Publication Reading Order
The Alien is a Urban Fantasy / YA Fantasy series by Seanan McGuire, comprising 21 books published between 1979 and 2025. Books are listed in publication order, which is the recommended reading sequence.
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | Alien (Short Story) ( By: Archie Goodwin) | 1979 | Buy from Amazon |
| 2 | Alien StarSwarm (Short Story) ( By: Robert Sheckley) | 1991 | Buy from Amazon | |
 | 3 | Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual ( By: Lee Brimmicombe-Wood) | 1995 | Buy from Amazon |
 | 4 | Aliens: The Set Photography (Short Story) ( By: Simon Ward) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon |
 | 5 | Aliens: Bug Hunt ( By: Heather Graham, Jonathan Maberry, Yvonne Navarro) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon |
 | 6 | Alien: Covenant ( By: Alan Dean Foster) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon |
 | 7 | Alien: Covenant Origins - The Official Prequel to the Blockbuster Film ( By: Titan Books) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon |
 | 8 | The Cold Forge ( By: Alex White) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon |
 | 9 | Echo ( As: Mira Grant) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon |
 | 10 | The Making of Alien ( By: J.W. Rinzler) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon |
 | 11 | Isolation ( By: Keith R.A. DeCandido) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon |
 | 12 | Prototype ( By: Tim Waggoner) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon |
 | 13 | Phalanx ( By: Scott Sigler) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon |
 | 14 | Into Charybdis ( By: Alex White) | 2021 | Buy from Amazon |
 | 15 | Infiltrator ( By: Weston Ochse) | 2021 | Buy from Amazon |
| 16 | Alien: Colony War ( By: David M. Barnett) | 2022 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 17 | Alien - Inferno's Fall ( By: Philippa Ballantine, Clara Carija) | 2022 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 18 | Vasquez ( By: V. Castro) | 2022 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 19 | Alien: Enemy of My Enemy ( By: Mary SanGiovanni) | 2023 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 20 | Aliens: Bishop ( By: T.R. Napper) | 2023 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 21 | Alien: Seventh Circle ( By: Philippa Ballantine, Clara Carija) | 2025 | Buy from Amazon |