Kage Baker (1952-2010) was an American author of sci-fi/fantasy novels. She is best known for her Company series, which includes several novels as well as a couple of short story collections and a few novellas. Baker passed away from cancer in January of 2010.

Kage Baker published her first novel in 1997, titled In the Garden of Iden. Below is a list of Kage Baker’s books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of The Company Books

In the Garden of Iden (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sky Coyote (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mendoza in Hollywood (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Graveyard Game (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Life of the World to Come (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Children of the Company (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Machine's Child (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rude Mechanicals (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Sons of Heaven (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Empress of Mars (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Not Less Than Gods (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
In the Company of Thieves (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Company Short Story Collections

Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gods and Pawns (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anvil Of The World Books

(with David G. Hartwell, Ann VanderMeer)

The Anvil of the World (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The House of the Stag (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Bird of the River (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Chronological Order of Anvil Of The World Books

(with David G. Hartwell, Ann VanderMeer)

The House of the Stag(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Anvil of the World(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Bird of the River(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Nell Gwynne Books

The Women of Nell Gwynne's (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Nell Gwynne's Scarlet Spy (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Nell Gwynne's On Land and At Sea (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Hotel Under the Sand (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Son, Observe the Time (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Where the Golden Apples Grow (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Or Else My Lady Keeps the Key (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Caverns of Mystery (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Books (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Mother Aegypt and Other Stories (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dark Mondays (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best of Kage Baker (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Ancient Rockets: Treasures and Train Wrecks of the Silent Screen (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Year's Best Fantasy Books

Year's Best Fantasy (By: George R.R. Martin,Terry Goodkind,Michael Swanwick,Robert Sheckley,Nalo Hopkinson,Kathryn Cramer,Nicola Griffith,Alice Coppel-Tosic) (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Year's Best Fantasy 2 (By: David G. Hartwell,James K. Morrow,Kathryn Cramer) (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Year's Best Fantasy 3 (With: Ursula K. Le Guin,David G. Hartwell,Charles de Lint,Neil Gaiman,China Miéville,Nalo Hopkinson,Kathryn Cramer,R. Garcia y Robertson,William Mingin,Patricia Bowne) (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Year's Best Fantasy 4 (By: Terry Bisson,David G. Hartwell,Kathryn Cramer) (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Year's Best Fantasy 5 (By: David G. Hartwell,Kathryn Cramer) (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Year's Best Fantasy 6 (By: David G. Hartwell,Neil Gaiman,Kathryn Cramer) (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Year's Best Fantasy 7 (By: David G. Hartwell,Kathryn Cramer,L.E. Modesitt Jr.) (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Year's Best Fantasy 8 (By: David G. Hartwell,Kathryn Cramer,David Ackert) (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Year's Best Fantasy 9 (By: David G. Hartwell,James K. Morrow,Kathryn Cramer) (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Anthology series.

Publication Order of Anthologies

Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1998(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1999(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 2000(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Asimov's Science Fiction: August 2001, Vol. 25, No. 8(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 16(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Silver Gryphon(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
New Voices In Science Fiction(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
ReVisions(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Year's Best Science Fiction: 21 Annual Edition(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2005(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Escape from Earth(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Wizards / Dark Alchemy(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fast Ships, Black Sails(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Year's Best SF 13(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sideways In Crime(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dragon Book(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book of Cthulhu(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Time Traveler's Almanac(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Time Travel: Recent Trips(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Note: Mendoza in Hollywood was also titled At the Edge of the West. Nell Gwynne’s On Land and At Sea is co-authored by Kathleen Bartholomew.

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