Kate Wilhelm Reading Order

25 books (1967–2012)

Kate Wilhelm's Anthologies series comprises 25 books of science fiction, mystery, and literary fiction published between 1967 and 2012, now complete. These anthologies should be read in publication order, beginning with Orbit 3 and progressing through various science fiction collections including the Nebula Awards volumes, Clarion SF, and specialty anthologies like Terry's Universe. The series spans multiple acclaimed science fiction publications and award-winning collections that showcase work from the genre's finest writers.

Start with Orbit 3, the first of 25 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Orbit 3 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Orbit 6 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Orbit 11 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Orbit 12 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Alpha 5 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Nebula Awards 9 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Clarion SF 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, October 1986 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Terry's Universe: Science fiction's finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Seventh Omni Book of Science Fiction 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Best New Horror 4 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Asimov's Science Fiction, November 1994 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Omni Visions Two 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Giant Book of Terror 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Angels! 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	The Secret History of Science Fiction 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2012 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

14 books (1991–2017)

The Barbara Holloway series comprises 14 complete mystery novels following defense attorney Barbara Holloway, published between 1991 and 2017. These legal thrillers should be read in publication order, beginning with Death Qualified and concluding with Mirror. Kate Wilhelm crafted this series across multiple decades, blending courtroom drama with complex character development and intricate plots. The series offers standalone mystery narratives while developing the protagonist's personal and professional life throughout.

Start with Death Qualified, the first of 14 books in the Barbara Holloway series.

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1	Death Qualified 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Best Defense 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Malice Prepense / For the Defense 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Defense for the Devil 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	No Defense 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Desperate Measures 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Clear and Convincing Proof 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Unbidden Truth 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Sleight of Hand 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	A Wrongful Death 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Cold Case 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Heaven is High 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	By Stone By Blade By Fire 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Mirror, Mirror 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

12 books (1986–2012)

This complete science fiction and mystery series spans twelve books published between 1986 and 2012, following the detective duo Constance and Charlie through interconnected cases. The novels should be read in publication order, beginning with The Gorgon Field and concluding with With Thimbles, With Forks, and Hope, to experience the full development of their partnership and the series' evolving mysteries. Kate Wilhelm's literary approach to the crime genre blends speculative elements with psychological depth across the collection.

Start with The Gorgon Field, the first of 12 books in the Constance and Charlie series.

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1	The Gorgon Field 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Hamlet Trap 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Dark Door 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Smart House 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Sweet, Sweet Poison 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Seven Kinds of Death 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	A Flush of Shadows 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	All For One 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Sister Angel 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Torch Song 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Whisper Her Name 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	With Thimbles, With Forks, and Hope 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1986–2005)

Kate Wilhelm's two-book nonfiction series spans nearly two decades of publication, beginning with The Hills Are Dancing in 1986 and concluding with Storyteller in 2005. These works should be read in publication order to best follow Wilhelm's development as a writer and thinker. The series is complete and offers insight into Wilhelm's perspectives across her career as an accomplished author of science fiction, mystery, and literary fiction.

Start with The Hills Are Dancing and read in order.

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1	The Hills Are Dancing 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Storyteller 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

7 books (1986–2022)

Kate Wilhelm's Short Stories/Novellas series spans seven works published between 1986 and 2022, presenting a collection that likely represents the author's complete body of work in this format. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky and continuing through In Between and The House Share. These stories and novellas showcase Wilhelm's versatility across science fiction, mystery, and literary fiction, offering readers varied narratives that reflect her distinctive voice across multiple genres.

Start with The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky, the first of 7 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

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1	The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Forever Yours, Anna (in Omni) 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Naming the Flowers 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	I Know What You’re Thinking (in Asimov's) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Moongate 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	In Between 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The House Share 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

13 books (1970–2015)

Kate Wilhelm's Short Story Collections series comprises thirteen volumes of stories published between 1970 and 2015, showcasing her versatility across science fiction, mystery, thriller, and literary fiction. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Downstairs Room and concluding with Yesterday's Tomorrows, with one collaborative volume co-written with Damon Knight. These collections span forty-five years of Wilhelm's prolific short fiction career and offer readers a comprehensive survey of her imaginative storytelling across multiple genres.

Start with Downstairs Room, The, the first of 13 books in the Short Story Collections series.

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1	Downstairs Room, The 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Abyss 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Better Than One(With: Damon Knight) 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Listen, Listen 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Children of the Wind 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	And the Angels Sing 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Fear is a Cold Black 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Music Makers 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Bird Cage 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Kate Wilhelm in Orbit, Volume One 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Kate Wilhelm in Orbit, Volume Two 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Yesterday's Tomorrows 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

28 books (1963–2012)

Kate Wilhelm's Standalone Novels series spans nearly five decades and comprises 28 complete works published between 1963 and 2012. These books should be read in publication order and represent Wilhelm's diverse explorations across science fiction, mystery, thriller, and literary fiction. Beginning with More Bitter Than Death and concluding with her final standalone work, the series showcases the evolution of this acclaimed author's distinctive narrative voice and thematic concerns throughout her career.

Start with More Bitter Than Death, the first of 28 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	More Bitter Than Death 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Mile-Long Spaceship 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Clone(With: Theodore L. Thomas) 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Andover and the Android 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Nevermore Affair 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Killer Thing / The Killing Thing 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Let the Fire Fall 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Margaret and I 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	City of Cain 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Infinity Box 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Clewiston Test 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Fault Lines 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Juniper Time 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	A Sense of Shadow 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Winter Beach 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Oh, Susannah! 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Welcome, Chaos 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Huysman's Pets 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Crazy Time 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Cambio Bay 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Justice for Some 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	The Good Children 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Deepest Water 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Skeletons 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	The Price of Silence 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Death of an Artist 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	The Fullness of Time 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible