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Melissa Scott Books in Order
Melissa Scott is a renowned science fiction and fantasy author, scholar, and educator, known for her meticulous craft and nuanced storytelling. She holds a PhD in comparative history from Harvard College and Brandeis University, where she honed her expertise in historical analysis and narrative structure. Scott's prolific writing career spans over three decades, yielding more than two dozen novels and works of science fiction and fantasy, often co-authored with her partner, Lisa A. Barnett. Her writing is distinguished by richly detailed settings and a thoughtful exploration of diverse identities, including LGBTQ+ themes. A recipient of the John W. Campbell Award and multiple Lambda Literary Awards, Scott is celebrated for her contributions to the science fiction and fantasy genres. She also shares her expertise through writing guides and online classes, and remains a respected voice in the literary community.
Bibliography verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Melissa Scott's book series? Melissa Scott has written 16 book series. The most notable is the Astreiant series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Melissa Scott
- #1
Point of Hopes (With: Lisa A. Barnett)(1995) - #2
Point of Dreams (With: Lisa A. Barnett)(2001) - #3
Point of Knives(2012) - #4
Fairs' Point(2014) - #5
Point of Sighs(2018) - #6
Point of Hearts(2025)
- #1
More Short Trips(1999) - #2
Short Trips and Side Steps(2000) - #3
Companions(2003) - #4
Reprecussions(2004) - #5
Tales from the TARDIS: Volume 2: Multi-Doctor Stories(2004) - #6
Doctor Who: Short Trips: 2040(2004) - #7
The Solar System(2005) - #8
The Centenarian(2006) - #9
The Ghosts of Christmas(2007) - #10
Short Trips: Transmissions(2008) - #11
The Doctor Who Stories(2009) - #12
Queers Dig Time Lords(2013) - #13
Summer Falls and Other Stories(2013) - #14
Heroes and Monsters Collection(2015) - #15
Red White and Who: The Story of Doctor Who in America(2017)
- #1Dreamships(1992)
- #2
Dreaming Metal(1997)
- #1
Finders(2018) - #2
Fallen(2023)
- #1
Storm Warning(2020) - #2
gen:LOCK(2021)
- #1
Heiresses of Russ 2014(2014) - #2Carmen Miranda's Ghost is Haunting Space Station Three(1990)
- #3
Imagination Fully Dilated(2003) - #4
So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction(2007) - #5
Haunted Hearths & Sapphic Shades: Lesbian Ghost Stories(2008) - #6
The Other Half of the Sky(2013) - #7
Shades of Blue and Gray(2013) - #8
Jaelle Her Book(2013) - #9
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection(2014) - #10Daughters of Frankenstein: Lesbian Mad Scientists!(2015)
- #11
The Rise of the Empire(2015) - #12
To Shape the Dark(2016) - #13
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection(2017) - #14
Retellings of the Inland Seas(2020) - #15Writing Career(19)
- #16Point of Sighs(20)
- #17Empress of Earth(19)
- #1
Death by Silver(2013) - #2
A Death at the Dionysus Club(2014)
- #1
Conceiving The Heavens: Creating The Science Fiction Novel(1997)
- #1
Five-Twelfths of Heaven(1985) - #2
Silence in Solitude(1986) - #3
Empress of Earth(1987)
- #1
Permafrost (By: Sally Malcolm)(2014) - #2
Points of Origin (By: Sally Malcolm)(2015) - #3
Lost Queen(2015) - #4
The Wild Blue(2016) - #5
From the Depths (By: Amy Griswold)(2018)
- #1
The Game Beyond(1984) - #2
Territorial Rights(1984) - #3
A Choice of Destinies(1986) - #4
The Kindly Ones(1987) - #5
The Armor of Light (With: Lisa A. Barnett)(1988) - #6
Mighty Good Road(1990) - #7
Burning Bright(1993) - #8
Trouble and Her Friends(1994) - #9Shadow Man(1995)
- #10
Night Sky Mine(1996) - #11
The Shapes of Their Hearts(1998) - #12
The Jazz(2000) - #13
Water Horse(2021) - #14
The Master of Samar(2023)
- #1Flipside (By: Sally Malcolm)(2005)
- #2
Rising (By: Sally Malcolm)(2005) - #3
Halcyon (By: James Swallow)(2006) - #4
Reliquary (By: Martha Wells)(2006) - #5
The Chosen (By: Sonny Whitelaw,Elizabeth Christensen)(2006) - #6Choices (By: James Swallow)(2006)
- #7
Exogenesis (By: Sonny Whitelaw,ElizabethChristensen)(2006) - #8
Blood Ties (By: Sonny Whitelaw,Elizabeth Christensen)(2007) - #9
Entanglement (By: Martha Wells)(2007) - #10
Casualties of War (By: Elizabeth Christensen)(2007) - #11
Mirror, Mirror (By: Sabine C. Bauer)(2008) - #12
Nightfall (By: James Swallow)(2008) - #13
Angelus (By: Peter J. Evans)(2008) - #14
Brimstone (By: Patricia Lee Macomber)(2009) - #15
Dead End (By: Chris Wraight)(2009) - #16
Hunt and Run (By: Aaron Rosenberg)(2010) - #17
Allegiance (With: Amy Griswold)(2011) - #18
Homecoming (With: Jo Graham)(2011) - #19
Death Game (By: Jo Graham)(2011) - #20
The Lost (By: Amy Griswold,Jo Graham)(2011) - #21
Secrets (With: Jo Graham)(2012) - #22
The Furies (By: Jo Graham)(2012) - #23
Inheritors (With: Amy Griswold,Jo Graham)(2013) - #24
Pride of the Genii(2018) - #25
Unascended (By: Jo Graham)(2020)
- #1
Stargate Atlantis: Third Path(2015) - #2
Third Path (With: Jo Graham)(2015) - #3Unascended (By: Jo Graham)(2020)
- #4
Lost Queen(2020) - #5
The Wild Blue(2020)
- #1
Trial by Fire (By: Sabine C. Bauer)(2004) - #2
Sacrifice Moon (By: Julie Fortune)(2004) - #3
City of the Gods (By: Sonny Whitelaw)(2005) - #4
The Cost of Honor (By: Sally Malcolm)(2005) - #5
Siren Song (By: Holly Scott,Jaimie Duncan)(2006) - #6
Survival of the Fittest (By: Sabine C. Bauer)(2006) - #7
Alliances (By: Karen Miller)(2006) - #8
The Barque of Heaven (By: Suzanne Wood)(2007) - #9
A Matter of Honor (By: Sally Malcolm)(2007) - #10
Roswell (By: Jennifer Fallon,Sonny Whitelaw)(2007) - #11
Relativity (By: James Swallow)(2007) - #12
Do No Harm (By: Karen Miller)(2008) - #13
Hydra (By: Holly Scott,Jaimie Duncan)(2008) - #14
Valhalla (By: Tim Waggoner)(2009) - #15I Ba'al (By: Sally Malcolm)(2009)
- #16
Four Dragons (By: Diana Dru Botsford)(2010) - #17
The Power Behind the Throne (By: Steven Savile)(2010) - #18
Sunrise (By: J. Frances Crane)(2010) - #19
Transitions (By: Sabine C. Bauer)(2010) - #20
Oceans of Dust (By: Peter J. Evans)(2011) - #21
Moebius Squared (With: Jo Graham)(2012) - #22
Heart's Desire (By: Amy Griswold)(2012) - #23
The Drift (By: Diana Dru Botsford)(2012) - #24
Ouroboros (With: Sally Malcolm)(2013) - #25
Two Roads (By: Geonn Cannon)(2014) - #26
Hostile Ground (By: Sally Malcolm,LauraHarper)(2014) - #27
Murder at the SGC (By: Amy Griswold)(2015) - #28
Exile (By: Sally Malcolm,Laura Harper)(2015) - #29
Kali's Wrath (By: Keith R.A. DeCandido)(2016) - #30
Hall of the Two Truths (By: Susannah Parker Sinard)(2016) - #31
Behind Enemy Lines (By: Sally Malcolm)(2017) - #32
Female of the Species (By: Geonn Cannon)(2018) - #33
Infiltration (By: Susannah Parker Sinard)(2019) - #34
Insurrection (By: Sally Malcolm)(2020)
- #1
Emissary (By: J.M. Dillard)(1993) - #2
The Siege (By: Peter David)(1993) - #3
Bloodletter (By: K.W. Jeter)(1993) - #4
The Big Game (By: Sandy Schofield)(1993) - #5
Fallen Heroes (By: Dafydd ab Hugh)(1994) - #6
Betrayal (By: Lois Tilton)(1994) - #7
Warchild (By: Esther M. Friesner)(1994) - #8
The Search (By: Diane Carey)(1994) - #9
Antimatter (By: John Vornholt)(1994) - #10
Proud Helios(1995) - #11
Warped (By: K.W. Jeter)(1995) - #12
Valhalla (By: Nathan Archer)(1995) - #13
Devil in the Sky (By: Greg Cox)(1995) - #14
The Ferengi: Rules of Acquisition (By: Ira Steven Behr)(1995) - #15
The Laertian Gamble (By: Robert Sheckley)(1995) - #16
The Way of the Warrior (By: Diane Carey)(1995) - #17
Station Rage (By: Diane Carey)(1995) - #18
The Long Night (By: Dean Wesley Smith)(1996) - #19
Objective: Bajor (By: John Peel)(1996) - #20
The Heart of the Warrior (By: John Gregory Betancourt)(1996) - #21
Saratoga (By: Michael Jan Friedman)(1996) - #22
Trials and Tribble-ations (By: Diane Carey)(1996) - #23
The Tempest (By: Susan Wright)(1997) - #24
Wrath of the Prophets (By: Michael Jan Friedman)(1997) - #25
Legends of the Ferengi (By: Ira Steven Behr,Robert Hewitt Wolfe)(1997) - #26
Trial by Error (By: Mark A. Garland)(1997) - #27
Vengeance (By: Dafydd ab Hugh)(1998) - #28
Far Beyond the Stars (By: Steven Barnes,Hans Beimler)(1998) - #29
The 34th Rule (By: Armin Shimerman)(1999) - #30
What You Leave Behind (By: Diane Carey)(1999) - #31
Tunnel Through the Stars (By: Esther M. Friesner)(1999) - #32
The Lives of Dax (By: Marco Palmieri)(1999) - #33
A Stitch in Time (By: Andrew Jordt Robinson)(2000) - #34
Section 31: Abyss (By: Jeffrey Lang,David Weddle)(2001) - #35
Rising Son (By: S.D. Perry)(2003) - #36
Unity (By: S.D. Perry)(2003) - #37
Hollow Men (By: Una McCormack)(2005) - #38
Warpath (By: David Mack)(2006) - #39
Twist of Faith (By: S.D. Perry)(2007) - #40
These Haunted Seas (By: Heather Jarman,David R. George III)(2008) - #41
Fearful Symmetry (By: Olivia Woods)(2008) - #42
The Soul Key (By: Olivia Woods)(2009) - #43
The Never Ending Sacrifice (By: Una McCormack)(2009) - #44
Lust's Latinum Lost (and Found) (By: Paula M. Block,Terry J. Erdmann)(2014) - #45
Sacraments of Fire (By: David R. George III)(2015) - #46
Ascendance (By: David R. George III)(2015) - #47
Force and Motion (By: Jeffrey Lang)(2016) - #48
Rules of Accusation (By: Paula M. Block,Terry J. Erdmann)(2016) - #49
The Long Mirage (By: David R. George III)(2017) - #50
Enigma Tales (By: Una McCormack)(2017) - #51
Original Sin (By: David R. George III)(2017) - #52
I, The Constable (By: Paula M. Block,Terry J. Erdmann)(2017) - #53
The Peacemakers (By: Una McCormack)(2026)
- #1
The Rule of Five: Year One(2017) - #2
The Rule of Five: Year Two(2018) - #3
Five Planes(2018) - #4
The Rule of Five: Year Three (By: Don Sakers)(2019)
About Melissa Scott
Melissa Scott is a renowned science fiction and fantasy author, scholar, and educator, known for her meticulous craft and nuanced storytelling. She holds a PhD in comparative history from Harvard College and Brandeis University, where she honed her expertise in historical analysis and narrative structure. Scott's prolific writing career spans over three decades, yielding more than two dozen novels and works of science fiction and fantasy, often co-authored with her partner, Lisa A. Barnett. Her writing is distinguished by richly detailed settings and a thoughtful exploration of diverse identities, including LGBTQ+ themes. A recipient of the John W. Campbell Award and multiple Lambda Literary Awards, Scott is celebrated for her contributions to the science fiction and fantasy genres. She also shares her expertise through writing guides and online classes, and remains a respected voice in the literary community.
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