Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction |
1985 |
Buy |
| The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 |
1988 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection |
1989 |
Buy |
| Third Annual Collection |
1989 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Fantasy 2 / Demons and Dreams |
1990 |
Buy |
| Still Dead |
1992 |
Buy |
| Omni Best Science Fiction Two |
1992 |
Buy |
| Omni Visions Two |
1994 |
Buy |
| Seventh Annual Collection |
1994 |
Buy |
| Far Horizons |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 15 |
2002 |
Buy |
| The Space Opera Renaissance |
2006 |
Buy |
| Space Opera |
2007 |
Buy |
| Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance |
2009 |
Buy |
| Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror |
2010 |
Buy |
| Freak Show |
2014 |
Buy |
| Parallàxis: A twist in the mind |
2014 |
Buy |
Fifth Heart#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Fifth Heart |
2015 |
Buy |
Hyperion Cantos Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| La mort du centaure |
1990 |
N/A |
| Hyperion |
1989 |
Buy |
| 海伯利安 |
1989 |
N/A |
| Hypérion II |
1989 |
N/A |
| Pád Hyperionu |
1990 |
N/A |
| The Fall of Hyperion |
1990 |
Buy |
| Endymion |
1996 |
Buy |
| Endymion 1 |
1995 |
N/A |
| Endymion II |
1995 |
N/A |
| The Rise of Endymion |
1997 |
Buy |
| 安迪密恩的觉醒 |
1997 |
N/A |
| L’Éveil d’Endymion 1 |
1997 |
N/A |
| L’Éveil d’Endymion 2 |
1997 |
N/A |
| Сироты спирали |
1999 |
N/A |
| Orphans of the Helix |
1999 |
Buy |
Ilium Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Ilij |
2003 |
N/A |
| Ilium |
2003 |
Buy |
| Olympos |
2005 |
Buy |
Joe Kurtz Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Hardcase |
2001 |
Buy |
| Bitterkalt |
2002 |
N/A |
| Hard Freeze |
2002 |
Buy |
| Hard as Nails |
2003 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Going After the Rubber Chicken |
1991 |
Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Metastasis |
1988 |
Buy |
| Banished Dreams |
1990 |
Buy |
| Entropy’s Bed at Midnight |
1990 |
Buy |
| This Year’s Class Picture |
1992 |
Buy |
| Death in Bangkok |
1993 |
N/A |
| The Guiding Nose of Ulfant Banderoz |
2012 |
Buy |
Short Story Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Prayers to Broken Stones |
1990 |
Buy |
| Summer Sketches |
1992 |
Buy |
| Lovedeath |
1993 |
Buy |
| Worlds Enough & Time |
2002 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Song of Kali |
1985 |
Buy |
| Carrion Comfort |
1989 |
Buy |
| Phases of Gravity |
1989 |
Buy |
| The Hollow Man |
1992 |
Buy |
| Fires of Eden |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Crook Factory |
1999 |
Buy |
| Darwin’s Blade |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Terror |
2007 |
Buy |
| Muse of Fire |
2008 |
Buy |
| Drood |
2009 |
Buy |
| Black Hills |
2010 |
Buy |
| Flashback |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Abominable |
2013 |
Buy |
| Omega Canyon |
2020 |
Buy |
Summer Of Night/Seasons Of Horror Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Summer of Night |
1991 |
Buy |
| Лето ночи |
1991 |
N/A |
| Children of the Night |
1992 |
Buy |
| Dzieci nocy |
1992 |
N/A |
| Fires of Eden |
1994 |
N/A |
| A Winter Haunting |
2002 |
Buy |
Dan Simmons has been writing across genres since 1985, when Song of Kali won the World Fantasy Award. His Hyperion Cantos, starting with Hyperion in 1989, won the Hugo Award and is considered one of the major works of science fiction. He followed it with the Ilium/Olympos duology, which reimagines Homer’s Iliad with far-future technology.
Simmons is hard to pin to one genre. He has written horror (Carrion Comfort, Summer of Night), historical fiction (The Terror, Drood), crime noir (the Joe Kurtz trilogy), and literary experiments like The Fifth Heart. With over 70 published works including short fiction and anthologies, he has been one of the more versatile American genre writers of the past four decades.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Dan Simmons written?
Dan Simmons has written 71 books across ten series.
What was Dan Simmons's first book?
Dan Simmons’s first book is Song of Kali, published in 1985.
What order should you read Dan Simmons' books?
Start with Hyperion (1989) and The Fall of Hyperion (1990), then continue with Endymion (1996) and The Rise of Endymion (1997). After that, The Terror (2007) and Carrion Comfort (1989) are his most acclaimed standalones. The Joe Kurtz crime novels and Ilium/Olympos duology can be read in any order.