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Dan Simmons Books in Order
Author of 7 series.
Bibliography verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Dan Simmons's book series? Dan Simmons has written 7 book series. The most notable is the Fifth Heart series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Dan Simmons
- #1
The Fifth Heart(2015)
- #1
Hyperion(1989) - #2
The Fall of Hyperion(1990) - #3
Endymion(1996) - #4
The Rise of Endymion(1997) - #5
Orphans of the Helix(1999)
- #1
Ilium(2003) - #2Olympos(2005)
- #1Hardcase(2001)
- #2
Hard Freeze(2002) - #3
Hard as Nails(2003)
- #1
Going After the Rubber Chicken(1991) - #2
The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction(1985) - #3
The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1(1988) - #4
Second Annual Collection(1989) - #5
Third Annual Collection(1989) - #6
The Year's Best Fantasy 2 / Demons and Dreams(1990) - #7
Still Dead(1992) - #8
Omni Best Science Fiction Two(1992) - #9The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection(1993)
- #10
Omni Visions Two(1994) - #11
Seventh Annual Collection(1994) - #12Far Horizons(1999)
- #13
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 15(2002) - #14The Space Opera Renaissance(2006)
- #15
Space Opera(2007) - #16
Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance(2009) - #17
Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror(2010) - #18Freak Show(2014)
- #19
Parallàxis: A twist in the mind(2014) - #20
Flight or Fright(2018) - #21
Blood Is Not Enough(2019) - #22Summer of Night Series includes two edition, the Summer of Night(1991)
- #23Joe Kurtz Series includes three edition, first is Hardcase(2001)
- #24Ilium Series includes Ilium(2003)
- #25Stand Alone Novels are as follows: Song of Kali(1985)
- #1Song of Kali(1985)
- #2Carrion Comfort(1989)
- #3Phases of Gravity(1989)
- #4
The Hollow Man(1992) - #5
Fires of Eden(1994) - #6
The Crook Factory(1999) - #7Darwin's Blade(2000)
- #8The Terror(2007)
- #9
Muse of Fire(2008) - #10
Drood(2009) - #11Black Hills(2010)
- #12
Flashback(2011) - #13
The Abominable(2013) - #14
Omega Canyon(2020) - #15
Metastasis(1988) - #16
Banished Dreams(1990) - #17
Entropy's Bed at Midnight(1990) - #18This Year's Class Picture(1992)
- #19Death in Bangkok(1993)
- #20
The Guiding Nose of Ulfant Banderoz(2012) - #21Prayers to Broken Stones(1990)
- #22Summer Sketches(1992)
- #23Lovedeath(1993)
- #24
Worlds Enough & Time(2002)
- #1
Summer of Night(1991) - #2Children of the Night(1992)
- #3
A Winter Haunting(2002)
About Dan Simmons
Author of 7 series.
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