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PM's Outspoken Authors Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of PM's Outspoken Authors 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 PM's Outspoken Authors series? Start with "The Presidential Papers (By: John H. Kessel)" (1984) and follow publication order through all 18 books.
The complete PM's Outspoken Authors reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

The Presidential Papers (By: John H. Kessel)
1984

The Human Front (By: Ken MacLeod)
2001

The Underbelly (By: Gary Phillips,Eleanor Arnason)
2010

Mammoths of the Great Plains (By: Eleanor Arnason)
2010

Modem Times 2.0 (By: Michael Moorcock,Eleanor Arnason)
2011

Surfing the Gnarl (By: Rudy Rucker)
2012

Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials (By: Eleanor Arnason,Paul Krassner)
2013

Raising Hell (By: Norman Spinrad,Eleanor Arnason)
2014

Gypsy (By: Carter Scholz)
2015

Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be (By: Joe R. Lansdale,Eleanor Arnason)
2016

Fire. (By: Elizabeth Hand,Eleanor Arnason)
2017

The Atheist in the Attic (By: Samuel R. Delany,Eleanor Arnason)
2018

Talk Like a Man (By: Nisi Shawl)
2019

Big Girl (By: Meg Elison)
2020

Planetbreaker’s Son
2021

Utopias of the Third Kind (By: Vandana Singh)
2021

Night Shift (By: Eileen Gunn)
2022

The Collapsing Frontier (By: Jonathan Lethem)
2024
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