Reading Order
11 series · 60 books| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hyperion | 1989 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Fall of Hyperion | 1990 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Endymion | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | The Rise of Endymion | 1997 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Orphans of the Helix (Short Story) | 1999 | Buy from Amazon |
Summer Of Night/Seasons Of Horror Series
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Summer of Night | 1991 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Children of the Night | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | A Winter Haunting | 2002 | Buy from Amazon |
Joe Kurtz Series
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hardcase | 2001 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Hard Freeze | 2002 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Hard as Nails | 2003 | Buy from Amazon |
Ilium Series
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ilium | 2003 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Olympos | 2005 | Buy from Amazon |
Fifth Heart Series
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fifth Heart | 2015 | Buy from Amazon |
Dan Simmons Other Novels
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Song of Kali | 1985 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Carrion Comfort | 1989 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Phases of Gravity | 1989 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | The Hollow Man | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Fires of Eden | 1994 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | The Crook Factory | 1999 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Darwin's Blade | 2000 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | The Terror | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Muse of Fire (Short Story) | 2008 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Drood | 2009 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | Black Hills | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | Flashback | 2011 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | The Abominable | 2013 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | Omega Canyon | 2020 | Buy from Amazon |
Dan Simmons Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metastasis | 1988 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Banished Dreams | 1990 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Entropy's Bed at Midnight (Short Story) | 1990 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | This Year's Class Picture (Short Story) | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Death in Bangkok | 1993 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | The Guiding Nose of Ulfant Banderoz (Short Story) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon |
Dan Simmons Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prayers to Broken Stones | 1990 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Summer Sketches | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Lovedeath | 1993 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Worlds Enough & Time | 2002 | Buy from Amazon |
Dan Simmons Non-Fiction
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Going After the Rubber Chicken | 1991 | Buy from Amazon |
Orbit Science Fiction Yearbooks Series with Howard Waldrop, Felix C. Gotschalk, Lucius Shepard, Jonathan Carroll, Kate Wilhelm, Richard Kadrey, Marta Randall, John Clute, David S. Garnett
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Two ( By: David S. Garnett) | 1989 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Three ( By: David S. Garnett) | 1990 | Buy from Amazon |
Dan Simmons Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 | 1988 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Second Annual Collection | 1989 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Third Annual Collection | 1989 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | The Year's Best Fantasy 2 / Demons and Dreams | 1990 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Still Dead | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Omni Best Science Fiction Two | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection | 1993 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Omni Visions Two | 1994 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Seventh Annual Collection | 1994 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Far Horizons | 1999 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 15 | 2002 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | The Space Opera Renaissance | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | Space Opera | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance | 2009 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 16 | Freak Show | 2014 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 17 | Parallàxis: A twist in the mind | 2014 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 18 | Flight or Fright | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 19 | Blood Is Not Enough | 2019 | Buy from Amazon |
Dan Simmons is an American science fiction and horror writer. Born in 1948 in Peoria, Illinois, he studied English and Literature before teaching high school and working as an editor. In 1982, Simmons published his debut novel, "Song of Kali", which won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. He gained wider recognition with his 1985 novel "Hyperion", the first book in a science fiction quadrilogy. Simmons has written numerous critically acclaimed works, including "The Terror" (2007), a fictionalized account of the Franklin Expedition, and "The Abominable" (2013), a historical horror novel. His work often explores themes of religion, history, and the human condition. Simmons has received multiple awards, including the World Fantasy Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the Locus Award. His novels have been translated into over 30 languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide.