New York Times Bestsellers
John Scalzi has placed 5 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 7 weeks on the charts.
Redshirts
John Scalzi Other Novels
1 week on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #15 · debuted Jun 2012 · 2 weeks across 2 NYT lists
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Starter Villain
John Scalzi Other Novels
1 week on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #12 · debuted Sep 2023 · 2 weeks across 2 NYT lists
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Reading Order
19 series · 117 books
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Man's War | 2005 | 🏆 Geffen Award 2007Hugo Award 2006Locus Award 2006Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | The Ghost Brigades | 2006 | Locus Award 2007Prometheus Award 2007Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | The Last Colony | 2007 | Hugo Award 2008Locus Award 2008Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 4 | Zoe's Tale | 2008 | Hugo Award 2009Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 5 | The Human Division | 2013 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | The End of All Things | 2015 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Old Man's War Short Stories/Novellas
0 of 3 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Questions for a Soldier (Short Story) | 2005 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Sagan Diary (Short Story) | 2007 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | After the Coup (Short Story) | 2008 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
The Dispatcher Series
0 of 3 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dispatcher (Short Story) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Murder By Other Means | 2021 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Travel by Bullet | 2022 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
End of All Things Series
0 of 4 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Life of the Mind | 2015 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | This Hollow Union | 2015 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Can Long Endure | 2015 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | To Stand or Fall | 2015 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
The Interdependency Series
0 of 3 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Collapsing Empire | 2017 | Hugo Award 2018Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | The Consuming Fire | 2018 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The Last Emperox | 2020 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Lock In Series
0 of 3 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Lock In | 2014 | 🏆 ALA Alex Award 2015Locus Award 2015John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2015Goodreads Choice Award 2014Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | Head On | 2018 | Audie Award 2019Locus Award 2015John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2015James Tiptree Jr. Award 2015Goodreads Choice Award 2014Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Shadow War Of The Night Dragons Short Stories/Novellas
0 of 1 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dead City (Short Story) | 2011 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
The Android's Dream Series
0 of 2 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Android's Dream | 2006 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Judge Sn Goes Golfing (Short Story) | 2009 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Whatever Series
0 of 2 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded | 2008 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Mallet of Loving Correction | 2013 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
John Scalzi Other Novels
0 of 9 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agent to the Stars | 2004 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The God Engines | 2009 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The Dead City (Short Story) | 2011 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Redshirts | 2012 | 🏆 Hugo Award 2013🏆 Locus Award 2013Goodreads Choice Award 2012Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 5 | Virtue Signaling and Other Heresies | 2018 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | A Very Scalzi Christmas (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | The Kaiju Preservation Society | 2022 | Hugo Award 2023Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 8 | Starter Villain | 2023 | Hugo Award 2024Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 9 | When the Moon Hits Your Eye | 2025 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
John Scalzi Short Stories/Novellas
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How I Proposed to My Wife: An Alien Sex Story (Short Story) | 2006 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Tale of the Wicked (Short Story) | 2009 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The President's Brain is Missing (Short Story) | 2010 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | When the Yogurt Took Over | 2010 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | An Election (Short Story) | 2010 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | Muse of Fire (Short Story) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | Everything but the Squeal (Short Story) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 8 | Automated Customer Service (Short Story) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 9 | Constituent Service (Short Story) | 2024 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
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About the Author
John Michael Scalzi II (born May 10, 1969) is an American science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He is best known for his Old Man's War series, three novels of which have been nominated for the Hugo Award, and for his blog Whatever, where he has written on a number of topics since 1998.