Author · updated 2026
Dan Simmons Books in Order
Every Dan Simmons book in publication order — 39 in total, spanning 1985–2020.
Publication Order of Hyperion Cantos Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hyperion | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Fall of Hyperion | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Endymion | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Rise of Endymion | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Summer Of Night /Seasons of Horror Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Summer of Night | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | A Winter Haunting | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Joe Kurtz Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hardcase | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Hard Freeze | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Hard as Nails | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Ilium Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ilium | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Olympos | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Fifth Heart Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fifth Heart | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Song of Kali | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Carrion Comfort | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Phases of Gravity | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Children of the Night | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Hollow Man | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Fires of Eden | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Crook Factory | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Darwin's Blade | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Terror | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Muse of Fire | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Drood | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Black Hills | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Flashback | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Abominable | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Omega Canyon | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banished Dreams | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Entropy's Bed at Midnight | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | This Year's Class Picture | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Guiding Nose of Ulfant Banderoz | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prayers to Broken Stones | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Summer Sketches | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Lovedeath | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Worlds Enough & Time | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Going After the Rubber Chicken | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of The Year's Best Science Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Blood Is Not Enough | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 39, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Song of Kali | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Hyperion | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Carrion Comfort | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Phases of Gravity | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Fall of Hyperion | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Banished Dreams | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Entropy's Bed at Midnight | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Prayers to Broken Stones | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Summer of Night | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Going After the Rubber Chicken | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Children of the Night | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Hollow Man | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | This Year's Class Picture | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Summer Sketches | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Lovedeath | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Fires of Eden | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Endymion | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | The Rise of Endymion | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | The Crook Factory | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Darwin's Blade | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Hardcase | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | A Winter Haunting | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Hard Freeze | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Worlds Enough & Time | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Hard as Nails | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Ilium | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Olympos | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | The Terror | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Muse of Fire | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Drood | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Black Hills | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Flashback | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | The Guiding Nose of Ulfant Banderoz | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | The Abominable | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | The Fifth Heart | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Blood Is Not Enough | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Omega Canyon | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
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