Jo Walton Reading Order
1 series · 34 books
Jo Walton is a Welsh-Canadian author who writes literary science fiction and fantasy with intellectual depth and innovative premises. She won the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Among Others, a standalone novel exploring fandom and alternate realities, and the World Fantasy Award for Tooth and Claw, which reimagines Victorian society through the perspective of dragons. Her Small Change trilogy combines alternate history with cozy mystery elements in twentieth-century settings, demonstrating her skill at blending genre conventions with character-driven storytelling.
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Standalone Novels Series
34 books
Jo Walton has written 34 standalone novels and related works spanning science fiction, fantasy, and nonfiction essays. These books should be read in publication order, beginning with Among Others. The series encompasses a diverse range of titles including the alternate history novels Farthing, Ha'penny, and Half a Crown, as well as standalone works like My Real Children and Necessity. While each entry functions as a complete story independent of the others, experiencing them in chronological order of release provides insight into Walton's evolving interests and storytelling approaches across her career.
Start with Among Others, the first of 34 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Among Others |
| 2 | An informal history of the Hugos |
| 3 | Burden Shared |
| 4 | Escape to Other Worlds with Science Fiction |
| 5 | Farthing |
| 6 | GURPS Celtic Myth |
| 7 | Ha'penny |
| 8 | Half a crown |
| 9 | Leave Your World Behind - a Fantasy Fiction Sampler |
| 10 | Lent |
| 11 | Lifelode |
| 12 | My real children |
| 13 | Necessity |
| 14 | Or What You Will |
| 15 | Poor Relations |
| 16 | Realms of Sorcery |
| 17 | Rebirth of Pan |
| 18 | Sibyls and Spaceships |
| 19 | Sleeper |
| 20 | Small Change : The Complete Trilogy |
| 21 | Starlings |
| 22 | Story Behind the Book |
| 23 | Sundown |
| 24 | The Helix and the Hard Road |
| 25 | The Just City |
| 26 | The King's Name |
| 27 | The King's Peace |
| 28 | The Philosopher Kings |
| 29 | The prize in the game |
| 30 | Thessaly: The Complete Trilogy (The Just City, The Philosopher Kings, Necessity) |
| 31 | Tooth and Claw |
| 32 | Trace Elements |
| 33 | What Makes This Book So Great |
| 34 | Wo Bu Shu Yu Ta Men |
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