Scott Westerfeld Reading Order

1 book (2014–2014)

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1	Afterworlds 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

10 books (2003–2016)

Scott Westerfeld edited this 10-book anthology series published between 2003 and 2016, featuring contributions from various science fiction and young adult authors. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Seven Seasons of Buffy and concluding with Last Night, a Superhero Saved My Life. Each volume collects original short fiction across diverse speculative and contemporary themes, making them accessible as individual reading experiences while forming a cohesive editorial project when read sequentially.

Start with Seven Seasons of Buffy, the first of 10 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Seven Seasons of Buffy 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Swashbuckling Fantasy 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Space Opera Renaissance 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	First Kissof True Lip-Locked Moments 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Love is Hell 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	All Good Things Come to an End 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Future Games 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Futuredaze 2: Reprise 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Last Night, a Superhero Saved My Life 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2027–2027)

5 books (2017–2019)

The Horizon series is a five-book science fiction collection completed between 2017 and 2019, featuring contributions from multiple authors including Scott Westerfeld, Jennifer A. Nielsen, Jude Watson, M.T. Anderson, and Aditi Khorana. These books should be read in publication order, beginning with Deadzone by Jennifer A. Nielsen and continuing through Horizon, A Warp in Time, Apex Predator, and Liferaft. This complete series blends young adult science fiction storytelling across its interconnected installments.

Start with Deadzone(By: Jennifer A. Nielsen), the first of 5 books in the Horizon series.

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1	Deadzone(By: Jennifer A. Nielsen) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Horizon 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	A Warp in Time(By: Jude Watson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Apex Predator(By: M.T. Anderson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Liferaft(By: Aditi Khorana) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2018–2022)

Scott Westerfeld's Impostors series consists of four young adult science fiction novels published between 2018 and 2022. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Impostors and continuing through Shatter City, Mirror's Edge, and Youngbloods. The series appears to be complete as of 2022.

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

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1	Impostors 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Shatter City 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Mirror's Edge 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Youngbloods 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2009–2011)

Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan trilogy is a complete science fiction series for young adults consisting of three books published between 2009 and 2011. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Leviathan, followed by Behemoth, and concluding with Goliath. Each installment builds on the events of the previous book, making sequential reading essential to fully appreciating the story's development.

Start with Leviathan and read in order.

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1	Leviathan 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Behemoth 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Goliath 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2012–2012)

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1	The Manual of Aeronautics 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2004–2006)

Scott Westerfeld's Midnighters trilogy consists of three young adult science fiction novels published between 2004 and 2006. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with The Secret Hour, followed by Touching Darkness, and concluding with Blue Noon. This is a self-contained story arc best experienced sequentially from start to finish.

Start with The Secret Hour and read in order.

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1	The Secret Hour 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Touching Darkness 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Blue Noon 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1989–2007)

Scott Westerfeld's two-book non-fiction series spans from 1989 to 2007 and is now complete. These books should be read in publication order, beginning with The Berlin Airlift. The series combines historical narrative with explorations relevant to science fiction and young adult audiences.

Start with The Berlin Airlift and read in order.

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1	The Berlin Airlift 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The World of the Golden Compass 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2005–2006)

Scott Westerfeld's Peeps series consists of two complete science fiction novels published in 2005 and 2006. Both books should be read in publication order, beginning with Peeps followed by The Last Days, as they form a connected narrative. This young adult series blends speculative fiction with non-fiction elements to explore its unique premise.

Start with Peeps and read in order.

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1	Peeps 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Last Days 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

15 books (2002–2002)

The Powerpuff Girls Plus You Club is a 15-book complete series published in 2002, featuring adventures centered on the three superhero girls from the animated series. Written by multiple authors including Scott Westerfeld, Tracey West, and others, each book can be read as a standalone story focused on one of the main characters. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Blossom Vs. The Blasteroid and concluding with Rainy Day Professor.

Start with Blossom Vs. The Blasteroid, the first of 15 books in the Powerpuff Girls Plus You Club series.

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1	Blossom Vs. The Blasteroid 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Blossom and the Haunted House(By: Tracey West) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Brand-New Blossom(By: Bill Alger,Paul Siefken) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Bubbles Saves the Circus(By: Tracey West) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Bubbles and the Opposite Potion(By: Christopher Cook,Catherine Hapka) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Bubbles in the Middle(By: Aaron Rosenberg) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Buttercup and the Mind-Reading Juice(By: Tracey West) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Buttercup's Monster Challenge(By: Tracey West) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Buttercup's Terrible Temper Tantrums(By: Paul Kupperberg) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Buttercup, the Better Cop(By: Christopher Cook,Paul Siefken,Michele Parrish-McKnight) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Diamonds Are for Princess 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Forever Blowing Bubbles(By: Stephanie Gladden,Elizabeth Lenhard,Michele-Parrish-McKnight) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Hide-and-Go Mojo(By: Peter David) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Not Another Buttercup(By: Christopher Cook,Paul Siefken) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Rainy Day Professor 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2012–2012)

42 books (2003–2015)

The Smart Pop series comprises 38 essay collections published between 2003 and 2015, exploring themes and characters from popular science fiction, fantasy, and television franchises. Each book features contributions from various authors analyzing a specific property, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel to Narnia, The Golden Compass, and Serenity. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Seven Seasons of Buffy. These collections are designed as standalone volumes, allowing readers to select entries based on their favorite shows and stories rather than requiring sequential reading.

Start with Seven Seasons of Buffy, the first of 38 books in the Smart Pop series.

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1	Seven Seasons of Buffy 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(By: Robert J. Sawyer,David Gerrold) 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

5 books (1997–2026)

Scott Westerfeld wrote four standalone science fiction novels between 1997 and 2004, all of which are now complete. These books should be read in publication order, beginning with Polymorph. The series includes Fine Prey, Evolution's Darling, So Yesterday, and The Mortons (co-written with Justine Larbalestier), and each entry functions as an independent story rather than a connected narrative.

Start with Polymorph, the first of 4 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Polymorph 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Fine Prey 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Evolution's Darling 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	So Yesterday 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Mortons(With: Justine Larbalestier) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2003–2003)

This two-book science fiction series by Scott Westerfeld was completed in 2003 and should be read in publication order, beginning with The Killing of Worlds followed by The Risen Empire. The series combines elements of space opera with complex world-building appealing to young adult and adult science fiction readers alike.

Start with The Killing of Worlds and read in order.

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1	The Killing of Worlds 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Risen Empire 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2017–2018)

Scott Westerfeld's Spill Zone duology consists of two science fiction graphic novels published in 2017 and 2018, completing a finished series that should be read in publication order. The series begins with Spill Zone, followed by The Broken Vow, with illustrations by Alex Puvilland. These young adult graphic novels combine speculative fiction storytelling with distinctive visual artwork across their interconnected narrative.

Start with Spill Zone and read in order.

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1	Spill Zone 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Broken Vow 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Broken Vow(By: Alex Puvilland) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2005–2006)

The Uglies series is a four-book young adult science fiction sequence by Scott Westerfeld, published between 2005 and 2006. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Uglies and continuing through Pretties, Specials, and Extras. Each installment builds on the previous books, making sequential reading essential for following the narrative arc.

Start with Pretties, the first of 4 books in the Uglies series.

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1	Pretties 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Uglies 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Extras 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Specials 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2012–2012)

Scott Westerfeld's Uglies Graphic Novels consists of two science fiction adaptations published in 2012, presenting visual interpretations of his young adult world. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Cutters followed by Shay's Story, with each graphic novel offering a self-contained narrative within the broader Uglies universe.

Start with Cutters and read in order.

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1	Cutters 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Shay's Story 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2007–2008)

Scott Westerfeld's Uglies Non-Fiction series consists of two companion volumes published between 2007 and 2008 that explore the themes and ideas behind his dystopian Uglies novels. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Mind-Rain followed by Bogus to Bubbly. These nonfiction works combine essays, behind-the-scenes content, and supplementary material designed for fans of Westerfeld's young adult science fiction world.

Start with Mind-Rain and read in order.

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1	Mind-Rain 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Bogus to Bubbly 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2015–2018)

Scott Westerfeld's Zeroes series is a complete trilogy of science fiction novels for young adults, published between 2015 and 2018 and co-authored with Margo Lanagan and Deborah Biancotti. The three books—Zeroes, Swarm, and Nexus—should be read in publication order to follow the story as intended. This collaborative series offers a unique blend of speculative fiction crafted by three accomplished authors working together.

Start with Zeroes and read in order.

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1	Zeroes 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Swarm 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Nexus(With: Margo Lanagan,Deborah Biancotti) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible