Charlie Jane Anders Books in Order

Charlie Jane Anders has written 23 books, published between 2001 and 2025. The first book is Lazy Crossdresser (2001) and the newest is Lessons in Magic and Disaster (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
23
Published
2001–2025
Pages on record
2,737 in 10 of 23 books
Photo of Charlie Jane Anders, author of the Universal Expansion/Unstoppable series

Charlie Jane Anders, born July 24, 1969, is an American writer of speculative fiction working in both novels and shorter forms. All the Birds in the Sky and The City in the Middle of the Night drew critical acclaim and took major awards, among them the Nebula Award for Best Novel and the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel; each of the three books in the young adult trilogy Unstoppable won the Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book. Anders has also received the Crawford, Hugo, Lambda Literary and Theodore Sturgeon awards. The catalogue holds 23 books dated from Lazy Crossdresser (2001) to Lessons in Magic and Disaster (2025).

How many Charlie Jane Anders books are there?

Charlie Jane Anders has 23 books, released between 2001 and 2025. 3 of them belong to the Universal Expansion/Unstoppable series.

Charlie Jane Anders Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 23 Charlie Jane Anders 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. 1
    Lazy Crossdresser2001 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001160
  2. 2
    Choir Boy2005 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005308
  3. 3
    She's Such a Geek!2006 · 231 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006231
  4. 4
    B Is for BondageErotic Alphabet #32007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007
  5. 52010
  6. 6
    Six Months, Three Days2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011
  7. 7
    Intestate2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012
  8. 8
    The Cartography of Sudden Death2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014
  9. 9
    As Good as New2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014
  10. 10
    All the Birds in the Sky2016 · 316 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016316
  11. 11
    Clover2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016
  12. 122017
  13. 132017
  14. 14
    Rock Manning Goes for Broke2018 · 122 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018122
  15. 15
    The City in the Middle of the Night2019 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019368
  16. 16
    If You Take My Meaning2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020
  17. 17
    Victories Greater Than DeathUniversal Expansion/Unstoppable #12021 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021288
  18. 18
    Even Greater Mistakes2021 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021352
  19. 19
    Never Say You Can't Survive2021 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021288
  20. 20
    Dreams Bigger Than HeartbreakUniversal Expansion/Unstoppable #22022 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022304
  21. 21
    Promises Stronger Than DarknessUniversal Expansion/Unstoppable #32023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023
  22. 22
    New Mutants Lethal Legion2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024
  23. 23
    Lessons in Magic and Disaster2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025

Charlie Jane Anders 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.

Universal Expansion/Unstoppable in order

3 books
  1. 1. Victories Greater Than Death
  2. 2. Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak
  3. 3. Promises Stronger Than Darkness

Erotic Alphabet in order

1 book
  1. 3. B Is for Bondage

Standalone books

19 books

19 Charlie Jane Anders titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Charlie Jane Anders books in order?

You only need to read Charlie Jane Anders books in order within the Universal Expansion/Unstoppable series, which holds 3 of the 23 Charlie Jane Anders books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Charlie Jane Anders

Start with Lazy Crossdresser (2001), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Charlie Jane Anders book?

Lessons in Magic and Disaster (2025) is the newest Charlie Jane Anders book released so far.

Is there a new Charlie Jane Anders book coming?

No next Charlie Jane Anders 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 Charlie Jane Anders has won

Wikidata records 13 awards and 18 nominations for Charlie Jane Anders. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Charlie Jane Anders at a glance

Still publishing
Charlie Jane Anders published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Charlie Jane Anders books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,737 pages across the 10 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 296 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Charlie Jane Anders books, 11 of 23, were published in the 2010s.

What the Charlie Jane Anders books are about

10 of the 23 Charlie Jane Anders 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 3 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Science fiction 3 of 10 books
  • American literature 2 of 10 books
  • Young adult fiction, war & military 2 of 10 books