books?
Yes, Cory Doctorow has 5 ongoing series: Anthologies, Little Brother, Martin Hench, Non-Fiction, Outspoken Authors.

You might also like