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John Scalzi Complete Bibliography

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

Updated 2026-07-11 / 102 books / 18 series

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.

Books by John Scalzi in Publication Order

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 The Android's Dream POoTADB / 1 Buy
2006 How I Proposed to My Wife: An Alien Sex Story POoSS / 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 The God Engines POoSN / 2 Buy
2009 Judge Sn Goes Golfing POoTADB / 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 Walk the Plank POoHDB / 2 Buy
2013 The Mallet of Loving Correction POoWB / 2 Buy
2013 Green Space(By: Jay Lake) POoMB / 3 Buy
2013 We Only Need the Heads POoHDB / 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 Muse of Fire POoSS / 8 Buy
2013 The Sound of Rebellion POoHDB / 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 Miniatures POoSSC / 1 Buy
2016 The Dispatcher POoTDB / 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

Complete John Scalzi Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Lock In Reading Order 3 books / 2014-2018
01 Unlocked 2014 Buy
02 Lock In 2014 Buy
03 Head On 2018 Buy
The Interdependency Reading Order 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
01 How I Proposed to My Wife: An Alien Sex Story 2006 Buy
02 The Statue 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
06 An Election 2010 Buy
07 Dave and Liz and Chicago Save the World 2012 Buy
08 Muse of Fire 2013 Buy
09 Everything but the Squeal 2016 Buy
10 Automated Customer Service 2018 Buy
11 Constituent Service 2024 Buy
Non-Fiction Reading Order 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
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
Old Man's War Reading Order 7 books / 2005-2025
01 Old Man's War 2005 Buy
02 The Ghost Brigades 2006 Buy
03 The Last Colony 2007 Buy
04 Zoe's Tale 2008 Buy
05 The Human Division 2013 Buy
06 The End of All Things 2015 Buy
07 The Shattering Peace 2025 Buy
Fuzzy Sapiens Reading Order 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
08 Fuzzy Nation 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
End of All Things Reading Order 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
Human Division Reading Order 13 books / 2013-2013
01 The B-Team 2013 Buy
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
07 The Dog King 2013 Buy
08 The Sound of Rebellion 2013 Buy
09 The Observers 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
Standalone Reading Order 9 books / 2004-2026
01 Agent to the Stars 2004 Buy
02 The God Engines 2009 Buy
04 Redshirts 2012 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
The Android's Dream Reading Order 2 books / 2006-2009
01 The Android's Dream 2006 Buy
02 Judge Sn Goes Golfing 2009 Buy
01 Miniatures 2016 Buy
METAtropolis Reading Order 8 books / 2008-2016
01 METAtropolis(With: Jay Lake,Elizabeth Bear,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
The Dispatcher Reading Order 3 books / 2016-2022
01 The Dispatcher 2016 Buy
02 Murder By Other Means 2021 Buy
03 Travel by Bullet 2022 Buy
Whatever Reading Order 2 books / 2008-2013
01 Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded 2008 Buy
02 The Mallet of Loving Correction 2013 Buy
01 Questions for a Soldier 2005 Buy
02 The Sagan Diary 2007 Buy
03 After the Coup 2008 Buy
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

Where to start with John Scalzi

What is the best order to read John Scalzi 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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