Greg Van Eekhout Reading Order

16 books (2001–2025)

Greg Van Eekhout has contributed to fourteen anthology collections spanning fantasy, science fiction, and related genres from 2001 through 2025. These anthologies, which remain ongoing, should be read in publication order beginning with Starlight 3. The series includes notable collections such as The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection, Diverse Energies, and The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017, alongside Daily Science Fiction compilations and themed volumes like Aliens: Recent Encounters and The Beasts Beneath the Winds: Tales of Southeast Asia's Mythical Creatures.

Start with Starlight 3, the first of 14 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Starlight 3 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	New Skies: An Anthology of Today's Science Fiction 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Paper Cities 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Daily Science Fiction Stories of March 2011 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Daily Science Fiction Stories of November 2010 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Diverse Energies 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Aliens: Recent Encounters 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Whispers from the Abyss 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Book of Magic: A Collection of Stories 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Worlds Seen in Passing 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Beasts Beneath the Winds: Tales of Southeast Asia’s Mythical Creatures 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2014–2015)

Greg Van Eekhout's California Bones trilogy is a complete fantasy-science fiction series comprising three books published between 2014 and 2015. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with California Bones, followed by Dragon Coast, and concluding with Pacific Fire.

Start with California Bones and read in order.

#	Title
1	California Bones 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Dragon Coast 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Pacific Fire 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2011–2011)

9 books (2009–2024)

Greg Van Eekhout has published nine standalone novels spanning fantasy and science fiction from 2009 to 2024, with the series remaining active and ongoing. Each book functions independently, though readers new to his work should begin with Norse Code, his 2009 debut, and continue through the subsequent releases in publication order: Kid vs. Squid, The Boy at the End of the World, Voyage of the Dogs, Cog, Weird Kid, Fenris & Mott, The Ghost Job, and Happy Town. Since these are standalone entries rather than interconnected narratives, readers can approach them sequentially to experience Van Eekhout's evolving style across different imaginative worlds.

Start with Norse Code, the first of 9 books in the Greg Van Eekhout Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Norse Code 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Kid vs. Squid 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Boy at the End of the World 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Voyage of the Dogs 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Cog 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Weird Kid 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Fenris & Mott 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Ghost Job 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Happy Town 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible