Neal Shusterman Reading Order

10 books (1997–2025)

Start with From One Experience to Another, the first of 10 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	From One Experience to Another 1997Buy 🇺🇸
2	Big City Cool: Short Stories About Urban Youth 2002Buy 🇺🇸
3	Dreams and Visions 2006Buy 🇺🇸
4	Twice Told 2006Buy 🇺🇸
5	Bites: Scary Stories to Sink Your Teeth Into / Bones: Terrifying Tales to Haunt Your Dreams 2009Buy 🇺🇸
6	Other Worlds 2013Buy 🇺🇸
7	Violent Ends 2015Buy 🇺🇸
8	Scary Out There 2016Buy 🇺🇸
9	Nights of the Living Dead Anthology 2017Buy 🇺🇸
10	Future Hopes 2025Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2004–2013)

Start with The Schwa Was Here and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Schwa Was Here 2004Buy 🇺🇸
2	Antsy Does Time 2008Buy 🇺🇸
3	Ship Out of Luck 2013Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2016–2022)

Start with Scythe, the first of 4 books in the Arc of a Scythe series.

#	Title
1	Scythe 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Thunderhead 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Toll 2019Buy 🇺🇸
4	Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe(With: Michael H. Payne,Michelle Knowlden,Jarrod Shusterman,David Yoon,Joelle Shusterman,Sofía Lapuente) 2022Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (1994–1994)

#	Title
1	Piggyback Ninja 1994Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2005–2006)

Start with Dread Locks and read in order.

#	Title
1	Dread Locks 2005Buy 🇺🇸
2	Red Rider's Hood 2005Buy 🇺🇸
3	Duckling Ugly 2006Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1993–1995)

Start with Darkness Creeping and read in order.

#	Title
1	Darkness Creeping 1993Buy 🇺🇸
2	Darkness Creeping II 1995Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2022–2022)

#	Title
1	Courage to Dream 2022Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1996–2000)

Start with Mindquakes, the first of 4 books in the Mindquakes series.

#	Title
1	Mindquakes 1996Buy 🇺🇸
2	Mindstorms 1996Buy 🇺🇸
3	Mindtwisters 1997Buy 🇺🇸
4	Mindbenders 2000Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1988–1991)

Start with It's Ok to Say No to Cigarettes and Alcohol and read in order.

#	Title
1	It's Ok to Say No to Cigarettes and Alcohol 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	Kid Heroes 1991Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1988–2002)

Start with The Shadow Club and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Shadow Club 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Shadow Club Rising 2002Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2013–2013)

Start with Resurrection Bay and read in order.

1 book (2025–2025)

#	Title
1	MindWorks: An Uncanny Compendium of Short Fiction 2025Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2006–2011)

Start with Everlost and read in order.

#	Title
1	Everlost 2006Buy 🇺🇸
2	Everwild 2009Buy 🇺🇸
3	Everfound 2011Buy 🇺🇸

15 books (1989–2025)

Start with Dissidents, the first of 15 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Dissidents 1989Buy 🇺🇸
2	Chasing Forgiveness / What Daddy Did 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	Speeding Bullet 1992Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Eyes of Kid Midas 1992Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Dark Side of Nowhere 1996Buy 🇺🇸
6	Downsiders 1999Buy 🇺🇸
7	Full Tilt 2003Buy 🇺🇸
8	Bruiser 2010Buy 🇺🇸
9	Challenger Deep 2015Buy 🇺🇸
10	Chasing Forgiveness 2015Buy 🇺🇸
11	Dry 2018Buy 🇺🇸
12	Game Changer 2021Buy 🇺🇸
13	Roxy(With: Jarrod Shusterman) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
14	Break to You(With: Michelle Knowlden,DebraYoung) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
15	All Better Now 2025Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1995–2002)

Start with Scorpion Shards and read in order.

#	Title
1	Scorpion Shards 1995Buy 🇺🇸
2	Thief of Souls 1999Buy 🇺🇸
3	Shattered Sky 2002Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2014–2016)

Start with Tesla's Attic(With: Eric Elfman) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Tesla's Attic(With: Eric Elfman) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
2	Edison's Alley(With: Eric Elfman) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
3	Hawking's Hallway(With: Eric Elfman) 2016Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2023–2024)

Start with I Am the Walrus(With: Eric Elfman) and read in order.

#	Title
1	I Am the Walrus(With: Eric Elfman) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
2	Shock the Monkey(With: Eric Elfman) 2024Buy 🇺🇸

16 books (1996–2000)

Start with Bad Sign, the first of 16 books in the The X-Files: Young Adult series.

#	Title
1	Bad Sign 1996Buy 🇺🇸
2	Control(By: Cliff Nielsen,Everett Owens) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
3	Empathy(By: Ellen Steiber) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
4	Eve(By: Ellen Steiber) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
5	Fresh Bones(By: Les Martin) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
6	Our Town(By: Eric Elfman) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Calusari(By: Garth Nix) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Host(By: Les Martin) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
9	Howlers(By: Everett Owens) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
10	Hungry Ghosts(By: Ellen Steiber) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
11	Dark Matter(By: Easton Royce) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
12	Grotesque(By: Ellen Steiber) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
13	Quarantine(By: Les Martin) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
14	Regeneration(By: Everett Owens) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
15	Haunted(By: Ellen Steiber) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
16	Miracle Man(By: Terry Bisson) 2000Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2007–2015)

Start with Unwind, the first of 6 books in the Unwind Dystology series.

#	Title
1	Unwind 2007Buy 🇺🇸
2	UnStrung(With: Michelle Knowlden) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	UnWholly 2012Buy 🇺🇸
4	UnSouled 2013Buy 🇺🇸
5	UnDivided 2014Buy 🇺🇸
6	UnBound 2015Buy 🇺🇸