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Conversation Pieces Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Conversation Pieces books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Conversation Pieces series? Start with "Alien Bootlegger (By: )" (1993) and follow publication order through all 86 books.
The complete Conversation Pieces reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Alien Bootlegger (By: )
1993
Counting on Wildflowers (By: Kim Antieau)
2005
Ordinary People
2005
Candle in a Bottle (By: Carolyn Ives Gilman)
2006
Absolute Uncertainty (By: Lucy Sussex)
2006
Knots (By: Wendy Walker)
2006
Aliens of the Heart (By: Carolyn Ives Gilman)
2007
Voices from Fairyland (By: Theodora Goss)
2008
Three Observations and a Dialogue (By: Sylvia Kelso)
2010
Through the Drowsy Dark (By: Rachel Swirsky)
2010
Slightly Behind and to the Left (By: Claire Light)
2010
With Her Body (By: Nicola Griffith)
2011
The Red Rose Rages (By: L. Timmel Duchamp)
2011
The Grand Conversation (By: L. Timmel Duchamp)
2011
Distances (By: Vandana Singh)
2011
Shotgun Lullabies (By: Sheree Renée Thomas)
2011
Of Love and Other Monsters (By: Vandana Singh)
2011
De Secretis Mulierum (By: L. Timmel Duchamp)
2011
A Brood of Foxes (By: Kristin Livdahl)
2011
The Adventures of the Faithful Counselor (By: Anne Sheldon)
2011
Writing the Other (By: Cynthia Ward)
2011
The Bone Spindle (By: Anne Sheldon)
2011
Talking Back (By: E.C. Myers)
2011
The Last Letter (By: Fiona Lehn)
2011
Making Love in Madrid (By: Kimberly Todd Wade)
2012
We Wuz Pushed (By: Lee Mandelo)
2012
The Traveling Tide (By: Rosaleen Love)
2012
The Receptionist (By: Lesley Wheeler)
2012
Birds and Birthdays (By: Christopher Barzak)
2012
Naomi Mitchison (By: Lesley A. Hall)
2012
The Queen, the Cambion, and Seven Others (By: Richard Bowes)
2013
Spring in Geneva (By: Sylvia Kelso)
2013
The XY Conspiracy (By: Lori Selke)
2013
Myths, Metaphors, and Science Fiction (By: Sheila Finch)
2014
Numa: An Epic Poem with Photo Collages (By: Katrinka Moore)
2014
NoFood (By: Sarah Tolmie)
2014
The Haunted Girl (By: Lisa M. Bradley)
2014
Three Songs for Roxy (By: Caren Gussoff)
2015
Ghost Signs (By: Sonya Taaffe)
2015
The Prince of the Aquamarines (By: Ruth Berman)
2015
Back, Belly, and Side: True Lies and False Tales (By: Celeste Rita Baker)
2015
A Day in Deep Freeze (By: Lisa Shapter)
2015
Marginalia to Stone Bird (By: R.B. Lemberg)
2016
Unpronounceable (By: Susan diRende)
2016
Sleeping Under the Tree of Life (By: Sheree Renée Thomas)
2016
Other Places (By: Karen Heuler)
2016
Monteverde (By: Lawrence Schimel)
2016
The Adventure of the Incognita Countess (By: Cynthia Ward)
2017
Boundaries, Border Crossings, and Reinventing the Future (By: Beth Plutchak)
2017
A Field Guide to the Spirits (By: Jean LeBlanc)
2017
Liberating the Astronauts (By: Christina M. Rau)
2017
In Search of Lost Time (By: Karen Heuler)
2017
We, Robots (By: Sue Lange)
2017
Cosmovore (By: Kristi Carter)
2017
Helen's Story (By: Rosanne Rabinowitz)
2017
Liminal Spaces (By: Beth Plutchak)
2018
Feed Me the Bones of Our Saints (By: Alex Dally MacFarlane)
2018
If Not Skin (By: Toby MacNutt)
2018
Changeling (By: Nancy Jane Moore)
2018
The Adventure of the Dux Bellorum (By: Cynthia Ward)
2018
People Change (By: Gwynne Garfinkle)
2018
Invocabulary (By: Gemma Files)
2018
The Green and Growing (By: Erin K. Wagner)
2019
Everything is Made of Letters (By: Sofía Rhei)
2019
Midnight at the Organporium (By: Tara Campbell)
2019
Algorithmic Shapeshifting (By: Bogi Takács)
2019
The Rampant (By: Julie C. Day)
2019
Mary Shelley Makes a Monster (By: Octavia Cade,Crista Kempton)
2019
Articulation (By: Cesi Davidson)
2019
City of a Thousand Feelings (By: Anya Johanna DeNiro)
2020
The Adventure of the Naked Guide (By: Cynthia Ward)
2020
Ancient Songs of Us (By: Jean LeBlanc)
2020
Sacred Summer (By: Cassandra Clarke)
2020
Disease (By: Sarah Tolmie)
2020
Goddess Bandit of the Thousand Arms (By: Hal Y. Zhang)
2020
Resistance and Transformation (By: Mari Ness)
2021
The Silences of Ararat (By: L. Timmel Duchamp)
2021
Cabinet of Wrath (By: Tara Campbell)
2021
The Adventure of the Golden Woman (By: Cynthia Ward)
2021
Fricatives (By: Cesi Davidson)
2021
We’ve Been Here Before (By: Anne Carly Abad)
2022
Bilabials (By: Cesi Davidson)
2022
When Home, No Need to Cry (By: Erin K. Wagner)
2022
Apollo Weeps (By: Xian Mao)
2023
To the Woman in the Pink Hat (By: LaToya Jordan)
2023
From Voyages Unreturning (By: Deborah L. Davitt)
2023
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