Name: Three Tales from the Laundry Files (Short Story)
Author: Charles Stross
ISBN: B00KF2F8M8

Charles Stross's writing career reaches back to 1980 and spans 281 books. The work is organised into 14 series; the longest is Warhammer 40,000 at 199 books. The most recent release we track is A Conventional Boy (2025).

Reading Order

14 series · 281 books

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#	Book Title	Year	Awards	Buy
1	Singularity Sky	2003	Hugo Award 2004Full award history →	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2	Iron Sunrise	2004	Hugo Award 2005Full award history →	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3	Accelerando	2005	🏆 Locus Award 2006Hugo Award 2006Arthur C. Clarke Award 2006British Science Fiction Association Award 2005BSFA Award for Best Novel 2005Full award history →	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

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#	Book Title	Year	Buy
1	The Family Trade	2004	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2	The Hidden Family	2005	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3	The Clan Corporate	2006	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4	The Merchants' War	2007	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5	The Revolution Business	2009	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6	The Trade of Queens	2010	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

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#	Book Title	Year	Awards	Buy
1	The Atrocity Archives	2004		Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2	The Jennifer Morgue	2006		Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3	Pimpf (Short Story)	2006		Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4	Down on the Farm (Short Story)	2010		Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5	Equoid (Short Story)	2010		Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6	Overtime (Short Story)	2010		Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7	The Fuller Memorandum	2010		Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8	The Apocalypse Codex	2012		Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9	The Rhesus Chart	2014	Goodreads Choice Award 2014Full award history →	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10	The Annihilation Score	2015		Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11	The Nightmare Stacks	2016	Locus Award 2017Goodreads Choice Award 2016Full award history →	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12	The Delirium Brief	2017	Locus Award 2018Goodreads Choice Award 2017Full award history →	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13	The Labyrinth Index	2018		Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14	Dead Lies Dreaming	2020		Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
15	Quantum of Nightmares	2022		Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
16	Escape from Yokai Land (Short Story)	2022		Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
17	Season of Skulls	2023		Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
18	A Conventional Boy	2025		Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

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#	Book Title	Year	Buy
1	Dead Lies Dreaming	2020	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2	Quantum of Nightmares	2022	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3	Season of Skulls	2023	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

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	1	Three Tales from the Laundry Files (Short Story)	2014		Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

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	1	Halting State	2007	Hugo Award 2008Full award history →	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
	2	Rule 34	2011	Locus Award 2012Arthur C. Clarke Award 2012Gaylactic Spectrum Award 2012Goodreads Choice Award 2011Full award history →	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

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	1	Saturn's Children	2008	Hugo Award 2009Locus Award 2009Full award history →	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
	2	Neptune's Brood	2013	Hugo Award 2014Full award history →	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

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#	Book Title	Year	Buy
1	Empire Games	2017	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2	Dark State	2018	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3	Invisible Sun	2021	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

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#	Book Title	Year	Awards	Buy
1	Glasshouse	2006	Hugo Award 2007Full award history →	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2	Missile Gap (Short Story)	2006		Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3	Scratch Monkey	2011		Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4	The Rapture of the Nerds with Cory Doctorow	2012		Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

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#	Book Title	Year	Buy
1	Approaching Xanadu (Short Story)	1989	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2	A Colder War (Short Story)	2000	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3	Lobsters (Short Story)	2001	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4	Halo (Short Story)	2002	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5	Nightfall (Short Story)	2003	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6	Festival of Fools	2003	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7	The Concrete Jungle (Short Story)	2004	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8	Elector (Short Story)	2004	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9	Palimpsest (Short Story)	2009	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10	A Tall Tail (Short Story)	2012	Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

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	1	Toast, and Other Stories	2002		Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
	2	Wireless	2009		Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

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✓	#	Book Title	Year	Awards	Buy
	1	The Web Architect's Handbook	1996		Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Warhammer 40,000 Series

199 books · 1980–2025

Charles Stross Anthologies

27 books · 2001–2017

About the Author

Charles David George "Charlie" Stross (born 18 October 1964) is a British writer of science fiction and fantasy.

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Charles Stross Books in Order

Reading Order

Singularity Sky Series

The Merchant Princes Series

Laundry Files Series

The New Management Series

Laundry Files Collections

Halting State Series

Freyaverse Series

Empire Games Series

Charles Stross Other Novels

Charles Stross Short Stories/Novellas

Charles Stross Short Story Collections

Charles Stross Non-Fiction Books

Warhammer 40,000 Series

Charles Stross Anthologies