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Michael Swanwick Books in Order
Author of 10 series.
Bibliography verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Michael Swanwick's book series? Michael Swanwick has written 10 book series. The most notable is the Darger and Surplus series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Michael Swanwick
- #1
Dancing with Bears(2011) - #2
Chasing the Phoenix(2015) - #3
The Postutopian Adventures of Darger and Surplus(2020)
- #1
The Iron Dragon's Daughter(1993) - #2
The Dragons of Babel(2008) - #3
The Iron Dragon's Mother(2019)
- #1
The Mongolian Wizard(2012) - #2
The Fire Gown(2012) - #3
Day of the Kraken(2012) - #4
House of Dreams(2013) - #5
The Night of the Salamander(2015) - #6
The Pyramid of Krakow(2015) - #7
The Phantom in the Maze(2015) - #8
Murder in the Spook House(2019) - #9
The New Prometheus(2019) - #10
Halcyon Afternoon(2024) - #11
Dragons of Paris(2024)
- #1
The Postmodern Archipelago(1997) - #2
Being Gardner Dozois (With: Gardner Dozois)(2001) - #3
Hope-in-the-Mist(2009)
- #1
In the Drift(1984) - #2
Vacuum Flowers(1987) - #3Stations of the Tide(1991)
- #4Jack Faust(1997)
- #5Bones of the Earth(2002)
- #6
The Man Who Met Picasso(1982) - #7
Dogfight (in Omni) (With: William Gibson)(1985) - #8The Edge of the World(1989)
- #9
Griffin's Egg(1991) - #10The Changeling\'s Tale(1994)
- #11
Walking Out (in Asimov's)(1995) - #12Radio Waves(1995)
- #13
The Dead (in Starlight 1)(1996) - #14
The Very Pulse of the Machine (in The Best of...)(1998) - #15Wild Minds (in The Best of...)(1998)
- #16Radiant Doors (in The Best of...)(1998)
- #17
Ancient Engines (in Asimov's)(1999) - #18
Scherzo with Tyrannosaur (in Asimov's)(1999) - #19The Raggle Taggle Gypsy-O(2000)
- #20
'Hello,' Said the Stick(2002) - #21
The Little Cat Laughed to See Such Sport(2002) - #22Slow Life(2002)
- #23
Legions in Time(2003) - #24
Lord Weary’s Empire(2006) - #25
A Small Room in Koboldtown(2007) - #26
From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled(2008) - #27
Zeppelin City(2011) - #28The Trains That Climb the Winter Tree(2011)
- #29
The Dala Horse(2016) - #30
Annie Without Crow(2021) - #31
The Star-Bear(2023) - #32
Gravity's Angels(1991) - #33
Cigar-Box Faust and Other Miniatures(1991) - #34Tales of Old Earth(1992)
- #35
A Geography of Unknown Lands(1997) - #36
Moon Dogs(2000) - #37
Michael Swanwick's Field Guide to Mesozoic Megafauna(2004) - #38
The Periodic Table of Science Fiction(2005) - #39
The Dog Said Bow-Wow(2007) - #40The Best of Michael Swanwick(2008)
- #41
Not So Much, Said the Cat(2016) - #42
The Universe Box(2026)
- #1
New World Blues (By: L.E. Modesitt Jr.)(2012) - #2Dormanna (By: Gene Wolfe)(2012)
- #3Thanatos Beach (By: James K. Morrow)(2012)
- #4The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree(2012)
- #5The Sigma Structure Symphony (By: Gregory Benford)(2012)
- #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 (With: Kim Stanley Robinson,William Gibson,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 (By: Kim Stanley Robinson,Lucius Shepard,Michael Bishop,Ian Watson,Terry Carr,Bruce Sterling,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)
- #1Dogfight (in Omni) (With: William Gibson)(1985)
- #2The Winter Market (By: William Gibson)(1986)
- #1Year's Best Fantasy(2001)
- #2
Year's Best Fantasy 2(2002) - #3
Year's Best Fantasy 3(2003) - #4
Year's Best Fantasy 4(2004) - #5
Year's Best Fantasy 5(2005) - #6
Year's Best Fantasy 6(2006) - #7
Year's Best Fantasy 7(2007) - #8
Year's Best Fantasy 8(2008) - #9
Year's Best Fantasy 9(2009) - #10
TriQuarterly 49: Science Fiction(1980) - #11Universe 11(1981)
- #12
Magicats!(1984) - #13
The Sixth Omni Book of Science Fiction(1985) - #14
Terry's Universe: Science fiction's finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr(1987) - #15
The Seventh Omni Book of Science Fiction(1989) - #16
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1989(1989) - #17
Third Annual Collection(1989) - #18
The Best Fantasy Stories of the Year, 1989(1990) - #19
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection(1990) - #20
Slow Dancing Through Time(1990) - #21
Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories(1990) - #22
Isaac Asimov's Earth(1992) - #23
Omni Visions Two(1994) - #24
Asimov's Science Fiction, November 1994(1994) - #25
Spirits Of Christmas: Twenty Other-Worldly Tales(1995) - #26Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1995(1995)
- #27
Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Tenth Annual Collection(1996) - #28
Starlight 1(1996) - #29Modern Classics of Fantasy(1997)
- #30
Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers(1998) - #31
Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1998(1998) - #32
The Good New Stuff(1999) - #33Asimov's Science Fiction, February 1999(1999)
- #34
Year's Best SF 4(1999) - #35Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1999(1999)
- #36
Explorers(2000) - #37
Asimov's Science Fiction, April 2000(2000) - #38
Nebula Awards 35 (2001)(2001) - #39
Meditations on Middle-Earth(2001) - #40
Infinity Plus One(2001) - #41
Supermen(2002) - #42Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2002(2002)
- #43The Mammoth Book Of Science Fiction(2002)
- #44
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 15(2002) - #45
Year's Best SF 8(2003) - #46
I premi Hugo 2002(2003) - #47
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 16(2003) - #48
The Hard SF Renaissance(2003) - #49
The Year's Best Science Fiction: 21 Annual Edition(2004) - #50
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection(2004) - #51
The Fiction Factory(2005) - #52The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels(2005)
- #53
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection(2006) - #54Year's Best SF 11(2006)
- #55
Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2006(2006) - #56Futures Past(2006)
- #57
The Best of the Best, Vol 2(2007) - #58
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology(2007) - #59
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection(2007) - #60
Rewired(2007) - #61
The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy(2008) - #62
Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition(2008) - #63Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, February 2008(2008)
- #64From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled(2008)
- #65
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21(2008) - #66The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 22(2008)
- #67
The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF(2009) - #68
Asimov's Science Fiction, December 2010(2010) - #69
Unfit for Eden: A Postscripts Anthology 26/27(2011) - #70
The Sword & Sorcery Anthology(2012) - #71
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2011 edition(2012) - #72The Palencar Project(2012)
- #73
Timeless Time Travel Tales(2012) - #74
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection(2012) - #75
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk(2012) - #76
The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 4(2012) - #77
Rock On: The Greatest Hits of Science Fiction & Fantasy(2012) - #78
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2012 Edition(2013) - #79
Steampunk Specs(2013) - #80
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF(2013) - #81
Shadows of the New Sun(2013) - #82
The Time Traveler's Almanac(2013) - #83
Rogues(2014) - #84The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Nine(2014)
- #85
The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 6(2014) - #86
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection(2014) - #87
Far Voyager: A Postcripts Anthology 32/33(2014) - #88
The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 7(2015) - #89
Letters to Tiptree(2015) - #90
Clarkesworld: Year Eight(2016) - #91
Asimov's Science Fiction, September-October 2017(2017) - #92
Once Upon a Time Machine Volume 2(2018) - #93
The Final Frontier(2018) - #94
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2018(2018) - #95
Galaxy's Edge Magazine: Issue 38, May 2019(2019) - #96
Devil's Ways(2020) - #97
The 2020 Look at Space Opera Book(2020) - #98
Love, Death and Robots: The Official Anthology: Volume One(2021) - #99
Galaxy’s Edge Magazine: Issue 58, September 2022(2022) - #100
Galaxy’s Edge Magazine: Issue 61, March 2023(2023) - #101
The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time 3(2023) - #102
The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories: Fourth Annual Collection(2023)
- #1
Year's Best SF(1996) - #2
Year'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)
- #12Year's Best SF 12(2007)
- #13
Year's Best SF 13(2008) - #14Year's Best SF 14(2009)
- #15
Year's Best SF 15(2010) - #16Year's Best SF 16(2011)
- #17
Year's Best SF 17(2012) - #18
Year's Best SF 18(2013)
About Michael Swanwick
Author of 10 series.
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