Cory Doctorow Reading Order
12 series · 183 books · Born 1971-07-17
Cory Doctorow is a prolific science fiction author known for blending speculative storytelling with advocacy around digital rights and technology policy. His young adult novel Little Brother established him as a major voice in contemporary SF, while his broader catalog spans graphic novels, short fiction collections, and standalone works that explore themes of surveillance, freedom, and resistance in digital societies. A co-editor of Boing Boing and former European director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Doctorow brings journalistic rigor and activist perspective to fiction that feels urgently relevant to contemporary readers.
Anthologies Series
Ongoing36 books (1998–2025)
Start with Tesseracts 7, the first of 36 books in the Anthologies series.
Start this series with Tesseracts 7
Buy Book 1 🇺🇸🎧 Listen free on Audible| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Tesseracts 7 |
| 2 | Asimov's Science Fiction, June 1999 |
| 3 |  Starlight 3 |
| 4 | Tesseracts 8 |
| 5 |  New Voices In Science Fiction |
| 6 |  Open Space: New Canadian Fantastic Fiction |
| 7 |  Witpunk |
| 8 |  ReVisions |
| 9 |  Future Washington |
| 10 | The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction |
| 11 |  Year's Best SF 11 |
| 12 | Rewired |
| 13 | Tesseracts Eleven: Amazing Canadian Speculative Fiction |
| 14 |  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection |
| 15 | Fast Forward 2 |
| 16 |  Unplugged |
| 17 |  Alien Contact |
| 18 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 5 |
| 19 |  The Chronicles of Harris Burdick |
| 20 |  Imaginarium 2012 |
| 21 | Robots: The Recent A.I. |
| 22 |  After the End |
| 23 |  Future Games |
| 24 |  Imaginarium 2013 |
| 25 | Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2013 Edition |
| 26 |  Super Stories of Heroes and Villains |
| 27 | Hieroglyph |
| 28 | Robot Uprisings |
| 29 |  Imaginarium 3 |
| 30 | Press Start to Play |
| 31 | Watchlist |
| 32 | Astro Noise |
| 33 | Imaginarium 4 |
| 34 |  Escape Pod |
| 35 | Make Shift |
| 36 | The Year's Best Science Fiction on Earth 3 |
Graphic Standalone Novels Series
Complete2 books (2008–2014)
Start with Cory Doctorow's Futuristic Tales Of The Here And Now(With: Dara Naraghi) and read in order.
Start this series with Cory Doctorow's Futuristic Tales Of The Here And Now(With: Dara Naraghi)
Buy Book 1 🇺🇸🎧 Listen free on Audible| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Cory Doctorow's Futuristic Tales Of The Here And Now(With: Dara Naraghi) |
| 2 |  In Real Life(With: Jen Wang) |
Jen Wang Graphic Novels Series
Complete4 books (2010–2019)
Start with Koko Be Good(By: Jen Wang), the first of 4 books in the Jen Wang Graphic Novels series.
Start this series with Koko Be Good(By: Jen Wang)
Buy Book 1 🇺🇸🎧 Listen free on Audible| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Koko Be Good(By: Jen Wang) |
| 2 | In Real Life |
| 3 | The Prince and the Dressmaker(By: Jen Wang) |
| 4 | Stargazing(By: Jen Wang) |
Little Brother Series
Ongoing7 books (2008–2024)
Start with Little Brother, the first of 7 books in the Little Brother series.
Start this series with Little Brother
Buy Book 1 🇺🇸🎧 Listen free on Audible| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Little Brother |
| 2 |  Homeland |
| 3 | Lawful Interception |
| 4 |  Attack Surface |
| 5 | Force Multiplier |
| 6 | Spill |
| 7 | Vigilant |
Martin Hench Series
Ongoing3 books (2023–2025)
Start with Red Team Blues and read in order.
Start this series with Red Team Blues
Buy Book 1 🇺🇸🎧 Listen free on Audible| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Red Team Blues |
| 2 |  The Bezzle |
| 3 | Picks and Shovels |
Non-Fiction Series
Ongoing11 books (2000–2026)
Start with The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction, the first of 10 books in the Non-Fiction series.
Start this series with The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction
Buy Book 1 🇺🇸🎧 Listen free on Audible| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction |
| 2 |  Essential Blogging |
| 3 |  Content |
| 4 | Ebooks |
| 5 |  Context |
| 6 | All Complex Ecosystems Have Parasites |
| 7 |  Information Doesn't Want to Be Free |
| 8 | Chokepoint Capitalism(With: Rebecca Giblin) |
| 9 | The Internet Con |
| 10 |  Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It |
| 11 | The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI |
Outspoken Authors Series
Ongoing32 books (1984–2026)
Start with The Presidential Papers(By: John H. Kessel), the first of 32 books in the Outspoken Authors series.
Start this series with The Presidential Papers(By: John H. Kessel)
Buy Book 1 🇺🇸🎧 Listen free on Audible| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Presidential Papers(By: John H. Kessel) |
| 2 |  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 |  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 |  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 Complete14 books (2002–2023)
Start with I, Robot, the first of 12 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jury Service(With: Charles Stross) 2002 |
| 2 | Appeals Court(With: Charles Stross) |
| 3 |  I, Robot |
| 4 |  When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth |
| 5 |  The Things That Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away |
| 6 |  True Names(With: Benjamin Rosenbaum) |
| 7 | Chicken Little |
| 8 |  After the Siege |
| 9 |  Anda's Game |
| 10 | Car Wars |
| 11 | Party Discipline |
| 12 | Unauthorized Bread / Wie man einen Toaster überlistet: Novelle |
| 13 |  Poesy the Monster Slayer |
| 14 | The Canadian Miracle |
Short Story Collections Series
Complete5 books (2000–2019)
Start with A Place So Foreign and Eight More, the first of 5 books in the Short Story Collections series.
Start this series with A Place So Foreign and Eight More
Buy Book 1 🇺🇸🎧 Listen free on Audible| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  A Place So Foreign and Eight More |
| 2 |  Overclocked |
| 3 | With a Little Help |
| 4 | The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow(With: Eleanor Arnason) |
| 5 |  Radicalized |
Smart Pop Series
Complete42 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.
Start this series 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)
Buy Book 1 🇺🇸🎧 Listen free on Audible| # | 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 |  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 | What Would Sipowicz Do? Race, Rights and Redemption in NYPD Blue(By: Glenn Yeffeth,Shanna Caughey) |
| 6 |  Alias Assumed(By: Tracy S. Morris) |
| 7 | Farscape Forever! Sex, Drugs and Killer Muppets(By: Glenn Yeffeth) |
| 8 |  Finding Serenity(By: Robert Brian Taylor) |
| 9 | Flirting With Pride And Prejudice(By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Crusie) |
| 10 |  King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape!(By: David Brin) |
| 11 |  Navigating the Golden Compass(By: Glenn Yeffeth) |
| 12 | Revisiting Narnia(By: Shanna Caughey) |
| 13 |  The Anthology at the End of the Universe |
| 14 |  The War of the Worlds(By: Connie Willis,Mercedes Lackey,H.G. Wells,Mike Resnick,Stephen Baxter,Lawrence Watt-Evans) |
| 15 |  Totally Charmed(By: Maggie Shayne,Rebecca York,Jody Lynn Nye,Evelyn Vaughn,Tanya Huff,Vera Nazarian,Jennifer Crusie) |
| 16 | Beauty(By: Glenn Yeffeth) |
| 17 |  Boarding the Enterprise(By: Robert J. Sawyer,David Gerrold) |
| 18 |  Getting Lost(By: Orson Scott Card) |
| 19 | Investigating CSI(By: Leah Wilson,Donn Cortez) |
| 20 |  So Say We All(By: Peter B. Lloyd,Richard Hatch) |
| 21 |  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) |
| 22 | The Man from Krypton(By: Glenn Yeffeth) |
| 23 | The Unauthorized X-Men(By: Leah Wilson,Len Wein) |
| 24 |  This Is Chick-Lit(By: Lauren Baratz-Logsted) |
| 25 |  Welcome to Wisteria Lane(By: Leah Wilson) |
| 26 |  Coffee at Luke's(By: Leah Wilson,Jennifer Crusie) |
| 27 | Grey's Anatomy 101(By: Leah Wilson) |
| 28 | Halo Effect(By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Thomason) |
| 29 | House Unauthorized(By: Leah Wilson) |
| 30 | Jack Bauer for President(By: Leah Wilson,Richard Miniter) |
| 31 |  Neptune Noir(By: Rob Thomas) |
| 32 | Perfectly Plum(By: Leah Wilson) |
| 33 | Serenity Found(By: Orson Scott Card,Jacob Clifton,Michael Marano,Jane Espenson,Natalie Haynes,Nathan Fillion) |
| 34 | Webslinger(By: Leah Wilson,Gerry Conway) |
| 35 | Batman Unauthorized(By: Leah Wilson) |
| 36 | Batman Unauthorized(By: Leah Wilson,Alan J. Porter) |
| 37 | Secrets of the Dragon Riders(By: James A. Owen) |
| 38 | In the Hunt(By: Leah Wilson) |
| 39 | James Bond in the 21st Century(By: Leah Wilson,Glenn Yeffeth) |
| 40 | A Taste of True Blood(By: Leah Wilson) |
| 41 | Ardeur(By: Laurell K. Hamilton) |
| 42 | You Do Not Talk About Fight Club(By: Chuck Palahniuk,Read Mercer Schuchardt) |
Standalone Novels Series
Likely Complete9 books (2003–2023)
Start with Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, the first of 9 books in the Standalone Novels series.
Start this series with Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Buy Book 1 🇺🇸🎧 Listen free on Audible| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom |
| 2 |  Eastern Standard Tribe |
| 3 |  Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town |
| 4 |  Makers |
| 5 |  For the Win |
| 6 |  Pirate Cinema |
| 7 |  The Rapture of the Nerds(With: Charles Stross) |
| 8 |  Walkaway |
| 9 | The Lost Cause |
Year's Best SF Anthology Series
Complete18 books (1996–2013)
Start with Year's Best SF, the first of 18 books in the Year's Best SF Anthology series.
Start this series with Year's Best SF
Buy Book 1 🇺🇸🎧 Listen free on Audible| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Year's Best SF |
| 2 | Year's Best SF 2 |
| 3 |  Year's Best SF 3 |
| 4 | Year's Best SF 4 |
| 5 |  Year's Best SF 5 |
| 6 | Year's Best SF 6 |
| 7 |  Year's Best SF 7 |
| 8 | Year's Best SF 8 |
| 9 | Year's Best SF 9 |
| 10 |  Year's Best SF 10 |
| 11 | Year's Best SF 11 |
| 12 |  Year's Best SF 12 |
| 13 | Year's Best SF 13 |
| 14 | Year's Best SF 14 |
| 15 |  Year's Best SF 15 |
| 16 | Year's Best SF 16 |
| 17 |  Year's Best SF 17 |
| 18 |  Year's Best SF 18 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Cory Doctorow written?
- Cory Doctorow has written 183 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.