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Stephen Baxter Books in Order
Stephen Baxter is a renowned science fiction author, engineer, and mathematician, holding degrees from Cambridge and Southampton Universities, where he earned a doctorate in aeroengineering research. A multiple award-winning writer, he has claimed the British Science Fiction Award and the Locus Award, in addition to being a nominee for an Arthur C. Clarke Award for Manifold: Time. His notable novel, Voyage, received the Sidewise Award for Best Alternate History Novel of the Year, while The Time Ships earned him the John W. Campbell Award and the Philip K. Dick Award. Currently, he is collaborating with Sir Arthur C. Clarke on a new novel, solidifying his position as a leading figure in the science fiction genre. Baxter resides in Prestwood, England.
Bibliography verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Stephen Baxter's book series? Stephen Baxter has written 26 book series. The most notable is the Adventures of the Second Doctor series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Stephen Baxter
- #1
The Wheel of Ice(2012) - #2Doctor WhoThe Morton Legacy (By: Justin Richards)(2017)
- #1
Anti-Ice(1993) - #2
Newton's Aliens(2015)
- #1
Time's Eye(2003) - #2
Sunstorm(2005) - #3
Firstborn(2007)
- #1
Coalescent(2003) - #2
Exultant(2004) - #3
Transcendent(2005) - #4
Resplendent(2006)
- #1Evolution(2002)
- #1
Flood(2008) - #2
Ark(2009) - #3
Landfall(2015)
- #1
Colder Greyer Stones (By: Tanith Lee)(2012) - #2
Last and First Contacts(2012) - #3
Stories from the Northern Road (By: Tony Ballantyne)(2012) - #4
Objects in Dreams (By: Lisa Tuttle)(2012) - #5
Microcosmos (By: Nina Allan)(2013) - #6
Feast and Famine (By: Adrian Tchaikovsky)(2013) - #7
Twember (By: Steve Rasnic Tem)(2013) - #8
Strange Visitors (By: Eric Brown)(2014) - #9
Saint Rebor (By: Adam Roberts)(2015) - #10
Sleeps With Angels (By: Dave Hutchinson)(2015) - #11
The Light Warden (By: Liz Williams)(2015) - #12
Mementoes (By: Keith Brooke)(2016)
- #1
The Paradox Conspiracy(2015)
- #1
The Long Earth(2012) - #2
The Long War(2013) - #3
The Long Mars(2014) - #4
The Long Utopia(2015) - #5
The Long Cosmos(2016)
- #1
Silverhair / Mammoth(1999) - #2
Long Tusk(2000) - #3
Icebones(2002)
- #1Time(1999)
- #2Space(2000)
- #3Origin(2001)
- #4Phase Space(2002)
- #1
Voyage(1996) - #2Titan(1997)
- #3Moonseed(1998)
- #1
Deep Future(1985) - #2
Hardyware: The Art of David A. Hardy (With: Chris Morgan,David A. Hardy)(2001) - #3
Revolutions In The Earth(2004) - #4
Ages in Chaos(2004) - #5
The Science of Avatar(2010)
- #1Stone Spring(2010)
- #2The Northland Way(2011)
- #3
Bronze Summer(2011) - #4
Iron Winter(2012)
- #1Proxima(2013)
- #2Ultima(2014)
- #3
Obelisk(2016)
- #1
Taking the Red Pill (By: Glenn Yeffeth)(2003) - #2
Stepping through the Stargate (By: P.N. Elrod,Roxanne Conrad)(2004) - #3
The Anthology at the End of the Universe(2005) - #4
Finding Serenity (By: Robert Brian Taylor)(2005) - #5
The War of the Worlds(2005) - #6
Navigating the Golden Compass (By: Glenn Yeffeth)(2005) - #7
Alias Assumed (By: Tracy S. Morris)(2005) - #8
Farscape Forever! Sex, Drugs and Killer Muppets (By: Glenn Yeffeth)(2005) - #9
Flirting With Pride And Prejudice (By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Crusie)(2005) - #10
Revisiting Narnia (By: Shanna Caughey)(2005) - #11
King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape! (By: David Brin)(2005) - #12
Totally Charmed (By: Maggie Shayne,Rebecca York,Jody Lynn Nye,Evelyn Vaughn,Tanya Huff,Vera Nazarian,Jennifer Crusie)(2005) - #13
The Unauthorized X-Men (By: Leah Wilson,Len Wein)(2006) - #14
This Is Chick-Lit (By: Lauren Baratz-Logsted)(2006) - #15
Welcome to Wisteria Lane (By: Leah Wilson)(2006) - #16
The Man from Krypton (By: Glenn Yeffeth)(2006) - #17
Getting Lost (By: Orson Scott Card)(2006) - #18
Boarding the Enterprise (By: Robert J. Sawyer,David Gerrold)(2006) - #19
So Say We All (By: Peter B. Lloyd,Richard Hatch)(2006) - #20
Investigating CSI (By: Leah Wilson,Donn Cortez)(2006) - #21
Coffee at Luke's (By: Leah Wilson,Jennifer Crusie)(2007) - #22
Webslinger (By: Leah Wilson,Gerry Conway)(2007) - #23
Halo Effect (By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Thomason)(2007) - #24
Neptune Noir (By: Rob Thomas)(2007) - #25
Perfectly Plum (By: Leah Wilson)(2007) - #26
Grey's Anatomy 101 (By: Leah Wilson)(2007) - #27
Serenity Found (By: Orson Scott Card,Jacob Clifton,Michael Marano,Jane Espenson,Natalie Haynes,Nathan Fillion)(2007) - #28
House Unauthorized (By: Leah Wilson)(2007) - #29
Batman Unauthorized (By: Leah Wilson)(2008) - #30
Secrets of the Dragon Riders (By: James A. Owen)(2008) - #31
In the Hunt (By: Leah Wilson)(2009) - #32
James Bond in the 21st Century (By: Leah Wilson,Glenn Yeffeth)(2009) - #33
Ardeur (By: Laurell K. Hamilton)(2010) - #34
A Taste of True Blood (By: Leah Wilson)(2010) - #35
You Do Not Talk About Fight Club (By: Chuck Palahniuk,Read Mercer Schuchardt)(2015)
- #1The Time Ships(1995)
- #2
Reality Dust(2000) - #3
The Light of Other Days (With: Arthur C. Clarke)(2000) - #4
Omegatropic(2001) - #5The H-Bomb Girl(2007)
- #6
Cilia-of-Gold(2007) - #7
The Massacre of Mankind(2017) - #8
Galaxias(2021) - #9
The Thousand Earths(2022) - #10
Creation Node(2024) - #11
Fortress Sol(2024) - #12
Hearthspace(2025) - #13
Traces(1998) - #14
The Hunters of Pangaea(2004) - #15
Universes(2013) - #16
Project Clio(2016) - #17
The Spacetime Pit Plus Two (With: Eric Brown)(2018) - #18Moon Six(1997)
- #19
The Gravity Mine(2000) - #20
On the Orion Line(2000) - #21
The Ghost Pit(2001) - #22
Last Contact(2007) - #23Vacuum Lad(2010)
- #24
The Martian in the Wood(2017)
- #1
All Hallows Horror (By: Stephen Jones,John Llewellyn Probert)(2017) - #2Waiting(2017)
- #3
Dreaming(2018) - #4
Rising (By: Stephen Jones)(2020) - #5Zenith 2: The Best In New British Science Fiction(1989)
- #6The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection(1993)
- #7
Asimov's Science Fiction, June 1994(1994) - #8Shakespearean Whodunnits(1997)
- #9
Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1997(1997) - #10
Year's Best SF 2(1997) - #11
Dark Terrors 4(1998) - #12
Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction(1998) - #13
Nanotech(1998) - #14
The Ant-Men of Tibet and Other Stories(1999) - #15
Year's Best SF 4(1999) - #16
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1999(1999) - #17
Explorers(2000) - #18Asimov's Science Fiction, April 2000(2000)
- #19Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October/November 2000(2000)
- #20
Futures(2001) - #21
Space Soldiers(2001) - #22
Starlight 3(2001) - #23
Asimov's Science Fiction: August 2001, Vol. 25, No. 8(2001) - #24The Mammoth Book Of Science Fiction(2002)
- #25
Dark Terrors 6(2002) - #26
Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian(2003) - #27
The Hard SF Renaissance(2003) - #28
A.I.s(2004) - #29The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels(2005)
- #30The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction(2006)
- #31
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection(2006) - #32Year's Best SF 11(2006)
- #33The Space Opera Renaissance(2006)
- #34
Forbidden Planets(2006) - #35
The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction(2007) - #36Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge(2007)
- #37
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology(2007) - #38
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection(2007) - #39Sideways In Crime(2008)
- #40
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21(2008) - #41The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 22(2008)
- #42
Golden Age SF(2009) - #43
The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF(2009) - #44
Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded(2010) - #45
Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2010(2010) - #46Masked(2010)
- #47
Starship Vectors(2010) - #48
Fables from the Fountain(2011) - #49
Lightspeed: Year One(2011) - #50
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection(2012) - #51
Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013(2013) - #52
Multiverse(2014) - #53
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection(2014) - #54
Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder(2014) - #55
Darker Terrors 7(2016) - #56
Bridging Infinity(2016) - #57
Infinity's End(2018) - #58
Scarlet Traces(2019) - #59
Stories of Hope and Wonder: In Support of UK's Healthcare Workers(2020) - #60
The 2020 Look at Mars Fiction Book(2020) - #61
The 2020 Look at Space Opera Book(2020) - #62
Burning Brightly(2021) - #63
Collision: Stories From the Science of CERN(2023) - #64
Life Beyond Us(2023) - #65
Best of British Science Fiction 2023(2024)
- #1
The Medusa Chronicles (With: Alastair Reynolds)(2016)
- #1
Gulliverzone(1997) - #2
Dreamcastle (By: Stephen Bowkett)(1997) - #3
Untouchable (By: Eric Brown)(1997) - #4
Spiderbite (By: Graham Joyce)(1997) - #5
Lightstorm (By: Peter F. Hamilton)(1997) - #6
Sorceress (By: Maggie Furey)(1997)
- #1
Webcrash(1998) - #2
Cydonia (By: Ken MacLeod)(1998) - #3
Spindrift (By: Maggie Furey)(1998) - #4
Computopia (By: James Lovegrove)(1998) - #5
Avatar (By: Pat Cadigan)(1998) - #6
Walkabout (By: Eric Brown)(1998) - #7
The Web: 2028 (With: Pat Cadigan,Ken MacLeod,James Lovegrove,Eric Brown,Maggie Furey,Simon Spanton)(1999)
- #1
Emperor(2006) - #2
Conqueror(2007) - #3
Navigator(2007) - #4Weaver(2008)
- #1Destroyer(2019)
- #2
Creator(2020)
- #1
Raft(1991) - #2
Timelike Infinity(1992) - #3Flux(1993)
- #4
Ring(1994) - #5
Vacuum Diagrams(1997) - #6
Riding the Rock(2002) - #7Mayflower II(2004)
- #8Xeelee Endurance(2005)
- #9
Starfall(2009) - #10
Gravity Dreams(2011) - #11
Vengeance(2017) - #12
Redemption(2019)
- #1Year's Best SF(1996)
- #2Year's Best SF 2(1997)
- #3
Year's Best SF 3(1998) - #4Year'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) - #11Year's Best SF 11(2006)
- #12Year's Best SF 12(2007)
- #13Year's Best SF 13(2008)
- #14
Year's Best SF 14(2009) - #15Year's Best SF 15(2010)
- #16
Year's Best SF 16(2011) - #17
Year's Best SF 17(2012) - #18
Year's Best SF 18(2013)
- #1
Zenith (By: Lisa Tuttle,David S. Garnett,Elizabeth Sourbut)(1989) - #2Zenith 2: The Best In New British Science Fiction(1989)
About Stephen Baxter
Stephen Baxter is a renowned science fiction author, engineer, and mathematician, holding degrees from Cambridge and Southampton Universities, where he earned a doctorate in aeroengineering research. A multiple award-winning writer, he has claimed the British Science Fiction Award and the Locus Award, in addition to being a nominee for an Arthur C. Clarke Award for Manifold: Time. His notable novel, Voyage, received the Sidewise Award for Best Alternate History Novel of the Year, while The Time Ships earned him the John W. Campbell Award and the Philip K. Dick Award. Currently, he is collaborating with Sir Arthur C. Clarke on a new novel, solidifying his position as a leading figure in the science fiction genre. Baxter resides in Prestwood, England.
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