A Time Odyssey Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Oko času |
2003 |
N/A |
| Time’s Eye |
2003 |
Buy |
| Sunstorm |
2005 |
Buy |
| Firstborn |
2007 |
Buy |
Adventures of the Second Doctor Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Wheel of Ice |
2012 |
Buy |
| Doctor WhoThe Morton Legacy |
2017 |
N/A |
| Doctor Who: The Wheel of Ice |
2012 |
N/A |
Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
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| Zenith 2: The Best In New British Science Fiction |
1989 |
Buy |
| Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 1994 |
1994 |
Buy |
| Shakespearean Whodunnits |
1997 |
Buy |
| Asimov’s Science Fiction, May 1997 |
1997 |
Buy |
| Year’s Best SF 2 |
1997 |
Buy |
| Dark Terrors 4 |
1998 |
Buy |
| Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction |
1998 |
Buy |
| Nanotech |
1998 |
Buy |
| The Ant-Men of Tibet and Other Stories |
1999 |
Buy |
| Year’s Best SF 4 |
1999 |
Buy |
| Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, July 1999 |
1999 |
Buy |
| Explorers |
2000 |
Buy |
| Asimov’s Science Fiction, April 2000 |
2000 |
Buy |
| Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, October/November 2000 |
2000 |
Buy |
| Futures |
2001 |
Buy |
| Space Soldiers |
2001 |
Buy |
| Starlight 3 |
2001 |
Buy |
| Asimov’s Science Fiction: August 2001, Vol. 25, No. 8 |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Mammoth Book Of Science Fiction |
2002 |
Buy |
| Dark Terrors 6 |
2002 |
Buy |
| Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian |
2003 |
Buy |
| The Hard SF Renaissance |
2003 |
Buy |
| A.I.s |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels |
2005 |
Buy |
| The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection |
2006 |
Buy |
| Year’s Best SF 11 |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Space Opera Renaissance |
2006 |
Buy |
| Forbidden Planets |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction |
2007 |
Buy |
| Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge |
2007 |
Buy |
| Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection |
2007 |
Buy |
| Asimov’s Science Fiction, September 2008 |
2008 |
Buy |
| Sideways In Crime |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21 |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 22 |
2008 |
Buy |
| Golden Age SF |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF |
2009 |
Buy |
| Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded |
2010 |
Buy |
| Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 2010 |
2010 |
Buy |
| Masked |
2010 |
Buy |
| Starship Vectors |
2010 |
Buy |
| Fables from the Fountain |
2011 |
Buy |
| Lightspeed: Year One |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection |
2012 |
Buy |
| Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013 |
2013 |
Buy |
| Multiverse |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection |
2014 |
Buy |
| Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder |
2014 |
Buy |
| Darker Terrors 7 |
2016 |
Buy |
| Bridging Infinity |
2016 |
Buy |
| Stories of Hope and Wonder: In Support of UK’s Healthcare Workers |
2020 |
Buy |
| Burning Brightly |
2021 |
Buy |
| Life Beyond Us |
2023 |
Buy |
| Best of British Science Fiction 2023 |
2024 |
Buy |
Anti-Ice Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Anti-Ice |
1993 |
Buy |
| Newton’s Aliens |
2015 |
Buy |
Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Traces |
1998 |
Buy |
| Evolution |
2002 |
N/A |
| The Hunters of Pangaea |
2004 |
Buy |
| Universes |
2013 |
Buy |
| Project Clio |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Spacetime Pit Plus Two |
2018 |
Buy |
Destiny’s Children Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Coalescent |
2003 |
Buy |
| Exultant |
2004 |
Buy |
| Transcendent |
2005 |
Buy |
| Resplendent |
2006 |
Buy |
Flood Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Flood |
2008 |
Buy |
| Ark |
2009 |
Buy |
| Landfall |
2015 |
Buy |
Imaginings Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Colder Greyer Stones |
2012 |
Buy |
| Last and First Contacts |
2012 |
Buy |
| Stories from the Northern Road |
2012 |
Buy |
| Objects in Dreams |
2012 |
Buy |
| Microcosmos |
2013 |
Buy |
| Feast and Famine |
2013 |
Buy |
| Twember |
2013 |
Buy |
| Strange Visitors |
2014 |
Buy |
| Saint Rebor |
2015 |
Buy |
| Sleeps With Angels |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Light Warden |
2015 |
Buy |
| Mementoes |
2016 |
Buy |
Jones & Bennet#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Paradox Conspiracy |
2015 |
Buy |
Long Earth Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Long Earth |
2012 |
Buy |
| Uzun Dünya |
2012 |
N/A |
| Długa wojna |
2013 |
N/A |
| The Long War |
2013 |
Buy |
| Długi Mars |
2014 |
N/A |
| The Long Mars |
2014 |
Buy |
| Długa Utopia |
2015 |
N/A |
| The Long Utopia |
2015 |
Buy |
| Długi kosmos |
2016 |
N/A |
| The Long Cosmos |
2016 |
Buy |
Mammoth Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Silverhair / Mammoth |
1999 |
Buy |
| Mammoth |
2022 |
N/A |
| Titan |
- |
N/A |
| Long Tusk |
2000 |
Buy |
| Icebones |
2002 |
Buy |
Manifold Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Time |
1999 |
Buy |
| Manifold: Space |
2000 |
N/A |
| Space |
2000 |
Buy |
| Origin |
2001 |
Buy |
| Phase Space |
2002 |
Buy |
NASA Trilogy Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Voyage |
1996 |
Buy |
| Voyage - 1 |
1996 |
N/A |
| Voyage - 2 |
1996 |
N/A |
| Titan |
1997 |
Buy |
| Moonseed |
1998 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Deep Future |
1985 |
Buy |
| Hardyware: The Art of David A. Hardy |
2001 |
Buy |
| Revolutions In The Earth |
2004 |
Buy |
| Ages in Chaos |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Science of Avatar |
2010 |
Buy |
Northland Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Stone Spring |
2010 |
Buy |
| Bronze Summer |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Northland Way |
2011 |
N/A |
| Iron Winter |
2012 |
Buy |
Proxima Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Proxima |
2013 |
Buy |
| Ultima |
2014 |
Buy |
| Proxima Dreaming |
- |
N/A |
| Obelisk |
2016 |
Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Moon Six |
1997 |
N/A |
| The Gravity Mine |
2000 |
Buy |
| On the Orion Line |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Ghost Pit |
2001 |
Buy |
| Last Contact |
2007 |
Buy |
| Vacuum Lad |
2010 |
N/A |
| The Martian in the Wood |
2017 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Time Ships |
1995 |
Buy |
| Reality Dust |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Light of Other Days |
2000 |
Buy |
| Omegatropic |
2001 |
Buy |
| The H-Bomb Girl |
2007 |
Buy |
| Cilia-of-Gold |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Massacre of Mankind |
2017 |
Buy |
| Galaxias |
2021 |
Buy |
| The Thousand Earths |
2022 |
Buy |
| Creation Node |
2024 |
Buy |
| Fortress Sol |
2024 |
Buy |
| Hearthspace |
2025 |
Buy |
The Lovecraft Squad Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| All Hallows Horror |
2017 |
Buy |
| Waiting |
2017 |
Buy |
| Dreaming |
2018 |
Buy |
| Rising |
2020 |
Buy |
The Medusa Chronicles#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Medusa Chronicles |
2016 |
Buy |
The Web - 2027 Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Gulliverzone |
1997 |
Buy |
| Dreamcastle |
1997 |
Buy |
| Untouchable |
1997 |
Buy |
| Spiderbite |
1997 |
Buy |
| Lightstorm |
1997 |
Buy |
| Sorceress |
1997 |
Buy |
The Web - 2028 Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Webcrash |
1998 |
Buy |
| Cydonia |
1998 |
Buy |
| Spindrift |
1998 |
Buy |
| Computopia |
1998 |
Buy |
| Avatar |
1998 |
Buy |
| Walkabout |
1998 |
Buy |
| The Web: 2028 |
1999 |
Buy |
Time’s Tapestry Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Emperor |
2006 |
Buy |
| Conqueror |
2007 |
Buy |
| Navigator |
2007 |
Buy |
| Weaver |
2008 |
Buy |
World Engines Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Destroyer |
2019 |
Buy |
| World Engines: Destroyer: A post climate change high concept science fiction odyssey |
2019 |
N/A |
| Creator |
2020 |
Buy |
| World Engines: Creator: A post climate change high concept science fiction odyssey |
2020 |
N/A |
Xeelee Sequence Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Raft |
1991 |
Buy |
| Infinito |
1992 |
N/A |
| Timelike Infinity |
1992 |
Buy |
| Flux |
1993 |
Buy |
| Ring |
1994 |
Buy |
| Vacuum Diagrams |
1997 |
Buy |
| Making History & Reality Dust |
2000 |
N/A |
| Riding the Rock |
2002 |
Buy |
| Mayflower II |
2004 |
Buy |
| Coalescent |
2003 |
N/A |
| Exultant |
2004 |
N/A |
| Transcendent |
2005 |
N/A |
| Vengeance |
2017 |
Buy |
| Resplendent |
2006 |
N/A |
| Redemption |
2019 |
Buy |
| Starfall |
2009 |
Buy |
| Gravity Dreams |
2011 |
Buy |
| Xeelee Endurance |
2005 |
Buy |
| Xeelee |
2017 |
N/A |
| Xeelee: Redemption |
2018 |
N/A |
Zenith: The Best in New British Science Fiction Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Best SF 1967 |
1968 |
N/A |
| Zenith |
1989 |
Buy |
| Zenith 2: The Best In New British Science Fiction |
1989 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Volume 2 |
2021 |
N/A |
| The 6th Annual Best SF 72 |
1973 |
N/A |
| The 7th Annual Best SF 73 |
1974 |
N/A |
| The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 8 |
1976 |
N/A |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 10 |
1997 |
N/A |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 17 |
2004 |
N/A |
| The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection |
2010 |
N/A |
| The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection |
2011 |
N/A |
| The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection |
2012 |
N/A |
| The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection |
2015 |
N/A |
| The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection |
2017 |
N/A |
| Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection |
2018 |
N/A |
Évolution#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Evolution |
2002 |
Buy |
Stephen Baxter trained as a mathematician and engineer before turning to fiction, and his scientific background shows in nearly everything he writes. His stories deal with real physics, deep time, and the long-term fate of humanity and the universe, often covering spans of millions or even billions of years within a single novel.
He is perhaps best known for the Xeelee Sequence, a future history that stretches from humanity’s first steps into space to the end of the universe itself. Beyond that, he has written alternate histories where NASA reached Mars in the 1980s, stories where mammoths survive into the modern era, and novels where rising seas swallow the entire planet.
His collaborations brought his work to wider audiences. The Long Earth series with Terry Pratchett introduced a more accessible, playful tone alongside the hard science, while his books with Arthur C. Clarke extended some of Clarke’s most famous concepts into new territory.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Stephen Baxter written?
Stephen Baxter has written 210 books across 27 series.
What was Stephen Baxter's first book?
Stephen Baxter’s first book is Best SF 1967, published in 1968.
Did Stephen Baxter write any books with other authors?
Yes, most notably the Long Earth series with Terry Pratchett and several books with Arthur C. Clarke, including A Time Odyssey and The Light of Other Days. He also wrote The Medusa Chronicles with Alastair Reynolds.