Jeff VanderMeer
Jeff VanderMeer (born July 7, 1968) is an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist known for his Southern Gothic-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Born in Bellingham, Washington, VanderMeer spent his formative years in the rural South. He began writing in the mid-1980s, publishing his first novel "Veniss Underground" in 1994. Notably, his "Southern Reach" trilogy ("Annihilation," "Authority," and "Acceptance") brought him widespread recognition and critical acclaim. VanderMeer has received numerous awards, including the Nebula, World Fantasy, British Fantasy, and Shirley Jackson Awards. His work has been praised for its unique blending of genres, its atmospheric and surreal settings, and its exploration of environmental and societal issues.
Book Series by Jeff VanderMeer
Ambergris Series
Title | Published | Purchase |
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City of Saints and Madmen | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
Shriek | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
Finch | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
Southern Reach Series
Title | Published | Purchase |
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Annihilation | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
Authority | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
Acceptance | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
Area X (Complete Trilogy) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
Absolution | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
Borne Series
Title | Published | Purchase |
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Borne | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
The Strange Bird (Short Story) | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
Dead Astronauts | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
Misadventures of Jonathan Lambshead Series
Title | Published | Purchase |
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A Peculiar Peril | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
Leviathan Series
Leviathan: Cities ( By: Jay Lake, Forrest Aguirre, Ben Peek, Michael Cisco, K.J. Bishop, Stepan Chapman, Ursula Pflug, Allan Kausch, Tim Jarvis, Catherine Kasper, Darla Beasley)
2004
Title | Published | Purchase |
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Leviathan: Cities ( By: Jay Lake, Forrest Aguirre, Ben Peek, Michael Cisco, K.J. Bishop, Stepan Chapman, Ursula Pflug, Allan Kausch, Tim Jarvis, Catherine Kasper, Darla Beasley) | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
Jeff VanderMeer Other Novels
Title | Published | Purchase |
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Veniss Underground | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
The Situation | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
The Three Quests of the Wizard Sarnod | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
Hummingbird Salamander | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
Jeff VanderMeer Short Stories/Novellas
Title | Published | Purchase |
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Dradin, In Love (Short Story) | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
The Transformation of Martin Lake | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
Why Should I Cut Your Throat? (Short Story) | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
Errata (Short Story) | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
Balzac's War (Short Story) | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
Greensleeves (Short Story) | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
Komodo (Short Story) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
This World Is Full of Monsters (Short Story) | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
Wildlife | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
Jeff VanderMeer Short Story Collections
The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature ( With: S.J. Chambers)
2011
Monstrous Creatures: Explorations of Fantasy Through Essays, Articles and Reviews
2011
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The Day Dali Died (Short Story) | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
Secret Life | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
The Third Bear | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
Strange Tales of Secret Lives | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
The Surgeon's Tale and Other Stories (Short Story) ( With: Cat Rambo) | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature ( With: S.J. Chambers) | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
Monstrous Creatures: Explorations of Fantasy Through Essays, Articles and Reviews | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
Jeff VanderMeer Non-Fiction Books
The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals: The Evil Monkey Dialogues ( With: Ann VanderMeer)
2010
Title | Published | Purchase |
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The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals: The Evil Monkey Dialogues ( With: Ann VanderMeer) | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
The Steampunk User's Manual ( With: S.J. Chambers) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
Predator Series
If It Bleeds ( By: Jonathan Maberry, Jeremy Robinson, Kevin J. Anderson, Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Tim Lebbon, Andrew Mayne, Steve Perry, Mira Grant, Larry Correia, Dayton Ward)
2017
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Predator ( By: Paul Monette) | 1987 | Buy on Amazon |
Predator 2 ( By: Simon Hawke) | 1990 | Buy on Amazon |
Concrete Jungle ( By: James A. Moore, Nathan Archer) | 1995 | Buy on Amazon |
Cold War ( By: Nathan Archer) | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
Big Game ( By: Sandy Schofield) | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
Forever Midnight ( By: John Shirley) | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
Flesh and Blood ( By: Robert Greenberger, Michael Jan Friedman) | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
South China Sea | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
Turnabout ( By: Steve Perry) | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
Incursion ( By: Tim Lebbon) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
If It Bleeds ( By: Jonathan Maberry, Jeremy Robinson, Kevin J. Anderson, Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Tim Lebbon, Andrew Mayne, Steve Perry, Mira Grant, Larry Correia, Dayton Ward) | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
Hunters and Hunted Official Movie Prequel ( By: James A. Moore) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
Stalking Shadows ( By: James A. Moore, Mark Morris) | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
Cat Rambo Collections with Cat Rambo
Title | Published | Purchase |
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The Surgeon's Tale and Other Stories (Short Story) ( With: Cat Rambo) | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight ( By: Cat Rambo) | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
Near ( By: Cat Rambo) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
Altered America ( By: Cat Rambo) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
Neither Here Nor There ( By: Cat Rambo) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
The Time Traveller's Almanac Series with Ann VanderMeer
Title | Published | Purchase |
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Experiments | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
Reactionaries | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
Mazes & Traps | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
Communiqués | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
Jeff VanderMeer Anthologies
Title | Published | Purchase |
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Dark Terrors | 1995 | Buy on Amazon |
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7 | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
Leviathan 2 | 1998 | Buy on Amazon |
Leviathan | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
Dark Terrors 6 | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14 | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
Breaking Windows | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
Polyphony, Volume 5 | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
Best New Fantasy | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
Twentieth Annual Collection | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
Brothers & Beasts | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
Booklife | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
Fast Ships, Black Sails | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
The New Weird | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
Polluto 2: Apocalypses and Garden Furniture | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
Steampunk | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 20 | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
Best American Fantasy 2008 | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009 | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 25, October 2008 | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
Year's Best SF 14 | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
Last Drink Bird Head | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
Happily Ever After | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
Steampunk III | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
Arc 1.2: Post Human Conditions | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
Circus: Fantasy Under the Big Top | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
Fungi | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
The Time Traveler's Almanac | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
Lightspeed Magazine, February 2014 | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
Sisters of the Revolution | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
Love Hurts | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
The Big Book of Science Fiction | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
Mixed Up: Cocktail Recipes (and Flash Fiction) for the Discerning Drinker | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
Worlds Seen in Passing | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
The Big Book of Classic Fantasy | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
The Big Book of Modern Fantasy | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
Terraform: Watch/Worlds/Burn | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
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