Author · updated 2026
Michael Swanwick Books in Order
Every Michael Swanwick book in publication order — 47 in total, spanning 1971–2020.
Publication Order of Iron Dragon's Daughter Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Iron Dragon's Daughter | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Dragons of Babel | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Iron Dragon's Mother | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Darger and Surplus Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dancing with Bears | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Chasing the Phoenix | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Postutopian Adventures of Darger and Surplus | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Mongolian Wizard Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Mongolian Wizard | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Fire Gown | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Day of the Kraken | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | House of Dreams | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Night of the Salamander | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Pyramid of Krakow | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Phantom in the Maze | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Murder in the Spook House | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The New Prometheus | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Faust | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | In the Drift | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Vacuum Flowers | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Gravity's Angels | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Stations of the Tide | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Griffin's Egg | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Bones of the Earth | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zeppelin City | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Trains That Climb the Winter Tree | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Dala Horse | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cigar-Box Faust and Other Miniatures | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Tales of Old Earth | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | A Geography of Unknown Lands | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Moon Dogs | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Michael Swanwick's Field Guide to Mesozoic Megafauna | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Periodic Table of Science Fiction | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Dog Said Bow-Wow | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Best of Michael Swanwick | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Not So Much, Said the Cat | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Postmodern Archipelago | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Being Gardner Dozois | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of The Year's Best Science Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Slow Dancing Through Time | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Modern Classics of Fantasy | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Good New Stuff | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Year's Best Science Fiction | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Year's Best SF 11 | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Sword & Sorcery Anthology | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Rogues | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 47, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Faust | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | In the Drift | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Vacuum Flowers | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Slow Dancing Through Time | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Gravity's Angels | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Stations of the Tide | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Griffin's Egg | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Cigar-Box Faust and Other Miniatures | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Tales of Old Earth | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Iron Dragon's Daughter | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | A Geography of Unknown Lands | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Postmodern Archipelago | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Modern Classics of Fantasy | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Good New Stuff | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Moon Dogs | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Being Gardner Dozois | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Bones of the Earth | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Michael Swanwick's Field Guide to Mesozoic Megafauna | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | The Year's Best Science Fiction | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | The Periodic Table of Science Fiction | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Year's Best SF 11 | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | The Dog Said Bow-Wow | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | The Dragons of Babel | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | The Best of Michael Swanwick | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Dancing with Bears | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Zeppelin City | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | The Trains That Climb the Winter Tree | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | The Mongolian Wizard | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | The Fire Gown | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Day of the Kraken | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | The Sword & Sorcery Anthology | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | House of Dreams | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | Rogues | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Chasing the Phoenix | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | The Night of the Salamander | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | The Pyramid of Krakow | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | The Phantom in the Maze | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | The Dala Horse | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | Not So Much, Said the Cat | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | The Iron Dragon's Mother | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | Murder in the Spook House | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | The New Prometheus | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | The Postutopian Adventures of Darger and Surplus | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
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