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Home / Authors / John Scalzi John Scalzi American author best known for the *Old Man’s War* science fiction series and the *Interdependency* trilogy. A Hugo Award winner, his books have sold millions of copies worldwide. This page provides the John Scalzi books in order, including both chronological publication order and series reading order.
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1962 Little Fuzzy(By: H. Beam Piper) POoFSB · 1 Buy ↗ 1964 Fuzzy Sapiens / The Other Human Race(By: H. Beam Piper) POoFSB · 2 Buy ↗ 1981 Fuzzy Bones(By: William Tuning) POoFSB · 3 Buy ↗ 1982 Golden Dream(By: Ardath Mayhar) POoFSB · 4 Buy ↗ 1983 The Adventures of Little Fuzzy(By: H. Beam Piper) POoFSB · 5 Buy ↗ 1984 Fuzzies and Other People(By: H. Beam Piper) POoFSB · 6 Buy ↗ 2000 Rough Guide to Money Online POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 2003 The Rough Guide to the Universe POoNB · 2 Buy ↗ 2003 Uncle John's Presents: The Book of the Dumb POoNB · 3 Buy ↗ 2004 Agent to the Stars POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 2004 Uncle John's Presents Book of the Dumb 2 POoNB · 4 Buy ↗ 2005 Old Man's War POoOMWB · 1 Buy ↗ 2005 Questions for a Soldier POoOMWSS · 1 Buy ↗ 2005 The Rough Guide to Sci-Fi Movies POoNB · 5 Buy ↗ 2006 How I Proposed to My Wife: An Alien Sex Story POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 2006 The Android's Dream POoTADB · 1 Buy ↗ 2006 The Ghost Brigades POoOMWB · 2 Buy ↗ 2006 The Statue POoSS · 2 Buy ↗ 2007 The Sagan Diary POoOMWSS · 2 Buy ↗ 2007 The Last Colony POoOMWB · 3 Buy ↗ 2007 You're Not Fooling Anyone When You Take Your Laptop to a Coffee Shop: Scalzi On Writing POoNB · 6 Buy ↗ 2008 METAtropolis(With: Jay Lake,Elizabeth Bear,Tobias Buckell,Karl Schroeder) POoMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2008 Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded POoWB · 1 Buy ↗ 2008 After the Coup POoOMWSS · 3 Buy ↗ 2008 Zoe's Tale POoOMWB · 4 Buy ↗ 2009 Judge Sn Goes Golfing POoTADB · 2 Buy ↗ 2009 The God Engines POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 2009 The Tale of the Wicked POoSS · 3 Buy ↗ 2010 Cascadia(By: Ken Scholes) POoMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2010 The President's Brain is Missing POoSS · 4 Buy ↗ 2010 When the Yogurt Took Over POoSS · 5 Buy ↗ 2010 An Election POoSS · 6 Buy ↗ 2011 The Dead City POoSWOTNDSS · 1 Buy ↗ 2011 Fuzzy Ergo Sum(By: Wolfgang Diehr) POoFSB · 7 Buy ↗ 2011 Fuzzy Nation POoFSB · 8 Buy ↗ 2012 Redshirts POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 2012 24 Frames into the Future POoNB · 7 Buy ↗ 2012 Dave and Liz and Chicago Save the World POoSS · 7 Buy ↗ 2012 Caveat Fuzzy(By: Wolfgang Diehr) POoFSB · 9 Buy ↗ 2013 The B-Team POoHDB · 1 Buy ↗ 2013 The Mallet of Loving Correction POoWB · 2 Buy ↗ 2013 Walk the Plank POoHDB · 2 Buy ↗ 2013 We Only Need the Heads POoHDB · 3 Buy ↗ 2013 Green Space(By: Jay Lake) POoMB · 3 Buy ↗ 2013 A Voice in the Wilderness POoHDB · 4 Buy ↗ 2013 The Human Division POoOMWB · 5 Buy ↗ 2013 Tales From the Clarke POoHDB · 5 Buy ↗ 2013 The Back Channel POoHDB · 6 Buy ↗ 2013 The Dog King POoHDB · 7 Buy ↗ 2013 The Sound of Rebellion POoHDB · 8 Buy ↗ 2013 Muse of Fire POoSS · 8 Buy ↗ 2013 The Observers POoHDB · 9 Buy ↗ 2013 This Must Be the Place POoHDB · 10 Buy ↗ 2013 A Problem of Proportion POoHDB · 11 Buy ↗ 2013 The Gentle Art of Cracking Heads POoHDB · 12 Buy ↗ 2013 Earth Below, Sky Above POoHDB · 13 Buy ↗ 2014 Unlocked POoLIB · 1 Buy ↗ 2014 Lock In POoLIB · 2 Buy ↗ 2014 A Symmetry of Serpents and Doves(By: Ken Scholes) POoMB · 4 Buy ↗ 2014 Byways(By: Tobias Buckell) POoMB · 5 Buy ↗ 2014 The Wings We Dare Aspire(By: Ken Scholes) POoMB · 6 Buy ↗ 2015 The Life of the Mind POoEoATB · 1 Buy ↗ 2015 This Hollow Union POoEoATB · 2 Buy ↗ 2015 Can Long Endure POoEoATB · 3 Buy ↗ 2015 To Stand or Fall POoEoATB · 4 Buy ↗ 2015 The End of All Things POoOMWB · 6 Buy ↗ 2016 The Dispatcher POoTDB · 1 Buy ↗ 2016 Miniatures POoSSC · 1 Buy ↗ 2016 Stochasticity(By: Tobias Buckell) POoMB · 7 Buy ↗ 2016 Tensegrity(By: Tobias Buckell) POoMB · 8 Buy ↗ 2016 Everything but the Squeal POoSS · 9 Buy ↗ 2016 The Fuzzy Conundrum(By: John F. Carr,Wolfgang Diehr) POoFSB · 10 Buy ↗ 2017 The Collapsing Empire POoTIB · 1 Buy ↗ 2017 Don't Live For Your Obituary POoNB · 8 Buy ↗ 2018 The Consuming Fire POoTIB · 2 Buy ↗ 2018 Head On POoLIB · 3 Buy ↗ 2018 Virtue Signaling and Other Heresies POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 2018 Automated Customer Service POoSS · 10 Buy ↗ 2019 The Origin of the Flow POoTIB · 3 Buy ↗ 2019 A Very Scalzi Christmas POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 2020 The Last Emperox POoTIB · 4 Buy ↗ 2021 Murder By Other Means POoTDB · 2 Buy ↗ 2022 Travel by Bullet POoTDB · 3 Buy ↗ 2022 The Kaiju Preservation Society POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 2022 Fuzzy Logic(By: Wolfgang Diehr) POoFSB · 11 Buy ↗ 2023 Slow Time Between the Stars POoFRCB · 1 Buy ↗ 2023 How It Unfolds(By: James S.A. Corey) POoFRCB · 2 Buy ↗ 2023 The Long Game(By: Ann Leckie) POoFRCB · 3 Buy ↗ 2023 Void(By: Veronica Roth) POoFRCB · 4 Buy ↗ 2023 Falling Bodies(By: Rebecca Roanhorse) POoFRCB · 5 Buy ↗ 2023 Just Out of Jupiter's Reach(By: Nnedi Okorafor) POoFRCB · 6 Buy ↗ 2023 Starter Villain POoSN · 8 Buy ↗ 2024 Constituent Service POoSS · 11 Buy ↗ 2025 3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years POoTTTPB · 1 Buy ↗ 2025 Cronus(By: P Dj�l� Clark) POoTTTPB · 2 Buy ↗ 2025 Making Space(By: R.F. Kuang) POoTTTPB · 3 Buy ↗ 2025 For a Limited Time Only(By: Peng Shepherd) POoTTTPB · 4 Buy ↗ 2025 All Manner of Thing Shall Be(By: Olivie Blake) POoTTTPB · 5 Buy ↗ 2025 A Visit to the Husband Archive(By: Kaliane Bradley) POoTTTPB · 6 Buy ↗ 2025 The Shattering Peace POoOMWB · 7 Buy ↗ 2025 When the Moon Hits Your Eye POoSN · 9 Buy ↗ 2026 Monsters of Ohio POoSN · 10 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Lock In Books 3 books · 2014–2018
Publication Order of The Interdependency Books 4 books · 2017–2020
01 The Collapsing Empire 2017 Buy ↗ 02 The Consuming Fire 2018 Buy ↗ 03 The Origin of the Flow 2019 Buy ↗ 04 The Last Emperox 2020 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 11 books · 2006–2024
01 How I Proposed to My Wife: An Alien Sex Story 2006 Buy ↗ 03 The Tale of the Wicked 2009 Buy ↗ 04 The President's Brain is Missing 2010 Buy ↗ 05 When the Yogurt Took Over 2010 Buy ↗ 07 Dave and Liz and Chicago Save the World 2012 Buy ↗ 09 Everything but the Squeal 2016 Buy ↗ 10 Automated Customer Service 2018 Buy ↗ 11 Constituent Service 2024 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 8 books · 2000–2017
01 Rough Guide to Money Online 2000 Buy ↗ 02 The Rough Guide to the Universe 2003 Buy ↗ 03 Uncle John's Presents: The Book of the Dumb 2003 Buy ↗ 04 Uncle John's Presents Book of the Dumb 2 2004 Buy ↗ 05 The Rough Guide to Sci-Fi Movies 2005 Buy ↗ 06 You're Not Fooling Anyone When You Take Your Laptop to a Coffee Shop: Scalzi On Writing 2007 Buy ↗ 07 24 Frames into the Future 2012 Buy ↗ 08 Don't Live For Your Obituary 2017 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Far Reaches Collection Books 6 books · 2023–2023
01 Slow Time Between the Stars 2023 Buy ↗ 02 How It Unfolds(By: James S.A. Corey) 2023 Buy ↗ 03 The Long Game(By: Ann Leckie) 2023 Buy ↗ 04 Void(By: Veronica Roth) 2023 Buy ↗ 05 Falling Bodies(By: Rebecca Roanhorse) 2023 Buy ↗ 06 Just Out of Jupiter's Reach(By: Nnedi Okorafor) 2023 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Old Man's War Books 7 books · 2005–2025
02 The Ghost Brigades 2006 Buy ↗ 03 The Last Colony 2007 Buy ↗ 05 The Human Division 2013 Buy ↗ 06 The End of All Things 2015 Buy ↗ 07 The Shattering Peace 2025 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Fuzzy Sapiens Books 11 books · 1962–2022
01 Little Fuzzy(By: H. Beam Piper) 1962 Buy ↗ 02 Fuzzy Sapiens / The Other Human Race(By: H. Beam Piper) 1964 Buy ↗ 03 Fuzzy Bones(By: William Tuning) 1981 Buy ↗ 04 Golden Dream(By: Ardath Mayhar) 1982 Buy ↗ 05 The Adventures of Little Fuzzy(By: H. Beam Piper) 1983 Buy ↗ 06 Fuzzies and Other People(By: H. Beam Piper) 1984 Buy ↗ 07 Fuzzy Ergo Sum(By: Wolfgang Diehr) 2011 Buy ↗ 09 Caveat Fuzzy(By: Wolfgang Diehr) 2012 Buy ↗ 10 The Fuzzy Conundrum(By: John F. Carr,Wolfgang Diehr) 2016 Buy ↗ 11 Fuzzy Logic(By: Wolfgang Diehr) 2022 Buy ↗ Publication Order of End of All Things Books 4 books · 2015–2015
01 The Life of the Mind 2015 Buy ↗ 02 This Hollow Union 2015 Buy ↗ 03 Can Long Endure 2015 Buy ↗ 04 To Stand or Fall 2015 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Human Division Books 13 books · 2013–2013
02 Walk the Plank 2013 Buy ↗ 03 We Only Need the Heads 2013 Buy ↗ 04 A Voice in the Wilderness 2013 Buy ↗ 05 Tales From the Clarke 2013 Buy ↗ 06 The Back Channel 2013 Buy ↗ 08 The Sound of Rebellion 2013 Buy ↗ 10 This Must Be the Place 2013 Buy ↗ 11 A Problem of Proportion 2013 Buy ↗ 12 The Gentle Art of Cracking Heads 2013 Buy ↗ 13 Earth Below, Sky Above 2013 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 9 books · 2004–2026
01 Agent to the Stars 2004 Buy ↗ 02 The God Engines 2009 Buy ↗ 05 Virtue Signaling and Other Heresies 2018 Buy ↗ 06 A Very Scalzi Christmas 2019 Buy ↗ 07 The Kaiju Preservation Society 2022 Buy ↗ 08 Starter Villain 2023 Buy ↗ 09 When the Moon Hits Your Eye 2025 Buy ↗ 10 Monsters of Ohio 2026 Buy ↗ Publication Order of The Android's Dream Books 2 books · 2006–2009
01 The Android's Dream 2006 Buy ↗ 02 Judge Sn Goes Golfing 2009 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Shadow War Of The Night Dragons Short Stories/Novellas 1 book · 2011
Publication Order of Short Story Collections 1 book · 2016
Publication Order of The Dispatcher Books 3 books · 2016–2022
01 The Dispatcher 2016 Buy ↗ 02 Murder By Other Means 2021 Buy ↗ 03 Travel by Bullet 2022 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Whatever Books 2 books · 2008–2013
01 Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded 2008 Buy ↗ 02 The Mallet of Loving Correction 2013 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Old Man's War Short Stories/Novellas 3 books · 2005–2008
01 Questions for a Soldier 2005 Buy ↗ 02 The Sagan Diary 2007 Buy ↗ 03 After the Coup 2008 Buy ↗ Publication Order of The Time Traveler's Passport Books 6 books · 2025–2025
01 3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years 2025 Buy ↗ 02 Cronus(By: P Dj�l� Clark) 2025 Buy ↗ 03 Making Space(By: R.F. Kuang) 2025 Buy ↗ 04 For a Limited Time Only(By: Peng Shepherd) 2025 Buy ↗ 05 All Manner of Thing Shall Be(By: Olivie Blake) 2025 Buy ↗ 06 A Visit to the Husband Archive(By: Kaliane Bradley) 2025 Buy ↗