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Peter Watts Books in Order

Peter Watts has written 15 books, published between 1994 and 2026. The first book is Beyond the Rift (1994) and the newest is Fold Catastrophes (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
1994–2026
Pages on record
3,295 in 11 of 15 books
Reading time
55–82 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,295 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Peter Watts, author

Peter Watts is a Canadian author of hard science fiction, born January 25, 1958. Watts earned a Ph.D. in 1991 from the University of British Columbia's Department of Zoology and Resource Ecology, went on to academic research and teaching posts, and worked as a marine-mammal biologist; fiction publication began around the end of graduate school. The catalogue lists 15 books from 1994 to 2026, among them Starfish (1999), Maelstrom (2001), Blindsight (2006) and Fold Catastrophes (2026). Rifters and Firefall are the series credited to Watts.

How many Peter Watts books are there?

Peter Watts has 15 books, released between 1994 and 2026. They include 2 series and 7 titles listed outside any series.

Peter Watts Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Peter Watts 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 Beyond the Rift by Peter Watts (1994)
  2. Cover of Starfish by Peter Watts, book 1 of the Rifters series (1999)
  3. Cover of Maelstrom by Peter Watts, book 2 of the Rifters series (2001)
  4. Cover of Ten Monkeys, Ten Minutes by Peter Watts (2002)
  5. Cover of Behemoth: B-Max by Peter Watts, book 3 of the Rifters series (2004)
  6. Cover of Behemoth: Seppuku by Peter Watts, book 4 of the Rifters series (2004)
  7. Cover of Blindsight by Peter Watts, book 1 of the Firefall series (2006)
  8. Cover of The Island by Peter Watts (2009)
  9. Cover of Crysis: Legion by Peter Watts, book 1 of the Crysis series (2011)
  10. Cover of Echopraxia by Peter Watts, book 3 of the Firefall series (2014)
  11. Cover of The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts (2018)
  12. Cover of Peter Watts Is An Angry Sentient Tumor by Peter Watts (2019)
  1. 1
    Beyond the Rift1994 · 229 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994229
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  2. 2
    StarfishRifters #11999 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999320
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  3. 3
    MaelstromRifters #22001 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001384
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  4. 4
    Ten Monkeys, Ten Minutes2002 · 167 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002167
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  5. 5
    Behemoth: B-MaxRifters #32004 · 300 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004300
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  6. 6
    Behemoth: SeppukuRifters #42004 · 303 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004303
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  7. 7
    BlindsightFirefall #12006 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006384
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  8. 8
    The Island2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  9. 9
    The Things2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  10. 10
    Crysis: LegionCrysis #12011 · 314 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011314
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  11. 11
    The ColonelFirefall #22014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  12. 12
    EchopraxiaFirefall #32014 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014384
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  13. 13
    The Freeze-Frame Revolution2018 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018192
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  14. 14
    Peter Watts Is An Angry Sentient Tumor2019 · 318 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019318
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  15. 15
    Fold Catastrophes2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Peter Watts 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.

Rifters in order

4 books
  1. 1. Starfish
  2. 2. Maelstrom
  3. 3. Behemoth: B-Max
  4. 4. Behemoth: Seppuku

Firefall in order

3 books
  1. 1. Blindsight
  2. 2. The Colonel
  3. 3. Echopraxia

Crysis in order

1 book
  1. 1. Crysis: Legion

Standalone books

7 books

7 Peter Watts titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Peter Watts books in order?

You only need to read Peter Watts books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Peter Watts

Start with Beyond the Rift (1994), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Peter Watts book?

Fold Catastrophes (2026) is the newest Peter Watts book released so far.

Is there a new Peter Watts book coming?

No next Peter Watts 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 Peter Watts has won

Wikidata records 2 awards and 22 nominations for Peter Watts. 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 Novelette2010Wonfor The Island
  • Shirley Jackson Award2010Won
  • Locus Award for Best Novelette2026Shortlistedfor The Twenty-One Second God
  • Locus Award for Best Novelette2024Shortlistedfor Contracting Iris
  • Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story2023Shortlistedfor Collateral
  • Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story2020Shortlistedfor ZeroS
  • Locus Award for Best Novella2019Shortlistedfor The Freeze-Frame Revolution
  • Locus Award for Best Short Story2019Shortlistedfor Kindred
  • Locus Award for Best Novelette2018Shortlistedfor ZeroS
  • Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story2017Shortlistedfor Au-delà du gouffre
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2015Shortlistedfor Echopraxia
  • Locus Award for Best Novelette2015Shortlistedfor The Colonel

Peter Watts at a glance

Still publishing
Peter Watts published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Peter Watts books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,295 pages across the 11 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 314 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Peter Watts books, 6 of 15, were published in the 2010s.

What the Peter Watts books are about

11 of the 15 Peter Watts 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 7 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.