Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If There’s Anyone Left: Volume 1 | 2020 | Maria Dong | Buy |
Before her novel debut, Maria Dong published If There’s Anyone Left: Volume 1 (2020), a collection of speculative short stories. The anthology covers a range of science fiction and fantasy scenarios, showing the versatility that Dong would later bring to her novels.
The collection is a good starting point for readers curious about Dong’s voice and sensibility before picking up Liar, Dreamer, Thief (2023) or her later novels. The stories are shorter and more varied than her novel-length work, but they share the same interest in perception, reality, and the moments when the familiar becomes something else entirely.