Kage Baker Books in Order
36 books are credited to Kage Baker, published between 1997 and 2026; 6 of them appeared after Kage Baker's death in 2010. The first book is In the Garden of Iden (1997) and the newest is The Lady Keeps the Sea (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 36
- Published
- 1997–2026
- Confirmed
- 36 of 36 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,896 in 22 of 36 books
- Reading time
- 115–172 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,896 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 36 titles with a page count on record.
Kage Baker was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, born 10 June 1952 and died 31 January 2010. In the Garden of Iden (1997) opens a 38-title catalogue that runs through Sky Coyote (1999), Mendoza in Hollywood (2000), The Graveyard Game (2001) and The Anvil of the World (2003). Time travel, immortality, cyborgs, pirates and the imaginary Dr. Zeus Incorporated fill the subject list, and The Company is the recurring name among the characters. New material keeps appearing, with The Lady Keeps the Sea dated 2026, at a median of 336 pages.
How many Kage Baker books are there?
Kage Baker has 36 books, released between 1997 and 2026. 6 of them were published after Kage Baker's death in 2010. They include 2 separate series.
Kage Baker Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 36 Kage Baker 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.
- 119973363/4
- 21999–3/4
- 319993043/4
- 420003523/4
- 52001–4/4
- 620013043/4
- 7Black Projects, White Knights: The Company DossiersCompany Short Story #12002 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/420022883/4
- 820025123/4
- 920033523/4
- 1020042493/4
- 112004–3/4
- 122005–3/4
- 1320053843/4
- 1420062563/4
- 152006–3/4
- 1620063513/4
- 1720073363/4
- 1820073723/4
- 1920071143/4
- 2020074323/4
- 2120083523/4
- 2220081843/4
- 2320085013/4
- 242009–3/4
- 252009–3/4
- 262009–3/4
- 272009–3/4
- 2820093003/4
- 2920101753/4
- 3020102683/4
- 31Ancient Rockets: Treasures and Train Wrecks of the Silent ScreenKage Baker Non-Fiction #12011 · confirmed 3/42011–3/4
- 3220121743/4
- 332012–3/4
- 342013–3/4
- 352024–3/4
- 362026–3/4
Kage Baker series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
- Year's Best Fantasy books in order 9 books
- The Company books in order 14 books
Kage Baker 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.
Company in order
12 booksKage Baker Short Stories/Novellas
5 books5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Anvil Of The World in order
3 booksKage Baker Short Story
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Nell Gwynne in order
3 booksCompany Short Story
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Kage Baker Standalone Novels
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Kage Baker Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Kage Baker books in order?
You only need to read Kage Baker books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Kage Baker
Start with the first book of the Kage Baker series you want to read: Year's Best Fantasy starts with Year's Best Fantasy (2001) and The Company starts with In the Garden of Iden (1997). The earliest catalogued title overall is In the Garden of Iden (1997).
What is the newest Kage Baker book?
The Lady Keeps the Sea (2026) is the newest Kage Baker book released so far.
Is there a new Kage Baker book coming?
No next Kage Baker 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 Kage Baker has won
Wikidata records 3 awards and 40 nominations for Kage Baker. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Nebula Award for Best Novella2010Wonfor The Women of Nell Gwynne's
- Locus Award for Best Novella2010Wonfor The Women of Nell Gwynne's
- Theodore Sturgeon Award2004Wonfor The Empress of Mars
- Locus Award for Best Collection2013Shortlistedfor The Best of Kage Baker
- Locus Award for Best Short Story2012Shortlistedfor Attlee and the Long Walk
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2011Shortlistedfor The Bird of the River
- Hugo Award for Best Novella2010Shortlistedfor The Women of Nell Gwynne's
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2010Shortlistedfor The Empress of Mars
- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story2010Shortlistedfor Maelstrom
- World Fantasy Award for Best Novella2010Shortlistedfor The Women of Nell Gwynne's
- Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2010Shortlistedfor The Hotel Under the Sand
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature2010Shortlistedfor The Hotel Under the Sand
Kage Baker at a glance
- Died
- Kage Baker died in 2010, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Kage Baker are still being published after Kage Baker's death in 2010; the newest appeared in 2026.
- Release pace
- Kage Baker books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,896 pages across the 22 of 36 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kage Baker books, 25 of 36, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 1 of the 36 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Kage Baker books are about
26 of the 36 Kage Baker 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 10 of 26. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 10 of 26 books
- Time travel 7 of 26 books
- Immortalism 6 of 26 books
- Fantasy 5 of 26 books
- Brothels 3 of 26 books
- Historical fiction 3 of 26 books
- History 3 of 26 books
- Pirates 3 of 26 books
- Assassins 2 of 26 books