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Adam Roberts Books in Order

Adam Roberts has written 52 books, published between 2000 and 2024. The first book is Salt (2000) and the newest is Lake of Darkness (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
52
Published
2000–2024
Pages on record
3,583 in 15 of 52 books
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Adam Roberts, full name Adam Charles Roberts and born 30 June 1965, is a British novelist of science fiction and fantasy. In 2018 Roberts became vice-president of the H. G. Wells Society. Catalogue subjects include space colonies, life on other planets, human-alien encounters, criticism and parodies of The Hobbit. The 52 listed books run from Salt (2000) to Lake of Darkness (2024), including Stone (2002), The Soddit (2003) and The Snow (2004). Series credited to Roberts are Cardboard Box of the Rings and Real-Town Murders.

How many Adam Roberts books are there?

Adam Roberts has 52 books, released between 2000 and 2024. They include 2 series and 45 titles listed outside any series.

Adam Roberts Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 52 Adam Roberts books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Salt by Adam Roberts (2000)
  2. Cover of The Soddit by Adam Roberts, book 1 of the Cardboard Box of the Rings series (2003)
  3. Cover of Jupiter Magnified by Adam Roberts (2003)
  4. Cover of Swiftly: Stories That Never Were and Might Never Be by Adam Roberts (2004)
  5. Cover of Gradisil by Adam Roberts (2006)
  6. Cover of Splinter by Adam Roberts (2007)
  7. Cover of Yellow Blue Tibia by Adam Roberts (2009)
  8. Cover of I Am Scrooge: A Zombie Story for Christmas by Adam Roberts (2009)
  9. Cover of Jack Glass by Adam Roberts (2012)
  10. Cover of The Riddles of the Hobbit by Adam Roberts (2013)
  11. Cover of Bête by Adam Roberts (2014)
  12. Cover of The Thing Itself by Adam Roberts (2015)
  13. Cover of The Real-Town Murders by Adam Roberts, book 1 of the Real-Town Murders series (2017)
  14. Cover of Wodwo Vergil by Adam Roberts (2018)
  15. Cover of The Lake Boy by Adam Roberts (2018)
  16. Cover of It's the End of the World: But What Are We Really Afraid Of? by Adam Roberts (2020)
  1. 1
    Salt2000 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000248
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  2. 2
    On2001 · confirmed 2/4
    2001–
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  3. 3
    Park Polar2002 · 109 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002109
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  4. 4
    Stone2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
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  5. 5
    The SodditCardboard Box of the Rings #12003 · 343 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003343
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  6. 6
    Jupiter Magnified2003 · 104 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003104
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  7. 7
    Polystom: Two Universes in One Reality2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  8. 8
    Swiftly: Stories That Never Were and Might Never Be2004 · 247 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004247
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  9. 9
    The SellamillionCardboard Box of the Rings #22004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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  10. 10
    The Snow2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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  11. 11
    The History of Science Fiction2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  12. 12
    Gradisil2006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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  13. 13
    Splinter2007 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007256
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  14. 14
    Land of the Headless2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  15. 15
    Swiftly2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  16. 16
    The Routledge Companion to Science FictionRoutledge Literature Companions #12009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  17. 17
    Yellow Blue Tibia2009 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009336
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  18. 18
    I Am Scrooge: A Zombie Story for Christmas2009 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009192
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  19. 19
    New Model Army2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  20. 20
    The Dragon with the Girl Tattoo2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  21. 21
    Anticopernicus2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  22. 22
    By Light Alone2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  23. 23
    Jack Glass2012 · 371 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012371
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  24. 24
    Adam Robots2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  25. 25
    The Riddles of the Hobbit2013 · 186 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013186
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  26. 26
    Sibilant Fricative: Essays and Reviews2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  27. 27
    Get Started in: Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  28. 28
    Landor's Cleanness: A Study of Walter Savage Landor2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  29. 29
    Twenty Trillion Leagues Under The Sea2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  30. 30
    Bête2014 · 311 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014311
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Adam Roberts books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Cardboard Box of the Rings in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Soddit
  2. 2. The Sellamillion

Real-Town Murders in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Real-Town Murders
  2. 2. By the Pricking of Her Thumb

Routledge Literature Companions in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction

Aftermath in order

1 book
  1. 2. Haven

Imaginings in order

1 book
  1. 9. Saint Rebor

Standalone books

45 books

45 Adam Roberts titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Adam Roberts books in order?

You only need to read Adam Roberts books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Adam Roberts

Start with Salt (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Adam Roberts book?

Lake of Darkness (2024) is the newest Adam Roberts book released so far.

Is there a new Adam Roberts book coming?

No next Adam Roberts book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Adam Roberts has won

Wikidata records 2 awards and 18 nominations for Adam Roberts. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2013Won
  • BSFA Award for Best Novel2012Wonfor Jack Glass: The Story of a Murderer
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2022Shortlistedfor Purgatory Mount
  • BSFA Award for Best Novel2022Shortlistedfor The This
  • BSFA Award for Best Novel2021Shortlistedfor Purgatory Mount
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2019Shortlistedfor By the Pricking of Her Thumb
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2018Shortlistedfor The Real-Town Murders
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2016Shortlistedfor The Thing Itself
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2015Shortlistedfor Bête
  • Locus Award for Best Collection2014Shortlistedfor Adam Robots
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2013Shortlistedfor Jack Glass: The Story of a Murderer
  • BSFA Award for Best Novel2011Shortlistedfor By Light Alone

Adam Roberts at a glance

Still publishing
Adam Roberts published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Adam Roberts books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
3,583 pages across the 15 of 52 books with a recorded length, a median of 248 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Adam Roberts books, 22 of 52, were published in the 2010s.

What the Adam Roberts books are about

16 of the 52 Adam Roberts books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 8 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.