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Elizabeth Bear Books in Order

Find every Elizabeth Bear book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 122 books / 22 series

American author Elizabeth Bear is best known for her award-winning science fiction and fantasy, including the Eternal Sky trilogy and the White Space series. A Hugo Award winner, her works are celebrated for intricate worldbuilding and complex characters. This page provides Elizabeth Bear’s books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.

All Elizabeth Bear Books in Chronological Order

1996 Year's Best SF POoYBSAB / 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 Year's Best SF 5 POoYBSAB / 5 Buy
2001 Year's Best SF 6 POoYBSAB / 6 Buy
2002 Year's Best SF 7 POoYBSAB / 7 Buy
2003 Year's Best SF 8 POoYBSAB / 8 Buy
2004 Hammered POoJCB / 1 Buy
2004 Year's Best SF 9 POoYBSAB / 9 Buy
2005 Scardown POoJCB / 2 Buy
2005 Worldwired POoJCB / 3 Buy
2005 Year's Best SF 10 POoYBSAB / 10 Buy
2006 Blood and Iron POoPAB / 1 Buy
2006 The Chains That You Refuse POoSS / 1 Buy
2006 Carnival POoSN / 1 Buy
2006 Year's Best SF 11 POoYBSAB / 11 Buy
2007 A Companion to Wolves POoIWB / 1 Buy
2007 New Amsterdam POoNAB / 1 Buy
2007 Dust / Pinion POoJLB / 1 Buy
2007 Undertow POoSN / 2 Buy
2007 Tideline POoSS / 2 Buy
2007 Whiskey and Water POoPAB / 2 Buy
2007 Year's Best SF 12 POoYBSAB / 12 Buy
2008 The WisCon Chronicles, Vol. 2 POoTWCB / 1 Buy
2008 All the Windwracked Stars POoTEoBB / 1 Buy
2008 Shoggoths in Bloom and Other Stories POoSSC / 1 Buy
2008 METAtropolis(With: John Scalzi,Jay Lake,Tobias Buckell,Karl Schroeder) POoMB / 1 Buy
2008 Boojum(With: Sarah Monette) POoSS / 3 Buy
2008 Ink and Steel POoPAB / 3 Buy
2008 Hell and Earth POoPAB / 4 Buy
2008 Shoggoths in Bloom POoSS / 4 Buy
2008 Year's Best SF 13 POoYBSAB / 13 Buy
2009 Seven for a Secret POoNAB / 2 Buy
2009 The Wiscon Chronicles, Vol.3: Carnival of Feminist SF(By: Yoon Ha Lee) POoTWCB / 2 Buy
2009 Chill / Sanction POoJLB / 2 Buy
2009 By the Mountain Bound POoTEoBB / 2 Buy
2009 The Horrid Glory of Its Wings POoSS / 5 Buy
2009 Year's Best SF 14 POoYBSAB / 14 Buy
2010 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 1 Buy
2010 Bone and Jewel Creatures POoBaJCB / 1 Buy
2010 Cascadia(By: Ken Scholes) POoMB / 2 Buy
2010 The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 4(By: Sylvia Kelso) POoTWCB / 3 Buy
2010 The White City POoNAB / 3 Buy
2010 Destination: Future POoSS / 6 Buy
2010 The Girl Who Sang Rose Madder POoSS / 7 Buy
2010 Year's Best SF 15 POoYBSAB / 15 Buy
2011 Shadow Unit 1 POoSUB / 1 Buy
2011 The Tempering of Men POoIWB / 2 Buy
2011 Shadow Unit 2 POoSUB / 2 Buy
2011 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 2 Buy
2011 The Sea Thy Mistress POoTEoBB / 3 Buy
2011 Shadow Unit 3 POoSUB / 3 Buy
2011 Grail / Cleave POoJLB / 3 Buy
2011 Shadow Unit 4 POoSUB / 4 Buy
2011 The Wiscon Chronicles Volume 5(By: Nisi Shawl) POoTWCB / 4 Buy
2011 Shadow Unit 5 POoSUB / 5 Buy
2011 Shadow Unit 6 POoSUB / 6 Buy
2011 Shadow Unit 7 POoSUB / 7 Buy
2011 Shadow Unit 8 POoSUB / 8 Buy
2011 Shadow Unit 9 POoSUB / 9 Buy
2011 Shadow Unit 10 POoSUB / 10 Buy
2011 Year's Best SF 16 POoYBSAB / 16 Buy
2012 In the House of Aryaman, a Lonely Signal Burns POoSFB / 1 Buy
2012 Range of Ghosts POoESB / 1 Buy
2012 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 3 Buy
2012 Ad Eternum POoNAB / 4 Buy
2012 The WisCon Chronicles Vol. 6: Futures of Feminism and Fandom(By: Alexis Lothian) POoTWCB / 5 Buy
2012 Garrett Investigates POoNAB / 5 Buy
2012 Faster Gun POoSS / 8 Buy
2012 And the Deep Blue Sea POoSS / 9 Buy
2012 Shadow Unit 11 POoSUB / 11 Buy
2012 Shadow Unit 12 POoSUB / 12 Buy
2012 Year's Best SF 17 POoYBSAB / 17 Buy
2013 Book of Iron POoBaJCB / 2 Buy
2013 Shattered Pillars POoESB / 2 Buy
2013 Green Space(By: Jay Lake) POoMB / 3 Buy
2013 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 4 Buy
2013 The Wiscon Chronicles Vol 7: Shattering Ableist Narratives(By: JoSelle Vanderhooft) POoTWCB / 6 Buy
2013 Shadow Unit 13 POoSUB / 13 Buy
2013 Year's Best SF 18 POoYBSAB / 18 Buy
2014 Steles of the Sky POoESB / 3 Buy
2014 A Symmetry of Serpents and Doves(By: Ken Scholes) POoMB / 4 Buy
2014 Byways(By: Tobias Buckell) POoMB / 5 Buy
2014 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 5 Buy
2014 One-Eyed Jack POoPAB / 5 Buy
2014 The Wings We Dare Aspire(By: Ken Scholes) POoMB / 6 Buy
2014 This Chance Planet POoSS / 10 Buy
2014 Shadow Unit 14 POoSUB / 14 Buy
2014 Shadow Unit 15 POoSUB / 15 Buy
2015 Karen Memory POoKMB / 1 Buy
2015 An Apprentice to Elves POoIWB / 3 Buy
2015 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 6 Buy
2015 The WisCon Chronicles, Vol.9(By: Mary Anne Mohanraj) POoTWCB / 7 Buy
2016 Stochasticity(By: Tobias Buckell) POoMB / 7 Buy
2016 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 7 Buy
2016 Tensegrity(By: Tobias Buckell) POoMB / 8 Buy
2017 The Stone in the Skull POoLKB / 1 Buy
2017 The WisCon Chronicles 11(By: Nisi Shawl,Jaymee Goh) POoTWCB / 8 Buy
2017 The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 8 Buy
2018 Stone Mad POoKMB / 2 Buy
2018 The Cobbler's Boy(With: Katherine Addison) POoSN / 3 Buy
2018 The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 9 Buy
2018 We Have Always Died In The Castle POoSS / 11 Buy
2019 Ancestral Night POoWSB / 1 Buy
2019 The Red-Stained Wings POoLKB / 2 Buy
2019 Deriving Life POoSS / 12 Buy
2020 A Blessing of Unicorns POoSFMB / 1 Buy
2020 Machine POoWSB / 2 Buy
2020 The Best of Elizabeth Bear POoSSC / 2 Buy
2020 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 10 Buy
2020 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 POoTYBDF&HB / 11 Buy
2020 On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa with Gun and Camera: A Tor.com Original POoSS / 13 Buy
2021 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 POoTYBDF&HB / 12 Buy
2021 The Red Mother POoSS / 14 Buy
2022 The Origin of Storms POoLKB / 3 Buy
2022 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 POoTYBDF&HB / 13 Buy
2023 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 POoTYBDF&HB / 14 Buy
2024 The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 POoTYBDF&HB / 15 Buy
2025 The Witch and the Wyrm POoTRMB / 1 Buy
2025 Angel Maker POoKMB / 3 Buy
2025 The Folded Sky POoWSB / 3 Buy

Elizabeth Bear Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 The WisCon Chronicles, Vol. 2 2008 Buy
02 The Wiscon Chronicles, Vol.3: Carnival of Feminist SF(By: Yoon Ha Lee) 2009 Buy
03 The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 4(By: Sylvia Kelso) 2010 Buy
04 The Wiscon Chronicles Volume 5(By: Nisi Shawl) 2011 Buy
05 The WisCon Chronicles Vol. 6: Futures of Feminism and Fandom(By: Alexis Lothian) 2012 Buy
06 The Wiscon Chronicles Vol 7: Shattering Ableist Narratives(By: JoSelle Vanderhooft) 2013 Buy
07 The WisCon Chronicles, Vol.9(By: Mary Anne Mohanraj) 2015 Buy
08 The WisCon Chronicles 11(By: Nisi Shawl,Jaymee Goh) 2017 Buy
01 A Companion to Wolves 2007 Buy
02 The Tempering of Men 2011 Buy
03 An Apprentice to Elves 2015 Buy
01 Ancestral Night 2019 Buy
02 Machine 2020 Buy
03 The Folded Sky 2025 Buy
01 All the Windwracked Stars 2008 Buy
02 By the Mountain Bound 2009 Buy
03 The Sea Thy Mistress 2011 Buy
01 The Witch and the Wyrm 2025 Buy
01 In the House of Aryaman, a Lonely Signal Burns 2012 Buy
01 Hammered 2004 Buy
02 Scardown 2005 Buy
03 Worldwired 2005 Buy
01 Bone and Jewel Creatures 2010 Buy
02 Book of Iron 2013 Buy
01 Range of Ghosts 2012 Buy
02 Shattered Pillars 2013 Buy
03 Steles of the Sky 2014 Buy
01 A Blessing of Unicorns 2020 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 3 books / 2006-2018
01 Carnival 2006 Buy
02 Undertow 2007 Buy
03 The Cobbler's Boy(With: Katherine Addison) 2018 Buy
01 Shoggoths in Bloom and Other Stories 2008 Buy
02 The Best of Elizabeth Bear 2020 Buy
01 The Stone in the Skull 2017 Buy
02 The Red-Stained Wings 2019 Buy
03 The Origin of Storms 2022 Buy
01 New Amsterdam 2007 Buy
02 Seven for a Secret 2009 Buy
03 The White City 2010 Buy
04 Ad Eternum 2012 Buy
05 Garrett Investigates 2012 Buy
01 The Chains That You Refuse 2006 Buy
02 Tideline 2007 Buy
03 Boojum(With: Sarah Monette) 2008 Buy
04 Shoggoths in Bloom 2008 Buy
05 The Horrid Glory of Its Wings 2009 Buy
06 Destination: Future 2010 Buy
07 The Girl Who Sang Rose Madder 2010 Buy
08 Faster Gun 2012 Buy
09 And the Deep Blue Sea 2012 Buy
10 This Chance Planet 2014 Buy
11 We Have Always Died In The Castle 2018 Buy
12 Deriving Life 2019 Buy
13 On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa with Gun and Camera: A Tor.com Original 2020 Buy
14 The Red Mother 2021 Buy
01 Dust / Pinion 2007 Buy
02 Chill / Sanction 2009 Buy
03 Grail / Cleave 2011 Buy
01 Karen Memory 2015 Buy
02 Stone Mad 2018 Buy
03 Angel Maker 2025 Buy
01 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition 2010 Buy
02 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition 2011 Buy
03 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition 2012 Buy
04 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition 2013 Buy
05 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition 2014 Buy
06 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition 2015 Buy
07 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition 2016 Buy
08 The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition 2017 Buy
09 The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition 2018 Buy
10 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition 2020 Buy
11 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 2020 Buy
12 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 2021 Buy
13 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 2022 Buy
14 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 2023 Buy
15 The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 2024 Buy
01 METAtropolis(With: John Scalzi,Jay Lake,Tobias Buckell,Karl Schroeder) 2008 Buy
02 Cascadia(By: Ken Scholes) 2010 Buy
03 Green Space(By: Jay Lake) 2013 Buy
04 A Symmetry of Serpents and Doves(By: Ken Scholes) 2014 Buy
05 Byways(By: Tobias Buckell) 2014 Buy
06 The Wings We Dare Aspire(By: Ken Scholes) 2014 Buy
07 Stochasticity(By: Tobias Buckell) 2016 Buy
08 Tensegrity(By: Tobias Buckell) 2016 Buy
Shadow Unit Books in Reading Order 15 books / 2011-2014
01 Shadow Unit 1 2011 Buy
02 Shadow Unit 2 2011 Buy
03 Shadow Unit 3 2011 Buy
04 Shadow Unit 4 2011 Buy
05 Shadow Unit 5 2011 Buy
06 Shadow Unit 6 2011 Buy
07 Shadow Unit 7 2011 Buy
08 Shadow Unit 8 2011 Buy
09 Shadow Unit 9 2011 Buy
10 Shadow Unit 10 2011 Buy
11 Shadow Unit 11 2012 Buy
12 Shadow Unit 12 2012 Buy
13 Shadow Unit 13 2013 Buy
14 Shadow Unit 14 2014 Buy
15 Shadow Unit 15 2014 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 Blood and Iron 2006 Buy
02 Whiskey and Water 2007 Buy
03 Ink and Steel 2008 Buy
04 Hell and Earth 2008 Buy
05 One-Eyed Jack 2014 Buy

Where to start with Elizabeth Bear

What is the best order to read Elizabeth Bear 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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