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Gene Wolfe Books in Order
Every Gene Wolfe book in publication order — 69 in total, spanning 1970–2020.
Publication Order of Urth: Book of the New Sun Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Shadow of the Torturer | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Claw of the Conciliator | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Sword of the Lictor | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Citadel of the Autarch | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Urth of the New Sun | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Soldier Of The Mist Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soldier of the Mist | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Soldier of Arete | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Latro in the Mist | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Soldier of Sidon | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Urth: Book of the Long Sun Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nightside the Long Sun | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Litany of the Long Sun | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Cald辿 of the Long Sun | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Lake of the Long Sun | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Epiphany of the Long Sun | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Exodus from the Long Sun | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Urth: Book of the Short Sun Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On Blue's Waters | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | In Green's Jungles | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Book of the Short Sun | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Return to the Whorl | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of The Wizard Knight Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wizard | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Knight | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of A Borrowed Man Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Borrowed Man | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Interlibrary Loan | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Operation Ares | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Peace | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Devil in a Forest | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Free Live Free | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | There Are Doors | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Castleview | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Pandora by Holly Hollander | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Pirate Freedom | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | An Evil Guest | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Sorcerer's House | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Home Fires | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Land Across | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memorare | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fifth Head of Cerberus | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The New Atlantis and Other Novellas of Science Fiction | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | In the Wake of Man: A Science Fiction Triad | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Island of Dr. Death and Other Stories and Other Stories | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Gene Wolfe's Book of Days | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Bibliomen | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Plan(e)t Engineering | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Storeys from the Old Hotel | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | For Rosemary | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Endangered Species | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Castle of Days | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Young Wolfe | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Strange Travelers | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Starwater Strains | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Innocents Aboard: New Fantasy Stories | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The Very Best of Gene Wolfe | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Castle of the Otter | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Letters Home | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Gate of Horn, Book of Silk: A Guide to Gene Wolfe's The Book of the Long Sun and The Book of the Short Sun | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of The Year's Best Science Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of The Book of Cthulhu Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Book of Cthulhu | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alchemy and Academe | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Continuum 1 | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Ascent of Wonder | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Cthulhu 2000 | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Space Opera | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Furthest Horizon | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Graven Images | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Book of Cthulhu | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Ghosts by Gaslight | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Wildside Book of Fantasy | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 69, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Operation Ares | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Alchemy and Academe | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Fifth Head of Cerberus | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Continuum 1 | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Peace | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The New Atlantis and Other Novellas of Science Fiction | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | In the Wake of Man: A Science Fiction Triad | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Devil in a Forest | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Shadow of the Torturer | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Island of Dr. Death and Other Stories and Other Stories | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Claw of the Conciliator | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Gene Wolfe's Book of Days | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Sword of the Lictor | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Castle of the Otter | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | The Citadel of the Autarch | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Free Live Free | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Bibliomen | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Plan(e)t Engineering | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Soldier of the Mist | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | The Urth of the New Sun | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | There Are Doors | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Storeys from the Old Hotel | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | For Rosemary | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Soldier of Arete | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Endangered Species | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Castleview | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Pandora by Holly Hollander | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Letters Home | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Castle of Days | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Young Wolfe | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Nightside the Long Sun | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Litany of the Long Sun | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Cald辿 of the Long Sun | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Lake of the Long Sun | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | The Ascent of Wonder | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Cthulhu 2000 | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | Epiphany of the Long Sun | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Exodus from the Long Sun | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Space Opera | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | On Blue's Waters | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | In Green's Jungles | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | Strange Travelers | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | Starwater Strains | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | The Furthest Horizon | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | Graven Images | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | The Book of the Short Sun | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | Return to the Whorl | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | Latro in the Mist | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | The Wizard | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | The Knight | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | Innocents Aboard: New Fantasy Stories | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | Soldier of Sidon | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 56 | Pirate Freedom | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 57 | Memorare | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 58 | An Evil Guest | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 59 | The Very Best of Gene Wolfe | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 60 | The Sorcerer's House | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 61 | Home Fires | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 62 | The Book of Cthulhu | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 63 | The Book of Cthulhu | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 64 | Ghosts by Gaslight | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 65 | Gate of Horn, Book of Silk: A Guide to Gene Wolfe's The Book of the Long Sun and The Book of the Short Sun | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 66 | The Wildside Book of Fantasy | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 67 | The Land Across | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 68 | A Borrowed Man | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 69 | Interlibrary Loan | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
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