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Paul Di Filippo Books in Order

Paul Di Filippo has written 47 books, published between 1996 and 2024. The first book is Ribofunk (1996) and the newest is Vangie's Ghosts (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
47
Published
1996–2024
Pages on record
8,005 in 30 of 47 books
Reading time
133–200 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,005 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 30 of 47 titles with a page count on record.

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Paul Di Filippo, born October 29, 1954, is an American science fiction writer and a regular reviewer. Review work has appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Science Fiction Eye, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Interzone and Nova Express, online at Science Fiction Weekly, and since 2013 in Locus. Di Filippo belongs to the Turkey City Writer's Workshop, and the novella A Year in the Linear City earned a Hugo nomination for Best Novella. The catalogue lists 47 books from Ribofunk (1996) to Vangie's Ghosts (2024).

How many Paul Di Filippo books are there?

Paul Di Filippo has 47 books, released between 1996 and 2024. They include 4 series and 38 titles listed outside any series.

Paul Di Filippo Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 47 Paul Di Filippo 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.

  1. Cover of Ribofunk by Paul Di Filippo (1996)
  2. Cover of Fractal Paisleys by Paul Di Filippo (1997)
  3. Cover of Ciphers by Paul Di Filippo (1997)
  4. Cover of Would It Kill You to Smile? by Paul Di Filippo, book 1 of the Will Keats series (1998)
  5. Cover of Lost Pages by Paul Di Filippo (1998)
  6. Cover of Muskrat Courage by Paul Di Filippo, book 2 of the Will Keats series (2000)
  7. Cover of Joe's Liver by Paul Di Filippo (2000)
  8. Cover of Karuna, Inc by Paul Di Filippo (2001)
  9. Cover of A Mouthful of Tongues by Paul Di Filippo (2002)
  10. Cover of Babylon Sisters and Other Posthumans by Paul Di Filippo (2002)
  11. Cover of Neutrino Drag by Paul Di Filippo (2004)
  12. Cover of Spondulix by Paul Di Filippo (2004)
  13. Cover of The Emperor of Gondwanaland and Other Stories by Paul Di Filippo (2005)
  14. Cover of Shuteye for the Timebroker by Paul Di Filippo (2006)
  15. Cover of Harp, Pipe, & Symphony by Paul Di Filippo (2006)
  16. Cover of Creature from the Black Lagoon by Paul Di Filippo (2006)
  17. Cover of Plumage from Pegasus by Paul Di Filippo (2006)
  18. Cover of A Princess Of The Linear Jungle by Paul Di Filippo, book 2 of the Linear series (2010)
  19. Cover of Wikiworld by Paul Di Filippo (2010)
  20. Cover of Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Paul Di Filippo (2012)
  21. Cover of A Palazzo in the Stars by Paul Di Filippo (2015)
  22. Cover of Lost Among the Stars by Paul Di Filippo (2017)
  23. Cover of Infinite Fantastika by Paul Di Filippo (2018)
  24. Cover of The Deadly Kiss-Off by Paul Di Filippo, book 2 of the Glen and Stan series (2019)
  1. 1
    Ribofunk1996 · 241 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996241
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  2. 2
    Alice, Alfie, Ted and the Aliens (Interzone, #117)1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  3. 3
    Fractal Paisleys1997 · 289 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997289
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  4. 4
    Ciphers1997 · 533 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997533
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  5. 5
    Would It Kill You to Smile?Will Keats #11998 · 207 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998207
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  6. 6
    Lost Pages1998 · 207 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998207
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  7. 7
    Muskrat CourageWill Keats #22000 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000277
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  8. 8
    Joe's Liver2000 · 212 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000212
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  9. 9
    Karuna, Inc2001 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001368
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  10. 10
    A Year In The Linear CityLinear #12002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    A Mouthful of Tongues2002 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002184
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  12. 12
    Babylon Sisters and Other Posthumans2002 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002324
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  13. 13
    Little Doors2002 · 290 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002290
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  14. 14
    Fuzzy Dice2003 · confirmed 1/4
    2003–
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  15. 15
    Neutrino Drag2004 · 396 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004396
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  16. 16
    Spondulix2004 · 308 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004308
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  17. 18
    Shuteye for the Timebroker2006 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006272
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  18. 19
    Harp, Pipe, & Symphony2006 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006288
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  19. 20
    Triquorum One2006 · 130 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006130
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  20. 21
    Creature from the Black Lagoon2006 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006276
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  21. 22
    Plumage from Pegasus2006 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006280
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  22. 23
    Harsh Oases2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  23. 24
    A Princess Of The Linear JungleLinear #22010 · 91 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201091
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  24. 25
    Wikiworld2010 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010320
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  25. 26
    Roadside Bodhisattva2010 · 158 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010158
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  26. 27
    How To Write Science Fiction2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  27. 28
    Return to the Twentieth Century2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  28. 29
    Waves and Smart Magma2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  29. 30
    After the Collapse2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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Paul Di Filippo 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.

Glen and Stan in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Big Get-Even
  2. 2. The Deadly Kiss-Off
  3. 3. The Mezcal Crack-Up

Will Keats in order

2 books
  1. 1. Would It Kill You to Smile?
  2. 2. Muskrat Courage

Linear in order

2 books
  1. 1. A Year In The Linear City
  2. 2. A Princess Of The Linear Jungle

Quinary in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Summer Thieves of the Quinary

NP Novella

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Standalone books

38 books

38 Paul Di Filippo titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Paul Di Filippo books in order?

You only need to read Paul Di Filippo books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Paul Di Filippo

Start with Ribofunk (1996), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Paul Di Filippo book?

Vangie's Ghosts (2024) is the newest Paul Di Filippo book released so far.

Is there a new Paul Di Filippo book coming?

No next Paul Di Filippo 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 Paul Di Filippo has won

Wikidata records 2 awards and 39 nominations for Paul Di Filippo. 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 Story2005Wonfor Sisyphus and the Stranger
  • BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction1994Wonfor The Double Felix
  • Locus Award for Best Novelette2015Shortlistedfor I'll Follow the Sun
  • Locus Award for Best Novelette2010Shortlistedfor Yes We Have No Bananas
  • Locus Award for Best Novelette2008Shortlistedfor Wikiworld
  • Locus Award for Best Novelette2007Shortlistedfor Femaville 29
  • Locus Award for Best Collection2007Shortlistedfor Shuteye for the Timebroker
  • Locus Award for Best Novelette2006Shortlistedfor The Emperor of Gondwanaland
  • Locus Award for Best Collection2006Shortlistedfor The Emperor of Gondwanaland and Other Stories
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2005Shortlistedfor Spondulix: A Romance of Hoboken
  • Locus Award for Best Novelette2005Shortlistedfor Observable Things
  • Locus Award for Best Collection2005Shortlistedfor Neutrino Drag

Paul Di Filippo at a glance

Still publishing
Paul Di Filippo published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Paul Di Filippo books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
8,005 pages across the 30 of 47 books with a recorded length, a median of 278 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Paul Di Filippo books, 17 of 47, were published in the 2000s.

What the Paul Di Filippo books are about

24 of the 47 Paul Di Filippo 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 10 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.