Order of Gene Wolfe Books
Gene Wolfe is an American author of science fiction and fantasy novels and stories. He writes the Urth/Solar Cycle series. Wolfe is known for his dense and allusive prose and the influence his Catholic faith has on his work. Unlike popular conventions, his first-person narrators are sometimes unreliable. Wolfe once wrote to Neil Gaiman, “My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure.” He has won numerous Nebula, Locus and World Fantasy awards, plus several other awards. Wolfe still resides in his home state of Illinois.
Gene Wolfe became a published author in 1970 with the novel Operation Ares. Below is a list of Gene Wolfe’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Urth: Book of the New Sun Books
| The Shadow of the Torturer | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Claw of the Conciliator | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sword of the Lictor | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Citadel of the Autarch | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Urth of the New Sun | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Soldier Of The Mist Books
| Soldier of the Mist | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Soldier of Arete | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Latro in the Mist | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Soldier of Sidon | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Urth: Book of the Long Sun Books
| Nightside the Long Sun | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Litany of the Long Sun | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Caldé of the Long Sun | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lake of the Long Sun | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Epiphany of the Long Sun | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Exodus from the Long Sun | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Urth: Book of the Short Sun Books
| On Blue's Waters | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| In Green's Jungles | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Book of the Short Sun | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Return to the Whorl | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Wizard Knight Books
| The Wizard | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Knight | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of A Borrowed Man Books
| A Borrowed Man | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Interlibrary Loan | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Operation Ares | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Peace | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Devil in a Forest | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Free Live Free | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| There Are Doors | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Castleview | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pandora by Holly Hollander | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pirate Freedom | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| An Evil Guest | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sorcerer's House | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Home Fires | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Land Across | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Of Relays and Roses | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| In the House of Gingerbread | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| No Planets Strike (in Strange Travelers) | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Golden City Far | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Memorare | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Castle of the Otter | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Letters Home | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 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) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Year's Best SF Anthology Books
| Year's Best SF | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 2 | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 3 | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 4 | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 5 | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 6 | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 7 | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 8 | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 9 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 10 | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 11 | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 12 | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 13 | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 14 | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 15 | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 16 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 17 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 18 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of R.A. Lafferty Collections
(with R.A. Lafferty)
| Nine Hundred Grandmothers | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Strange Doings | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Does Anyone Else Have Something Further to Add? | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| In the Wake of Man | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Apocalypses | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Ringing Changes | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Golden Gate and Other Stories | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Snake In His Bosom And Other Stories | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Man Who Made Models and Other Stories | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Slippery And Other Stories | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| East of Laughter | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Dotty | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Lafferty in Orbit | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Man Who Made Models | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Man Who Walked Through Cracks | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Best of R. A. Lafferty | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of The Palencar Project Books
| New World Blues | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Dormanna | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Thanatos Beach | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Sigma Structure Symphony | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future Books
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1 | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 2 | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 3 | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 4 | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 5 | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 6 | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 7 | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 8 | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future9 | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 10 | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 11 | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 12 | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 13 | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 14 | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 15 | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 16 | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 17 | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 18 | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 19 | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 21 | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 22 | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 23 | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 24 | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 25 | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 26 | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 27 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 28 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 29 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 30 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 31 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 32 | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 33 | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 34 | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 35 | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 36 | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 37 | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 38 | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 39 | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future 40 | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 41 | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Isaac Asimov's Anthology Books
| Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Aliens | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Robots | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's War | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Ghosts | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Christmas | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Camelot | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Detectives | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Werewolves | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Solar System | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Utopias | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Father Day | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Halloween | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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Notes: In the Wake of Man also contains stories by R.A. Lafferty and Walter Moudy. A Walking Tour of the Shambles was written with Neil Gaiman. Gate of Horn, Book of Silk was written by Michael Andre-Driussi, with contributions by Wolfe.
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Gene Wolfe Synopsis: There Are Doors by Gene Wolfe is the story of a man who falls in love with a goddess from an alternate universe. She tries to get away from him, but he follows her through interdimensional gateways to the other universe. If need be, he is willing to sacrifice his life in order to get her love. For in her world, to be with her… is to die.
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