Kristine Kathryn Rusch Books in Order

How many Kristine Kathryn Rusch books are there?

Kristine Kathryn Rusch has 459 books, released between 1988 and 2026. They include 14 separate series.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 459 Kristine Kathryn Rusch 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.

There are 459 recorded titles, more than one list usefully holds. The 300 earliest are below; the series linked further down carry the rest, each in its own order.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.

Do you have to read Kristine Kathryn Rusch books in order?

You only need to read Kristine Kathryn Rusch books in order within each series: the books listed here span 14 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Start with Stained Black (Short Story) (1988), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kristine Kathryn Rusch book?

The Winter Concert (Short Story) (As: Kristine Grayson) (2026) is the newest Kristine Kathryn Rusch book released so far.

Is there a new Kristine Kathryn Rusch book coming?

No next Kristine Kathryn Rusch 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 Kristine Kathryn Rusch has won

Wikidata records 5 awards and 37 nominations for Kristine Kathryn Rusch. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

• Sidewise Award for Alternate History2014Wonfor The Enemy Within
• Sidewise Award for Alternate History2007Wonfor Recovering Apollo 8
• Hugo Award for Best Novelette2001Wonfor Millennium Babies
• Locus Award for Best Novella1992Wonfor The Gallery of His Dreams
• Astounding Award for Best New Writer1990Won
• Locus Award for Best Novella2016Shortlistedfor Inhuman Garbage
• Locus Award for Best Collection2011Shortlistedfor Recovering Apollo 8 and Other Stories
• Hugo Award for Best Novella2008Shortlistedfor Recovering Apollo 8
• Locus Award for Best Novella2008Shortlistedfor Recovering Apollo 8
• Locus Award for Best Novella2006Shortlistedfor Diving Into the Wreck
• Locus Award for Best Short Story2004Shortlistedfor June Sixteenth at Anna's
• Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story2004Shortlistedfor The Women of Whale Rock

Kristine Kathryn Rusch at a glance

Still publishing

Kristine Kathryn Rusch published a book as recently as 2026.

Release pace

Kristine Kathryn Rusch books have appeared more than one a year on average.

Length

22,815 pages across the 88 of 459 books with a recorded length, a median of 251 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Kristine Kathryn Rusch books, 342 of 459, were published in the 2010s.

Corroboration

1 of the 459 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 18 in at least three.

What the Kristine Kathryn Rusch books are about

56 of the 459 Kristine Kathryn Rusch 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 19 of 56. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Science fiction 19 of 56 books
• Fantasy 8 of 56 books
• Life on other planets 8 of 56 books
• Space opera 8 of 56 books
• Human-alien encounters 5 of 56 books
• Forensic anthropologists 4 of 56 books
• Man-woman relationships 3 of 56 books
• Media tie-in 3 of 56 books
• Science fiction, action & adventure 3 of 56 books
• Thrillers 3 of 56 books