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Alastair Reynolds Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Alastair Reynolds in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 74 books / 12 series

British author best known for the *Revelation Space* series. His books have sold over a million copies and won multiple awards, including the British Science Fiction Association Award. This page provides the Alastair Reynolds books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

Books by Alastair Reynolds in Publication Order

1975 The Curse of Peladon(By: Brian Hayles) POoDWTDB / 1 Buy
1993 The Paradise of Death(By: Barry Letts) POoDWTDB / 2 Buy
1995 Dancing the Code(By: Paul Leonard) POoDWTDB / 3 Buy
1995 The Ghosts of N-Space(By: Barry Letts) POoDWTDB / 4 Buy
1996 Year's Best SF POoYBSAB / 1 Buy
1996 The Scales of Injustice(By: Gary Russell) POoDWTDB / 5 Buy
1997 A Spy in Europa POoSS / 1 Buy
1997 Year's Best SF 2 POoYBSAB / 2 Buy
1998 Year's Best SF 3 POoYBSAB / 3 Buy
1999 Year's Best SF 4 POoYBSAB / 4 Buy
2000 Revelation Space POoRSB / 1 Buy
2000 Merlin's Gun POoMB / 1 Buy
2000 Great Wall of Mars POoSS / 2 Buy
2000 Year's Best SF 5 POoYBSAB / 5 Buy
2001 Chasm City POoRSB / 2 Buy
2001 Diamond Dogs POoRSB / 3 Buy
2001 Year's Best SF 6 POoYBSAB / 6 Buy
2002 Redemption Ark POoRSB / 4 Buy
2002 Year's Best SF 7 POoYBSAB / 7 Buy
2003 Turquoise Days POoRSB / 5 Buy
2003 Absolution Gap POoRSB / 6 Buy
2003 Year's Best SF 8 POoYBSAB / 8 Buy
2004 Century Rain POoSN / 1 Buy
2004 Year's Best SF 9 POoYBSAB / 9 Buy
2005 Pushing Ice POoSN / 2 Buy
2005 Year's Best SF 10 POoYBSAB / 10 Buy
2006 Zima Blue and Other Stories POoSSC / 1 Buy
2006 Weather POoSS / 3 Buy
2006 Galactic North POoRSB / 7 Buy
2006 Year's Best SF 11 POoYBSAB / 11 Buy
2007 Aurora Rising / The Prefect POoID/PDEB / 1 Buy
2007 Year's Best SF 12 POoYBSAB / 12 Buy
2008 House of Suns POoSN / 3 Buy
2008 The Six Directions of Space POoSS / 4 Buy
2008 Year's Best SF 13 POoYBSAB / 13 Buy
2009 Zima Blue POoSS / 5 Buy
2009 Doctor Who: The Magician's Oath(By: Scott Handcock) POoDWTDB / 6 Buy
2009 Year's Best SF 14 POoYBSAB / 14 Buy
2010 Deep Navigation POoSSC / 2 Buy
2010 Terminal World POoSN / 4 Buy
2010 Year's Best SF 15 POoYBSAB / 15 Buy
2011 Solaris Rising POoSRAB / 1 Buy
2011 Troika POoSS / 6 Buy
2011 Year's Best SF 16 POoYBSAB / 16 Buy
2012 Blue Remembered Earth POoPCB / 1 Buy
2012 Solaris Rising 1.5(By: Paul Cornell,Tanith Lee,Mike Resnick,Aliette de Bodard,Adam Roberts,Paul Di Filippo,Ian Whates,Gareth L. Powell,Sarah Lotz,Philip Vine) POoSRAB / 2 Buy
2012 On the Steel Breeze POoPCB / 2 Buy
2012 Sleepover POoSS / 7 Buy
2012 Year's Best SF 17 POoYBSAB / 17 Buy
2013 Solaris Rising 2(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Paul Cornell,Liz Williams,James Lovegrove,Robert Reed,Eugie Foster,Nancy Kress,Nick Harkaway,Norman Spinrad,Vandana Singh,Kim Lakin-Smith,Ian Whates,Paul Cornell, Jr.,Kay Kenyon,Adrian Tchaikovsky,Martin Sketchley,Allan Steele) POoSRAB / 3 Buy
2013 Harvest of Time POoDWTDB / 7 Buy
2013 Thousandth Night POoSS / 8 Buy
2013 Council of War(By: Simon Barnard) POoDWTDB / 8 Buy
2013 Year's Best SF 18 POoYBSAB / 18 Buy
2015 Poseidon's Wake POoPCB / 3 Buy
2015 Slow Bullets POoSS / 9 Buy
2016 Revenger POoRB / 1 Buy
2016 The Medusa Chronicles(With: Stephen Baxter) POoTMCB / 1 Buy
2016 The Iron Tactician POoMB / 2 Buy
2016 Beyond the Aquila Rift POoSSC / 3 Buy
2016 Damascus(By: Jonathan Barnes) POoDWTDB / 9 Buy
2018 Elysium Fire POoID/PDEB / 2 Buy
2018 Open and Shut POoID/PDEB / 3 Buy
2019 Shadow Captain POoRB / 2 Buy
2019 Permafrost POoSN / 5 Buy
2020 Bone Silence POoRB / 3 Buy
2021 Belladonna Nights and Other Stories POoSSC / 4 Buy
2021 Inhibitor Phase POoRSB / 8 Buy
2022 Eversion POoSN / 6 Buy
2023 Detonation Boulevard POoSS / 10 Buy
2024 Machine Vendetta POoID/PDEB / 4 Buy
2025 The Revelation Space Collection Volume 1 POoSSC / 5 Buy
2025 The Dagger in Vichy POoSS / 11 Buy
2026 Halcyon Years POoSN / 7 Buy

Complete Alastair Reynolds Series Reading Order / browse all ->

01 The Medusa Chronicles(With: Stephen Baxter) 2016 Buy
Revenger Reading Order 3 books / 2016-2020
01 Revenger 2016 Buy
02 Shadow Captain 2019 Buy
03 Bone Silence 2020 Buy
Merlin Reading Order 2 books / 2000-2016
01 Merlin's Gun 2000 Buy
02 The Iron Tactician 2016 Buy
01 Aurora Rising / The Prefect 2007 Buy
02 Elysium Fire 2018 Buy
03 Open and Shut 2018 Buy
04 Machine Vendetta 2024 Buy
Revelation Space Reading Order 8 books / 2000-2021
01 Revelation Space 2000 Buy
02 Chasm City 2001 Buy
03 Diamond Dogs 2001 Buy
04 Redemption Ark 2002 Buy
05 Turquoise Days 2003 Buy
06 Absolution Gap 2003 Buy
07 Galactic North 2006 Buy
08 Inhibitor Phase 2021 Buy
01 The Curse of Peladon(By: Brian Hayles) 1975 Buy
02 The Paradise of Death(By: Barry Letts) 1993 Buy
03 Dancing the Code(By: Paul Leonard) 1995 Buy
04 The Ghosts of N-Space(By: Barry Letts) 1995 Buy
05 The Scales of Injustice(By: Gary Russell) 1996 Buy
06 Doctor Who: The Magician's Oath(By: Scott Handcock) 2009 Buy
07 Harvest of Time 2013 Buy
08 Council of War(By: Simon Barnard) 2013 Buy
09 Damascus(By: Jonathan Barnes) 2016 Buy
01 Year's Best SF 1996 Buy
02 Year's Best SF 2 1997 Buy
03 Year's Best SF 3 1998 Buy
04 Year's Best SF 4 1999 Buy
05 Year's Best SF 5 2000 Buy
06 Year's Best SF 6 2001 Buy
07 Year's Best SF 7 2002 Buy
08 Year's Best SF 8 2003 Buy
09 Year's Best SF 9 2004 Buy
10 Year's Best SF 10 2005 Buy
11 Year's Best SF 11 2006 Buy
12 Year's Best SF 12 2007 Buy
13 Year's Best SF 13 2008 Buy
14 Year's Best SF 14 2009 Buy
15 Year's Best SF 15 2010 Buy
16 Year's Best SF 16 2011 Buy
17 Year's Best SF 17 2012 Buy
18 Year's Best SF 18 2013 Buy
01 Zima Blue and Other Stories 2006 Buy
02 Deep Navigation 2010 Buy
03 Beyond the Aquila Rift 2016 Buy
04 Belladonna Nights and Other Stories 2021 Buy
05 The Revelation Space Collection Volume 1 2025 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 7 books / 2004-2026
01 Century Rain 2004 Buy
02 Pushing Ice 2005 Buy
03 House of Suns 2008 Buy
04 Terminal World 2010 Buy
05 Permafrost 2019 Buy
06 Eversion 2022 Buy
07 Halcyon Years 2026 Buy
01 A Spy in Europa 1997 Buy
02 Great Wall of Mars 2000 Buy
03 Weather 2006 Buy
04 The Six Directions of Space 2008 Buy
05 Zima Blue 2009 Buy
06 Troika 2011 Buy
07 Sleepover 2012 Buy
08 Thousandth Night 2013 Buy
09 Slow Bullets 2015 Buy
10 Detonation Boulevard 2023 Buy
11 The Dagger in Vichy 2025 Buy
Poseidon's Children Reading Order 3 books / 2012-2015
01 Blue Remembered Earth 2012 Buy
02 On the Steel Breeze 2012 Buy
03 Poseidon's Wake 2015 Buy
01 Solaris Rising 2011 Buy
02 Solaris Rising 1.5(By: Paul Cornell,Tanith Lee,Mike Resnick,Aliette de Bodard,Adam Roberts,Paul Di Filippo,Ian Whates,Gareth L. Powell,Sarah Lotz,Philip Vine) 2012 Buy
03 Solaris Rising 2(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Paul Cornell,Liz Williams,James Lovegrove,Robert Reed,Eugie Foster,Nancy Kress,Nick Harkaway,Norman Spinrad,Vandana Singh,Kim Lakin-Smith,Ian Whates,Paul Cornell, Jr.,Kay Kenyon,Adrian Tchaikovsky,Martin Sketchley,Allan Steele) 2013 Buy

Where to start with Alastair Reynolds

What is the best order to read Alastair Reynolds books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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