Ken MacLeod Books in Order
Ken MacLeod has written 31 books, published between 1995 and 2024. The first book is The Star Fraction (1995) and the newest is A Jura for Julia (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 31
- Published
- 1995–2024
- Confirmed
- 4 of 31 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,961 in 21 of 31 books
- Reading time
- 99–149 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,961 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 31 titles with a page count on record.
Ken MacLeod, born in 1954, is a Scottish science fiction writer whose novels The Sky Road and The Night Sessions each won the BSFA Award, with further nominations for the Arthur C. Clarke, Hugo, Nebula, Locus and Campbell Memorial awards. A techno-utopianist, MacLeod works libertarian socialist themes through his fiction and has taken the Prometheus Award three times. He was a Guest of Honour at the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow in 2024 and sits on the advisory board of the Edinburgh Science Festival. Twenty-six books span 1995 to 2024, including the Fall Revolution, Engines of Light and Corporation Wars sequences.
Source: Wikidata
How many Ken MacLeod books are there?
Ken MacLeod has 31 books, released between 1995 and 2024. They include 4 series and 12 titles listed outside any series.
Ken MacLeod Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 31 Ken MacLeod 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.
- 119953201/4
- 219963521/4
- 319981142/4
- 419982401/4
- 519993041/4
- 620003521/4
- 720013401/4
- 82001803/4
- 920023841/4
- 10Newton's Wake2004 · 315 pages · confirmed 1/420043151/4
- 11Learning the World2005 · confirmed 1/42005–1/4
- 12Giant Lizards From Another Star2006 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420063521/4
- 132006801/4
- 14The Execution Channel2007 · 285 pages · confirmed 1/420072851/4
- 15The Night Sessions2008 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/420083241/4
- 16The Restoration Game2010 · 303 pages · confirmed 1/420103031/4
- 17Earth Hour2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 18Intrusion2012 · 387 pages · confirmed 1/420123871/4
- 19Descent2014 · 403 pages · confirmed 1/420144031/4
- 20Poems2015 · 120 pages · confirmed 1/420151201/4
- 2120163911/4
- 2220163711/4
- 232016–3/4
- 242017–1/4
- 252019–3/4
- 26Selkie Summer2020 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/420201441/4
- 272021–1/4
- 282022–3/4
- 292023–1/4
- 30A Jura for Julia2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 312024–1/4
Ken MacLeod 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.
Fall Revolution in order
4 booksEngines of Light in order
3 books- 1. Cosmonaut Keep
- 2. Dark Light
- 3. Engine City
Corporation Wars in order
3 books- 1. Dissidence
- 2. Insurgence
- 3. Emergence
Lightspeed Trilogy in order
3 booksShoreline of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine in order
3 booksChap in order
1 bookWeb - 2028 in order
1 book- 2. Cydonia
Standalone books
12 books12 Ken MacLeod titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Ken MacLeod books in order?
You only need to read Ken MacLeod books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Ken MacLeod
Start with The Star Fraction (1995), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Ken MacLeod book?
A Jura for Julia (2024) is the newest Ken MacLeod book released so far.
Is there a new Ken MacLeod book coming?
No next Ken MacLeod 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 Ken MacLeod has won
Wikidata records 3 awards and 36 nominations for Ken MacLeod. 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.
- BSFA Award for Best Novel2008Wonfor The Night Sessions
- BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction2007Wonfor Lighting Out
- BSFA Award for Best Novel1999Wonfor The Sky Road
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2022Shortlistedfor Beyond the Hallowed Sky
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2018Shortlistedfor Emergence
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2017Shortlistedfor Dissidence
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2013Shortlistedfor Intrusion
- Arthur C. Clarke Award2013Shortlistedfor Intrusion
- BSFA Award for Best Novel2012Shortlistedfor Intrusion
- BSFA Award for Best Novel2010Shortlistedfor The Restoration Game
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2009Shortlistedfor The Night Sessions
- Hugo Award for Best Short Story2008Shortlistedfor Who's Afraid of Wolf 359?
Ken MacLeod at a glance
- Still publishing
- Ken MacLeod published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Ken MacLeod books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,961 pages across the 21 of 31 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ken MacLeod books, 10 of 31, were published in the 2010s.
When Ken MacLeod books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Ken MacLeod titles appeared. 2000s was the most productive decade with 10 titles.
31 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Ken MacLeod books are about
21 of the 31 Ken MacLeod 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 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 13 of 21 books
- Life on other planets 8 of 21 books
- Space opera 3 of 21 books
- Space colonies 3 of 21 books
- Space flight 3 of 21 books
- Artificial intelligence 2 of 21 books
- Exploration 2 of 21 books
- Exploration of outer space 2 of 21 books
- Great Britain 2 of 21 books
- Human-alien encounters 2 of 21 books
- Scotland 2 of 21 books
- Space ships 2 of 21 books