Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Brit-pulp! |
1999 |
Buy |
| Cities |
2003 |
Buy |
| The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases |
2003 |
Buy |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14 |
2003 |
Buy |
| The Children of Cthulhu |
2003 |
Buy |
| Breaking Windows |
2003 |
Buy |
| Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection |
2003 |
Buy |
| Best New Horror 17 |
2006 |
Buy |
| Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection |
2006 |
Buy |
| The New Weird |
2008 |
N/A |
| The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities |
2011 |
Buy |
| Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Recent Weird |
2011 |
Buy |
| New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Library Book |
2012 |
Buy |
| Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013 |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Bestiary |
2015 |
Buy |
| 2001: An Odyssey in Words |
2018 |
Buy |
Contemporary Writers: Critical Essays Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| David Mitchell: Critical Essays |
2011 |
Buy |
| Maggie Gee: Critical Essays |
2015 |
Buy |
| China Miéville: Critical Essays |
2015 |
Buy |
| Adam Roberts: Critical Essays |
2016 |
Buy |
| Rupert Thomson: Critical Essays |
2016 |
Buy |
| Tom McCarthy: Critical Essays |
2016 |
Buy |
| M. John Harrison: Critical Essays |
2019 |
Buy |
| Nicola Barker: Critical Essays |
2020 |
Buy |
| Michel Faber: Critical Essays |
2020 |
Buy |
| Sarah Hall: Critical Essays |
2022 |
Buy |
Dial H Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Dial H, Vol. 1 |
2012 |
Buy |
| Dial H, Vol. 2 |
2012 |
Buy |
| Dial H, Vol. 3:Fin |
2014 |
Buy |
Dial H: The New 52 Graphic Novels Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Dial H, Vol. 1 |
2012 |
Buy |
| Dial H, Vol. 2 |
2012 |
N/A |
New Crobuzon Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Perdido Street Station |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Scar |
2002 |
Buy |
| Iron Council |
2004 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Between Equal Rights |
2006 |
Buy |
| War With No End |
2007 |
Buy |
| Red Planets |
2009 |
Buy |
| London’s Overthrow |
2012 |
Buy |
| October |
2017 |
Buy |
| A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto |
2022 |
Buy |
Picture#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Worst Breakfast |
2016 |
Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Tain |
2002 |
Buy |
| Reports of Certain Events in London |
2004 |
Buy |
| ‘Tis the Season / Um Conto de Natal |
2010 |
Buy |
Short Story Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Looking for Jake |
2005 |
Buy |
| Three Moments of an Explosion |
2009 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| King Rat |
1998 |
Buy |
| Un Lun Dun |
2007 |
Buy |
| The City & the City |
2009 |
Buy |
| Kraken |
2010 |
Buy |
| Embassytown |
2011 |
Buy |
| Railsea |
2012 |
Buy |
| This Census-Taker |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Last Days of New Paris |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Book of Elsewhere |
2024 |
Buy |
China Mieville is a British author known for genre-defying fiction that blends fantasy, science fiction, and horror. His New Crobuzon trilogy — Perdido Street Station, The Scar, and Iron Council — is set in a sprawling, industrial-gothic world full of bizarre creatures and political unrest. These books helped define the New Weird movement in speculative fiction and won multiple awards, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the British Fantasy Award.
Beyond the New Crobuzon books, Mieville has written a wide range of standalone novels. The City & the City is a noir mystery set in two overlapping cities, Embassytown explores alien linguistics, and Railsea reimagines Moby-Dick on a vast railroaded plain. He has also written graphic novels for DC Comics’ Dial H series, children’s fiction with Un Lun Dun, and political non-fiction including October, a narrative history of the Russian Revolution. His short fiction collections, Looking for Jake and Three Moments of an Explosion, showcase his range from urban horror to surrealist fantasy.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has China Mieville written?
China Mieville has written 57 books across ten series.
What was China Mieville's first book?
China Mieville’s first book is King Rat, published in 1998.
What genres does China Mieville write in?
China Mieville writes across several genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, and what has been called “New Weird” fiction. He is also a political writer and has published non-fiction on Marxist theory, urban studies, and the Russian Revolution.