Nina Allan Books in Order
Nina Allan has written 19 books, published between 1994 and 2025. The first book is Madness, Death And Disease In The Fiction Of Vladimir Nabokov (1994) and the newest is A Granite Silence (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 19
- Published
- 1994–2025
- Pages on record
- 487 in 3 of 19 books
Nina Allan, born 27 May 1966, is a British writer of speculative fiction. Allan has published five short story collections, five novels and several novella-length works, and short fiction by Allan has appeared in Interzone, Black Static and Crimewave. That work has been nominated for or won awards including the Grand prix de l'Imaginaire and the BSFA Award. The catalogue holds 19 titles reaching A Granite Silence (2025), with the 2010s the densest stretch; Sunshine (2012), Spin (2013) and The Harlequin (2015) sit inside it.
How many Nina Allan books are there?
Nina Allan has 19 books, released between 1994 and 2025.
Nina Allan Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 Nina Allan 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.
- 1Madness, Death And Disease In The Fiction Of Vladimir Nabokov1994 · 89 pages · confirmed 1/41994891/4
- 2Bird Songs at Eventide2005 · confirmed 1/42005–1/4
- 3A Thread of Truth2007 · 244 pages · confirmed 1/420072441/4
- 4My Brother's Keeper2009 · 154 pages · confirmed 1/420091541/4
- 5The Silver Wind / Complications2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 6Sunshine2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 72013–2/4
- 8Spin2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 9Angelus2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 10The Harlequin2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 11The Race2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 122016–2/4
- 13The Art of Space Travel2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 14The Rift2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 15The Dollmaker2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 16The Good Neighbours2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 17The Art of Space Travel and Other Stories2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 18Conquest2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 19A Granite Silence2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Nina Allan 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.
Five Stories High Books in order
1 book- 2. Maggots
Imaginings in order
1 book- 5. Microcosmos
Standalone books
17 books17 Nina Allan titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Nina Allan books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 19 Nina Allan books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Nina Allan
Start with Madness, Death And Disease In The Fiction Of Vladimir Nabokov (1994), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Nina Allan book?
A Granite Silence (2025) is the newest Nina Allan book released so far.
Is there a new Nina Allan book coming?
No next Nina Allan 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 Nina Allan has won
Wikidata records 3 awards and 22 nominations for Nina Allan. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- BSFA Award for Best Novel2017Wonfor The Rift
- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story2014Wonfor The Silver Wind: Four Stories of Time Disrupted
- BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction2013Wonfor Spin
- BSFA Award for Best Novel2025Shortlistedfor A Granite Silence
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2024Shortlistedfor Conquest
- Locus Award for Best Short Story2022Shortlistedfor A Princess of Mars: Svetlana Belkina and Tarkovsky's Lost Movie Aelita
- Locus Award for Best Collection2022Shortlistedfor The Art of Space Travel and Other Stories
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2020Shortlistedfor The Silver Wind
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2020Shortlistedfor The Dollmaker
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2018Shortlistedfor The Rift
- BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction2018Shortlistedfor The Gift of Angels: An introduction
- British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction2018Shortlistedfor Four Abstracts
Nina Allan at a glance
- Still publishing
- Nina Allan published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Nina Allan books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 487 pages across the 3 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 154 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Nina Allan books, 11 of 19, were published in the 2010s.
What the Nina Allan books are about
2 of the 19 Nina Allan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Authors 1 of 2 books
- Clocks and watches 1 of 2 books
- Criticism and interpretation 1 of 2 books
- Death in literature 1 of 2 books
- Diseases in literature 1 of 2 books
- English literature 1 of 2 books
- History and criticism 1 of 2 books
- Mental illness in literature 1 of 2 books
- Russian Authors 1 of 2 books
- Ziekte 1 of 2 books