Gene Wolfe Books in Order

Gene Wolfe is an American science fiction and fantasy writer (1931–2019). Gene Wolfe has written 98 books across 2 series. Below is every book in publication order — tick books off as you read them; progress saves automatically on your device.

The Book of the New Sun

6 books · 1980–1987

1.The Shadow of the Torturer(1980)1980 novel by Gene Wolfe
2.The Claw of the Conciliator(1981)1981 novel by Gene Wolfe
3.The Sword of the Lictor(1982)1982 novel by Gene Wolfe
4.The Citadel of the Autarch(1983)1983 novel by Gene Wolfe
5.The Urth of the New Sun(1987)1987 novel by Gene Wolfe
6.Shadow & Claw(1983)novel by Gene Wolfe

The Book of the Long Sun

2 books · 1993–1994

1.Nightside the Long Sun(1993)1993 novel by Gene Wolfe
3.Caldé of the Long Sun(1994)1994 novel by Gene Wolfe

Standalone books

90 books

1.The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories(1970)
2.Operation Ares(1970)
3.Against the Lafayette Escadrille(1972)
4.The Fifth Head of Cerberus(1972)
5.The Fifth Head of Cerberus(1972)
6."A Story" by John V. Marsch(1972)
7.V. R. T.(1972)
8.How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion(1973)
9.The Death of Dr. Island(1973)
10.Forlesen(1974)
11.Silhouette(1975)
12.Straw(1975)
13.Peace(1975)
14.The Eyeflash Miracles(1976)
15.The Devil in a Forest(1976)
16.The Computer Iterates the Greater Trumps(1977)
17.Seven American Nights(1978)
18.The Doctor of Death Island(1978)
19.War Beneath the Tree(1979)
20.The Detective of Dreams(1980)
21.The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories(1980)
22.The Woman the Unicorn Loved(1981)
23.Gene Wolfe's Book of Days(1981)
24.The Castle of the Otter(1982)
25.A Solar Labyrinth(1983)
26.The Map(1984)
27.A Cabin on the Coast(1984)
28.Free Live Free(1984)
29.Soldier of the Mist(1986)
30.All the Hues of Hell(1987)
31.In the House of Gingerbread(1987)
32.Storeys from the Old Hotel(1988)
33.There Are Doors(1988)
34.Endangered Species(1989)
35.Soldier of Aretê(1989)
36.Castleview(1990)
37.The Haunted Boardinghouse(1990)
38.Useful Phrases(1993)
39.Lake of the Long Sun(1994)
40.The Ziggurat(1995)
41.Exodus from the Long Sun(1996)
42.The Man in the Pepper Mill(1996)
43.Try and Kill It(1996)
44.Counting Cats in Zanzibar(1996)
45.No Planets Strike(1997)
46.Flash Company(1997)
47.The Wrapper(1998)
48.On Blue's Waters(1999)
49.In Green's Jungles(2000)
50.Strange Travelers(2000)
51.Return to the Whorl(2001)
52.Viewpoint(2001)
53.In Glory Like Their Star(2001)
54.Queen(2001)
55.Shields of Mars(2002)
56.The Waif(2002)
57.Castaway(2003)
58.Graylord Man's Last Words(2003)
59.The Lost Pilgrim(2004)
60.The Wizard(2004)
61.The Little Stranger(2004)
62.Pulp Cover(2004)
63.The Knight(2004)
64.Golden City Far(2004)
65.Innocents Aboard(2004)
66.Comber(2005)
67.The Wizard Knight(2005)
68.Starwater Strains(2005)
69.Sob in the Silence(2006)
70.Soldier of Sidon(2006)
71.The Magic Animal(2007)
72.Memorare(2007)
73.Pirate Freedom(2007)
74.An Evil Guest(2008)
75.Donovan Sent Us(2009)
76.The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction(2009)
77.Bloodsport(2010)
78.The Sorcerer's House(2010)
79.Home Fires(2011)
80.Uncaged(2013)
81.The Land Across(2013)
82.A Borrowed Man(2015)
83.Interlibrary Loan(2020)
84.The Dead Man and Other Horror Stories(2023)
85.The Wolfe at the Door(2023)
86.Pandora by Holly Hollander
87.Redbeard
88.Lord of the Land
89.Empires of Foliage and Flower
90.The Night Chough