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Elizabeth Bear Books in Order
Elizabeth Bear is a critically acclaimed author of science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels and short stories. Her writing often explores the intersection of science and humanity, delving into complex themes and moral dilemmas. Bear has published numerous award-winning works, including the New York Times bestselling "Promised Land" series, the "White Trash Warlock" series, and the "Elder Races" series. Her novel "All the Windwracked Stars" was a finalist for the World Fantasy Award, and her short story "Tideline" won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette. Bear's work has been translated into multiple languages and has been praised for its unique blend of science fiction, fantasy, and horror elements. She is widely regarded as one of the most innovative and exciting voices in the science fiction and fantasy community.
Bibliography verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Elizabeth Bear's book series? Elizabeth Bear has written 20 book series. The most notable is the Bone and Jewel Creatures series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Elizabeth Bear
- #1
Bone and Jewel Creatures(2010) - #2
Book of Iron(2013)
- #1
Range of Ghosts(2012) - #2
Shattered Pillars(2013) - #3
Steles of the Sky(2014)
- #1
A Companion to Wolves(2007) - #2
The Tempering of Men(2011) - #3
An Apprentice to Elves(2015)
- #1
Dust / Pinion(2007) - #2
Chill / Sanction(2009) - #3
Grail / Cleave(2011)
- #1Hammered(2004)
- #2Scardown(2005)
- #3Worldwired(2005)
- #1
Karen Memory(2015) - #2
Stone Mad(2018) - #3
Angel Maker(2025)
- #1
The Stone in the Skull(2017) - #2
The Red-Stained Wings(2019) - #3
The Origin of Storms(2022)
- #1
METAtropolis (With: John Scalzi,Jay Lake,Tobias Buckell,Karl Schroeder)(2008) - #2
Cascadia (By: Ken Scholes)(2010) - #3
Green Space (By: Jay Lake)(2013) - #4
A Symmetry of Serpents and Doves (By: Ken Scholes)(2014) - #5
Byways (By: Tobias Buckell)(2014) - #6
The Wings We Dare Aspire (By: Ken Scholes)(2014) - #7
Stochasticity (By: Tobias Buckell)(2016) - #8
Tensegrity (By: Tobias Buckell)(2016)
- #1New Amsterdam(2007)
- #2
Seven for a Secret(2009) - #3
The White City(2010) - #4
Ad Eternum(2012) - #5Garrett Investigates(2012)
- #1
Blood and Iron(2006) - #2
Whiskey and Water(2007) - #3
Ink and Steel(2008) - #4Hell and Earth(2008)
- #5
One-Eyed Jack(2014)
- #1
Shadow Unit 1(2011) - #2
Shadow Unit 2(2011) - #3Shadow Unit 3(2011)
- #4
Shadow Unit 4(2011) - #5Shadow Unit 5(2011)
- #6
Shadow Unit 6(2011) - #7
Shadow Unit 7(2011) - #8Shadow Unit 8(2011)
- #9
Shadow Unit 9(2011) - #10
Shadow Unit 10(2011) - #11
Shadow Unit 11(2012) - #12
Shadow Unit 12(2012) - #13Shadow Unit 13(2013)
- #14Shadow Unit 14(2014)
- #15
Shadow Unit 15(2014)
- #1Carnival(2006)
- #2Undertow(2007)
- #3
The Cobbler's Boy (With: Katherine Addison)(2018) - #4
The Chains That You Refuse(2006) - #5Tideline(2007)
- #6Boojum (With: Sarah Monette)(2008)
- #7
Shoggoths in Bloom(2008) - #8
The Horrid Glory of Its Wings(2009) - #9Destination: Future(2010)
- #10
The Girl Who Sang Rose Madder(2010) - #11
Faster Gun(2012) - #12
And the Deep Blue Sea(2012) - #13
This Chance Planet(2014) - #14
We Have Always Died In The Castle(2018) - #15
On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa with Gun and Camera: A Tor.com Original(2020) - #16
The Red Mother(2021) - #17
Shoggoths in Bloom and Other Stories(2008) - #18
The Best of Elizabeth Bear(2020)
- #1In the House of Aryaman, a Lonely Signal Burns(2012)
- #1
A Blessing of Unicorns(2020)
- #1
All the Windwracked Stars(2008) - #2
By the Mountain Bound(2009) - #3
The Sea Thy Mistress(2011)
- #1
The Witch and the Wyrm(2025)
- #1
The Wiscon Chronicles, Vol.3: Carnival of Feminist SF (By: Yoon Ha Lee)(2009) - #2
The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 4 (By: Sylvia Kelso)(2010) - #3
The Wiscon Chronicles Volume 5 (By: Nisi Shawl)(2011) - #4
The WisCon Chronicles Vol. 6: Futures of Feminism and Fandom (By: Alexis Lothian)(2012) - #5
The Wiscon Chronicles Vol 7: Shattering Ableist Narratives (By: JoSelle Vanderhooft)(2013) - #6
The WisCon Chronicles, Vol.9 (By: Mary Anne Mohanraj)(2015) - #7
The WisCon Chronicles 11 (By: Nisi Shawl,Jaymee Goh)(2017) - #8All Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories(2004)
- #9
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection(2006) - #10
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection(2006) - #11Best New Paranormal Romance(2006)
- #12Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge(2007)
- #13
Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2007(2007) - #14
The Best of Jim Baen's Universe(2007) - #15
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection(2007) - #16
Rewired(2007) - #17
Fast Ships, Black Sails(2008) - #18
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21(2008) - #19
The WisCon Chronicles, Vol. 2(2008) - #20The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009(2008)
- #21The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 22(2008)
- #22
Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2009(2009) - #23
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection(2010) - #24
We, Robots(2010) - #25
The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 2(2010) - #26
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition(2010) - #27
Starship Vectors(2010) - #28
Whedonistas(2011) - #29
Supernatural Noir(2011) - #30
The Book of Cthulhu(2011) - #31
Blood and Other Cravings: Original Stories of Vampires and Vampirism by Today's Greatest Writers of Dark Fiction(2011) - #32
The Recent Weird(2011) - #33
New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird(2011) - #34
Brave New Love: 15 Dystopian Tales of Desire(2012) - #35
Robots: The Recent A.I.(2012) - #36The Modern Fae's Guide to Surviving Humanity(2012)
- #37
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection(2012) - #38
Rock On: The Greatest Hits of Science Fiction & Fantasy(2012) - #39
The Book of Cthulhu II(2012) - #40
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2012 Edition(2013) - #41
Queen Victoria's Book of Spell(2013) - #42
Aliens: Recent Encounters(2013) - #43
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2013(2013) - #44
Best New SF 26(2013) - #45
Year's Best SF 18(2013) - #46
In Space No One Can Hear You Scream(2013) - #47
The Year's Top Short SF Novels 3(2013) - #48
The Book of Apex: Volume 4(2013) - #49
The Time Traveler's Almanac(2013) - #50
Lovecraft's Monsters(2014) - #51
Dead Man's Hand(2014) - #52
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition(2014) - #53The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Nine(2014)
- #54
The End is Now(2014) - #55Upgraded(2014)
- #56
Hieroglyph(2014) - #57
Time Travel: Recent Trips(2014) - #58
New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird(2015) - #59
Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep(2015) - #60
The End Has Come(2015) - #61
Blood Sisters(2015) - #62
The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 7(2015) - #63
Future Visions(2015) - #64
The Long List Anthology(2015) - #65Warrior Women(2015)
- #66
Street Magicks(2016) - #67
The Long List Anthology Volume 2(2016) - #68
Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore(2017) - #69Infinity Wars(2017)
- #70
New York Fantastic: Fantasy Stories from the City that Never Sleeps(2017) - #71
The Book Of Swords: Part 2(2018) - #72
The Final Frontier(2018) - #73
Twelve Tomorrows(2018) - #74
The Book of Magic: A Collection of Stories(2018) - #75
Chiral Mad 4(2018) - #76
Current Futures(2019) - #77
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 105, February 2019(2019) - #78
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Thirteen(2019) - #79
The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories(2019) - #80
The Long List Anthology Volume 5(2019) - #81
The Best of Uncanny(2019) - #82
Some of the Best from Tor.com 2019 Edition(2020) - #83
The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 4(2020) - #84
Edited By(2020) - #85
The 2020 Look at Space Opera Book(2020) - #86
The Long List Anthology, Volume 6(2020) - #87
Some of the Best of Tor.com 2021(2022) - #88
The Long List Anthology Volume 8(2022) - #89
New Year, New You(2024)
- #1
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition (By: Paula Guran)(2018) - #2The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition(2010)
- #3
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition(2011) - #4
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition(2012) - #5
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition(2013) - #6The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition(2014)
- #7
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition(2015) - #8
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition(2016) - #9
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition(2017) - #10The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition(2018)
- #11
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition(2020) - #12
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1(2020) - #13
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2(2021) - #14
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3(2022) - #15
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4(2023) - #16
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5(2024) - #17
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume 5(2024)
- #1
Ancestral Night(2019) - #2
Machine(2020) - #3
The Folded Sky(2025)
- #1
Year's Best SF(1996) - #2
Year's Best SF 2(1997) - #3
Year's Best SF 3(1998) - #4
Year'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) - #8
Year's Best SF 8(2003) - #9
Year's Best SF 9(2004) - #10
Year's Best SF 10(2005) - #11
Year's Best SF 11(2006) - #12
Year'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) - #16
Year's Best SF 16(2011) - #17
Year's Best SF 17(2012) - #18Year's Best SF 18(2013)
About Elizabeth Bear
Elizabeth Bear is a critically acclaimed author of science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels and short stories. Her writing often explores the intersection of science and humanity, delving into complex themes and moral dilemmas. Bear has published numerous award-winning works, including the New York Times bestselling "Promised Land" series, the "White Trash Warlock" series, and the "Elder Races" series. Her novel "All the Windwracked Stars" was a finalist for the World Fantasy Award, and her short story "Tideline" won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette. Bear's work has been translated into multiple languages and has been praised for its unique blend of science fiction, fantasy, and horror elements. She is widely regarded as one of the most innovative and exciting voices in the science fiction and fantasy community.
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