Kate Wilhelm Books in Order

75 books are credited to Kate Wilhelm, published between 1963 and 2022; 1 of them appeared after Kate Wilhelm's death in 2018. The first book is The Mile-Long Spaceship (1963) and the newest is The House Share (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books: 75
Published: 1963–2022
Pages on record: 10,429 in 32 of 75 books

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Kate Wilhelm wrote science fiction, mystery and suspense across a catalogue of 75 books published between 1963 and 2022. The American author won a Hugo Award for Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang and founded the Clarion Workshop with her husband Damon Knight and the writer Robin Scott Wilson. Her two long series are the Barbara Holloway books, about an Oregon lawyer, and Constance and Charlie, about the private investigators Constance Leidl and Charlie Meiklejohn. The list runs from The Mile-Long Spaceship (1963) to The House Share (2022) and has been dormant since.

How many Kate Wilhelm books are there?

Kate Wilhelm has 75 books, released between 1963 and 2022. 1 of them were published after Kate Wilhelm's death in 2018. They include 2 series and 49 titles listed outside any series.

Kate Wilhelm series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Barbara Holloway books in order 14 books

Kate Wilhelm 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.

Constance and Charlie in order

12 books

1. The Gorgon Field
2. The Hamlet Trap
3. The Dark Door
4. Smart House
5. Sweet, Sweet Poison
6. Seven Kinds of Death
7. A Flush of Shadows
8. All For One
9. Sister Angel
10. Torch Song
11. With Thimbles, With Forks, and Hope
12. Whisper Her Name

Standalone books

49 books

49 Kate Wilhelm titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Kate Wilhelm books in order?

You only need to read Kate Wilhelm 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 Kate Wilhelm

Start with Death Qualified (1991), the first Barbara Holloway book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Mile-Long Spaceship (1963).

What is the newest Kate Wilhelm book?

The House Share (2022) is the newest Kate Wilhelm book released so far.

Is there a new Kate Wilhelm book coming?

No next Kate Wilhelm 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 Kate Wilhelm has won

Wikidata records 8 awards and 52 nominations for Kate Wilhelm. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Hugo Award for Best Related Work2006Won
Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame2003Won
Nebula Award for Best Short Story1988Wonfor Forever Yours, Anna
Nebula Award for Best Novelette1987Wonfor The Girl Who Fell into the Sky
Prix Tour-Apollo Award1981Wonfor Juniper Time
Locus Award for Best Novel1977Wonfor Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
Hugo Award for Best Novel1977Wonfor Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
Nebula Award for Best Short Story1969Wonfor The Planners
Locus Award for Best Novella2002Shortlistedfor Yesterday's Tomorrows
Locus Award for Best Short Story1997Shortlistedfor Forget Luck
Locus Award for Best Collection1996Shortlistedfor A Flush of Shadows
Hugo Award for Best Short Story1995Shortlistedfor I Know What You're Thinking

Kate Wilhelm at a glance

Died: Kate Wilhelm died in 2018, according to Wikidata.
After death: Books credited to Kate Wilhelm are still being published after Kate Wilhelm's death in 2018; the newest appeared in 2022.
Release pace: Kate Wilhelm books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length: 10,429 pages across the 32 of 75 books with a recorded length, a median of 344 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Kate Wilhelm books, 17 of 75, were published in the 2010s.

What the Kate Wilhelm books are about

42 of the 75 Kate Wilhelm books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: women lawyers is tagged on 12 of 42. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Women lawyers 12 of 42 books
Barbara Holloway (Fictitious character) 11 of 42 books
Science fiction 11 of 42 books
Oregon 7 of 42 books
Meiklejohn, charlie (fictitious character) 6 of 42 books
Private investigators 6 of 42 books
Charlie Meiklejohn (Fictitious character) 5 of 42 books
Constance Leidl (Fictitious character) 5 of 42 books
Legal stories 5 of 42 books
Leidl, constance (fictitious character) 5 of 42 books
Mystery & detective 4 of 42 books