John Scalzi Books in Order
John Scalzi has written 75 books, published between 2000 and 2026. The first book is Rough Guide to Money Online (2000) and the newest is Monsters of Ohio (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 75
- Published
- 2000–2026
- Confirmed
- 73 of 75 titles
- Pages on record
- 8,252 in 29 of 75 books
John Scalzi, born May 10, 1969, is an American science fiction author and a former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The Old Man's War series is Scalzi's best known work, and three of its novels earned Hugo Award nominations. Scalzi has kept the blog Whatever since 1998, won the 2008 Hugo for Best Fan Writer largely on its strength, and used it for charity drives. Non-fiction subjects include finance, video games, film, astronomy, writing and politics, and Scalzi consulted on the series Stargate Universe. The catalogue holds 75 titles from Rough Guide to Money Online (2000) to Monsters of Ohio (2026), including Agent to the Stars (2004), Old Man's War (2005) and The Android's Dream (2006).
Source: Wikidata
The Old Man's War series follows elderly recruits, including John Perry, who are drafted into a military campaign for humanity's survival on distant planets. The books address themes of war and aging.
How many John Scalzi books are there?
John Scalzi has 75 books, released between 2000 and 2026. They include 8 separate series.
John Scalzi Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 75 John Scalzi 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 November 2026.
- 120003043/4
- 220033903/4
- 32003–3/4
- 420042863/4
- 520043203/4
- 62005–3/4
- 72005–3/4
- 820053253/4
- 9How I Proposed to My Wife: An Alien Sex StoryJohn Scalzi Short Stories/Novellas #12006 · confirmed 3/42006–3/4
- 1020064003/4
- 1120063843/4
- 122006–3/4
- 1320071003/4
- 1420073203/4
- 15You're Not Fooling Anyone When You Take Your Laptop to a Coffee Shop: Scalzi On WritingJohn Scalzi Non-Fiction #62007 · 250 pages · confirmed 3/420072503/4
- 162008–3/4
- 1720083683/4
- 182008–3/4
- 1920083203/4
- 202009323/4
- 212009–3/4
- 222009–3/4
- 232010–3/4
- 242010–3/4
- 252010–3/4
- 262011–3/4
- 272011–3/4
- 2820123043/4
- 292012–3/4
- 302012–3/4
- 312013–3/4
- 322013–3/4
- 332013–3/4
- 342013–3/4
- 352013–3/4
- 362013–3/4
- 3720134313/4
- 382013–3/4
- 392013–3/4
- 402013–3/4
- 412013–3/4
- 422013–3/4
- 432013–3/4
- 442013–3/4
- 452013–3/4
- 462013–3/4
- 472014933/4
- 4820143363/4
- 4920143803/4
- 502015–3/4
- 512015–3/4
- 522015–3/4
- 532015–3/4
- 5420153843/4
- 5520161443/4
- 5620161303/4
- 572016–3/4
- 5820173843/4
- 592017–3/4
- 6020183163/4
- 6120183353/4
- 622018–3/4
- 632018–1/4
- 642019–2/4
- 6520191443/4
- 662020–3/4
- 6720211923/4
- 682022–3/4
- 6920222723/4
- 7020232723/4
- 712024–3/4
- 722025–3/4
- 732025–4/4
- 7420253363/4
- 752026–3/4
John Scalzi series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Old Man's War books in order 7 books
John Scalzi 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.
Human Division in order
13 books- 1. The B-Team
- 2. Walk the Plank
- 3. We Only Need the Heads
- 4. A Voice in the Wilderness
- 5. Tales From the Clarke
- 6. The Back Channel
- 7. The Dog King
- 8. The Sound of Rebellion
- 9. The Observers
- 10. This Must Be the Place
- 11. A Problem of Proportion
- 12. The Gentle Art of Cracking Heads
- and 1 more in the table above
John Scalzi Short Stories/Novellas
11 books11 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
John Scalzi Standalone Novels
9 books9 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
John Scalzi Non-Fiction
8 books8 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Interdependency in order
4 booksEnd of All Things in order
4 booksOld Man's War Short Stories/Novellas
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Lock In in order
3 booksDispatcher in order
3 booksAndroid's Dream in order
2 booksMETAtropolis in order
2 booksWhatever in order
2 booksShadow War Of The Night Dragons Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
John Scalzi Short Story
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Time Traveler's Passport in order
1 bookFuzzy Sapiens in order
1 book- 8. Fuzzy Nation
Do you have to read John Scalzi books in order?
You only need to read John Scalzi books in order within each series: the books listed here span 8 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with John Scalzi
Start with Old Man's War (2005), the first Old Man's War book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Rough Guide to Money Online (2000).
What is the newest John Scalzi book?
Monsters of Ohio (2026) is the newest John Scalzi book released so far.
Is there a new John Scalzi book coming?
No next John Scalzi 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 John Scalzi has won
Wikidata records 15 awards and 26 nominations for John Scalzi. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.
- Hugo Award for Best Series2026Wonfor Old Man's War
- Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2024Wonfor Starter Villain
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2023Wonfor The Kaiju Preservation Society
- Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2020Wonfor The Last Emperox
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2018Wonfor The Collapsing Empire
- Bob Morane award for best foreign novel2017Wonfor Lock In
- Geffen Award2016Won
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2013Wonfor Redshirts
- Hugo Award for Best Novel2013Wonfor Redshirts
- Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work2013Wonfor The Android's Dream
- Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work2010Wonfor The Last Colony
- Kurd Lasswitz Award for Best Foreign Work2010Wonfor The Android's Dream
John Scalzi at a glance
- Still publishing
- John Scalzi published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- John Scalzi books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,252 pages across the 29 of 75 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most John Scalzi books, 43 of 75, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 1 of the 75 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 73 in at least three.
When John Scalzi books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when John Scalzi titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 43 titles.
75 books total across 3 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the John Scalzi books are about
26 of the 75 John Scalzi 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 13 of 26. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 13 of 26 books
- Life on other planets 7 of 26 books
- Space warfare 6 of 26 books
- Space colonies 4 of 26 books
- Anecdotes 3 of 26 books
- Epidemics 3 of 26 books
- Human-alien encounters 3 of 26 books
- Humor 3 of 26 books
- Science fiction, action & adventure 3 of 26 books
- Virus diseases 3 of 26 books
- Extraterrestrial beings 2 of 26 books
- Insight 2 of 26 books
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