Greg Mandel Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Mindstar Rising | 1993 | Buy |
| A Quantum Murder | 1994 | Buy |
| The Nano Flower | 1995 | Buy |
| Family Matters | 2014 | Buy |
Series: Greg Mandel
Night’s Dawn Trilogy Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Reality Dysfunction | 1996 | Buy |
| The Neutronium Alchemist | 1997 | Buy |
| The Naked God | 1999 | Buy |
Series: Night’s Dawn
Commonwealth Saga Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Pandora’s Star | 2004 | Buy |
| Judas Unchained | 2005 | Buy |
Series: Commonwealth Saga
Void Trilogy Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Dreaming Void | 2007 | Buy |
| The Temporal Void | 2008 | Buy |
| The Evolutionary Void | 2009 | Buy |
Series: Void Trilogy
Commonwealth: Chronicle Of The Fallers Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Abyss Beyond Dreams | 2014 | Buy |
| A Night Without Stars | 2016 | Buy |
Salvation Sequence Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Salvation | 2018 | Buy |
| Salvation Lost | 2019 | Buy |
| The Saints of Salvation | 2020 | Buy |
Series: Salvation Sequence
Arkship Trilogy Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| A Hole in the Sky | 2021 | Buy |
| The Captain’s Daughter | 2022 | Buy |
| Queens of an Alien Sun | 2022 | Buy |
Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Fallen Dragon | 2001 | Buy |
| Great North Road | 2012 | Buy |
| Light Chaser (With: Gareth L. Powell) | 2021 | Buy |
Peter F. Hamilton is Britain’s most successful science fiction author and one of the most ambitious writers in the space opera genre. Born in Rutland in 1960, he sold his first story in 1988 and has been publishing steadily ever since. His books run long. The Night’s Dawn Trilogy exceeds 1.2 million words across three volumes. He writes big stories because he has big stories to tell.
Hamilton’s work combines hard science fiction concepts with thriller pacing. His futures feature detailed technologies, realistic physics, and societies that feel lived-in. Characters travel between worlds using wormholes, transfer consciousness between bodies, and fight wars across solar systems. The scale is vast, but Hamilton grounds it in human concerns: politics, crime, family, and survival.
The Commonwealth Saga introduced many readers to Hamilton’s work. Set in a future where wormholes connect human colonies, it begins with a mystery and expands into a war for survival. The Void Trilogy continues that universe, adding a pocket reality where dreams reshape physics. The Salvation Sequence, completed in 2020, tells its story across two timelines separated by thousands of years.
Hamilton plots his novels in detail before writing. Each book balances multiple viewpoint characters across different locations, converging toward massive set-piece conclusions. The Night’s Dawn Trilogy alone juggles dozens of protagonists. Critics note his books can start slowly as he establishes the pieces, but defenders argue the payoffs justify the setup.