Malka Ann Older Books in Order
Malka Ann Older has written 9 books, published between 2015 and 2025. The first book is Tear Tracks (2015) and the newest is The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2015–2025
- Pages on record
- 1,438 in 4 of 9 books
Malka Ann Older, born 30 October 1977, writes science fiction and works as an academic and a humanitarian aid worker, serving as executive director of Global Voices. The Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs named Older its 2015 Senior Fellow for Technology and Risk. Nine books are catalogued, from Tear Tracks (2015) to The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses (2025). Infomocracy (2016) began The Centenal Cycle, continued by Null States (2017) and State Tectonics (2018); State Tectonics drew a Prometheus Award nomination in 2019, and the cycle a Hugo nomination that same year. Mossa & Pleiti is the other series recorded here.
How many Malka Ann Older books are there?
Malka Ann Older has 9 books, released between 2015 and 2025. They include 2 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.
Malka Ann Older Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Malka Ann Older 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.
- 1Tear Tracks2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 220163801/4
- 3Narrative Disorder2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 420174291/4
- 520184281/4
- 6...and Other Disasters2019 · 201 pages · confirmed 1/420192011/4
- 72023–1/4
- 82024–1/4
- 92025–1/4
Malka Ann Older 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.
Centenal Cycle in order
3 booksMossa & Pleiti in order
3 booksStandalone books
3 books3 Malka Ann Older titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Malka Ann Older books in order?
You only need to read Malka Ann Older 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 Malka Ann Older
Start with Tear Tracks (2015), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Malka Ann Older book?
The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses (2025) is the newest Malka Ann Older book released so far.
Is there a new Malka Ann Older book coming?
No next Malka Ann Older 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 Malka Ann Older has won
Wikidata records 1 award and 11 nominations for Malka Ann Older. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Locus Award for Best Anthology2026Wonfor We Will Rise Again
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2025Shortlistedfor The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles
- Hugo Award for Best Novella2024Shortlistedfor The Mimicking of Known Successes
- Locus Award for Best Novella2024Shortlistedfor The Mimicking of Known Successes
- Nebula Award for Best Novella2024Shortlistedfor The Mimicking of Known Successes
- Ignyte Award for Best Novella2024Shortlistedfor The Mimicking of Known Successes
- Ignyte Award for Best Short Story2023Shortlistedfor The Locked Pod
- Ignyte Award for Best Novelette2022Shortlistedfor The Badger's Digestion; or The First First-Hand Description of Deneskan Beastcraft by an Aouwan Researcher
- Locus Award for Best Collection2020Shortlistedfor ... and Other Disasters
- Hugo Award for Best Series2019Shortlistedfor The Centenal Cycle
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2018Shortlistedfor Null States
- Locus Award for Best First Novel2017Shortlistedfor Infomocracy
Malka Ann Older at a glance
- Still publishing
- Malka Ann Older published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Malka Ann Older books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,438 pages across the 4 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 404 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Malka Ann Older books, 6 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Malka Ann Older books are about
4 of the 9 Malka Ann Older 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 3 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 3 of 4 books
- Corporations 2 of 4 books
- Political corruption 2 of 4 books
- Anthropologists 1 of 4 books
- Compassion 1 of 4 books
- Corporations -- Fiction 1 of 4 books
- Corrupt practices 1 of 4 books
- Election 1 of 4 books
- Empathy 1 of 4 books
- Identity (Philosophical concept) 1 of 4 books
- Interstellar travel 1 of 4 books
- Midwives 1 of 4 books