John Crowley Books in Order

John Crowley is a critically acclaimed American author, born in 1942 in Presque Isle, Maine. His diverse upbringing, spanning Vermont, northeastern Kentucky, and Indiana, has significantly influenced his writing. Crowley's multifaceted career has also included work in documentary films, an occupation he continues to pursue. As a novelist, he has published 15 volumes of fiction, including his debut novel, The Deep, in 1975, and the fourth installment of his ambitious Ægypt series, Endless Things, in 2007. He has received the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and has taught creative writing at Yale University since 1993. Crowley's notable works, such as Engine Summer and Little, Big, have received widespread acclaim, with the latter earning praise from Ursula Le Guin for its redefinition of fantasy.

Bibliography verified: January 2026

Book Series by John Crowley

  • #1
    The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1(1972)
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    The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2(1973)
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  • #3
    The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3(1974)
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  • #4
    The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4(1975)
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  • #5
    The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5(1976)
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  • #6
    The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6(1977)
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  • #7
    The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7(1978)
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  • #8
    The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8(1979)
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  • #9
    The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9(1980)
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  • #10
    The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10(1981)
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  • #11
    The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11(1982)
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  • #12
    The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12(1983)
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  • #13
    Best Science Fiction of the Year 13(1984)
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  • #14
    Best Science Fiction of the Year 14(1984)
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  • #15
    Best Science Fiction of the Year 15(1986)
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  • #16
    Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16(1987)
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  • #17
    The Seventh Omni Book of Science Fiction(1989)
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  • #18
    The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection(1990)
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  • #19
    Nebula Awards 25(1991)
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  • #20
    The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection(1991)
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  • #21
    Fourth Annual Collection(1991)
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  • #22
    Omni Best Science Fiction Three(1993)
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  • #23
    The Norton Book of Science Fiction(1993)
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  • #24
    Seventh Annual Collection(1994)
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  • #25
    American Gothic Tales(1996)
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  • #26
    The Science Fiction Century(1997)
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  • #27
    Modern Classics of Fantasy(1997)
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  • #28
    Black Swan, White Raven(1997)
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  • #29
    Future on Ice(1998)
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  • #30
    The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology(1999)
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  • #31
    Tails of Wonder and Imagination(2001)
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  • #32
    Fourteenth Annual Collection(2001)
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  • #33
    The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy(2004)
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  • #34
    The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels(2005)
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  • #35
    The Science Fiction Century: Volume 2(2006)
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  • #36
    Lightspeed Magazine, December 2014(2014)
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  • #37
    The Book of Magic: A Collection of Stories(2018)
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  • #38
    Spirits Unwrapped(2019)
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  • #1
    Rethinking Human Security(2008)
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  • #2
    Perfect Copywriting(2012)
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  • #3
    Reading Backwards(2019)
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  • #1
    The Human Front (By: Ken MacLeod)(2001)
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  • #2
    The Left Left Behind (By: Terry Bisson,Eleanor Arnason)(2009)
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  • #3
    Lucky Strike (By: Kim Stanley Robinson)(2009)
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  • #4
    The Underbelly (By: Gary Phillips,Eleanor Arnason)(2010)
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  • #5
    Mammoths of the Great Plains (By: Eleanor Arnason)(2010)
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  • #6
    The Wild Girls (By: Ursula K. Le Guin,Eleanor Arnason)(2011)
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  • #7
    Modem Times 2.0 (By: Michael Moorcock,Eleanor Arnason)(2011)
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  • #8
    The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (By: Cory Doctorow,Eleanor Arnason)(2011)
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  • #9
    Report from Planet Midnight (By: Nalo Hopkinson,Eleanor Arnason)(2012)
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  • #10
    The Science of Herself (By: Karen Joy Fowler,Eleanor Arnason)(2013)
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  • #11
    Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials (By: Eleanor Arnason,Paul Krassner)(2013)
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  • #12
    New Taboos (By: John Shirley)(2013)
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  • #13
    Raising Hell (By: Norman Spinrad,Eleanor Arnason)(2014)
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  • #14
    My Life, My Body (By: Marge Piercy)(2015)
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  • #15
    Gypsy (By: Carter Scholz,Eleanor Arnason)(2015)
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  • #16
    Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be (By: Joe R. Lansdale,Eleanor Arnason)(2016)
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  • #17
    Fire. (By: Elizabeth Hand,Eleanor Arnason)(2017)
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  • #18
    Totalitopia(2017)
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  • #19
    The Atheist in the Attic (By: Samuel R. Delany,Eleanor Arnason)(2018)
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  • #20
    Thoreau's Microscope (By: Michael Blumlein,Eleanor Arnason)(2018)
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  • #21
    The Beatrix Gates (By: Rachel Pollack)(2019)
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  • #22
    A City Made of Words (By: Paul Park)(2019)
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  • #23
    Big Girl (By: Meg Elison)(2020)
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  • #24
    Not What I Intended (By: Nancy Kress)(2025)
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  • #1
    The Deep(1975)
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  • #2
    Beasts(1976)
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  • #3
    Engine Summer(1979)
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  • #4
    Little, Big(1981)
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  • #5
    Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land(2005)
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  • #6
    Four Freedoms(2009)
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  • #7
    The Translator(2009)
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  • #8
    The Chemical Wedding(2016)
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  • #9
    Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr(2017)
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  • #10
    Flint and Mirror(2018)
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  • #11
    Her Bounty to the Dead / Where Spirits Gat Them Home(1978)
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  • #12
    The Reason for the Visit(1980)
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  • #13
    The Green Child(1981)
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  • #14
    Snow(1985)
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  • #15
    Great Work of Time(1989)
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  • #16
    In Blue(1989)
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  • #17
    Missolonghi 1824(1990)
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  • #18
    Exogamy(1993)
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  • #19
    Gone(1996)
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  • #20
    Lost and Abandoned(1997)
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  • #21
    An Earthly Mother Sits and Sings(2000)
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  • #22
    The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines(2005)
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  • #23
    Conversation Hearts(2008)
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  • #24
    Novelties and Souvenirs(1989)
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  • #25
    Novelty(1989)
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  • #26
    Antiquities(1993)
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  • #27
    In Other Words(2007)
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  • #28
    Totalitopia(2017)
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  • #29
    And Go Like This(2019)
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About John Crowley

John Crowley is a critically acclaimed American author, born in 1942 in Presque Isle, Maine. His diverse upbringing, spanning Vermont, northeastern Kentucky, and Indiana, has significantly influenced his writing. Crowley's multifaceted career has also included work in documentary films, an occupation he continues to pursue. As a novelist, he has published 15 volumes of fiction, including his debut novel, The Deep, in 1975, and the fourth installment of his ambitious Ægypt series, Endless Things, in 2007. He has received the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and has taught creative writing at Yale University since 1993. Crowley's notable works, such as Engine Summer and Little, Big, have received widespread acclaim, with the latter earning praise from Ursula Le Guin for its redefinition of fantasy.

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