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Fran Wilde Books in Order

Fran Wilde has written 15 books, published between 2015 and 2025. The first book is Updraft (2015) and the newest is A Philosophy of Thieves (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
2015–2025
Pages on record
1,401 in 5 of 15 books
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Photo of Fran Wilde, author

Fran Wilde, born in 1972, is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy and a blogger. The debut novel Updraft (2015) earned a 2016 Nebula Award nomination and won both the 2016 Andre Norton Award and the Compton Crook Award. Riverland (2019), Wilde's first middle grade novel, took the 2019 Andre Norton Award, making Wilde the first two-time winner, and was an NPR Best Book and a Lodestar finalist. Short fiction by Wilde has run in Asimov's Science Fiction, Nature, Tor.com and Uncanny Magazine. Bone Universe, Gemworld and Canarvier Files are the listed series, and social class, disability and disruptive technology are recurring themes.

How many Fran Wilde books are there?

Fran Wilde has 15 books, released between 2015 and 2025. They include 3 series and 8 titles listed outside any series.

Fran Wilde Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Fran Wilde 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 Updraft by Fran Wilde, book 1 of the Bone Universe series (2015)
  2. Cover of The Jewel and Her Lapidary by Fran Wilde, book 1 of the Gemworld series (2016)
  3. Cover of Riverland by Fran Wilde (2019)
  1. 1
    UpdraftBone Universe #12015 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015384
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  2. 2
    The Jewel and Her LapidaryGemworld #12016 · 89 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201689
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  3. 3
    CloudboundBone Universe #22016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  4. 4
    Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  5. 5
    HorizonBone Universe #32017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  6. 6
    Riverland2019 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019384
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  7. 7
    A Catalog of Storms2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  8. 8
    The Fire Opal MechanismGemworld #22019 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019208
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  9. 9
    An Explorer's Cartography of Already Settled Lands2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  10. 10
    Clock Star Rose Spine2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  11. 11
    The Ship of Stolen Words2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  12. 12
    Unseelie Brothers, Ltd.2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  13. 13
    The Book of GemsGemworld #32023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  14. 14
    Machina2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  15. 15
    A Philosophy of ThievesCanarvier Files #12025 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2025336
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Fran Wilde 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.

Bone Universe in order

3 books
  1. 1. Updraft
  2. 2. Cloudbound
  3. 3. Horizon

Gemworld in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Jewel and Her Lapidary
  2. 2. The Fire Opal Mechanism
  3. 3. The Book of Gems

Canarvier Files in order

1 book
  1. 1. A Philosophy of Thieves

Standalone books

8 books

8 Fran Wilde titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Fran Wilde books in order?

You only need to read Fran Wilde 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 Fran Wilde

Start with Updraft (2015), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Fran Wilde book?

A Philosophy of Thieves (2025) is the newest Fran Wilde book released so far.

Is there a new Fran Wilde book coming?

No next Fran Wilde 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 Fran Wilde has won

Wikidata records 4 awards and 21 nominations for Fran Wilde. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Fran Wilde at a glance

Still publishing
Fran Wilde published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Fran Wilde books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,401 pages across the 5 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Fran Wilde books, 8 of 15, were published in the 2010s.

What the Fran Wilde books are about

3 of the 15 Fran Wilde books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.