Mira Grant Reading Order

20 books (1979–2025)

The Alien series comprises 20 books by various authors across science fiction and horror genres, published from 1979 to 2025, with the series still ongoing. These works should be read in publication order, beginning with the original Alien by Archie Goodwin and continuing through recent releases like Inferno's Fall. The collection includes novels, technical manuals, photography books, and film prequels that expand the Alien universe through multiple storylines and perspectives. This diverse series offers both canonical narratives and supplementary materials for fans seeking comprehensive engagement with the franchise.

Start with Alien(By: Archie Goodwin), the first of 20 books in the Alien series.

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1	Alien(By: Archie Goodwin) 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual(By: Lee Brimmicombe-Wood) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Aliens: The Set Photography(By: Simon Ward) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Alien: Covenant Origins - The Official Prequel to the Blockbuster Film(By: Titan Books) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Alien: Covenant(By: Alan Dean Foster) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Aliens: Bug Hunt(By: Heather Graham,Jonathan Maberry,Yvonne Navarro) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Cold Forge(By: Alex White) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Echo 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Isolation(By: Keith R.A. DeCandido) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Prototype(By: Tim Waggoner) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Making of Alien(By: J.W. Rinzler) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Phalanx(By: Scott Sigler) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Infiltrator(By: Weston Ochse) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Into Charybdis(By: Alex White) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Alien - Inferno's Fall(By: Philippa Ballantine,Clara Carija) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Alien: Colony War(By: David M. Barnett) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Vasquez(By: V. Castro) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Alien: Enemy of My Enemy(By: Mary SanGiovanni) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Aliens: Bishop(By: T.R. Napper) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Alien: Seventh Circle(By: Philippa Ballantine,Clara Carija) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (2010–2021)

Mira Grant edited five horror and science fiction anthologies published between 2010 and 2021, likely now complete. These collections should be read in publication order, beginning with The Living Dead 2. The series includes The End Has Come, Nights of the Living Dead Anthology, and two volumes from The Best Horror of the Year series, showcasing diverse voices in speculative horror fiction.

Start with The Living Dead 2, the first of 5 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	The Living Dead 2 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The End Has Come 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Nights of the Living Dead Anthology 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

19 books (2009–2026)

The Best Horror of the Year is an ongoing series of annual horror anthologies edited by Mira Grant, spanning 18 volumes from 2009 to 2025. Each installment collects the year's finest short horror fiction, curated to showcase standout work across the genre. Readers should begin with Volume One and proceed in publication order to experience the series chronologically. The series includes The Best of the Best Horror of the Year, a retrospective volume highlighting ten years of essential selections from the collection.

Start with The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One, the first of 18 books in the Best Horror of the Year series.

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1	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Best Horror of the Year, Volume Eighteen 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (2017–2017)

The Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi series comprises eight books published in 2017 that explore the Star Wars universe leading up to the events of The Last Jedi film. The series includes short story collections, graphic novels, reference guides, and supplementary materials written by various authors including Mira Grant, Kelly Thompson, Delilah S. Dawson, and Ken Liu. Read in publication order beginning with the multi-author anthology Canto Bight and concluding with The Rebel Files: Collected Intelligence of the Alliance. This complete series is designed to deepen viewers' understanding of the Star Wars saga through interconnected stories and behind-the-scenes content.

Start with Canto Bight(With: Saladin Ahmed,John Jackson Miller,Rae Carson), the first of 8 books in the Journey To Star Wars: The Last Jedi series.

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1	Canto Bight(With: Saladin Ahmed,John Jackson Miller,Rae Carson) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Captain Phasma(By: Kelly Thompson) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Phasma(By: Delilah S. Dawson) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Star Wars Annual 2018(By: Egmont) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Star Wars Kirigami(By: Marc Hagan-Guirey) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Stormtroopers: Beyond the Armor(By: Ryder Windham,Adam Bray,John Boyega) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Legends of Luke Skywalker(By: Ken Liu) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Rebel Files: Collected Intelligence of the Alliance(By: Daniel Wallace) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2010–2016)

The Newsflesh series by Mira Grant consists of five science fiction horror novels published between 2010 and 2016, forming a complete storyline that should be read in publication order. Beginning with Feed and concluding with Feedback, the series includes the novel Blackout and the supplementary volumes San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats. This finished series blends speculative fiction with investigative journalism elements across its interconnected narrative arc.

Start with Feed, the first of 5 books in the Newsflesh series.

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1	Feed 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Deadline 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Blackout 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Feedback 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Rise 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (2011–2018)

Mira Grant's Newsflesh Short Stories and Novellas series consists of eight science fiction and horror entries published between 2011 and 2018, now complete. These standalone tales set within the Newsflesh universe should be read in publication order, beginning with Apocalypse Scenario #683: The Box and concluding with Coming to You Live. The collection explores various perspectives and scenarios within Grant's post-apocalyptic world through shorter fiction formats.

Start with Apocalypse Scenario #683: The Box, the first of 8 books in the Newsflesh Short Stories/Novellas series.

3 books (2013–2015)

The Parasitology trilogy is a complete science fiction horror series by Mira Grant consisting of three books published between 2013 and 2015. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Parasite, followed by Symbiont, and concluding with Chimera. This trilogy blends speculative science fiction with horror elements as it explores a near-future world shaped by parasitic organisms and their relationship with humanity.

Start with Parasite and read in order.

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1	Parasite 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Symbiont 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Chimera 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

14 books (1987–2020)

The Predator series comprises 13 science fiction and horror novels published between 1987 and 2020, following the publication order. The complete series features contributions from numerous authors including Paul Monette, Simon Hawke, James A. Moore, Nathan Archer, and others, spanning standalone stories and interconnected narratives set within the Predator universe. Readers should begin with Paul Monette's Predator and continue through the sequence as published to experience the series' full scope.

Start with Predator(By: Paul Monette), the first of 13 books in the Predator series.

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1	Predator(By: Paul Monette) 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Predator 2(By: Simon Hawke) 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Concrete Jungle(By: James A. Moore,Nathan Archer) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Concrete Jungle(By: Nathan Archer) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Cold War(By: Nathan Archer) 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Big Game(By: Sandy Schofield) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Forever Midnight(By: John Shirley) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Flesh and Blood(By: Robert Greenberger,Michael Jan Friedman) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	South China Sea(By: Jeff VanderMeer) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Turnabout(By: Steve Perry) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Incursion(By: Tim Lebbon) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	If It Bleeds(With: Jonathan Maberry,Jeremy Robinson,Kevin J. Anderson,Bryan Thomas Schmidt,Tim Lebbon,Andrew Mayne,Steve Perry,Larry Correia,Dayton Ward) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Hunters and Hunted Official Movie Prequel(By: James A. Moore) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Stalking Shadows(By: James A. Moore,Mark Morris) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2015–2017)

Mira Grant's two-book science fiction horror series concludes with Into the Drowning Deep, following the initial installment Rolling in the Deep from 2015 and 2017 respectively. This complete series should be read in publication order to experience the full narrative arc. The books blend Grant's signature speculative fiction approach with horror elements across the duology.

Start with Rolling in the Deep and read in order.

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1	Rolling in the Deep 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Into the Drowning Deep 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2017–2023)

Mira Grant's collection of science fiction and horror short works spans from 2017 to 2023 across three books: Final Girls, Kingdom of Needle and Bone, and Unbreakable. This likely complete series should be read in publication order to experience the stories as Grant intended. Each entry offers standalone narratives within the author's distinctive speculative and dark genres.

Start with Final Girls and read in order.

1 book (2012–2012)

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1	When Will You Rise 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2019–2025)

Mira Grant's series of standalone science fiction and horror novels began in 2019 with In the Shadow of Spindrift House, followed by Square³ and Overgrowth through 2025. Each book functions as an independent story, though readers should approach them in publication order to experience Grant's evolving vision across the series. The series remains ongoing, with more entries anticipated.

Start with In the Shadow of Spindrift House and read in order.

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1	In the Shadow of Spindrift House 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Square³ 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Overgrowth 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible