PM's Outspoken Authors Books in Order

61
Books
1984
First Book
2023
Latest Book
40
Years

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: January 2026

Publication Order

1

The Presidential Papers (By: John H. Kessel)

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1984

2

The Human Front (By: Ken MacLeod)

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2001

3

The Underbelly (With: Eleanor Arnason)

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2010

4

Mammoths of the Great Plains (By: Eleanor Arnason)

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2010

5

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

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2011

6

Surfing the Gnarl (By: Rudy Rucker)

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2012

7

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

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2013

8

Raising Hell (By: Norman Spinrad,Eleanor Arnason)

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2014

9

Gypsy (By: Carter Scholz)

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2015

10

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

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2016

11

Fire. (By: Elizabeth Hand,Eleanor Arnason)

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2017

12

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

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2018

13

Talk Like a Man (By: Nisi Shawl)

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2019

14

Big Girl (By: Meg Elison)

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2020

15

Planetbreaker’s Son (By: Nick Mamatas)

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2021

16

Utopias of the Third Kind (By: Vandana Singh)

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2021

17

Night Shift (By: Eileen Gunn)

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2022

18

The Collapsing Frontier (By: Jonathan Lethem)

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2024

19

The Shamus Game

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2000

20

The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2

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2000

21

The Mighty Johns

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2002

22

...And Some of Them Are Dead

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2002

23

Show Business is Murder

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2004

24

The Cocaine Chronicles

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2005

25

Full House

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2007

26

Politics Noir

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2008

27

The Darker Mask

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2008

28

Once Upon a Crime: An Anthology of Murder, Mayhem and Suspense

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2009

29

Send My Love and a Molotov Cocktail!

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2011

30

Shaken: Stories for Japan

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2011

31

2011

32

In Pursuit of Spenser

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2012

33

Blood & Tacos #1

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2012

34

Black Pulp

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2013

35

Blood & Tacos: The Beginning

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2013

36

Gary Phillips' Hollis P.I.

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2014

37

Asian Pulp

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2015

38

Occupied Earth

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2015

39

Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 1

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2016

40

Crime Plus Music

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2016

41

Crimespree Magazine #64

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2016

42

44 Caliber Funk

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2016

43

Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 2

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2017

44

Noir Nation No. 6: The Jazz Issue

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2017

45

The Obama Inheritance

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2017

46

Passport to Murder

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2017

47

18 Wheels of Science Fiction

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2018

48

Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 3

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2018

49

Gary Phillips' Hollis for Hire

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2018

50

Black Pulp II

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2019

51

Star Noir

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2019

52

Guns + Tacos Vol. 1

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2020

53

The Faking of the President

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2020

54

Low Down Dirty Vote Volume 2

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2020

55

Stop the World: Snapshots from a Pandemic

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2020

56

Jukes & Tonks: Crime Fiction Inspired by Music in the Dark and Suspect Choices

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2021

57

The Eviction of Hope

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2021

58

Crime Hits Home

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2022

59

South Central Noir

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2022

60

Witnesses for the Dead

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2022

61

Brutal & Strange

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2023

Frequently Asked Questions

The recommended reading order for the PM's Outspoken Authors series is publication order: 1. The Presidential Papers (By: John H. Kessel) (1984), 2. The Human Front (By: Ken MacLeod) (2001), 3. The Underbelly (With: Eleanor Arnason) (2010), 4. Mammoths of the Great Plains (By: Eleanor Arnason) (2010), 5. Modem Times 2.0 (By: Michael Moorcock,Eleanor Arnason) (2011), and 56 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.

The PM's Outspoken Authors series by Gary Phillips contains 61 books. The series began in 1984 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.

The PM's Outspoken Authors series is written by Gary Phillips. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.

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