Nicholas Sansbury Smith Reading Order

5 books (2019–2024)

Start with Mission from the Extinction Cycle Volume 1, the first of 5 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Mission from the Extinction Cycle Volume 1 2019Buy 🇺🇸
2	Missions from the Extinction Cycle 2019Buy 🇺🇸
3	Missions from the Extinction Cycle Volume II 2019Buy 🇺🇸
4	Shadow Lab 2024Buy 🇺🇸
5	Tales from the Starship Discovery 2024Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2021–2022)

Start with Burning Earth and read in order.

9 books (2014–2018)

Start with Extinction Horizon, the first of 9 books in the Extinction Cycle series.

#	Title
1	Extinction Horizon 2014Buy 🇺🇸
2	Extinction Age 2015Buy 🇺🇸
3	Extinction Edge 2015Buy 🇺🇸
4	Extinction Evolution 2015Buy 🇺🇸
5	Extinction Aftermath 2016Buy 🇺🇸
6	Extinction End 2016Buy 🇺🇸
7	Extinction Lost 2017Buy 🇺🇸
8	Extinction War 2017Buy 🇺🇸
9	Extinction Red Line 2018Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2019–2020)

Start with Extinction Ashes(With: Anthony J. Melchiorri), the first of 4 books in the Extinction Cycle: Dark Age series.

#	Title
1	Extinction Ashes(With: Anthony J. Melchiorri) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
2	Extinction Inferno(With: Anthony J. Melchiorri) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
3	Extinction Shadow(With: Anthony J. Melchiorri) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
4	Extinction Darkness(With: Anthony J. Melchiorri) 2020Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2024–2026)

Start with The Last Lion, the first of 4 books in the Galaxy In Flames series.

15 books (2017–2026)

Start with Ghosts, the first of 15 books in the Hell Divers series.

#	Title
1	Ghosts 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	Hell Divers 2017Buy 🇺🇸
3	Deliverance 2018Buy 🇺🇸
4	Wolves 2018Buy 🇺🇸
5	Allegiance 2019Buy 🇺🇸
6	Captives 2019Buy 🇺🇸
7	Warriors 2020Buy 🇺🇸
8	King of the Wastes 2021Buy 🇺🇸
9	Radioactive 2022Buy 🇺🇸
10	Fallout 2023Buy 🇺🇸
11	Renegades 2023Buy 🇺🇸
12	Heroes 2024Buy 🇺🇸
13	Into the Storms 2025Buy 🇺🇸
14	Rhino 2025Buy 🇺🇸
15	Burning Skies 2026Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2022–2023)

Start with Wild Fire and read in order.

3 books (2026–2026)

Start with Old Guns(With: J.N. Chaney) and read in order.

6 books (2013–2018)

Start with Orbs I, the first of 6 books in the Orbs series.

#	Title
1	Orbs I 2013Buy 🇺🇸
2	Solar Storms 2013Buy 🇺🇸
3	Orbs II: Stranded 2014Buy 🇺🇸
4	Orbs III: Redemption 2015Buy 🇺🇸
5	Exodus(With: Anthony J. Melchiorri) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
6	White Sands and Red Sands 2018Buy 🇺🇸

15 books (2014–2025)

Start with SNAFU(By: Jonathan Maberry,James A. Moore,W.D. Gagliani,Weston Ochse,Greig Beck,Christine Morgan,Curtis C. Chen,David Benton,Tyson Mauermann,Brian W.Taylor,Steve Ruthenbeck,Eric S. Brown,Kirsten Cross,David W. Amendola,Neal Litherland,Wayland Smith,JeffHewitt), the first of 15 books in the SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror series.

#	Title
1	SNAFU(By: Jonathan Maberry,James A. Moore,W.D. Gagliani,Weston Ochse,Greig Beck,Christine Morgan,Curtis C. Chen,David Benton,Tyson Mauermann,Brian W.Taylor,Steve Ruthenbeck,Eric S. Brown,Kirsten Cross,David W. Amendola,Neal Litherland,Wayland Smith,JeffHewitt) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
2	Wolves at the Door(By: James A. Moore,R.P.L. Johnson,Kirsten Cross,David W. Amendola,Steve Coate,John W. Dennehy,Brian W. Taylor) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
3	Black Ops(With: Jonathan Maberry,John O'Brien,Hank Schwaeble,James Lovegrove) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
4	Future Warfare(By: Mike Resnick,Alan Baxter,Benjamin Cheah,Tim Marquitz,Asher Wismer,Jay Werkheiser,Steve Lewis,Anthony Izzo) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
5	Hunters(By: James A. Moore,Patrick Freivald,Christine Morgan,Seth Skorkowsky,Tim Marquitz,R.P.L. Johnson,Kirsten Cross,Brad Hodson,James A. Moore III) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
6	Unnatural Selection(By: James A. Moore,Christopher Golden,Richard Lee Byers,Tim Lebbon,Lee Murray,Charles R. Rutledge,Michael McBride,Justin Bell,David W. Amendola) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
7	Resurrection(By: James A. Moore,Charles R. Rutledge,N.X. Sharps,Evan Dicken,Matthew Summers,Justin Coates,Dirk Patton,Daniel Finley,Mark Renshaw,John McNichol) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
8	Last Stand(By: B. Michael Radburn,Patrick Freivald,Alan Baxter,Justin Bell,Joshua Reynolds,Matthew Summers,Anna Stephens,Justin Coates) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
9	Medivac(By: Jeremy Robinson,James A. Moore,Kane Gilmour,Alan Baxter,Greig Beck,Charles R. Rutledge,Kirsten Cross,Steve Lewis) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
10	Holy War(By: James A. Moore,B. Michael Radburn,Kirsten Cross,Justin Bell,Evan Dicken,Duncan McGeary) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
11	Survival of the Fittest(By: Jeremy Robinson,Matt Hilton,Kane Gilmour,Alan Baxter,Tim Marquitz,S.D. Perry,Jack Hanson) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
12	Dead or Alive(By: James A. Moore,Alan Baxter,David Benton,Charles R. Rutledge,Edward M. Erdelac,Joshua Reynolds,Justin Coates,John W. Salvage,W. D. Gagliani) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
13	Punk'd(By: James A. Moore,Greg Chapman,Alan Baxter,Kirsten Cross,Steve Lewis,Justin Coates,Mark Renshaw,Amanda Bridgeman,Pamela Jeffs,Richard Beauchamp,Myna Chang) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
14	AI Insurrection(By: Alan Baxter,Charles R. Rutledge,Anthony J. Melchiorri,R.P.L. Johnson,Kirsten Cross,Steve Lewis,Justin Coates,Pamela Jeffs) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
15	Contagion(By: Jonathan Maberry,Charles R. Rutledge,Martin Livings,Josh Reynolds,Benjamin Spada) 2025Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2025–2026)

Start with Salvage System and read in order.

4 books (2020–2024)

Start with Saints, the first of 4 books in the Sons of War series.

#	Title
1	Saints 2020Buy 🇺🇸
2	Sons of War 2020Buy 🇺🇸
3	Sinners 2021Buy 🇺🇸
4	Soldiers(With: Tom Abrahams) 2024Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2023–2023)

3 books (2013–2013)

Start with A Royal Knight and read in order.

#	Title
1	A Royal Knight 2013Buy 🇺🇸
2	Squad 19 2013Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Biomass Revolution 2013Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2017–2018)

Start with The Hunted, the first of 4 books in the Trackers series.

#	Title
1	The Hunted 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Storm 2017Buy 🇺🇸
3	Trackers 2017Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Damned 2018Buy 🇺🇸