Yoon Ha Lee Reading Order
10 series · 94 books
Yoon Ha Lee is an acclaimed American author renowned for his imaginative works in science fiction and fantasy. With 94 books spanning 10 series, including notable titles like Moonstorm, Machineries of Empire, and Thousand Worlds, he continually captivates readers with his intricate world-building and unique storytelling. Active from 2004 to 2026, Lee's most recognized work, Ninefox Gambit, won the Locus Award for Best First Novel.
Anthologies Series
Ongoing45 books (2004–2025)
Start with In Lands That Never Were, the first of 45 books in the Anthologies series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 |  In Lands That Never Were 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2005 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Best New Fantasy 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Jabberwocky 2 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 1 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  The Best of Abyss & Apex Volume One 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  The Wiscon Chronicles, Vol.3: Carnival of Feminist SF 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Realms 2 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine, Year One 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  Lightspeed: Year One 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2011 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 3 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Ceaseless Steam 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Lightspeed Magazine, December 2012 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2011 edition 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2012 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | Aliens: Recent Encounters 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | Clarkesworld: Year Five 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2014 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | Mythic Delirium 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | Upgraded 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | Operation Arcana 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 | Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2014 Edition 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | Warrior Women 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | An Alphabet of Embers 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 | Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2015 Edition 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 | The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine, Year Seven 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 | The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 | Galactic Empires 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 |  The Best Science Fiction of the Year Volume Three 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 |  The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2018 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 10 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 |  Worlds Seen in Passing 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019 Edition 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 | Silk & Steel 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 | Take Us to a Better Place 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 42 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Five 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 43 | Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2020 Edition 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 44 | The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 45 | The Long List Anthology Volume 9 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
Machineries Of Empire Series
Complete4 books (2016–2019)
Start with Ninefox Gambit, the first of 4 books in the Machineries Of Empire series.
Moonstorm Series
Ongoing2 books (2024–2025)
Start with Moonstorm and read in order.
Non-Fiction Series
Complete1 book (2023–2023)
| # | Title |
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| 1 | Brain Games for Blocked Writers: 81 Tips to Get You Unstuck 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
Short Stories/Novellas Series
Ongoing12 books (2011–2026)
Start with A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel, the first of 12 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 | A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Conservation of Shadows 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Effigy Nights 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Combustion Hour 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | The Fox's Tower and Other Tales 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Variations on an Apple 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Extracurricular Activities 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Beyond the Dragon's Gate 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | The Candlevine Gardener and Other Stories 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | The Mermaid Astronaut 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Counting Casualties 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | Cutting Corners 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
Standalone Novels Series
Ongoing3 books (2020–2026)
Start with Phoenix Extravagant and read in order.
The Vela Series
Complete1 book (2019–2019)
| # | Title |
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| 1 | The Vela 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
The WisCon Chronicles Series
Complete8 books (2008–2017)
Start with The WisCon Chronicles, Vol. 2(By: Elizabeth Bear,Rachel Swirsky,Kelly Link,Mark Rich,Lawrence Schimel,Nisi Shawl,Eileen Gunn,L. Timmel Duchamp,Nnedi Okorafor,Nicola Griffith,Catherynne M. Valente,N.K. Jemisin,K. Tempest Bradford,Na'amen Gobert Tilahun,Joan Haran,Laura Quilter,Laurie J. Marks,K. Joyce Tsai,Tom LaFarge,Kate Schaefer,Rosalyn Berne,Susan Simensky Bietila,Jacqueline A. Gross,Chris Nakashima Brown,M.J. Hardman), the first of 8 books in the The WisCon Chronicles series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 |  The WisCon Chronicles, Vol. 2(By: Elizabeth Bear,Rachel Swirsky,Kelly Link,Mark Rich,Lawrence Schimel,Nisi Shawl,Eileen Gunn,L. Timmel Duchamp,Nnedi Okorafor,Nicola Griffith,Catherynne M. Valente,N.K. Jemisin,K. Tempest Bradford,Na'amen Gobert Tilahun,Joan Haran,Laura Quilter,Laurie J. Marks,K. Joyce Tsai,Tom LaFarge,Kate Schaefer,Rosalyn Berne,Susan Simensky Bietila,Jacqueline A. Gross,Chris Nakashima Brown,M.J. Hardman) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | The Wiscon Chronicles, Vol.3: Carnival of Feminist SF 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 4(By: Sylvia Kelso) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  The Wiscon Chronicles Volume 5(By: Nisi Shawl) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  The WisCon Chronicles Vol. 6: Futures of Feminism and Fandom(By: Alexis Lothian) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  The Wiscon Chronicles Vol 7: Shattering Ableist Narratives(By: JoSelle Vanderhooft) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | The WisCon Chronicles, Vol.9(By: Mary Anne Mohanraj) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | The WisCon Chronicles 11(By: Nisi Shawl,Jaymee Goh) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror Series
Ongoing15 books (2010–2024)
Start with The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition, the first of 15 books in the The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror series.
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| 1 | The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
Thousand Worlds Series
Likely Complete3 books (2019–2023)
Start with Dragon Pearl and read in order.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Yoon Ha Lee written?
- Yoon Ha Lee has written 94 books across 10 series. Their published works span from 2004 to 2026.
- What is the first book in each Yoon Ha Lee series?
- Here are the first books in Yoon Ha Lee's series: Anthologies: In Lands That Never Were; Machineries Of Empire: Ninefox Gambit; Moonstorm: Moonstorm; Short Stories/Novellas: A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel; The WisCon Chronicles: The WisCon Chronicles, Vol. 2(By: Elizabeth Bear,Rachel Swirsky,Kelly Link,Mark Rich,Lawrence Schimel,Nisi Shawl,Eileen Gunn,L. Timmel Duchamp,Nnedi Okorafor,Nicola Griffith,Catherynne M. Valente,N.K. Jemisin,K. Tempest Bradford,Na'amen Gobert Tilahun,Joan Haran,Laura Quilter,Laurie J. Marks,K. Joyce Tsai,Tom LaFarge,Kate Schaefer,Rosalyn Berne,Susan Simensky Bietila,Jacqueline A. Gross,Chris Nakashima Brown,M.J. Hardman).
- What order should I read Yoon Ha Lee's books?
- We recommend reading Yoon Ha Lee's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is Yoon Ha Lee still writing new books?
- Yes, Yoon Ha Lee has 5 ongoing series: Anthologies, Moonstorm, Short Stories/Novellas, Standalone Novels, The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror.