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Woman of the Iron People Books in Order

35
Books
1991
First Book
20
Latest Book
-1970
Years

Below you'll find the complete list of Woman of the Iron People 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 Woman of the Iron People series? Start with "In the Light of Sigma Draconis" (1991) and follow publication order through all 35 books.

The complete Woman of the Iron People reading order is listed below in publication sequence.

Publication Order

1
In the Light of Sigma Draconis cover

In the Light of Sigma Draconis

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1991

2
Changing Women cover

Changing Women

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1991

3
New Worlds cover

New Worlds

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1974

4
Amazons II cover

Amazons II

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1982

5

Time Gum and Other Poems from the Minicon Poetry Readings

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1988

6
The Norton Book of Science Fiction cover

The Norton Book of Science Fiction

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1993

7
Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1996 cover

Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1996

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1996

8
More Amazing Stories cover

More Amazing Stories

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1998

9
Isaac Asimov's Camelot cover

Isaac Asimov's Camelot

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1998

10
Asimov's Science Fiction, April 1999 cover

Asimov's Science Fiction, April 1999

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1999

11
Best of the Rest 2: The Best Unknown Science Fiction and Fantasy of 1998 cover

Best of the Rest 2: The Best Unknown Science Fiction and Fantasy of 1998

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1999

12
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October/November 2000 cover

Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October/November 2000

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2000

13
Tales of the Unanticipated #22 2 cover

Tales of the Unanticipated #22 2

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2001

14
Tales of the Unanticipated #23 cover

Tales of the Unanticipated #23

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2002

15
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 15 cover

The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 15

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2002

16
Year's Best SF 8 cover

Year's Best SF 8

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2003

17
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 16 cover

The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 16

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2003

18
Tales of the Unanticipated, Number 30: The Anthology of TOTU Ink cover

Tales of the Unanticipated, Number 30: The Anthology of TOTU Ink

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2010

19
Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2012 cover

Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2012

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2012

20
Lightspeed Magazine, November 2012 cover

Lightspeed Magazine, November 2012

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2012

21
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2014 cover

The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2014

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2013

22
Aliens: Recent Encounters cover

Aliens: Recent Encounters

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2013

23
Best New SF 26 cover

Best New SF 26

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2013

24
Lightspeed Magazine, June 2014: Women Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue cover

Lightspeed Magazine, June 2014: Women Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue

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2014

25
Old Venus of Stories cover

Old Venus of Stories

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2015

26
Sisters of the Revolution cover

Sisters of the Revolution

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2015

27
Lightspeed Magazine, July 2015 cover

Lightspeed Magazine, July 2015

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2015

28
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection cover

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection

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2016

29
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection cover

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection

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2017

30
Infinity Wars cover

Infinity Wars

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2017

31
The Book of Magic: A Collection of Stories cover

The Book of Magic: A Collection of Stories

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2018

32
Orbit 15 cover

Orbit 15

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2022

33
Orbit 16 cover

Orbit 16

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2022

34
Orbit 19 cover

Orbit 19

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2022

35

The author was the guest of honor in 2004 at Wiscon.

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