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Ann Leckie Books in Order

Ann Leckie has written 15 books, published between 2006 and 2026. The first book is Hesperia and Glory (2006) and the newest is Radiant Star (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
2006–2026
Pages on record
1,866 in 5 of 15 books
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Ann Leckie, born March 2, 1966, is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy. Leckie's debut novel, Ancillary Justice (2013), features artificial consciousness and gender-blindness and won the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Novel along with the Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke and BSFA awards. Ancillary Sword (2014) and Ancillary Mercy (2015) each took a Locus Award. Provenance (2017), Translation State (2023) and Radiant Star (2026) share the Imperial Radch setting, and The Raven Tower (2019) is Leckie's first fantasy novel. The catalogue's 15 titles begin with Hesperia and Glory (2006), and an Imperial Radch short stories and novellas line sits beside the main series.

Breq, the character at the center of the Imperial Radch novels, is an artificial intelligence that once controlled a starship with thousands of bodies and is now confined to a single human body. The books deal with themes of identity, imperial politics, gender and the ethics of artificial intelligence, set within a space empire ruled by a many-bodied empress.

How many Ann Leckie books are there?

Ann Leckie has 15 books, released between 2006 and 2026. 5 of them belong to the Imperial Radch series.

Ann Leckie Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Ann Leckie 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 Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie, book 1 of the Imperial Radch series (2013)
  2. Cover of Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie, book 2 of the Imperial Radch series (2014)
  3. Cover of Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie, book 3 of the Imperial Radch series (2015)
  4. Cover of Provenance by Ann Leckie (2017)
  5. Cover of The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie (2019)
  6. Cover of Translation State by Ann Leckie, book 4 of the Imperial Radch series (2023)
  7. Cover of Lake of Souls by Ann Leckie (2024)
  1. 1
    Hesperia and Glory2006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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  2. 2
    Marsh Gods2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  3. 3
    The God of Au2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  4. 4
    The Endangered Camp2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  5. 5
    Beloved of the Sun2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  6. 6
    Night's Slow PoisonImperial Radch Short Stories/Novellas #12012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  7. 7
    Ancillary JusticeImperial Radch #12013 · 393 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013393
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  8. 8
    Ancillary SwordImperial Radch #22014 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014400
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  9. 9
    She Commands Me and I ObeyImperial Radch Short Stories/Novellas #22014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  10. 10
    Ancillary MercyImperial Radch #32015 · 359 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015359
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  11. 11
    Provenance2017 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017448
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  12. 12
    The Raven Tower2019 · 266 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019266
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  13. 13
    Translation StateImperial Radch #42023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  14. 14
    Lake of Souls2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  15. 15
    Radiant StarImperial Radch #52026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Ann Leckie 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.

Imperial Radch in order

5 books
  1. 1. Ancillary Justice
  2. 2. Ancillary Sword
  3. 3. Ancillary Mercy
  4. 4. Translation State
  5. 5. Radiant Star

Imperial Radch Short Stories/Novellas

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Standalone books

8 books

8 Ann Leckie titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ann Leckie books in order?

You only need to read Ann Leckie books in order within the Imperial Radch series, which holds 5 of the 15 Ann Leckie books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Ann Leckie

Start with Hesperia and Glory (2006), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ann Leckie book?

Radiant Star (2026) is the newest Ann Leckie book released so far.

Is there a new Ann Leckie book coming?

No next Ann Leckie 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 Ann Leckie has won

Wikidata records 12 awards and 23 nominations for Ann Leckie. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Ann Leckie at a glance

Still publishing
Ann Leckie published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Ann Leckie books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,866 pages across the 5 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 393 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ann Leckie books, 8 of 15, were published in the 2010s.

What the Ann Leckie books are about

7 of the 15 Ann Leckie 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 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

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