Aliette de Bodard Books in Order
Aliette de Bodard has written 40 books, published between 2007 and 2024. The first book is The Lost Xuyan Bride (2007) and the newest is Navigational Entanglements (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 40
- Published
- 2007–2024
- Confirmed
- 1 of 40 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,093 in 13 of 40 books
Aliette de Bodard, born November 10, 1982, is a French-American writer of speculative fiction. De Bodard's honours include the British Fantasy Award, BSFA Award, Ignyte Award, Locus Award and Nebula Award. The catalogue lists 40 books, from The Lost Xuyan Bride (2007) to Navigational Entanglements (2024). Servant of the Underworld (2010), Harbinger of the Storm (2011) and Master of the House of Darts (2011) are among the titles, and subjects include Aztecs, human sacrifice, demonology and magic. Series include Xuya Universe, Dominion of the Fallen, Obsidian and Blood, Feral Astrogators and Dragons and Blades.
How many Aliette de Bodard books are there?
Aliette de Bodard has 40 books, released between 2007 and 2024. They include 6 series and 19 titles listed outside any series.
Aliette de Bodard Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 40 Aliette de Bodard 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.
- 12007–2/4
- 2Butterfly, Falling at Dawn2009 · confirmed 2/42009–2/4
- 320104312/4
- 4Fleeing Tezcatlipoca2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 5The Jaguar House, in Shadow2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 620113262/4
- 72011–2/4
- 8Shipbirth2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 9Scattered Among Strange Worlds2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 10Immersion2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 11On a Red Station, Drifting2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 122013–2/4
- 13Heaven Under Earth (Electric Velocipede #24)2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 14The Weight of a Blessing2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 1520134153/4
- 16Memorials2014 · confirmed 2/42014–2/4
- 172015–2/4
- 182015–2/4
- 192015–2/4
- 2020154322/4
- 2120163942/4
- 22Lullaby for a Lost World2016 · confirmed 2/42016–2/4
- 2320173562/4
- 24Children of Thorns, Children of Water2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 25In the Vanishers’ Palace2018 · 198 pages · confirmed 2/420181982/4
- 262018962/4
- 2720193842/4
- 2820195472/4
- 2920201202/4
- 30A Fire of Ten Thousand Flags2020 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420202882/4
- 312020–2/4
- 32The Inaccessibility of Heaven2020 · confirmed 2/42020–2/4
- 33Tea and Murder2021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 34Fireheart Tiger2021 · 106 pages · confirmed 2/420211062/4
- 352022–2/4
- 362022–2/4
- 372023–2/4
- 38The Mausoleum’s Children2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 392024–2/4
Aliette de Bodard 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.
Xuya Universe in order
6 booksDominion of the Fallen in order
5 booksObsidian and Blood in order
3 booksFeral Astrogators in order
2 booksDragons and Blades in order
2 booksXuya Universe Romance in order
2 booksYear's Best SF Anthology
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
19 books19 Aliette de Bodard titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Aliette de Bodard books in order?
You only need to read Aliette de Bodard books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Aliette de Bodard
Start with The Lost Xuyan Bride (2007), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Aliette de Bodard book?
Navigational Entanglements (2024) is the newest Aliette de Bodard book released so far.
Is there a new Aliette de Bodard book coming?
No next Aliette de Bodard 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 Aliette de Bodard has won
Wikidata records 11 awards and 56 nominations for Aliette de Bodard. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction2022Wonfor Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances
- Ignyte Award for Best Novelette2021Wonfor The Inaccessibility of Heaven
- BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction2021Wonfor Fireheart Tiger
- Nebula Award for Best Novella2019Wonfor The Tea Master and the Detective
- British Fantasy Award for Best Novella2019Wonfor The Tea Master and the Detective
- BSFA Award for Best Novel2015Wonfor The House of Shattered Wings
- BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction2015Wonfor Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight
- Nebula Award for Best Novelette2014Wonfor The Waiting Stars
- Nebula Award for Best Short Story2013Wonfor Immersion
- Locus Award for Best Short Story2013Wonfor Immersion
- BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction2010Wonfor The Shipmaker
- Hugo Award for Best Novella2025Shortlistedfor Navigational Entanglements
Aliette de Bodard at a glance
- Still publishing
- Aliette de Bodard published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Aliette de Bodard books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,093 pages across the 13 of 40 books with a recorded length, a median of 356 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Aliette de Bodard books, 26 of 40, were published in the 2010s.
What the Aliette de Bodard books are about
9 of the 40 Aliette de Bodard books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 5 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fantasy 5 of 9 books
- Aztecs 3 of 9 books
- Aztecs -- Fiction 2 of 9 books
- Aztèques -- Romans, nouvelles 2 of 9 books
- Démonologie -- Romans, nouvelles 2 of 9 books
- Demonology -- Fiction 2 of 9 books
- Human sacrifice -- Fiction 2 of 9 books
- Magic 2 of 9 books
- Paris (France) 2 of 9 books
- Sacrifice humain -- Romans, nouvelles 2 of 9 books
- Science fiction 2 of 9 books