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Dan Simmons Complete Bibliography

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

Updated 2026-07-11 / 40 books / 9 series

American author Dan Simmons is best known for the Hugo Award-winning *Hyperion Cantos* series and the horror classic *The Terror*. His works have sold millions of copies worldwide. This page provides the Dan Simmons books in order, including both chronological publication order and series reading order.

Books by Dan Simmons in Publication Order

1985 Song of Kali POoSN / 1 Buy
1988 Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds POoSS / 1 Buy
1988 Metastasis POoSS / 2 Buy
1989 Hyperion POoHCB / 1 Buy
1989 Carrion Comfort POoSN / 2 Buy
1989 Phases of Gravity POoSN / 3 Buy
1990 Prayers to Broken Stones POoSSC / 1 Buy
1990 The Fall of Hyperion POoHCB / 2 Buy
1990 Banished Dreams POoSS / 3 Buy
1990 Entropy's Bed at Midnight POoSS / 4 Buy
1991 Summer of Night POoSONOHB / 1 Buy
1991 Going After the Rubber Chicken POoNB / 1 Buy
1992 Children of the Night POoSONOHB / 2 Buy
1992 Summer Sketches POoSSC / 2 Buy
1992 The Hollow Man POoSN / 4 Buy
1992 This Year's Class Picture POoSS / 5 Buy
1993 Lovedeath POoSSC / 3 Buy
1993 Death in Bangkok POoSS / 6 Buy
1994 Fires of Eden POoSN / 5 Buy
1996 Endymion POoHCB / 3 Buy
1997 The Rise of Endymion POoHCB / 4 Buy
1999 Orphans of the Helix POoHCB / 5 Buy
1999 The Crook Factory POoSN / 6 Buy
2000 Darwin's Blade POoSN / 7 Buy
2001 Hardcase POoJKB / 1 Buy
2002 Hard Freeze POoJKB / 2 Buy
2002 A Winter Haunting POoSONOHB / 3 Buy
2002 Worlds Enough & Time POoSSC / 4 Buy
2003 Ilium POoIB / 1 Buy
2003 Hard as Nails POoJKB / 3 Buy
2005 Olympos POoIB / 2 Buy
2007 The Terror POoSN / 8 Buy
2008 Muse of Fire POoSN / 9 Buy
2009 Drood POoSN / 10 Buy
2010 Black Hills POoSN / 11 Buy
2011 Flashback POoSN / 12 Buy
2012 The Guiding Nose of Ulfant Banderoz POoSS / 7 Buy
2013 The Abominable POoSN / 13 Buy
2015 The Fifth Heart POoFHB / 1 Buy
2020 Omega Canyon POoSN / 14 Buy

Complete Dan Simmons Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Ilium Reading Order 2 books / 2003-2005
01 Ilium 2003 Buy
02 Olympos 2005 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 14 books / 1985-2020
01 Song of Kali 1985 Buy
02 Carrion Comfort 1989 Buy
03 Phases of Gravity 1989 Buy
04 The Hollow Man 1992 Buy
05 Fires of Eden 1994 Buy
06 The Crook Factory 1999 Buy
07 Darwin's Blade 2000 Buy
08 The Terror 2007 Buy
09 Muse of Fire 2008 Buy
10 Drood 2009 Buy
11 Black Hills 2010 Buy
12 Flashback 2011 Buy
13 The Abominable 2013 Buy
14 Omega Canyon 2020 Buy
01 Summer of Night 1991 Buy
02 Children of the Night 1992 Buy
03 A Winter Haunting 2002 Buy
01 Prayers to Broken Stones 1990 Buy
02 Summer Sketches 1992 Buy
03 Lovedeath 1993 Buy
04 Worlds Enough & Time 2002 Buy
01 The Fifth Heart 2015 Buy
Hyperion Cantos Reading Order 5 books / 1989-1999
01 Hyperion 1989 Buy
02 The Fall of Hyperion 1990 Buy
03 Endymion 1996 Buy
04 The Rise of Endymion 1997 Buy
05 Orphans of the Helix 1999 Buy
01 Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds 1988 Buy
02 Metastasis 1988 Buy
03 Banished Dreams 1990 Buy
04 Entropy's Bed at Midnight 1990 Buy
05 This Year's Class Picture 1992 Buy
06 Death in Bangkok 1993 Buy
07 The Guiding Nose of Ulfant Banderoz 2012 Buy
Joe Kurtz Reading Order 3 books / 2001-2003
01 Hardcase 2001 Buy
02 Hard Freeze 2002 Buy
03 Hard as Nails 2003 Buy
01 Going After the Rubber Chicken 1991 Buy

Where to start with Dan Simmons

What is the best order to read Dan Simmons 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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