Michael Marshall Smith Books in Order

How many Michael Marshall Smith books are there?

Michael Marshall Smith has 59 books, released between 1990 and 2024. They include 2 series and 44 titles listed outside any series.

Michael Marshall Smith Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 59 Michael Marshall Smith 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.

Michael Marshall Smith series in order

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

• Ememess books in order 9 books

Michael Marshall Smith 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.

Do you have to read Michael Marshall Smith books in order?

You only need to read Michael Marshall Smith 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 Michael Marshall Smith

Start with Ememess, Issue 1 (2012), the first Ememess book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Man Who Drew Cats (1990).

What is the newest Michael Marshall Smith book?

Time Out (2024) is the newest Michael Marshall Smith book released so far.

Is there a new Michael Marshall Smith book coming?

No next Michael Marshall Smith 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 Michael Marshall Smith has won

Wikidata records 8 awards and 21 nominations for Michael Marshall Smith. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

• British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction2010Wonfor What Happens When You Wake Up in the Night
• Bob Morane award for best short story2009Wonfor More Tomorrow & Other Stories
• Philip K. Dick Award2001Wonfor Only Forward
• British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction1996Wonfor More Tomorrow
• August Derleth Award1995Wonfor Only Forward
• British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction1992Wonfor The Dark Land
• British Fantasy Awards1991Won
• British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction1991Wonfor The Man Who Drew Cats
• Locus Award for Best Collection2021Shortlistedfor The Best of Michael Marshall Smith
• British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction2012Shortlistedfor Sad, Dark Thing
• Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story2009Shortlistedfor More Tomorrow & Other Stories
• August Derleth Award2008Shortlistedfor The Servants

Michael Marshall Smith at a glance

Still publishing

Michael Marshall Smith published a book as recently as 2024.

Release pace

Michael Marshall Smith books have appeared more than one a year on average.

Length

4,546 pages across the 13 of 59 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Michael Marshall Smith books, 36 of 59, were published in the 2010s.

What the Michael Marshall Smith books are about

13 of the 59 Michael Marshall Smith 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 4 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Science fiction 4 of 13 books
• Fantasy 3 of 13 books
• Horror 3 of 13 books
• Psychological fiction 2 of 13 books
• Science fiction, English 2 of 13 books
• Thrillers 2 of 13 books
• Twenty-first century 2 of 13 books