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Bruce Sterling Books in Order
Bruce Sterling is a renowned author, journalist, critic, and contributing editor of Wired magazine. He is celebrated for his prolific output in science fiction, with ten novels that have captivated readers worldwide. Sterling's versatility extends beyond novels to short stories, book reviews, design criticism, opinion columns, and introductions to influential works by authors such as Ernst Jünger and Jules Verne. His non-fiction works offer a glimpse into his sharp insights and foresight, as evident in books like <em>The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier</em> (1992), <em>Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next Fifty Years</em> (2003), and <em>Shaping Things</em> (2005).
Bibliography verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Bruce Sterling's book series? Bruce Sterling has written 7 book series. The most notable is the Best Science Fiction of the Year series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Bruce Sterling
- #1
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1(1972) - #2
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2(1973) - #3
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3(1974) - #4
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4(1975) - #5
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5(1976) - #6
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6(1977) - #7
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7(1978) - #8
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8(1979) - #9
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9(1980) - #10
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10(1981) - #11
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11(1982) - #12
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12(1983) - #13
Best Science Fiction of the Year 13(1984) - #14
Best Science Fiction of the Year 14(1984) - #15
Best Science Fiction of the Year 15(1986) - #16
Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16(1987) - #17
Lone Star Universe(1976) - #18
Universe 13(1983) - #19
Nebula Awards 18(1983) - #20
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection(1985) - #21
The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction(1985) - #22
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 12(1986) - #23Mirrorshades(1986)
- #24
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1987(1987) - #25
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1988(1988) - #26
The Seventh Omni Book of Science Fiction(1989) - #27
Third Annual Collection(1989) - #28
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1989(1989) - #29
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 14(1989) - #30
Drabble II: Double Century(1990) - #31
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection(1990) - #32
Semiotext SF(1991) - #33
Storming the Reality Studio(1991) - #34The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories(1992)
- #35
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1992(1992) - #36The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection(1993)
- #37
Under African Skies(1993) - #38
The Ascent of Wonder(1994) - #39
Asimov's Science Fiction, November 1994(1994) - #40
Cthulhu 2000(1995) - #41
Paragons(1996) - #42
Hackers(1996) - #43The Science Fiction Century(1997)
- #44Modern Classics of Fantasy(1997)
- #45
Year's Best SF 2(1997) - #46Lightspeed Magazine, April 2011(1998)
- #47
The Good New Stuff(1999) - #48
Year's Best SF 4(1999) - #49
The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology(1999) - #50
Genometry(2001) - #51
The Ultimate Cyberpunk(2002) - #52
Supermen(2002) - #53
Year's Best SF 8(2003) - #54
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 16(2003) - #55
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection(2003) - #56Custer's Last Jump and Other Collaborations(2003)
- #57
The Hard SF Renaissance(2003) - #58
Conversations on the Edge of the Apocalypse(2005) - #59The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels(2005)
- #60
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection(2006) - #61Year's Best SF 11(2006)
- #62
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection(2006) - #63
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology(2007) - #64
Rewired(2007) - #65
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21(2008) - #66The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction(2010)
- #67
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection(2010) - #68
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 5(2011) - #69
Happily Ever After(2011) - #70
The Book of Cthulhu(2011) - #71
Lightspeed: Year One(2011) - #72
Steampunk III(2012) - #73
Digital Rapture(2012) - #74
Rock On: The Greatest Hits of Science Fiction & Fantasy(2012) - #75
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 35, April 2013(2013) - #76
After the End(2013) - #77
Twelve Tomorrows 2014(2014) - #78
Hieroglyph(2014) - #79
Transreal Cyberpunk(2015) - #80
Lightspeed Magazine, February 2017(2017) - #81
2001: An Odyssey in Words(2018) - #82
Love, Death + Robots(2025)
- #1
Schismatrix(1985) - #2
Crystal Express(1989) - #3Schismatrix Plus(1995)
- #1
The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier(1992) - #2Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next Fifty Years(2002)
- #3The Epic Struggle of the Internet of Things(2014)
- #1The Artificial Kid(1980)
- #2
Islands in the Net(1988) - #3
The Difference Engine (With: William Gibson)(1990) - #4
Heavy Weather(1994) - #5Holy Fire(1996)
- #6Distraction(1998)
- #7
Zeitgeist(2000) - #8The Zenith Angle(2004)
- #9
The Caryatids(2009) - #10
Love is Strange(2012) - #11
Pirate Utopia(2015) - #12
Dinner in Audoghast (in Asimov's)(1985) - #13Flowers of Edo (in Asimov's)(1987)
- #14Our Neural Chernobyl (in F&SF)(1988)
- #15Dori Bangs (in Asimov's)(1989)
- #16
Deep Eddy (in Asimov's)(1993) - #17
Bicycle Repairman (in A Good Old-Fashioned Future)(1996) - #18Maneki Neko (in A Good Old-Fashioned Future)(1998)
- #19Taklamakan (in A Good Old-Fashioned Future)(1998)
- #20
The Parthenopean Scalpel(2010) - #21Black Swan(2010)
- #22
Good Night, Moon (With: Rudy Rucker)(2011) - #23
Loco (With: Rudy Rucker)(2012) - #24
Totem Poles (With: Rudy Rucker)(2016) - #25Globalhead(1992)
- #26
A Good Old-Fashioned Future(1999) - #27
Visionary in Residence(2005) - #28Ascendancies: The Best of Bruce Sterling(2007)
- #29
Gothic High-Tech(2011) - #30
Robot Artists and Black Swans: The Italian Fantascienza Stories (With: John Coulthart,Dario Tonani,Bruno Argento)(2021)
- #1
Autumn Angels (By: Arthur Byron Cover)(1975) - #2
The Light at the End of the Universe (By: Terry Carr)(1976) - #3Involution Ocean(1977)
- #1
Universe 1 (By: Terry Carr)(1971) - #2
Universe 2 (By: Terry Carr)(1972) - #3
Universe 3 (By: Terry Carr)(1973) - #4
Universe 4 (By: Terry Carr)(1974) - #5
Universe 5 (By: Terry Carr)(1974) - #6
Universe 6 (By: John Shirley,Terry Carr)(1976) - #7
Universe 7 (By: Terry Carr)(1977) - #8
Universe 8 (By: Terry Carr)(1978) - #9
Universe 9 (By: John Shirley,Terry Carr)(1979) - #10
Universe 10 (By: Terry Carr)(1980) - #11
Universe 11 (By: Kim Stanley Robinson,William Gibson,Michael Swanwick,Carter Scholz,Michael Bishop,Ian Watson,Nancy Kress,Carol Emshwiller,Josephine Saxton,Terry Carr)(1981) - #12
Universe 12 (By: Terry Carr)(1982) - #13
Universe 13 (With: Kim Stanley Robinson,Lucius Shepard,Michael Bishop,Ian Watson,Terry Carr,Leanne Frahm,Bill Bickel)(1983) - #14
Universe 14 (By: Terry Carr)(1984) - #15
Universe 15 (By: Terry Carr)(1985) - #16
Universe 16 (By: Terry Carr)(1986) - #17
Universe 17 (By: Terry Carr)(1987)
- #1
Year's Best SF(1996) - #2Year's Best SF 2(1997)
- #3
Year's Best SF 3(1998) - #4Year's Best SF 4(1999)
- #5
Year's Best SF 5(2000) - #6
Year's Best SF 6(2001) - #7
Year's Best SF 7(2002) - #8Year's Best SF 8(2003)
- #9
Year's Best SF 9(2004) - #10
Year's Best SF 10(2005) - #11Year's Best SF 11(2006)
- #12
Year's Best SF 12(2007) - #13Year's Best SF 13(2008)
- #14
Year's Best SF 14(2009) - #15Year's Best SF 15(2010)
- #16
Year's Best SF 16(2011) - #17
Year's Best SF 17(2012) - #18
Year's Best SF 18(2013)
About Bruce Sterling
Bruce Sterling is a renowned author, journalist, critic, and contributing editor of Wired magazine. He is celebrated for his prolific output in science fiction, with ten novels that have captivated readers worldwide. Sterling's versatility extends beyond novels to short stories, book reviews, design criticism, opinion columns, and introductions to influential works by authors such as Ernst Jünger and Jules Verne. His non-fiction works offer a glimpse into his sharp insights and foresight, as evident in books like <em>The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier</em> (1992), <em>Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next Fifty Years</em> (2003), and <em>Shaping Things</em> (2005).
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