Order of Charles Stross Books
Charles Stross is a British author of science fiction, horror and fantasy. He writes the Laundry Files series and the Merchant Princes series. Charles wrote his first science fiction story when he was 12 years old. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, and soon after became a qualified pharmacist. A couple of years later, he enrolled at Bradford University for his post-graduate degree in computer science, and began working as a technical author and programmer the next year. In 2000, Charles became a full-time technical writer, and then transitioned into becoming a writer of fiction.
Charles Stross published his first book in 1996, a non-fiction book entitled The Web Architect’s Handbook. His first novel to be published was Singularity Sky, published in 2003. Below is a list of Charles Stross’ books in order of when they were originally released:
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Publication Order of Singularity Sky Books
| Singularity Sky | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Iron Sunrise | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Accelerando | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Merchant Princes Books
| The Family Trade | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Hidden Family | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Clan Corporate | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Merchants' War | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Revolution Business | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Trade of Queens | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Laundry Files Books
| The Atrocity Archives | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Jennifer Morgue | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pimpf | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Down on the Farm | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Equoid | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Overtime | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Fuller Memorandum | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Apocalypse Codex | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Rhesus Chart | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Annihilation Score | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Nightmare Stacks | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Delirium Brief | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Labyrinth Index | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dead Lies Dreaming | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Quantum of Nightmares | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Escape from Yokai Land | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Season of Skulls | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Conventional Boy | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The New Management Books
| Dead Lies Dreaming | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Quantum of Nightmares | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Season of Skulls | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Laundry Files Collections
| Three Tales from the Laundry Files | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Halting State Books
| Halting State | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Rule 34 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Freyaverse Books
| Saturn's Children | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Neptune's Brood | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Empire Games Books
| Empire Games | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dark State | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Invisible Sun | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Glasshouse | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Missile Gap | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Scratch Monkey | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Rapture of the Nerds | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Approaching Xanadu | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Colder War | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lobsters | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Halo | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Nightfall | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Festival of Fools | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Concrete Jungle | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Elector | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Palimpsest | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Tall Tail | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Toast, and Other Stories | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Wireless | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Web Architect's Handbook | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Warhammer 40,000 Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
Notes: Approaching Xanadu was also published as Dark State. The Rapture of the Nerds was written with Cory Doctorow.
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