Nancy Kress Books in Order

How many Nancy Kress books are there?

Nancy Kress has 58 books, released between 1981 and 2026. They include 6 series and 39 titles listed outside any series.

Nancy Kress Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 58 Nancy Kress 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.

Nancy Kress 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 Nancy Kress books in order?

You only need to read Nancy Kress books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Nancy Kress

Start with The Prince of Morning Bells (1981), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Nancy Kress book?

The Queen's Witch (2026) is the newest Nancy Kress book released so far.

Is there a new Nancy Kress book coming?

No next Nancy Kress 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 Nancy Kress has won

Wikidata records 14 awards and 87 nominations for Nancy Kress. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

• Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story2018Wonfor Danses aériennes
• Nebula Award for Best Novella2015Wonfor Yesterday's Kin
• Locus Award for Best Novella2015Wonfor Yesterday's Kin
• Nebula Award for Best Novella2013Wonfor After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall
• Locus Award for Best Novella2013Wonfor After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall
• Hugo Award for Best Novella2009Wonfor The Erdmann Nexus
• Nebula Award for Best Novella2008Wonfor Fountain of Age
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2003Wonfor Probability Space
• Nebula Award for Best Novelette1998Wonfor The Flowers of Aulit Prison
• Theodore Sturgeon Award1997Wonfor The Flowers of Aulit Prison
• Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story1995Wonfor Beggars in Spain
• Nebula Award for Best Novella1992Wonfor Beggars in Spain

Nancy Kress at a glance

Still publishing

Nancy Kress published a book as recently as 2026.

Release pace

Nancy Kress books have appeared about one a year on average.

Length

12,450 pages across the 43 of 58 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Nancy Kress books, 18 of 58, were published in the 1990s.

What the Nancy Kress books are about

37 of the 58 Nancy Kress 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 16 of 37. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Science fiction 16 of 37 books
• Human-alien encounters 9 of 37 books
• Genetic engineering 7 of 37 books
• Life on other planets 6 of 37 books
• Space opera 4 of 37 books
• Space warfare 4 of 37 books
• Technique 3 of 37 books
• American literature 2 of 37 books
• Authorship 2 of 37 books
• Characters and characteristics in literature 2 of 37 books
• Extraterrestrial beings 2 of 37 books