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Jeff VanderMeer Books in Order

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

Updated 2026-07-11 / 72 books / 12 series

American author Jeff VanderMeer is best known for the Southern Reach series, including the novel *Annihilation*. His works have won the Nebula and Shirley Jackson Awards. This page provides the Jeff VanderMeer books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All Jeff VanderMeer Books in Chronological Order

1987 Predator(By: Paul Monette) POoPB / 1 Buy
1990 Predator 2(By: Simon Hawke) POoPB / 2 Buy
1995 Concrete Jungle(By: James A. Moore,Nathan Archer) POoPB / 3 Buy
1996 Dradin, In Love POoSS / 1 Buy
1997 Cold War(By: Nathan Archer) POoPB / 4 Buy
1999 The Transformation of Martin Lake POoSS / 2 Buy
1999 Big Game(By: Sandy Schofield) POoPB / 5 Buy
2001 City of Saints and Madmen POoAB / 1 Buy
2001 The Fall of Reach(By: Eric Nylund) POoHB / 1 Buy
2003 The Day Dali Died POoSSC / 1 Buy
2003 Veniss Underground POoSN / 1 Buy
2003 First Strike(By: Eric Nylund) POoHB / 2 Buy
2004 Secret Life POoSSC / 2 Buy
2004 Why Should I Cut Your Throat? POoSS / 3 Buy
2006 Shriek POoAB / 2 Buy
2006 Forever Midnight(By: John Shirley) POoPB / 6 Buy
2007 The Third Bear POoSSC / 3 Buy
2007 Strange Tales of Secret Lives POoSSC / 4 Buy
2007 The Surgeon's Tale and Other Stories(With: Cat Rambo) POoSSC / 5 Buy
2007 Flesh and Blood(By: Robert Greenberger,Michael Jan Friedman) POoPB / 7 Buy
2008 The Situation POoSN / 2 Buy
2008 South China Sea POoPB / 8 Buy
2008 Turnabout(By: Steve Perry) POoPB / 9 Buy
2009 Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight(By: Cat Rambo) POoCRC / 2 Buy
2009 Finch POoAB / 3 Buy
2009 Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe(With: Fred Van Lente,Tobias Buckell,Karen Traviss,Eric Nylund,B.K. Evenson,Tessa Kum) POoHB / 3 Buy
2010 The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals: The Evil Monkey Dialogues(With: Ann VanderMeer) POoNB / 1 Buy
2010 The Three Quests of the Wizard Sarnod POoSN / 3 Buy
2010 Errata POoSS / 4 Buy
2011 Balzac's War POoSS / 5 Buy
2011 Greensleeves POoSS / 6 Buy
2011 The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature(With: S.J. Chambers) POoSSC / 6 Buy
2011 Monstrous Creatures: Explorations of Fantasy Through Essays, Articles and Reviews POoSSC / 7 Buy
2012 Near + Far(By: Cat Rambo) POoCRC / 3 Buy
2012 The Thursday War(By: Karen Traviss) POoHB / 4 Buy
2013 Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction POoNB / 2 Buy
2014 Annihilation POoSRB / 1 Buy
2014 Experiments POoTTTAB / 1 Buy
2014 Authority POoSRB / 2 Buy
2014 Reactionaries POoTTTAB / 2 Buy
2014 Acceptance POoSRB / 3 Buy
2014 The Steampunk User's Manual(With: S.J. Chambers) POoNB / 3 Buy
2014 Mazes & Traps POoTTTAB / 3 Buy
2014 Communiqu’s POoTTTAB / 4 Buy
2014 Broken Circle(By: John Shirley) POoHB / 5 Buy
2014 Komodo POoSS / 7 Buy
2015 Hunters in the Dark(By: Peter David) POoHB / 6 Buy
2015 Saint's Testimony(By: Frank O'Connor) POoHB / 7 Buy
2015 Shadow of Intent(By: Joseph Staten) POoHB / 8 Buy
2015 Incursion(By: Tim Lebbon) POoPB / 10 Buy
2016 Altered America(By: Cat Rambo) POoCRC / 4 Buy
2016 Neither Here Nor There(By: Cat Rambo) POoCRC / 5 Buy
2016 Fractures(By: Christie Golden,Brian Reed,Tobias Buckell,John Jackson Miller,James Swallow,Kelly Gay,Matt Forbeck,Troy Denning,Joseph Staten,Andrew Ceroni,Kevin Grace,Morgan Lockhart,Frank O'Connor) POoHB / 9 Buy
2017 Borne POoBB / 1 Buy
2017 The Strange Bird POoBB / 2 Buy
2017 This World Is Full of Monsters POoSS / 8 Buy
2017 Legacy of Onyx(By: Matt Forbeck) POoHB / 10 Buy
2017 If It Bleeds(By: Jonathan Maberry,Jeremy Robinson,Kevin J. Anderson,Bryan Thomas Schmidt,Tim Lebbon,Andrew Mayne,Steve Perry,Mira Grant,Larry Correia,Dayton Ward) POoPB / 11 Buy
2018 Hunters and Hunted Official Movie Prequel(By: James A. Moore) POoPB / 12 Buy
2019 Dead Astronauts POoBB / 3 Buy
2019 Contact Harvest(By: Joseph Staten) POoHB / 11 Buy
2020 A Peculiar Peril POoMoJLB / 1 Buy
2020 Shadows of Reach(By: Troy Denning) POoHB / 12 Buy
2020 Stalking Shadows(By: James A. Moore,Mark Morris) POoPB / 13 Buy
2021 Hummingbird Salamander POoSN / 4 Buy
2022 Wildlife POoSS / 9 Buy
2022 Bliss POoSS / 10 Buy
2022 The Rubicon Protocol(By: Kelly Gay) POoHB / 13 Buy
2023 Outcasts(By: Troy Denning) POoHB / 14 Buy
2024 Absolution POoSRB / 4 Buy
2024 Epitaph(By: Kelly Gay) POoHB / 15 Buy
2025 Edge of Dawn(By: Kelly Gay) POoHB / 16 Buy

Jeff VanderMeer Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 Experiments 2014 Buy
02 Reactionaries 2014 Buy
03 Mazes & Traps 2014 Buy
04 Communiqu’s 2014 Buy
Borne Books in Reading Order 3 books / 2017-2019
01 Borne 2017 Buy
02 The Strange Bird 2017 Buy
03 Dead Astronauts 2019 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 4 books / 2003-2021
01 Veniss Underground 2003 Buy
02 The Situation 2008 Buy
03 The Three Quests of the Wizard Sarnod 2010 Buy
04 Hummingbird Salamander 2021 Buy
Predator Books in Reading Order 13 books / 1987-2020
01 Predator(By: Paul Monette) 1987 Buy
02 Predator 2(By: Simon Hawke) 1990 Buy
03 Concrete Jungle(By: James A. Moore,Nathan Archer) 1995 Buy
04 Cold War(By: Nathan Archer) 1997 Buy
05 Big Game(By: Sandy Schofield) 1999 Buy
06 Forever Midnight(By: John Shirley) 2006 Buy
07 Flesh and Blood(By: Robert Greenberger,Michael Jan Friedman) 2007 Buy
08 South China Sea 2008 Buy
09 Turnabout(By: Steve Perry) 2008 Buy
10 Incursion(By: Tim Lebbon) 2015 Buy
11 If It Bleeds(By: Jonathan Maberry,Jeremy Robinson,Kevin J. Anderson,Bryan Thomas Schmidt,Tim Lebbon,Andrew Mayne,Steve Perry,Mira Grant,Larry Correia,Dayton Ward) 2017 Buy
12 Hunters and Hunted Official Movie Prequel(By: James A. Moore) 2018 Buy
13 Stalking Shadows(By: James A. Moore,Mark Morris) 2020 Buy
Halo Books in Reading Order 16 books / 2001-2025
01 The Fall of Reach(By: Eric Nylund) 2001 Buy
02 First Strike(By: Eric Nylund) 2003 Buy
03 Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe(With: Fred Van Lente,Tobias Buckell,Karen Traviss,Eric Nylund,B.K. Evenson,Tessa Kum) 2009 Buy
04 The Thursday War(By: Karen Traviss) 2012 Buy
05 Broken Circle(By: John Shirley) 2014 Buy
06 Hunters in the Dark(By: Peter David) 2015 Buy
07 Saint's Testimony(By: Frank O'Connor) 2015 Buy
08 Shadow of Intent(By: Joseph Staten) 2015 Buy
09 Fractures(By: Christie Golden,Brian Reed,Tobias Buckell,John Jackson Miller,James Swallow,Kelly Gay,Matt Forbeck,Troy Denning,Joseph Staten,Andrew Ceroni,Kevin Grace,Morgan Lockhart,Frank O'Connor) 2016 Buy
10 Legacy of Onyx(By: Matt Forbeck) 2017 Buy
11 Contact Harvest(By: Joseph Staten) 2019 Buy
12 Shadows of Reach(By: Troy Denning) 2020 Buy
13 The Rubicon Protocol(By: Kelly Gay) 2022 Buy
14 Outcasts(By: Troy Denning) 2023 Buy
15 Epitaph(By: Kelly Gay) 2024 Buy
16 Edge of Dawn(By: Kelly Gay) 2025 Buy
01 Dradin, In Love 1996 Buy
02 The Transformation of Martin Lake 1999 Buy
03 Why Should I Cut Your Throat? 2004 Buy
04 Errata 2010 Buy
05 Balzac's War 2011 Buy
06 Greensleeves 2011 Buy
07 Komodo 2014 Buy
08 This World Is Full of Monsters 2017 Buy
09 Wildlife 2022 Buy
10 Bliss 2022 Buy
01 A Peculiar Peril 2020 Buy
01 Annihilation 2014 Buy
02 Authority 2014 Buy
03 Acceptance 2014 Buy
04 Absolution 2024 Buy
02 Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight(By: Cat Rambo) 2009 Buy
03 Near + Far(By: Cat Rambo) 2012 Buy
04 Altered America(By: Cat Rambo) 2016 Buy
05 Neither Here Nor There(By: Cat Rambo) 2016 Buy
Ambergris Books in Reading Order 3 books / 2001-2009
01 City of Saints and Madmen 2001 Buy
02 Shriek 2006 Buy
03 Finch 2009 Buy
01 The Day Dali Died 2003 Buy
02 Secret Life 2004 Buy
03 The Third Bear 2007 Buy
04 Strange Tales of Secret Lives 2007 Buy
05 The Surgeon's Tale and Other Stories(With: Cat Rambo) 2007 Buy
06 The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature(With: S.J. Chambers) 2011 Buy
07 Monstrous Creatures: Explorations of Fantasy Through Essays, Articles and Reviews 2011 Buy
01 The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals: The Evil Monkey Dialogues(With: Ann VanderMeer) 2010 Buy
02 Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction 2013 Buy
03 The Steampunk User's Manual(With: S.J. Chambers) 2014 Buy

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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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