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Robert Charles Wilson Books in Order

Robert Charles Wilson has written 23 books, published between 1986 and 2023. The first book is A Hidden Place (1986) and the newest is Owning the Unknown (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
23
Published
1986–2023
Confirmed
1 of 23 titles
Pages on record
5,330 in 18 of 23 books
Reading time
89–133 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,330 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 23 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Robert Charles Wilson, author of the Spin Saga

Science fiction is the field of Robert Charles Wilson, an American-Canadian author born on December 15, 1953. The catalogue credits Wilson with 23 books from A Hidden Place (1986) to Owning the Unknown (2023), one of them shared with Marc Scott Zicree. Subject tags include the end of the world, human-alien encounters, time travel and cults. Memory Wire (1987), The Divide (1989), Mysterium (1994) and Darwinia (1998) come from the earlier years, and the Spin Saga is the named Wilson series.

How many Robert Charles Wilson books are there?

Robert Charles Wilson has 23 books, released between 1986 and 2023. 3 of them belong to the Spin Saga series.

Robert Charles Wilson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 23 Robert Charles Wilson 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 A Hidden Place by Robert Charles Wilson (1986)
  2. Cover of Memory Wire by Robert Charles Wilson (1987)
  3. Cover of The Divide by Robert Charles Wilson (1989)
  4. Cover of The Harvest by Robert Charles Wilson (1992)
  5. Cover of Mysterium by Robert Charles Wilson (1994)
  6. Cover of The Perseids by Robert Charles Wilson (1995)
  7. Cover of Divided by Infinity (in Starlight 2) by Robert Charles Wilson (1998)
  8. Cover of Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson (1998)
  9. Cover of Bios by Robert Charles Wilson (1999)
  10. Cover of The Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson (2001)
  11. Cover of Ghostlands, book 2 of the Magic Time series (2003)
  12. Cover of Blind Lake by Robert Charles Wilson (2003)
  13. Cover of Spin by Robert Charles Wilson, book 1 of the Spin Saga (2005)
  14. Cover of Julian by Robert Charles Wilson (2006)
  15. Cover of Axis by Robert Charles Wilson, book 2 of the Spin Saga (2007)
  16. Cover of Julian Comstock by Robert Charles Wilson (2009)
  17. Cover of Vortex by Robert Charles Wilson, book 3 of the Spin Saga (2011)
  18. Cover of Burning Paradise by Robert Charles Wilson (2013)
  19. Cover of The Affinities by Robert Charles Wilson (2015)
  20. Cover of Last Year by Robert Charles Wilson (2016)
  1. 1
    A Hidden Place1986 · confirmed 1/4
    1986–
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  2. 2
    Memory Wire1987 · 219 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987219
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  3. 3
    Gypsies1988 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988240
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  4. 4
    The Divide1989 · 249 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989249
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  5. 5
    A Bridge of Years1991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  6. 6
    The Harvest1992 · 394 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992394
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  7. 7
    Mysterium1994 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994276
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  8. 8
    The Perseids1995 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995224
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  9. 9
    Divided by Infinity (in Starlight 2)1998 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998320
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  10. 10
    Darwinia1998 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998320
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  11. 11
    Bios1999 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999208
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  12. 12
    The Chronoliths2001 · 301 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001301
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  13. 13
    GhostlandsMagic Time #22003 · confirmed 3/4
    2003–
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  14. 14
    Blind Lake2003 · 399 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003399
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  15. 15
    SpinSpin Saga #12005 · 454 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005454
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  16. 16
    Julian2006 · 86 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200686
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  17. 17
    AxisSpin Saga #22007 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007304
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  18. 18
    Julian Comstock2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  19. 19
    VortexSpin Saga #32011 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011368
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  20. 20
    Burning Paradise2013 · 317 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013317
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  21. 21
    The Affinities2015 · 300 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015300
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  22. 22
    Last Year2016 · 351 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016351
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  23. 23
    Owning the Unknown2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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Robert Charles Wilson 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.

Spin Saga in order

3 books
  1. 1. Spin
  2. 2. Axis
  3. 3. Vortex

Magic Time in order

1 book
  1. 2. Ghostlands

Standalone books

19 books

19 Robert Charles Wilson titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Robert Charles Wilson books in order?

You only need to read Robert Charles Wilson books in order within the Spin Saga series, which holds 3 of the 23 Robert Charles Wilson books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Robert Charles Wilson

Start with A Hidden Place (1986), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Robert Charles Wilson book?

Owning the Unknown (2023) is the newest Robert Charles Wilson book released so far.

Is there a new Robert Charles Wilson book coming?

No next Robert Charles Wilson 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 Robert Charles Wilson has won

Wikidata records 6 awards and 39 nominations for Robert Charles Wilson. 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 Novel2008Wonfor Spin
  • Theodore Sturgeon Award2007Wonfor The Cartesian Theater
  • Hugo Award for Best Novel2006Wonfor Spin
  • Geffen Award2006Won
  • John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2002Won
  • Philip K. Dick Award1995Wonfor Mysterium
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2017Shortlistedfor Last Year
  • Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story2015Shortlistedfor The Perseids and Other Stories
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2014Shortlistedfor Burning Paradise
  • Locus Award for Best Novelette2013Shortlistedfor Fireborn
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2012Shortlistedfor Vortex
  • Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel2011Shortlistedfor A Bridge of Years

Robert Charles Wilson at a glance

Paused
No new Robert Charles Wilson title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Robert Charles Wilson books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
5,330 pages across the 18 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 302 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Robert Charles Wilson books, 7 of 23, were published in the 2000s.

What the Robert Charles Wilson books are about

20 of the 23 Robert Charles Wilson 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 13 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.