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Michael Swanwick Books in Order

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

Updated 2026-07-11 / 114 books / 13 series

American author Michael Swanwick is best known for the award-winning *Stations of the Tide* and the *Iron Dragon’s Daughter* series. A multiple Hugo and Nebula Award winner, his work is celebrated for its literary depth and speculative vision. This page provides Michael Swanwick’s books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.

All Michael Swanwick Books in Chronological Order

1971 Universe 1(By: Terry Carr) POoUB / 1 Buy
1972 Universe 2(By: Terry Carr) POoUB / 2 Buy
1973 Universe 3(By: Terry Carr) POoUB / 3 Buy
1974 Universe 4(By: Terry Carr) POoUB / 4 Buy
1974 Universe 5(By: Terry Carr) POoUB / 5 Buy
1976 Universe 6(By: John Shirley,Terry Carr) POoUB / 6 Buy
1977 Universe 7(By: Terry Carr) POoUB / 7 Buy
1978 Universe 8(By: Terry Carr) POoUB / 8 Buy
1979 Universe 9(By: John Shirley,Terry Carr) POoUB / 9 Buy
1980 Universe 10(By: Terry Carr) POoUB / 10 Buy
1981 Universe 11(With: Kim Stanley Robinson,William Gibson,Carter Scholz,Michael Bishop,Ian Watson,Nancy Kress,Carol Emshwiller,Josephine Saxton,Terry Carr) POoUB / 11 Buy
1982 The Man Who Met Picasso POoSS / 1 Buy
1982 Universe 12(By: Terry Carr) POoUB / 12 Buy
1983 Universe 13(By: Kim Stanley Robinson,Lucius Shepard,Michael Bishop,Ian Watson,Terry Carr,Bruce Sterling,Leanne Frahm,Bill Bickel) POoUB / 13 Buy
1984 In the Drift POoSN / 1 Buy
1984 Universe 14(By: Terry Carr) POoUB / 14 Buy
1985 Dogfight (in Omni)(With: William Gibson) POoSS / 2 Buy
1985 Universe 15(By: Terry Carr) POoUB / 15 Buy
1986 The Winter Market(By: William Gibson) POoWGSS / 2 Buy
1986 Universe 16(By: Terry Carr) POoUB / 16 Buy
1987 Vacuum Flowers POoSN / 2 Buy
1987 Universe 17(By: Terry Carr) POoUB / 17 Buy
1989 The Edge of the World POoSS / 3 Buy
1991 Gravity's Angels POoSSC / 1 Buy
1991 Cigar-Box Faust and Other Miniatures POoSSC / 2 Buy
1991 Stations of the Tide POoSN / 3 Buy
1991 Griffin's Egg POoSS / 4 Buy
1992 Tales of Old Earth POoSSC / 3 Buy
1993 The Iron Dragon's Daughter POoIDDB / 1 Buy
1994 The Changeling\'s Tale POoSS / 5 Buy
1995 Walking Out (in Asimov's) POoSS / 6 Buy
1995 Radio Waves POoSS / 7 Buy
1996 Year's Best SF POoYBSAB / 1 Buy
1996 The Dead (in Starlight 1) POoSS / 8 Buy
1997 The Postmodern Archipelago POoNB / 1 Buy
1997 Year's Best SF 2 POoYBSAB / 2 Buy
1997 Jack Faust POoSN / 4 Buy
1997 A Geography of Unknown Lands POoSSC / 4 Buy
1998 Year's Best SF 3 POoYBSAB / 3 Buy
1998 The Very Pulse of the Machine (in The Best of...) POoSS / 9 Buy
1998 Wild Minds (in The Best of...) POoSS / 10 Buy
1998 Radiant Doors (in The Best of...) POoSS / 11 Buy
1999 Year's Best SF 4 POoYBSAB / 4 Buy
1999 Ancient Engines (in Asimov's) POoSS / 12 Buy
1999 Scherzo with Tyrannosaur (in Asimov's) POoSS / 13 Buy
2000 Year's Best SF 5 POoYBSAB / 5 Buy
2000 Moon Dogs POoSSC / 5 Buy
2000 The Raggle Taggle Gypsy-O POoSS / 14 Buy
2001 Year's Best Fantasy POoYBFB / 1 Buy
2001 Being Gardner Dozois(With: Gardner Dozois) POoNB / 2 Buy
2001 Year's Best SF 6 POoYBSAB / 6 Buy
2002 Year's Best Fantasy 2 POoYBFB / 2 Buy
2002 Bones of the Earth POoSN / 5 Buy
2002 Year's Best SF 7 POoYBSAB / 7 Buy
2002 'Hello,' Said the Stick POoSS / 15 Buy
2002 The Little Cat Laughed to See Such Sport POoSS / 16 Buy
2002 Slow Life POoSS / 17 Buy
2003 Year's Best Fantasy 3 POoYBFB / 3 Buy
2003 Year's Best SF 8 POoYBSAB / 8 Buy
2003 Legions in Time POoSS / 18 Buy
2004 Year's Best Fantasy 4 POoYBFB / 4 Buy
2004 Michael Swanwick's Field Guide to Mesozoic Megafauna POoSSC / 6 Buy
2004 Year's Best SF 9 POoYBSAB / 9 Buy
2005 Year's Best Fantasy 5 POoYBFB / 5 Buy
2005 The Periodic Table of Science Fiction POoSSC / 7 Buy
2005 Year's Best SF 10 POoYBSAB / 10 Buy
2006 Year's Best Fantasy 6 POoYBFB / 6 Buy
2006 Year's Best SF 11 POoYBSAB / 11 Buy
2006 Lord Weary’s Empire POoSS / 19 Buy
2007 Year's Best Fantasy 7 POoYBFB / 7 Buy
2007 The Dog Said Bow-Wow POoSSC / 8 Buy
2007 Year's Best SF 12 POoYBSAB / 12 Buy
2007 A Small Room in Koboldtown POoSS / 20 Buy
2008 The Dragons of Babel POoIDDB / 2 Buy
2008 Year's Best Fantasy 8 POoYBFB / 8 Buy
2008 The Best of Michael Swanwick POoSSC / 9 Buy
2008 Year's Best SF 13 POoYBSAB / 13 Buy
2008 From Babel's Fall’n Glory We Fled POoSS / 21 Buy
2009 Hope-in-the-Mist POoNB / 3 Buy
2009 Year's Best Fantasy 9 POoYBFB / 9 Buy
2009 Year's Best SF 14 POoYBSAB / 14 Buy
2010 Year's Best SF 15 POoYBSAB / 15 Buy
2011 Dancing with Bears POoDaSB / 1 Buy
2011 Year's Best SF 16 POoYBSAB / 16 Buy
2011 Zeppelin City POoSS / 22 Buy
2011 The Trains That Climb the Winter Tree POoSS / 23 Buy
2012 New World Blues(By: L.E. Modesitt Jr.) POoTPPB / 1 Buy
2012 The Mongolian Wizard POoMWB / 1 Buy
2012 The Fire Gown POoMWB / 2 Buy
2012 Dormanna(By: Gene Wolfe) POoTPPB / 2 Buy
2012 Thanatos Beach(By: James K. Morrow) POoTPPB / 3 Buy
2012 Day of the Kraken POoMWB / 3 Buy
2012 The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree POoTPPB / 4 Buy
2012 The Sigma Structure Symphony(By: Gregory Benford) POoTPPB / 5 Buy
2012 Year's Best SF 17 POoYBSAB / 17 Buy
2013 House of Dreams POoMWB / 4 Buy
2013 Year's Best SF 18 POoYBSAB / 18 Buy
2015 Chasing the Phoenix POoDaSB / 2 Buy
2015 The Night of the Salamander POoMWB / 5 Buy
2015 The Pyramid of Krakow POoMWB / 6 Buy
2015 The Phantom in the Maze POoMWB / 7 Buy
2016 The Witch Who Came In From The Cold: Season One(With: Ian Tregillis,Max Gladstone,Lindsay Smith,Cassandra Rose Clarke) POoTWWCIFTCB / 1 Buy
2016 Not So Much, Said the Cat POoSSC / 10 Buy
2016 The Dala Horse POoSS / 24 Buy
2019 The Iron Dragon's Mother POoIDDB / 3 Buy
2019 Murder in the Spook House POoMWB / 8 Buy
2019 The New Prometheus POoMWB / 9 Buy
2020 The Postutopian Adventures of Darger and Surplus POoDaSB / 3 Buy
2021 Annie Without Crow POoSS / 25 Buy
2023 The Witch Who Came In From The Cold: The Complete Season 2(By: Ian Tregillis,Fran Wilde,Max Gladstone,Lindsay Smith,Cassandra Rose Clarke) POoTWWCIFTCB / 2 Buy
2023 The Star-Bear POoSS / 26 Buy
2024 Halcyon Afternoon POoMWB / 10 Buy
2024 Dragons of Paris POoMWB / 11 Buy
2026 The Universe Box POoSSC / 11 Buy

Michael Swanwick Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 Gravity's Angels 1991 Buy
02 Cigar-Box Faust and Other Miniatures 1991 Buy
03 Tales of Old Earth 1992 Buy
04 A Geography of Unknown Lands 1997 Buy
05 Moon Dogs 2000 Buy
06 Michael Swanwick's Field Guide to Mesozoic Megafauna 2004 Buy
07 The Periodic Table of Science Fiction 2005 Buy
08 The Dog Said Bow-Wow 2007 Buy
09 The Best of Michael Swanwick 2008 Buy
10 Not So Much, Said the Cat 2016 Buy
11 The Universe Box 2026 Buy
01 The Iron Dragon's Daughter 1993 Buy
02 The Dragons of Babel 2008 Buy
03 The Iron Dragon's Mother 2019 Buy
01 The Man Who Met Picasso 1982 Buy
02 Dogfight (in Omni)(With: William Gibson) 1985 Buy
03 The Edge of the World 1989 Buy
04 Griffin's Egg 1991 Buy
05 The Changeling\'s Tale 1994 Buy
06 Walking Out (in Asimov's) 1995 Buy
07 Radio Waves 1995 Buy
08 The Dead (in Starlight 1) 1996 Buy
09 The Very Pulse of the Machine (in The Best of...) 1998 Buy
10 Wild Minds (in The Best of...) 1998 Buy
11 Radiant Doors (in The Best of...) 1998 Buy
12 Ancient Engines (in Asimov's) 1999 Buy
13 Scherzo with Tyrannosaur (in Asimov's) 1999 Buy
14 The Raggle Taggle Gypsy-O 2000 Buy
15 'Hello,' Said the Stick 2002 Buy
16 The Little Cat Laughed to See Such Sport 2002 Buy
17 Slow Life 2002 Buy
18 Legions in Time 2003 Buy
19 Lord Weary’s Empire 2006 Buy
20 A Small Room in Koboldtown 2007 Buy
21 From Babel's Fall’n Glory We Fled 2008 Buy
22 Zeppelin City 2011 Buy
23 The Trains That Climb the Winter Tree 2011 Buy
24 The Dala Horse 2016 Buy
25 Annie Without Crow 2021 Buy
26 The Star-Bear 2023 Buy
01 The Witch Who Came In From The Cold: Season One(With: Ian Tregillis,Max Gladstone,Lindsay Smith,Cassandra Rose Clarke) 2016 Buy
02 The Witch Who Came In From The Cold: The Complete Season 2(By: Ian Tregillis,Fran Wilde,Max Gladstone,Lindsay Smith,Cassandra Rose Clarke) 2023 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 5 books / 1984-2002
01 In the Drift 1984 Buy
02 Vacuum Flowers 1987 Buy
03 Stations of the Tide 1991 Buy
04 Jack Faust 1997 Buy
05 Bones of the Earth 2002 Buy
01 Year's Best Fantasy 2001 Buy
02 Year's Best Fantasy 2 2002 Buy
03 Year's Best Fantasy 3 2003 Buy
04 Year's Best Fantasy 4 2004 Buy
05 Year's Best Fantasy 5 2005 Buy
06 Year's Best Fantasy 6 2006 Buy
07 Year's Best Fantasy 7 2007 Buy
08 Year's Best Fantasy 8 2008 Buy
09 Year's Best Fantasy 9 2009 Buy
01 The Postmodern Archipelago 1997 Buy
02 Being Gardner Dozois(With: Gardner Dozois) 2001 Buy
03 Hope-in-the-Mist 2009 Buy
02 The Winter Market(By: William Gibson) 1986 Buy
01 Dancing with Bears 2011 Buy
02 Chasing the Phoenix 2015 Buy
03 The Postutopian Adventures of Darger and Surplus 2020 Buy
Universe Books in Reading Order 17 books / 1971-1987
01 Universe 1(By: Terry Carr) 1971 Buy
02 Universe 2(By: Terry Carr) 1972 Buy
03 Universe 3(By: Terry Carr) 1973 Buy
04 Universe 4(By: Terry Carr) 1974 Buy
05 Universe 5(By: Terry Carr) 1974 Buy
06 Universe 6(By: John Shirley,Terry Carr) 1976 Buy
07 Universe 7(By: Terry Carr) 1977 Buy
08 Universe 8(By: Terry Carr) 1978 Buy
09 Universe 9(By: John Shirley,Terry Carr) 1979 Buy
10 Universe 10(By: Terry Carr) 1980 Buy
11 Universe 11(With: Kim Stanley Robinson,William Gibson,Carter Scholz,Michael Bishop,Ian Watson,Nancy Kress,Carol Emshwiller,Josephine Saxton,Terry Carr) 1981 Buy
12 Universe 12(By: Terry Carr) 1982 Buy
13 Universe 13(By: Kim Stanley Robinson,Lucius Shepard,Michael Bishop,Ian Watson,Terry Carr,Bruce Sterling,Leanne Frahm,Bill Bickel) 1983 Buy
14 Universe 14(By: Terry Carr) 1984 Buy
15 Universe 15(By: Terry Carr) 1985 Buy
16 Universe 16(By: Terry Carr) 1986 Buy
17 Universe 17(By: Terry Carr) 1987 Buy
01 New World Blues(By: L.E. Modesitt Jr.) 2012 Buy
02 Dormanna(By: Gene Wolfe) 2012 Buy
03 Thanatos Beach(By: James K. Morrow) 2012 Buy
04 The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree 2012 Buy
05 The Sigma Structure Symphony(By: Gregory Benford) 2012 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 The Mongolian Wizard 2012 Buy
02 The Fire Gown 2012 Buy
03 Day of the Kraken 2012 Buy
04 House of Dreams 2013 Buy
05 The Night of the Salamander 2015 Buy
06 The Pyramid of Krakow 2015 Buy
07 The Phantom in the Maze 2015 Buy
08 Murder in the Spook House 2019 Buy
09 The New Prometheus 2019 Buy
10 Halcyon Afternoon 2024 Buy
11 Dragons of Paris 2024 Buy

Where to start with Michael Swanwick

What is the best order to read Michael Swanwick 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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