Order of Jeff VanderMeer Books
Jeff VanderMeer is one of the most original, and weirdest, authors working today. He is perhaps best known for the Southern Reach series of books which started with Annihilation. That book was adapted into a film starring Natalie Portman and directed by Alex Garland.
VanderMeer was born in Pennsylvania in 1968, but spent much of his childhood in the Fiji Islands as his parents were iin the Peace Corps. He would attend the University of Florida for college. He was inspired to become a writer by Angela Carter’s novel The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman. He is married to Ann Kennedy and the two live in Florida.
Publication Order of Ambergris Books
| City of Saints and Madmen | (2001) |    |
| Shriek | (2006) | |
| Finch | (2009) | |
Publication Order of Southern Reach Books
| Annihilation | (2014) | |
| Authority | (2014) | |
| Acceptance | (2014) | |
| Area X (Complete Trilogy) | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Borne Books
| Borne | (2017) | |
| The Strange Bird | (2017) | |
| Dead Astronauts | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Misadventures of Jonathan Lambshead Books
| A Peculiar Peril | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Leviathan Books
| Leviathan 2 | (1998) | |
| Leviathan | (2002) | |
| Leviathan: Cities | (2004) | |
| Mapping The Beast | (2009) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Veniss Underground | (2003) | |
| The Situation | (2008) | |
| The Three Quests of the Wizard Sarnod | (2010) | |
| Hummingbird Salamander | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Dradin, In Love | (1996) | |
| The Transformation of Martin Lake | (1999) | |
| Why Should I Cut Your Throat? | (2004) | |
| Errata | (2010) | |
| Balzac's War | (2011) | |
| Greensleeves | (2011) | |
| Komodo | (2014) | |
| This World Is Full of Monsters | (2017) | |
| Wildlife | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The Day Dali Died | (2003) | |
| Secret Life | (2004) | |
| The Third Bear | (2007) | |
| Strange Tales of Secret Lives | (2007) | |
| The Surgeon's Tale and Other Stories | (2007) | |
| The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature | (2011) | |
| Monstrous Creatures: Explorations of Fantasy Through Essays, Articles and Reviews | (2011) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals: The Evil Monkey Dialogues | (2010) | |
| Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction | (2013) | |
| The Steampunk User's Manual | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Dr. Black Books
| Dr. Black and the Guerrillia | (2005) | |
| The Metanatural Adventures of Dr. Black | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Halo Anthologies
| Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe | (2009) | |
| Fractures: Extraordinary Tales from the Halo Canon | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz Books
(with Carrie Vaughn, Kage Baker, Naomi Novik, , Elizabeth Bear, Rachel Swirsky, Michael Moorcock, Conrad Williams, Eric Flint, Dave Freer, , Garth Nix, Sarah Monette, , , , Kelly Barnhill)
| Fast Ships, Black Sails | (2008) | |
Publication Order of Cat Rambo Collections
(with Cat Rambo)
| The Surgeon's Tale and Other Stories | (2007) | |
| Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight | (2009) | |
| Near | (2012) | |
| Altered America | (2016) | |
| Neither Here Nor There | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Polyphony Anthologies Books
(with , , , , , , Nick Mamatas)
| Polyphony, Volume 1 | (2002) | |
| Polyphony, Volume 2 | (2003) | |
| Polyphony, Volume 3 | (2003) | |
| Polyphony, Volume 4 | (2004) | |
| Polyphony, Volume 5 | (2005) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Dark Terrors | (1995) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7 | (1996) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Twentieth Annual Collection | (1999) | |
| Dark Terrors 6 | (2002) | |
| The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases | (2003) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14 | (2003) | |
| Breaking Windows | (2003) | |
| Polyphony, Volume 5 | (2005) | |
| Best New Fantasy | (2006) | |
| Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories | (2007) | |
| Brothers & Beasts | (2007) | |
| Booklife | (2007) | |
| Fast Ships, Black Sails | (2008) | |
| Polluto 2: Apocalypses and Garden Furniture | (2008) | |
| Steampunk | (2008) | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009 | (2009) | |
| Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe | (2009) | |
| Year's Best SF 14 | (2009) | |
| Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance | (2009) | |
| Last Drink Bird Head | (2009) | |
| Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded | (2010) | |
| The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories | (2010) | |
| Happily Ever After | (2011) | |
| Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters | (2011) | |
| ODD? | (2011) | |
| Steampunk III: Steampunk Revolution | (2012) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Steampunk | (2012) | |
| Circus: Fantasy Under the Big Top | (2012) | |
| Fungi | (2012) | |
| The Time Traveler's Almanac | (2013) | |
| Lightspeed Magazine, February 2014 | (2014) | |
| Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology | (2015) | |
| Love Hurts | (2015) | |
| The Big Book of Science Fiction | (2016) | |
| Mixed Up: Cocktail Recipes (and Flash Fiction) for the Discerning Drinker | (2017) | |
| Worlds Seen in Passing: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction | (2018) | |
| The Big Book of Classic Fantasy | (2019) | |
| The Big Book of Modern Fantasy | (2020) | |
| Connectedness | (2020) | |
If You Like Jeff VanderMeer Books, You’ll Love…
Annihilation is the first book in what would become the Southern Reach trilogy and a Nebula Award-winning novel. The book introduces us to a place known as Area X. It’s an anamoly that has been secretly closed off by the government that has seen nature reclaim whatever was left of human civilization. Multiple expeditions have been sent into Area X to try and learn more about it, the latest has seen a man return to his wife as a shell of his former self with something not right. This awakens something within her, a search for answers, and she volunteers to be on the next expedition into Area X. Even as she knows the consequences of what that might mean.
Another wholly original book by VanderMeer is called Borne. A young woman named Rachel is a scavenger in a ruined city, a dangerous city that is filled with discarded experiments from a powerful Company. One day on a scavenger mission, Rachel finds Borne and brings him home. At the moment he is nothing more than a green lump, but there is something about him that draws Rachel to him. She knows it’s dangerous, but she enjoys spending time with Borne and as he grows he threatens the balance of power in the city which puts Rachel at great risk.