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China Mieville Books in Order

China Mieville has written 29 books, published between 1998 and 2026. The first book is King Rat (1998) and the newest is The Rouse (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
29
Published
1998–2026
Pages on record
7,264 in 22 of 29 books
Reading time
121–182 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,264 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 29 titles with a page count on record.

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China Miéville, born 6 September 1972, is a British writer of speculative fiction and a literary critic who calls the work weird fiction and is linked with the loose New Weird movement. Miéville's awards include the Hugo, Locus, BSFA, British Fantasy and World Fantasy Awards, plus three Arthur C. Clarke Awards, a record for that prize. Locus placed Perdido Street Station sixth among the 20th century's best fantasy novels. Miéville served as writer-in-residence at Roosevelt University in Chicago in 2012–13. The catalogue lists 29 books from King Rat (1998) to The Rouse (2026), with New Crobuzon, Dial H and BRZRKR: Bloodlines among the series.

How many China Mieville books are there?

China Mieville has 29 books, released between 1998 and 2026. They include 3 series and 21 titles listed outside any series.

China Mieville Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 29 China Mieville 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 King Rat by China Mieville (1998)
  2. Cover of Perdido Street Station by China Mieville, book 1 of the New Crobuzon series (2000)
  3. Cover of The Scar by China Mieville, book 2 of the New Crobuzon series (2002)
  4. Cover of Reports of Certain Events in London by China Mieville (2004)
  5. Cover of Iron Council by China Mieville, book 3 of the New Crobuzon series (2004)
  6. Cover of Un Lun Dun by China Mieville (2007)
  7. Cover of War With No End by China Mieville (2007)
  8. Cover of Red Planets by China Mieville (2009)
  9. Cover of The City & the City by China Mieville (2009)
  10. Cover of Covehithe by China Mieville (2009)
  11. Cover of Kraken by China Mieville (2010)
  12. Cover of Embassytown by China Mieville (2011)
  13. Cover of Dial H, Vol. 1 by China Mieville, book 1 of the Dial H series (2012)
  14. Cover of London's Overthrow by China Mieville (2012)
  15. Cover of Railsea by China Mieville (2012)
  16. Cover of China Miéville: Critical Essays, book 3 of the Contemporary Writers: Critical Essays series (2015)
  17. Cover of The Worst Breakfast by China Mieville (2016)
  18. Cover of This Census-Taker by China Mieville (2016)
  19. Cover of October by China Mieville (2017)
  20. Cover of A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto by China Mieville (2022)
  21. Cover of The Book of Elsewhere by China Mieville (2024)
  1. 1
    King Rat1998 · 318 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998318
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  2. 2
    Perdido Street StationNew Crobuzon #12000 · 623 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000623
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  3. 3
    The Tain2002 · 92 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200292
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  4. 4
    The ScarNew Crobuzon #22002 · 578 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002578
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  5. 5
    Reports of Certain Events in London2004 · 303 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004303
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  6. 6
    Iron CouncilNew Crobuzon #32004 · 564 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004564
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  7. 7
    Between Equal Rights2006 · 375 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006375
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  8. 8
    Un Lun Dun2007 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007432
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  9. 9
    War With No End2007 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007160
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  10. 10
    Red Planets2009 · 293 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009293
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  11. 11
    The City & the City2009 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009312
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  12. 12
    Covehithe2009 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009416
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  13. 13
    'Tis the Season / Um Conto de Natal2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  14. 14
    Kraken2010 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010464
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  15. 15
    Embassytown2011 · 345 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011345
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  16. 16
    Dial H, Vol. 1Dial H #12012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  17. 17
    Dial H, Vol. 2Dial H #22012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  18. 18
    London's Overthrow2012 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201296
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  19. 19
    Railsea2012 · 424 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012424
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  20. 20
    Dial H, Vol. 3:FinDial H #32014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  21. 21
    China Miéville: Critical EssaysContemporary Writers: Critical Essays #32015 · 316 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015316
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  22. 22
    The Worst Breakfast2016 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201632
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  23. 23
    This Census-Taker2016 · 210 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016210
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  24. 24
    The Last Days of New Paris2016 · 205 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016205
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  25. 25
    October2017 · 369 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017369
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  26. 26
    A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  27. 27
    The Book of Elsewhere2024 · 337 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2024337
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  28. 28
    BRZRKR: Blood Oaths Vol. 1BRZRKR: Bloodlines #12026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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  29. 29
    The Rouse2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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China Mieville 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.

New Crobuzon in order

3 books
  1. 1. Perdido Street Station
  2. 2. The Scar
  3. 3. Iron Council

Dial H in order

3 books
  1. 1. Dial H, Vol. 1
  2. 2. Dial H, Vol. 2
  3. 3. Dial H, Vol. 3:Fin

BRZRKR: Bloodlines in order

1 book
  1. 1. BRZRKR: Blood Oaths Vol. 1

Contemporary Writers: Critical Essays in order

1 book
  1. 3. China Miéville: Critical Essays

Standalone books

21 books

21 China Mieville titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read China Mieville books in order?

You only need to read China Mieville books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with China Mieville

Start with King Rat (1998), the earliest published title.

What is the newest China Mieville book?

The Rouse (2026) is the newest China Mieville book released so far.

Is there a new China Mieville book coming?

No next China Mieville 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 China Mieville has won

Wikidata records 22 awards and 38 nominations for China Mieville. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

China Mieville at a glance

Still publishing
China Mieville published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
China Mieville books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
7,264 pages across the 22 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 328 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most China Mieville books, 13 of 29, were published in the 2010s.

What the China Mieville books are about

22 of the 29 China Mieville 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 9 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.