James Bradley Reading Order

11 books (2011–2022)

James Bradley edited seven anthologies published between 2011 and 2022, presenting a diverse collection of short stories, essays, and fantasy and horror fiction from Australian writers. The series includes annual volumes of best Australian stories and essays, specialized collections focused on novel writing, and themed anthologies like Where There's Smoke featuring male authors and Tomorrow's Parties exploring life in the Anthropocene. Each book functions as a standalone anthology, though reading them in publication order provides a chronological perspective on contemporary Australian literature across the period. The series appears to be complete, though some volumes were published intermittently rather than consecutively each year.

Start with 10 Short Stories You Must Read in 2011, the first of 7 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	10 Short Stories You Must Read in 2011 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Best Australian Stories 2012 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Best Australian Stories 2013 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Writing a Novel Anthology, 2013 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Writing a Novel Anthology, 2014 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2014 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Where There's Smoke: Outstanding Short Stories by Australian Men 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Best Australian Essays 2016 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Best Australian Stories 2016 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Tomorrow's Parties: Life in the Anthropocene 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (1994–1994)

1 book (2012–2012)

7 books (1997–2025)

James Bradley's Standalone Novels series comprises seven books published between 1997 and 2025, with the series still ongoing. Despite the series designation, each novel stands independently and can be read in any order, though reading them in publication order—beginning with Wrack and continuing through The Deep Field, The Resurrectionist, Clade, Ghost Species, Deep Water, and concluding with Landfall—provides a chronological perspective on the author's evolving work.

Start with Wrack, the first of 7 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Wrack 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Deep Field 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Resurrectionist 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Clade 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Ghost Species 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Deep Water 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Landfall 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2017–2023)

James Bradley's The Change series comprises three science fiction novels released between 2017 and 2023, with the final installment arriving in 2023 suggesting the sequence is complete. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with The Silent Invasion, followed by The Buried Ark, and concluding with A Vastness of Stars. This trilogy stands as a continuous narrative that builds across all three volumes.

Start with The Silent Invasion and read in order.

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1	The Silent Invasion 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Buried Ark 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	A Vastness of Stars 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible