Confluence Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Confluence books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: January 2026
Publication Order
Child of the River
Buy on Amazon1997
Ancients of Days
Buy on Amazon1999
Shrine of Stars
Buy on Amazon1999
Confluence (By: Paul McAuley)
Buy on Amazon2000
Confluence - The Trilogy (By: Paul McAuley)
Buy on Amazon2000
The Mammoth Book of Vampires
Buy on Amazon1992
In Dreams
Buy on Amazon1993
The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein
Buy on Amazon1994
Best New Horror 6
Buy on Amazon1995
Dark Terrors 2
Buy on Amazon1996
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7
Buy on Amazon1996
The Mammoth Book of Dracula
Buy on Amazon1997
Eleventh Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon1998
The Furthest Horizon
Buy on Amazon2000
Vanishing Acts
Buy on Amazon2000
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #11
Buy on Amazon2000
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #12
Buy on Amazon2001
Futures
Buy on Amazon2001
Space Soldiers
Buy on Amazon2001
Supermen
Buy on Amazon2002
Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 13
Buy on Amazon2002
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 15
Buy on Amazon2002
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14
Buy on Amazon2003
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 16
Buy on Amazon2003
The Hard SF Renaissance
Buy on Amazon2003
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15
Buy on Amazon2004
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels
Buy on Amazon2005
Year's Best SF 11
Buy on Amazon2006
The Space Opera Renaissance
Buy on Amazon2006
Future Weapons of War
Buy on Amazon2007
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2007
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009
Buy on Amazon2008
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 22
Buy on Amazon2008
Fast Forward 2
Buy on Amazon2008
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2010
The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 2
Buy on Amazon2010
The Living Dead 2
Buy on Amazon2010
Zombie Apocalypse!
Buy on Amazon2010
The Recent Weird
Buy on Amazon2011
New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird
Buy on Amazon2011
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2012
The Mammoth Book of SF Wars
Buy on Amazon2012
Arc 1.2: Post Human Conditions
Buy on Amazon2012
The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 4
Buy on Amazon2012
Lightspeed Magazine, January 2015
Buy on Amazon2012
Aliens: Recent Encounters
Buy on Amazon2013
The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 5
Buy on Amazon2013
Best New SF 26
Buy on Amazon2013
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2014
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One
Buy on Amazon2016
In the Shadow of Frankenstein
Buy on Amazon2016
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2016
Galactic Empires
Buy on Amazon2017
The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 9
Buy on Amazon2017
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon2017
The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories
Buy on Amazon2017
The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2017
Buy on Amazon2017
In the Footsteps of Dracula
Buy on Amazon2017
2001: An Odyssey in Words
Buy on Amazon2018
Twelve Tomorrows
Buy on Amazon2018
Clarkesworld Year Ten: Volume One
Buy on Amazon2019
The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 3
Buy on Amazon2019
The 2020 Look at Mars Fiction Book
Buy on Amazon2020
The 2020 Look at Space Opera Book
Buy on Amazon2020
Burning Brightly
Buy on Amazon2021
Asimov's Science Fiction July 2002
Buy on Amazon2002
The Year's Best Science Fiction on Earth 2
Buy on Amazon2024
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Confluence series is publication order: 1. Child of the River (1997), 2. Ancients of Days (1999), 3. Shrine of Stars (1999), 4. Confluence (By: Paul McAuley) (2000), 5. Confluence - The Trilogy (By: Paul McAuley) (2000), and 62 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Confluence series by Paul J. McAuley contains 67 books. The series began in 1997 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Confluence series is written by Paul J. McAuley. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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