Nancy Kress Reading Order
1 series · 178 books
Nancy Kress is a science fiction author whose career spans decades, with her breakthrough coming through the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novella Beggars in Spain, which she expanded into a full novel. Her work explores complex speculative scenarios and philosophical questions, earning her multiple Nebula Awards including recognition for novellas like After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall and Yesterday's Kin. Known for blending hard science fiction concepts with character-driven narratives, Kress has established herself as a prominent voice in the genre through both standalone novels and interconnected works published from the 1980s onward.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete178 books
Start with The golden grove, the first of 178 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | 2015 Young Explorer's Adventure Guide (Young Explorer's Adventure Guides Book 1) |
| 2 | 2016 Young Explorer's Adventure Guide |
| 3 | 2018 Young Explorer's Adventure Guide (Volume 4) |
| 4 | AI Unbound: Two Stories of Artificial Intelligence |
| 5 | AI Unbound: Two Stories of Artificial Intelligence |
| 6 | Act One - 2010 Nebula Award Nominee |
| 7 | Act One - Current Nebula and Hugo Nominee for Best Novella |
| 8 | After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall |
| 9 | After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall |
| 10 | After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall |
| 11 | Alice Run |
| 12 | Alien Contact |
| 13 | Aliens |
| 14 | Artefacts |
| 15 | Beaker's Dozen |
| 16 | Body Human |
| 17 | Clarkesworld Issue 117 |
| 18 | Clarkesworld Issue 123 |
| 19 | Clarkesworld Issue 84 |
| 20 | Crossfire |
| 21 | Crossfire |
| 22 | Crucible |
| 23 | Crucible |
| 24 | DANSES AERIENNES |
| 25 | Dangerous Women |
| 26 | Dangerous Women 2 |
| 27 | Devil's Ways |
| 28 | Dogs |
| 29 | Dogs |
| 30 | Eclipse 2 |
| 31 | Eleventh Gate |
| 32 | Fearless Women Fall Sampler |
| 33 | Flash Point |
| 34 | Flash Point |
| 35 | Flash point |
| 36 | Fountain of Age |
| 37 | Fountain of age |
| 38 | Future Perfect |
| 39 | Future Perfect: Six Stories of Genetic Engineering |
| 40 | Future Perfect: Six Stories of Genetic Engineering |
| 41 | Future Visions |
| 42 | Galaxy's Edge |
| 43 | Galaxy's Edge Magazine |
| 44 | Galaxy's Edge Magazine |
| 45 | Galaxy's Edge Magazine |
| 46 | Galaxy's Edge Magazine, Issue 33, July 2018 |
| 47 | Galaxy's Edge Magazine. Issue 31, March 2018 |
| 48 | Galaxy's Edge Magazine: Issue 14, May 2015 (Heinlein Special) |
| 49 | Galaxy's Edge Magazine: Issue 22, September 2016 (Galaxy's Edge) |
| 50 | Galaxy’s Edge Magazine: Issue 4, September 2013 (Galaxy's Edge) |
| 51 | Galaxy’s Edge: Magazine Issue 29 (November 2017) |
| 52 | Great Tales of Madness and the Macabre |
| 53 | How to Write a Million More |
| 54 | If Tomorrow Comes |
| 55 | If tomorrow comes |
| 56 | Isaac Asimov's Detectives |
| 57 | Isaac Asimov's Halloween |
| 58 | Isaac Asimov's Marvels of Science Fiction |
| 59 | Isaac Asimov's Masters of Science Fiction |
| 60 | L'une rêve, l'autre pas |
| 61 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 40 |
| 62 | La flûte ensorceleuse |
| 63 | La fontaine des âges |
| 64 | Les Hommes dénaturés |
| 65 | Les hommes dénaturßés |
| 66 | Loosed Upon the World |
| 67 | MENDIGOS EN ESPAÑA |
| 68 | MENDIGOS EN ESPAÑA |
| 69 | Maximum Light |
| 70 | Maximum Light |
| 71 | Maximum Light |
| 72 | Meeting Infinity |
| 73 | Mendigos y opulentos |
| 74 | Mobile Bridge Inspection Units |
| 75 | Murasaki |
| 76 | Méfiez vous du chien qui dort |
| 77 | New Under the Sun |
| 78 | Oaths And Miracles |
| 79 | Oaths and Miracles - a Robert Cavanaugh Genetic Thriller |
| 80 | Oaths and miracles |
| 81 | Observer |
| 82 | One: A Tor.Com Original |
| 83 | Prince Morning Bel |
| 84 | Probability Moon |
| 85 | Probability Space |
| 86 | Probability Sun |
| 87 | REVUE BIFROST N89 |
| 88 | Rumbo a Bizancio ; Bailando en el aire |
| 89 | Réalité partagée (French Edition) |
| 90 | SciFi in the mind's eye |
| 91 | Science Fiction Masterpieces |
| 92 | Sea Change |
| 93 | Sixth Science Fiction Megapack |
| 94 | Steal Across the Sky |
| 95 | Steal Across the Sky |
| 96 | Steal across the sky |
| 97 | Stinger - A Robert Cavanaugh Genetic Thriller |
| 98 | THE GOLDEN GROVE |
| 99 | Terran Tomorrow |
| 100 | Terran Tomorrow |
| 101 | Terran Tomorrow: Yesterday's Kin Trilogy, Book 3 |
| 102 | Terran tomorrow |
| 103 | The Best of Galaxy's Edge 2013-2014 |
| 104 | The Best of Nancy Kress |
| 105 | The Best of Nancy Kress |
| 106 | The Body Human: Three Stories of Future Medicine |
| 107 | The End is Nigh (The Apocalypse Triptych) (Volume 1) |
| 108 | The End of the World -- stories of the apocalypse |
| 109 | The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction |
| 110 | The New Hugo Winners |
| 111 | The Prince of Morning Bells |
| 112 | The Year's Best Fantasy Stories |
| 113 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 10 (Volume 10) |
| 114 | The golden grove |
| 115 | The price of oranges |
| 116 | Tomorrow's Kin |
| 117 | Tomorrow's Kin |
| 118 | Tomorrow's Kin: Book 1 of the Yesterday's Kin Trilogy |
| 119 | Tomorrow's kin |
| 120 | Univers 1986 |
| 121 | Unrivalled |
| 122 | War and Space: Recent Combat |
| 123 | Warrior Women |
| 124 | Wastelands 2 |
| 125 | Wastelands--Stories of the Apocalypse |
| 126 | Yanked |
| 127 | Yanked |
| 128 | Year's Best SF 9 |
| 129 | Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 2 |
| 130 | Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 6 |
| 131 | Yesterday's Kin |
| 132 | Yesterday's Kin |
| 133 | Yesterday's Kin Trilogy |
| 134 | Yesterday's kin |
| 135 | Young Explorer's Adventure Guide, Volume 6 |
| 136 | [Taqniyat kitaba al rawaya] |
| 137 | ha-Histabrut levanah |
| 138 | ha-Histabrut ḥalal |
| 139 | ha-Histabrut ḥamah |
| 140 | נקודת התלקחות |
| 141 | Ḳabtsanim rokhvim |
| 142 | The golden grove 1984 |
| 143 | The white pipes 1985 |
| 144 | Trinity and other stories 1985 |
| 145 | Whites Pipes 1986 |
| 146 | An Alien Light 1988 |
| 147 | Trinity 1988 |
| 148 | Brainrose 1989 |
| 149 | Beginnings, middles, and ends 1993 |
| 150 | The aliens of earth 1993 |
| 151 | Beggars & choosers 1994 |
| 152 | Beggars in Spain 1994 |
| 153 | Beggars ride 1996 |
| 154 | Oaths and miracles 1996 |
| 155 | Dancing on Air 1997 |
| 156 | Beaker's dozen 1998 |
| 157 | Dynamic Characters 1998 |
| 158 | Maximum light 1998 |
| 159 | Stinger 1998 |
| 160 | David Brin's Out of Time 1999 |
| 161 | La Cabalgata de Los Mendigos 1999 |
| 162 | Yanked! 1999 |
| 163 | Probability moon 2000 |
| 164 | The Prince of Morning Bells 2000 |
| 165 | Moskito 2001 |
| 166 | Probability sun 2001 |
| 167 | Probability moon 2002 |
| 168 | Probability space 2002 |
| 169 | Crossfire 2003 |
| 170 | Nebula Awards Showcase 2003 2003 |
| 171 | Nothing human 2003 |
| 172 | Probability Space 2003 |
| 173 | Probability Sun 2003 |
| 174 | Crucible 2004 |
| 175 | Characters, emotion & viewpoint 2005 |
| 176 | Dogs 2008 |
| 177 | Nano Comes to Clifford Falls 2008 |
| 178 | Steal across the sky 2009 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Nancy Kress written?
- Nancy Kress has written 178 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1984 to 2009.
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- Nancy Kress has 1 completed series.