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.

Photo of Paul Di Filippo, author
Houari Boumedienne / CC BY-SA 2.0

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).

Source: Wikidata

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 November 2026.

  1. 1
    Ribofunk1996 · 241 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996241
  2. 21997–
  3. 3
    Fractal Paisleys1997 · 289 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997289
  4. 4
    Ciphers1997 · 533 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997533
  5. 5
    Would It Kill You to Smile?Will Keats #11998 · 207 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998207
  6. 6
    Lost Pages1998 · 207 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998207
  7. 7
    Muskrat CourageWill Keats #22000 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000277
  8. 8
    Joe's Liver2000 · 212 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000212
  9. 9
    Karuna, Inc2001 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001368
  10. 10
    A Year In The Linear CityLinear #12002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
  11. 11
    A Mouthful of Tongues2002 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002184
  12. 12
    Babylon Sisters and Other Posthumans2002 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002324
  13. 13
    Little Doors2002 · 290 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002290
  14. 14
    Fuzzy Dice2003 · confirmed 1/4
    2003–
  15. 15
    Neutrino Drag2004 · 396 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004396
  16. 16
    Spondulix2004 · 308 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004308
  17. 18
    Shuteye for the Timebroker2006 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006272
  18. 19
    Harp, Pipe, & Symphony2006 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006288
  19. 20
    Triquorum One2006 · 130 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006130
  20. 21
    Creature from the Black Lagoon2006 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006276
  21. 22
    Plumage from Pegasus2006 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006280
  22. 23
    Harsh Oases2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
  23. 24
    A Princess Of The Linear JungleLinear #22010 · 91 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201091
  24. 25
    Wikiworld2010 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010320
  25. 26
    Roadside Bodhisattva2010 · 158 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010158
  26. 27
    How To Write Science Fiction2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
  27. 28
    Return to the Twentieth Century2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
  28. 29
    Waves and Smart Magma2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
  29. 30
    After the Collapse2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–

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. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.

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.

When Paul Di Filippo books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Paul Di Filippo titles appeared. 2000s was the most productive decade with 17 titles.

1990s
6
2000s
17
2010s
16
2020s
8

47 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

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.