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John Scalzi Books in Order

19 series including Black Tide Rising, Fuzzy Sapiens 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.

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1 Old Man's War 2 Old Man's War Short Stories/Novellas 3 The Dispatcher 4 End of All Things 5 The Interdependency 6 Human Division 7 Lock In 8 Shadow War Of The Night Dragons Short Stories/Novellas 9 The Android's Dream 10 Whatever 11 John Scalzi Other Novels 12 John Scalzi Short Stories/Novellas 13 John Scalzi Short Story Collections 14 John Scalzi Non-Fiction Books 15 Black Tide Rising 16 Fuzzy Sapiens 17 Far Reaches Collection 18 METAtropolis 19 John Scalzi Anthologies

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

Old Man's War Series

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1 Old Man's War 2005 🏆 Geffen Award 2007Hugo Award 2006Locus Award 2006Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Ghost Brigades 2006 Locus Award 2007Prometheus Award 2007Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Last Colony 2007 Hugo Award 2008Locus Award 2008Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Zoe's Tale 2008 Hugo Award 2009Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 The Human Division 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 The End of All Things 2015 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Old Man's War Short Stories/Novellas

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1 Questions for a Soldier (Short Story) 2005 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Sagan Diary (Short Story) 2007 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 After the Coup (Short Story) 2008 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

The Dispatcher Series

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1 The Dispatcher (Short Story) 2016 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Murder By Other Means 2021 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Travel by Bullet 2022 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

End of All Things Series

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1 The Life of the Mind 2015 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 This Hollow Union 2015 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Can Long Endure 2015 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 To Stand or Fall 2015 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

The Interdependency Series

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

Human Division Series

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1 The B-Team 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Walk the Plank 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 We Only Need the Heads 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 A Voice in the Wilderness 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Tales From the Clarke (Short Story) 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 The Back Channel (Short Story) 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 The Dog King (Short Story) 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 The Sound of Rebellion (Short Story) 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 The Observers 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 This Must Be the Place (Short Story) 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 A Problem of Proportion (Short Story) 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 The Gentle Art of Cracking Heads (Short Story) 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Earth Below, Sky Above (Short Story) 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Lock In Series

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1 Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome 2014 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Lock In 2014 🏆 ALA Alex Award 2015Locus Award 2015John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2015Goodreads Choice Award 2014Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from 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 from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Shadow War Of The Night Dragons Short Stories/Novellas

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1 The Dead City (Short Story) 2011 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

The Android's Dream Series

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1 The Android's Dream 2006 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Judge Sn Goes Golfing (Short Story) 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Whatever Series

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1 Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded 2008 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Mallet of Loving Correction 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

John Scalzi Other Novels

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

John Scalzi Short Stories/Novellas

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

John Scalzi Short Story Collections

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1 Miniatures 2016 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

John Scalzi Non-Fiction Books

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1 Rough Guide to Money Online 2000 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Rough Guide to the Universe 2003 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Uncle John's Presents: The Book of the Dumb 2003 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Uncle John's Presents Book of the Dumb 2 2004 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 The Rough Guide to Sci-Fi Movies 2005 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 You're Not Fooling Anyone When You Take Your Laptop to a Coffee Shop: Scalzi On Writing 2007 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 24 Frames into the Future 2012 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Don't Live For Your Obituary 2017 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Black Tide Rising Series

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1 Under a Graveyard Sky ( By: John Ringo) 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 To Sail a Darkling Sea ( By: John Ringo) 2014 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Islands of Rage & Hope ( By: John Ringo) 2014 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Strands of Sorrow ( By: John Ringo) 2014 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Black Tide Rising ( With: John Ringo, Jody Lynn Nye, Sarah A. Hoyt, Eric Flint, Michael Z. Williamson, Eric S. Brown) 2016 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 The Valley of Shadows ( By: John Ringo) 2018 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Voices of the Fall ( By: John Ringo) 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 River of Night ( By: John Ringo) 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 At the End of the World ( By: Charles E. Gannon) 2020 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 At the End of the Journey ( By: Charles E. Gannon) 2021 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 We Shall Rise ( By: John Ringo, Gary Poole) 2021 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 United We Stand ( By: John Ringo, Gary Poole) 2024 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Mountain of Fire ( By: Jason Cordova) 2024 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 Across an Ocean of Stars ( By: Robert E. Hampson) 2025 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Fuzzy Sapiens Series

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1 Little Fuzzy ( By: H. Beam Piper) 1962 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Other Human Race ( By: H. Beam Piper) 1964 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Fuzzy Sapiens ( By: H. Beam Piper) 1964 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 The Fuzzy Papers ( By: H. Beam Piper) 1977 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Fuzzy Bones ( By: William Tuning) 1981 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Golden Dream ( By: Ardath Mayhar) 1982 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 The Adventures of Little Fuzzy (Short Story) ( By: H. Beam Piper) 1983 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Fuzzies and Other People ( By: H. Beam Piper) 1984 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 The Complete Fuzzy ( By: H. Beam Piper) 1998 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 Fuzzy Nation 2011 🏆 Audie Award 2012Goodreads Choice Award 2011Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 Caveat Fuzzy ( By: Wolfgang Diehr) 2012 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 The Fuzzy Conundrum ( By: John F. Carr, Wolfgang Diehr) 2016 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Fuzzy Ergo Sum ( By: Wolfgang Diehr) 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 Fuzzy Logic ( By: Wolfgang Diehr) 2022 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Far Reaches Collection Series

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1 Slow Time Between the Stars 2023 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 How It Unfolds ( By: James S. A. Corey) 2023 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Long Game ( By: Ann Leckie) 2023 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Void ( By: Veronica Roth) 2023 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Falling Bodies (Short Story) ( By: Rebecca Roanhorse) 2023 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (Short Story) ( By: Nnedi Okorafor) 2023 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

METAtropolis Series

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1 METAtropolis ( With: Jay Lake, Elizabeth Bear, Tobias Buckell, Karl Schroeder) 2008 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Cascadia ( By: Ken Scholes) 2010 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Green Space ( By: Jay Lake) 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 A Symmetry of Serpents and Doves ( By: Ken Scholes) 2014 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Byways ( By: Tobias Buckell) 2014 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 The Wings We Dare Aspire ( By: Ken Scholes) 2014 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Stochasticity (Short Story) ( By: Tobias Buckell) 2016 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Tensegrity (Short Story) ( By: Tobias Buckell) 2016 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

John Scalzi Anthologies

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1 Space Opera 2007 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Rip-Off! 2012 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Tor.com: Selected Original Fiction, 2008-2012 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2014 edition 2015 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Black Tide Rising 2016 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Robots vs. Fairies 2018 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Love, Death and Robots: The Official Anthology: Volume One 2021 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Uncanny Magazine Issue 60: September/October 2024 2024 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
About the Author

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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