Pat Cadigan Books in Order
Pat Cadigan has written 30 books, published between 1987 and 2025. The first book is Mindplayers (1987) and the newest is Ultraman - Ultraseven (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 30
- Published
- 1987–2025
- Pages on record
- 5,564 in 20 of 30 books
- Reading time
- 93–139 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,564 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 30 titles with a page count on record.
Pat Cadigan is a British-American science fiction author whose work sits with the cyberpunk movement and returns to the relationship between the human mind and technology. Mindplayers, the 1987 debut, drew a Philip K. Dick Award nomination the following year, and Synners (1991) and Fools (1992) follow it. The catalogue lists 30 books through 2025, at a median of 280 pages, with the 1990s the heaviest decade. Virtual reality, computer hackers and conscious automata recur as subjects, and Alita: Battle Angel and Artificial Reality Division are the named series.
How many Pat Cadigan books are there?
Pat Cadigan has 30 books, released between 1987 and 2025. They include 3 series and 22 titles listed outside any series.
Pat Cadigan Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 30 Pat Cadigan 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.
- 1Mindplayers1987 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/419872761/4
- 2My Brother's Keeper1988 · confirmed 1/41988–1/4
- 3Fool to Believe (in Asimov's)1990 · confirmed 1/41990–1/4
- 4Patterns1991 · 207 pages · confirmed 1/419912071/4
- 5Synners1991 · 435 pages · confirmed 1/419914351/4
- 6Home by the Sea1992 · 283 pages · confirmed 1/419922831/4
- 7Fools1992 · confirmed 1/41992–1/4
- 8True Faces (in F&SF)1992 · confirmed 1/41992–1/4
- 9Dirty Work1993 · 311 pages · confirmed 1/419933111/4
- 10Making of Lost in Space1998 · 127 pages · confirmed 1/419981271/4
- 1119981122/4
- 12Resurrecting the Mummy1999 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/41999961/4
- 13Lost in Space1999 · 201 pages · confirmed 1/419992011/4
- 1420012401/4
- 1520044161/4
- 16Cellular2004 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/420044161/4
- 1720054161/4
- 1820052541/4
- 1920054161/4
- 20Death in the Promised Land2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 21The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi2012 · 30 pages · confirmed 1/42012301/4
- 22Chalk2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 23The Christmas Show2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 2420183361/4
- 2520183841/4
- 26Harley Quinn: Mad Love2018 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420183361/4
- 27AI and the Trolley Problem2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 28Gemini Man2019 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420192721/4
- 29Ultraman2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 30Ultraman - Ultraseven2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Pat Cadigan series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
Pat Cadigan 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.
Artificial Reality Division in order
2 booksJason X in order
2 books- 1. Jason X
- 2. The Experiment
Twilight Zone in order
1 bookWeb - 2028 in order
1 book- 5. Avatar
Standalone books
22 books22 Pat Cadigan titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Pat Cadigan books in order?
You only need to read Pat Cadigan books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Pat Cadigan
Start with Alita (2018), the first Alita: Battle Angel book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Mindplayers (1987).
What is the newest Pat Cadigan book?
Ultraman - Ultraseven (2025) is the newest Pat Cadigan book released so far.
Is there a new Pat Cadigan book coming?
No next Pat Cadigan 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 Pat Cadigan has won
Wikidata records 7 awards and 49 nominations for Pat Cadigan. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Hugo Award for Best Novelette2013Wonfor The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi
- Locus Award for Best Novelette2013Wonfor The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi
- Arthur C. Clarke Award1995Wonfor Fools
- Arthur C. Clarke Award1992Wonfor Synners
- Locus Award for Best Collection1990Wonfor Patterns
- Locus Award for Best Short Story1988Wonfor Angel
- World Fantasy Special Award: Non-Professional1981Won
- Locus Award for Best Novelette2020Shortlistedfor About the O'Dells
- Locus Award for Best Novelette2014Shortlistedfor The Christmas Show
- Locus Award for Best Novelette2014Shortlistedfor Chalk
- British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction2014Shortlistedfor Chalk
- Locus Award for Best Short Story2011Shortlistedfor The Taste of Night
Pat Cadigan at a glance
- Still publishing
- Pat Cadigan published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Pat Cadigan books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,564 pages across the 20 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 280 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Pat Cadigan books, 11 of 30, were published in the 1990s.
What the Pat Cadigan books are about
17 of the 30 Pat Cadigan 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 5 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 5 of 17 books
- Science fiction, hard science fiction 3 of 17 books
- Virtual reality 3 of 17 books
- American literature 2 of 17 books