Author · updated 2026
Jeff VanderMeer Books in Order
Every Jeff VanderMeer book in publication order — 34 in total, spanning 1996–2021.
Publication Order of Ambergris Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City Of Saints And Madmen | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Shriek | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Finch | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Southern Reach Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annihilation | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Authority | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Acceptance | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Borne Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borne | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Strange Bird | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Dead Astronauts | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Misadventures of Jonathan Lambshead Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Peculiar Peril | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Leviathan Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leviathan | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Mapping The Beast | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Predator Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Predator: South China Sea | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Steampunk Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steampunk | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veniss Underground | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Situation | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Three Quests of the Wizard Sarnod | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Hummingbird Salamander | 2021 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dradin, In Love | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Why Should I Cut Your Throat? | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Errata | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Balzac's War | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Greensleeves | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Komodo | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | This World Is Full of Monsters | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Day Dali Died | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Secret Life | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Strange Tales of Secret Lives | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Third Bear | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Monstrous Creatures: Explorations of Fantasy Through Essays, Articles and Reviews | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breaking Windows | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Mixed Up: Cocktail Recipes (and Flash Fiction) for the Discerning Drinker | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 34, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dradin, In Love | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | City Of Saints And Madmen | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Leviathan | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Veniss Underground | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Day Dali Died | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Breaking Windows | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Why Should I Cut Your Throat? | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Secret Life | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Shriek | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Strange Tales of Secret Lives | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Predator: South China Sea | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Steampunk | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Situation | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Finch | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Mapping The Beast | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The Three Quests of the Wizard Sarnod | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Errata | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Third Bear | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Balzac's War | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Greensleeves | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Monstrous Creatures: Explorations of Fantasy Through Essays, Articles and Reviews | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Annihilation | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Authority | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Acceptance | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Komodo | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Borne | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | The Strange Bird | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | This World Is Full of Monsters | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Mixed Up: Cocktail Recipes (and Flash Fiction) for the Discerning Drinker | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Dead Astronauts | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | A Peculiar Peril | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Hummingbird Salamander | 2021 | Amazon US UK |
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