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John Scalzi Books in Order

19 series including Black Tide Rising Series, Fuzzy Sapiens Series and more

★ 5 NYT bestsellers 19 series 117 books Latest: When the Moon Hits Your Eye (2025)

The earliest John Scalzi book we track dates to 1962, and the catalogue now runs to 117 books. John Scalzi's books make up 19 series, the largest of which — Black Tide Rising — reaches 14 books. Their latest title in our catalogue is When the Moon Hits Your Eye, from 2025.

New York Times Bestsellers

5 books

John Scalzi has placed 5 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 7 weeks on the charts.

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Redshirts
John Scalzi Other Novels

1 week on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #15 · debuted Jun 2012 · 2 weeks across 2 NYT lists

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Starter Villain
John Scalzi Other Novels

1 week on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #12 · debuted Sep 2023 · 2 weeks across 2 NYT lists

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Reading Order

19 series · 117 books
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Old Man's War 2005 🏆 Geffen Award 2007Hugo Award 2006Locus Award 2006Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Ghost Brigades 2006 Locus Award 2007Prometheus Award 2007Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Last Colony 2007 Hugo Award 2008Locus Award 2008Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Zoe's Tale 2008 Hugo Award 2009Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 The Human Division 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 The End of All Things 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Old Man's War Short Stories/Novellas

0 of 3 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Questions for a Soldier (Short Story) 2005 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Sagan Diary (Short Story) 2007 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 After the Coup (Short Story) 2008 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
The Dispatcher (Short Story) by John Scalzi

The Dispatcher Series

0 of 3 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 The Dispatcher (Short Story) 2016 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Murder By Other Means 2021 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Travel by Bullet 2022 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

End of All Things Series

0 of 4 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 The Life of the Mind 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 This Hollow Union 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Can Long Endure 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 To Stand or Fall 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi

The Interdependency Series

0 of 3 read
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1 The Collapsing Empire 2017 Hugo Award 2018Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Consuming Fire 2018 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Last Emperox 2020 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Human Division Series

0 of 13 read
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✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 The B-Team 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Walk the Plank 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 We Only Need the Heads 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 A Voice in the Wilderness 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Tales From the Clarke (Short Story) 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 The Back Channel (Short Story) 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 The Dog King (Short Story) 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 The Sound of Rebellion (Short Story) 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 The Observers 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 This Must Be the Place (Short Story) 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 A Problem of Proportion (Short Story) 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 The Gentle Art of Cracking Heads (Short Story) 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 Earth Below, Sky Above (Short Story) 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome by John Scalzi

Lock In Series

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1 Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome 2014 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Lock In 2014 🏆 ALA Alex Award 2015Locus Award 2015John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2015Goodreads Choice Award 2014Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Head On 2018 Audie Award 2019Locus Award 2015John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2015James Tiptree Jr. Award 2015Goodreads Choice Award 2014Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Shadow War Of The Night Dragons Short Stories/Novellas

0 of 1 read
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1 The Dead City (Short Story) 2011 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
The Android's Dream by John Scalzi

The Android's Dream Series

0 of 2 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 The Android's Dream 2006 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Judge Sn Goes Golfing (Short Story) 2009 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded by John Scalzi

Whatever Series

0 of 2 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded 2008 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Mallet of Loving Correction 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi

John Scalzi Other Novels

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1 Agent to the Stars 2004 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The God Engines 2009 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Dead City (Short Story) 2011 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Redshirts 2012 🏆 Hugo Award 2013🏆 Locus Award 2013Goodreads Choice Award 2012Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Virtue Signaling and Other Heresies 2018 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 A Very Scalzi Christmas (Short Story) 2019 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 The Kaiju Preservation Society 2022 Hugo Award 2023Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Starter Villain 2023 Hugo Award 2024Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 When the Moon Hits Your Eye 2025 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

John Scalzi Short Stories/Novellas

0 of 9 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 How I Proposed to My Wife: An Alien Sex Story (Short Story) 2006 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Tale of the Wicked (Short Story) 2009 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The President's Brain is Missing (Short Story) 2010 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 When the Yogurt Took Over 2010 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 An Election (Short Story) 2010 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Muse of Fire (Short Story) 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Everything but the Squeal (Short Story) 2016 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Automated Customer Service (Short Story) 2018 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 Constituent Service (Short Story) 2024 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

John Scalzi Short Story Collections

1 book · 2016

John Scalzi Non-Fiction Books

8 books · 2000–2017

Black Tide Rising Series

14 books · 2013–2025 · full reading order

Fuzzy Sapiens Series

14 books · 1962–2022 · full reading order

METAtropolis Series

8 books · 2008–2016 · full reading order

John Scalzi Anthologies

8 books · 2007–2024

John Michael Scalzi II (born May 10, 1969) is an American science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He is best known for his Old Man's War series, three novels of which have been nominated for the Hugo Award, and for his blog Whatever, where he has written on a number of topics since 1998.

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