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Peter Watts Complete Bibliography

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

Updated 2026-07-11 / 30 books / 7 series

Canadian author best known for the *Blindsight* and *Starfish* series, Peter Watts is a Hugo Award-winning biologist whose hard science fiction explores consciousness and alien intelligence. His novels have earned critical acclaim for their rigorous scientific foundation. This page provides the Peter Watts books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

Books by Peter Watts in Publication Order

1994 Beyond the Rift POoC / 1 Buy
1999 Starfish POoRB / 1 Buy
2001 Maelstrom POoRB / 2 Buy
2002 Ten Monkeys, Ten Minutes POoC / 2 Buy
2004 Behemoth: B-Max POoRB / 3 Buy
2004 Behemoth: Seppuku POoRB / 4 Buy
2006 Blindsight POoFB / 1 Buy
2009 The Island POoSS / 1 Buy
2010 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 1 Buy
2010 The Things POoSS / 2 Buy
2011 Crysis: Legion POoCB / 1 Buy
2011 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 2 Buy
2012 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 3 Buy
2013 Crysis: Escalation(By: Gavin G. Smith) POoCB / 2 Buy
2013 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 4 Buy
2014 The Colonel POoFB / 2 Buy
2014 Echopraxia POoFB / 3 Buy
2014 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 5 Buy
2015 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 6 Buy
2016 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 7 Buy
2017 The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 8 Buy
2018 The Freeze-Frame Revolution POoSN / 1 Buy
2018 The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 9 Buy
2019 Peter Watts Is An Angry Sentient Tumor POoC / 3 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
2021 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 POoTYBDF&HB / 12 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

Complete Peter Watts Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Crysis Reading Order 2 books / 2011-2013
01 Crysis: Legion 2011 Buy
02 Crysis: Escalation(By: Gavin G. Smith) 2013 Buy
01 The Island 2009 Buy
02 The Things 2010 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 1 book / 2018
01 The Freeze-Frame Revolution 2018 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
Rifters Reading Order 4 books / 1999-2004
01 Starfish 1999 Buy
02 Maelstrom 2001 Buy
03 Behemoth: B-Max 2004 Buy
04 Behemoth: Seppuku 2004 Buy
Firefall Reading Order 3 books / 2006-2014
01 Blindsight 2006 Buy
02 The Colonel 2014 Buy
03 Echopraxia 2014 Buy
Collections Reading Order 3 books / 1994-2019
01 Beyond the Rift 1994 Buy
02 Ten Monkeys, Ten Minutes 2002 Buy
03 Peter Watts Is An Angry Sentient Tumor 2019 Buy

Where to start with Peter Watts

What is the best order to read Peter Watts 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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