Robert J. Sawyer Reading Order

26 books (1991–2025)

Robert J. Sawyer has edited or co-edited 24 science fiction and non-fiction anthologies since 1991, with the series still ongoing. These collections span diverse themes from hard science fiction to Darwinian horror, and should be read in publication order beginning with Dante's Disciples. The series includes themed volumes such as Time Machines, Federations, and Distant Early Warnings, as well as award showcases and genre explorations that reflect the evolution of speculative fiction over more than three decades.

Start with Dante's Disciples, the first of 24 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Dante's Disciples 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Northern Stars 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Tesseracts 6 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Time Machines 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Guardsmen of Tomorrow 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Over the Edge 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Unnatural Selection of Darwinian Nightmares 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	I Have This Nifty Idea 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Hard SF Renaissance 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Fall and Rise 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Nebula Awards Showcase 2007 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Campus Chills 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Distant Early Warnings 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Federations 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Tesseracts 14: Strange Canadian Stories 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Triangulation: Last Contact 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Tesseracts Sixteen: Parnassus Unbound 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy #82-84 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Second Time Travel Megapack 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Enigma Front 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Future Visions 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	The Time Travel Chronicles 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Enigma Front: Burnt 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Humanity 2.0 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Appalachian Strong: A Charity Anthology Benefiting the Survivors of Hurricane Helene 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2023–2025)

Robert J. Sawyer's Downloaded science fiction series currently consists of two books published between 2023 and 2025, with more installments planned. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Downloaded followed by The Downloaded 2: Ghosts in the Machine. This ongoing series combines Sawyer's expertise in science fiction with explorations of consciousness and technology.

Start with The Downloaded and read in order.

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1	The Downloaded 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Downloaded 2: Ghosts in the Machine 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

41 books (1985–2025)

The L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future series is an ongoing anthology collection spanning 41 volumes from 1985 to 2025. Each book features science fiction stories selected through the Writers of the Future Contest, showcasing both established and debut authors in the genre. Readers should follow the series in publication order to experience the evolution of the contest's winning entries across four decades. With new volumes continuing to be released, this collection serves as a comprehensive record of contemporary science fiction talent.

Start with L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1, the first of 41 books in the L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future series.

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1	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 2 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 3 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 4 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 5 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 6 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 7 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 8 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future9 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 10 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 11 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 12 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 13 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 14 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 15 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 16 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 17 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 18 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 19 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 21 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 22 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 23 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 24 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 25 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 26 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 27 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 28 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 29 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 30 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 31 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 32 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 33 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 34 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 35 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 36 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 37 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 38 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 39 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future 40 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 41 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2002–2003)

Robert J. Sawyer's Neanderthal Parallax trilogy consists of three complete novels published between 2002 and 2003. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Hominids, followed by Humans, and concluding with Hybrids. This science fiction series explores the intersection of two intelligent species through parallel worlds and first contact, blending speculative fiction with scientific concepts.

Start with Hominids and read in order.

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1	Hominids 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Humans 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Hybrids 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1996–2026)

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1	Relativity 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Sawyer on Science Fiction 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1992–1994)

The Quintaglio Ascension is a three-book science fiction series by Robert J. Sawyer, consisting of Far-Seer, Fossil Hunter, and Foreigner, published between 1992 and 1994. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Far-Seer. Each installment builds upon the previous story, making sequential reading essential to fully appreciate the narrative arc.

Start with Far-Seer and read in order.

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1	Far-Seer 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Fossil Hunter 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Foreigner 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1997–2004)

Robert J. Sawyer's science fiction short stories and novellas span from 1997 to 2004, with three works that should be read in publication order: The Hand You're Dealt (in Iterations), Fallen Angel, and Shed Skin. This complete series offers standalone entries that can be enjoyed sequentially as they were released.

Start with The Hand You're Dealt (in Iterations) and read in order.

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1	The Hand You're Dealt (in Iterations) 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Fallen Angel 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Shed Skin 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (2000–2019)

Robert J. Sawyer's Short Story Collections series comprises five volumes of science fiction stories published between 2000 and 2019. The series is now complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Iterations and Other Stories. This collection spans nearly two decades of Sawyer's shorter speculative fiction work, offering readers a comprehensive overview of his science fiction storytelling across multiple themes and time periods.

Start with Iterations and Other Stories, the first of 5 books in the Short Story Collections series.

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1	Iterations and Other Stories 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Identity Theft and Other Stories 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Earth 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Space 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Time 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

42 books (2003–2015)

The Smart Pop series is a collection of 38 essay anthologies exploring popular television shows, films, literature, and cultural phenomena through critical analysis and fan perspectives. Published between 2003 and 2015, the series is now complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Seven Seasons of Buffy. Each standalone volume focuses on a different entertainment property or cultural topic, featuring contributions from various authors, critics, and subject matter experts. Readers can approach individual volumes independently based on their interests in specific shows or franchises.

Start with Seven Seasons of Buffy(By: Scott Westerfeld,Charlaine Harris,Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,Kevin Andrew Murphy,Christie Golden,Sherrilyn Kenyon,Nancy Holder,Lawrence Watt-Evans,David Brin,Jacqueline Lichtenberg,Jean Lorrah,Laura Resnick,Sarah Zettel,Nancy Kilpatrick,Michelle West,Glenn Yeffeth,Margaret L. Carter,Peg Aloi,Marguerite Krause,Jennifer Crusie,Carla Montgomery), the first of 38 books in the Smart Pop series.

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1	Seven Seasons of Buffy(By: Scott Westerfeld,Charlaine Harris,Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,Kevin Andrew Murphy,Christie Golden,Sherrilyn Kenyon,Nancy Holder,Lawrence Watt-Evans,David Brin,Jacqueline Lichtenberg,Jean Lorrah,Laura Resnick,Sarah Zettel,Nancy Kilpatrick,Michelle West,Glenn Yeffeth,Margaret L. Carter,Peg Aloi,Marguerite Krause,Jennifer Crusie,Carla Montgomery) 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Taking the Red Pill(By: Glenn Yeffeth) 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Five Seasons of Angel(By: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,Peter S. Beagle,Laura Anne Gilman,Sherrilyn Kenyon,Nancy Holder,Jacqueline Lichtenberg,Jean Lorrah,Josepha Sherman,Laura Resnick,Candace Havens,Glenn Yeffeth,Michelle Sagara,Steven Harper,Amy Berner,Marguerite Krause,Abbie Bernstein,Jennifer Crusie,Don DeBrandt,K. Stoddard Hayes,Joy Davidson,Don Kerns) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Stepping through the Stargate(By: P.N. Elrod,Roxanne Conrad) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	What Would Sipowicz Do? Race, Rights and Redemption in NYPD Blue(By: Glenn Yeffeth,Shanna Caughey) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Alias Assumed(By: Tracy S. Morris) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Farscape Forever! Sex, Drugs and Killer Muppets(By: Glenn Yeffeth) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Finding Serenity(By: Robert Brian Taylor) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Flirting With Pride And Prejudice(By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Crusie) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape!(By: David Brin) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Navigating the Golden Compass(By: Glenn Yeffeth) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Revisiting Narnia(By: Shanna Caughey) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Anthology at the End of the Universe(By: Stephen Baxter,John Shirley,Adam-Troy Castro,Lawrence Watt-Evans,Adam Roberts,Susan Sizemore,Mark W. Tiedemann,Jacqueline Carey,Vox Day,Cory Doctorow,A.M. Dellamonica,Glenn Yeffeth,Selina Rosen,Amy Berner,Maria Alexander,Marguerite Krause,Bruce Bethke,Don DeBrandt,Marie-Catherine Caillava,Mike Byrne) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The War of the Worlds(By: Connie Willis,Mercedes Lackey,H.G. Wells,Mike Resnick,Stephen Baxter,Lawrence Watt-Evans) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Totally Charmed(By: Maggie Shayne,Rebecca York,Jody Lynn Nye,Evelyn Vaughn,Tanya Huff,Vera Nazarian,Jennifer Crusie) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Beauty(By: Glenn Yeffeth) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Boarding the Enterprise 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Getting Lost(By: Orson Scott Card) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Investigating CSI(By: Leah Wilson,Donn Cortez) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	So Say We All(By: Peter B. Lloyd,Richard Hatch) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Battle for Azeroth(By: Jody Lynn Nye,Justina Robson,Doranna Durgin,Bill Fawcett,Mel White,James John Bell,James M. Ward,Scott Cuthbertson,Nancy Berman,Jerry Jackson,Chris McCubbin,Maressa Hecht Orzack,Nancy Durgin) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	The Man from Krypton(By: Glenn Yeffeth) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	The Unauthorized X-Men(By: Leah Wilson,Len Wein) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	This Is Chick-Lit(By: Lauren Baratz-Logsted) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Welcome to Wisteria Lane(By: Leah Wilson) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Coffee at Luke's(By: Leah Wilson,Jennifer Crusie) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Grey's Anatomy 101(By: Leah Wilson) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Halo Effect(By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Thomason) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	House Unauthorized(By: Leah Wilson) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Jack Bauer for President(By: Leah Wilson,Richard Miniter) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Neptune Noir(By: Rob Thomas) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Perfectly Plum(By: Leah Wilson) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Serenity Found(By: Orson Scott Card,Jacob Clifton,Michael Marano,Jane Espenson,Natalie Haynes,Nathan Fillion) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Webslinger(By: Leah Wilson,Gerry Conway) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Batman Unauthorized(By: Leah Wilson) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Batman Unauthorized(By: Leah Wilson,Alan J. Porter) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Secrets of the Dragon Riders(By: James A. Owen) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	In the Hunt(By: Leah Wilson) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	James Bond in the 21st Century(By: Leah Wilson,Glenn Yeffeth) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	A Taste of True Blood(By: Leah Wilson) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Ardeur(By: Laurell K. Hamilton) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	You Do Not Talk About Fight Club(By: Chuck Palahniuk,Read Mercer Schuchardt) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

15 books (1990–2020)

Robert J. Sawyer's collection of 15 standalone science fiction novels spans three decades from 1990 to 2020, with each book presenting an independent story that requires no prior knowledge of the others. These works should be read in publication order beginning with Golden Fleece, progressing through titles like Flashforward, Calculating God, and Mindscan, and concluding with The Oppenheimer Alternative. The series is complete, offering readers a comprehensive exploration of Sawyer's science fiction ideas without ongoing plot threads connecting the individual entries.

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

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1	Golden Fleece 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	End of an Era 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Terminal Experiment 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Starplex 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Frameshift 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Illegal Alien 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Factoring Humanity 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Flashforward 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Calculating God 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Mindscan 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Rollback 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Triggers 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Red Planet Blues 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Quantum Night 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Oppenheimer Alternative 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

24 books (2015–2023)

The Future Chronicles is a science fiction anthology series comprising 22 books published between 2015 and 2023, likely now complete. Each installment explores a different speculative premise through stories by multiple authors, with entries focused on themes like artificial intelligence, cyborgs, dragons, time travel, immortality, and apocalyptic scenarios. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Alt.History 101 and progressing through themed collections that expand the universe's scope across various near and far-future concepts.

Start with Alt.History 101(By: Samuel Peralta,Ann Christy,Sam Best), the first of 22 books in the The Future Chronicles series.

3 books (2009–2011)

Robert J. Sawyer's complete WWW trilogy comprises three science fiction novels published between 2009 and 2011. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Wake, followed by Watch, and concluding with Wonder. All three books were released within a two-year span, forming a finished narrative arc.

Start with Wake and read in order.

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1	Wake 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Watch 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Wonder 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible