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The Dystopia Triptych Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of The Dystopia Triptych books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the The Dystopia Triptych series? Start with "Ignorance Is Strength" (2020) and follow publication order through all 41 books.
The complete The Dystopia Triptych reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Ignorance Is Strength
2020
Burn the Ashes
2020
Or Else the Light
2020
Fifteenth Annual Collection
2002
Jabberwocky 2
2006
Best New Horror 17
2006
Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories
2007
Nebula Awards Showcase 2007
2007
TwentiethAnnual Collection
2007
The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy
2008
Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition
2008
Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show
2008
Best New Horror 19
2008
The Best of Abyss & Apex Volume One
2009
Last Drink Bird Head
2009
Realms 2
2010
Sympathy for the Devil
2010
The Way of the Wizard
2010
Daily Science Fiction Stories of March 2011
2011
Those Who Fight Monsters
2011
The Book of Cthulhu
2011
The Recent Weird
2011
New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird
2011
Rags & Bones
2013
Super Stories of Heroes and Villains
2013
Glitter & Mayhem
2013
Unidentified Funny Objects 2
2013
Whispers from the Abyss
2013
Nightmare Magazine, January 2014
2013
Unidentified Funny Objects 3
2014
Funny Science Fiction
2015
Unidentified Funny Objects 4
2015
Lightspeed Magazine, May 2016
2016
Associates of Sherlock Holmes
2016
Unidentified Funny Objects 5
2016
Strange California
2017
Mixed Up: Cocktail Recipes (and Flash Fiction) for the Discerning Drinker
2017
Robots vs. Fairies
2018
Aconyte Books Best of 2020: A World Expanding Fiction Chapter Sampler
2020
Shapers of Worlds Volume II
2021
Farther Reefs
2022
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