Stephen Baxter bibliography


This is the complete bibliography of British science fiction author Stephen Baxter.

Xeelee Sequence

TitleYearISBNNotes
Raft1991Nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the Locus Award for Best First Novel, 1992
Timelike Infinity1992
Flux1993
Ring1994
Vacuum Diagrams1997Philip K. Dick Award winner, 1999
Short story collection.
Reality Dust2000
Novella
Riding the Rock2002
Novella
Mayflower II2004
Novella
Starfall2009
Novella
Gravity Dreams2011
Novella
Xeelee: Endurance2015Collection of short stories and novellas.
Xeelee: Vengeance2017
Xeelee: Redemption2018

Destiny's Children

The Destiny's Children series is part of the Xeelee Sequence.
TitleYearISBNNotes
Coalescent2003Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 2004
Exultant2004
Transcendent2005John W. Campbell Memorial Award nominee, 2006
Resplendent2006Collection of short stories and novellas.

NASA Trilogy

TitleYearISBNNotes
Voyage1996Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1997
Titan1997Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1998
Moonseed1998

The Web Series

Baxter contributed two books to this series for young adults. See The Web (series)

Manifold Trilogy

TitleYearISBNNotes
Manifold: Time1999Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 2000
Manifold: Space2000
Manifold: Origin2001
Phase Space2002Short story collection.

Mammoth Trilogy

TitleYearISBNNotes
Silverhair1999Young adult
Longtusk1999Young adult
Icebones2001Young adult
Behemoth2004Omnibus edition of the Mammoth Trilogy

A Time Odyssey (co-authored with Arthur C. Clarke)

TitleYearISBNNotes
Time's Eye2003
Sunstorm2005
Firstborn2007

Time's Tapestry

TitleYearISBNNotes
Emperor2006
Conqueror2007
Navigator2007
Weaver2008

Flood/Ark

TitleYearISBNNotes
Flood2008British Science Fiction Association Award nominee, 2008
Ark2009
Landfall2015

Northland Trilogy

TitleYearISBNNotes
Stone Spring2010
Bronze Summer2011
Iron Winter2012

The Long Earth (co-authored with Terry Pratchett)

TitleYearISBNNotes
The Long Earth2012Co-authored with Terry Pratchett
The Long War2013Co-authored with Terry Pratchett
The Long Mars2014Co-authored with Terry Pratchett
The Long Utopia2015Co-authored with Terry Pratchett
The Long Cosmos2016Co-authored with Terry Pratchett

Proxima

TitleYearISBNNotes
Proxima2013Science Fiction
Ultima2014Science Fiction

Standalone novels

TitleYearISBNNotes
Anti-Ice1993Alternate history
The Time Ships1995BSFA Award winner, 1995; John W. Campbell Award winner, 1996; Philip K. Dick Award winner, 1996; Hugo, Locus, Clarke, and British Fantasy Awards nominee, 1996
Alternate history. An authorised sequel to H. G. Wells's The Time Machine.
The Light of Other Days2000Co-authored with Arthur C. Clarke.
Evolution2002
The H-Bomb Girl2007Young adult
Doctor Who: The Wheel of Ice2012Doctor Who novel
The Medusa Chronicles2016Co-authored with Alastair Reynolds; sequel to Arthur C. Clarke's A Meeting with Medusa.
The Massacre of Mankind2017An authorised sequel to H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds.
Galaxias2021"What would you do if the Sun went out? In this standalone novel, a near-future Earth faces a devastating cosmic intervention."
The Thousand Earths2022"An exploration of deep time, two stories intertwined spanning five billion years."
Creation Node2023
Fortress Sol2024-
Hearthspace2025-

Unrelated collections

TitleYearISBNNotes
Traces1998Short story collection.
The Hunters of Pangaea200418 stories and five essays on science and science fiction.
Obelisk2016Collection of 17 stories, four of which are set in the Proxima/Ultima universe.

Short fiction

TitleYearFirst published inReprinted in
"The Star Boat"1989In the Warhammer set collaction 'Ignorant Armies'
"The Saddle Point Sequence"1996Science Fiction Age
"Last Contact"2007The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction
"Formidable Caress"2009Analog 129/12 The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year : Volume Four, ed. Jonathan Strahan
"Return to Titan"2010Godlike Machines, Jonathan Strahan, ed.The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-eighth Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois, ed.,
"The Invasion of Venus"2010Engineering Infinity, edited by Jonathan Strahan
"Going Up the Blue"2019Scarlet Traces: An Anthology Based on War of the Worlds

Non-fiction

TitleYearISBNNotes
Deep Future2001Science based examination of possible human futures.
Omegatropic2001Mainly science fiction criticism.
Revolutions in the Earth2003 James Hutton and the True Age of the World
Ages in Chaos2004 James Hutton and the Discovery of Deep time
The Science of Avatar2011Examines the concepts used in the 2009 film Avatar.