James Alan Gardner Reading Order

12 books (1994–2012)

James Alan Gardner edited or contributed to twelve science fiction and speculative fiction anthologies between 1994 and 2012, creating a complete collection that should be read in publication order beginning with Northern Stars. The series includes notable anthologies such as Tesseracts 5, Galileo's Children, and The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 22, spanning various themed collections and magazine special editions. These works showcase diverse science fiction and fantasy stories curated or selected across nearly two decades of publishing.

Start with Northern Stars, the first of 12 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Northern Stars 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Tesseracts 5 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Asimov's Science Fiction, February 1997 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	More Amazing Stories 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	What If...? 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Future Washington 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Galileo's Children 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, February 2008 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 22 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Campus Chills 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2011 edition 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2004–2004)

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1	Gravity Wells 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2017–2018)

James Alan Gardner's Dark/Spark series comprises two science fiction novels published in 2017 and 2018. The complete duology should be read in publication order, beginning with All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault followed by They Promised Me The Gun Wasn't Loaded.

Start with All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault and read in order.

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1	All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	They Promised Me The Gun Wasn't Loaded 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2001–2004)

The Lara Croft: Tomb Raider series comprises four complete novels published between 2001 and 2004, written by various authors including Michael Jan Friedman, Mike Resnick, and E.E. Knight. These books should be read in publication order, beginning with Tomb Raider Tech Manual and concluding with The Man of Bronze. The series offers a closed narrative arc with no additional installments planned.

Start with Tomb Raider Tech Manual(By: Michael Jan Friedman), the first of 4 books in the Lara Croft: Tomb Raider series.

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1	Tomb Raider Tech Manual(By: Michael Jan Friedman) 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Amulet of Power(By: Mike Resnick) 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Lost Cult(By: E.E. Knight) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Man of Bronze 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

7 books (1997–2004)

James Alan Gardner's League of Peoples is a complete science fiction series comprising seven books published between 1997 and 2004. The novels should be read in publication order, beginning with Expendable and continuing through Commitment Hour, Vigilant, Hunted, Ascending, Trapped, and concluding with Radiant. Each book builds on the events and universe established in previous installments, making sequential reading essential for following the overarching narrative.

Start with Expendable, the first of 7 books in the League of Peoples series.

#	Title
1	Expendable 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Commitment Hour 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Vigilant 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Hunted 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Ascending 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Trapped 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Radiant 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (1997–2019)

James Alan Gardner's science fiction short stories and novellas span from 1997 to 2019 across five complete collections. These works should be read in publication order, beginning with Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Bloodstream and concluding with Organisms: Selected Stories. The series showcases Gardner's imaginative approach to speculative fiction through various standalone and interconnected shorter works.

Start with Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Bloodstream, the first of 5 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.