Sam J. Miller Books in Order
Sam J. Miller has written 10 books, published between 2011 and 2022. The first book is Horror After 9/11: World of Fear, Cinema of Terror (2011) and the newest is Kid Wolf and Kraken Boy (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2011–2022
- Pages on record
- 1,713 in 5 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 29–43 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,713 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Sam J. Miller, born February 7, 1979, is an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Stories have run in Clarkesworld, Asimov's Science Fiction and Lightspeed, and been reprinted in more than 15 Year's Best collections. Miller has been a finalist for the Nebula, World Fantasy and Theodore Sturgeon awards, took the 2013 Shirley Jackson Award for the short story 57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides, and won the 2019 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for a second novel, Blackfish City. The catalogue holds 10 titles dated 2011 to 2022, among them The Art of Starving (2017), Destroy All Monsters (2019) and Boys, Beasts & Men (2022).
How many Sam J. Miller books are there?
Sam J. Miller has 10 books, released between 2011 and 2022.
Sam J. Miller Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Sam J. Miller 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.
- 1Horror After 9/11: World of Fear, Cinema of Terror2011 · 263 pages · confirmed 1/420112631/4
- 2The Heat of Us: Notes Toward an Oral History2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 3The Art of Starving2017 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/420174001/4
- 4The Future of Hunger in the Age of Programmable Matter2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 5Blackfish City2018 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420183361/4
- 6Destroy All Monsters2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 7The Blade Between2020 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/420203841/4
- 8Let All the Children Boogie2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 9Boys, Beasts & Men2022 · 330 pages · confirmed 1/420223301/4
- 10Kid Wolf and Kraken Boy2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
Sam J. Miller 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.
Standalone books
10 books10 Sam J. Miller titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Sam J. Miller books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 10 Sam J. Miller books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Sam J. Miller
Start with Horror After 9/11: World of Fear, Cinema of Terror (2011), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Sam J. Miller book?
Kid Wolf and Kraken Boy (2022) is the newest Sam J. Miller book released so far.
Is there a new Sam J. Miller book coming?
No next Sam J. Miller 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 Sam J. Miller has won
Wikidata records 2 awards and 23 nominations for Sam J. Miller. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Locus Award for Best Collection2023Wonfor Boys, Beasts & Men
- John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2019Wonfor Blackfish City
- Locus Award for Best Short Story2026Shortlistedfor Courtney Lovecraft's Book of the Dead
- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story2025Shortlistedfor Kid Wolf and Kraken Boy
- Locus Award for Best Novelette2024Shortlistedfor Planetstuck
- Locus Award for Best Short Story2024Shortlistedfor If Someone You Love Has Become a Vurdalak
- World Fantasy Award for Best Collection2023Shortlistedfor Boys, Beasts & Men
- Locus Award for Best Short Story2022Shortlistedfor Let All the Children Boogie
- Nebula Award for Best Short Story2022Shortlistedfor Let All the Children Boogie
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2021Shortlistedfor The Blade Between
- Locus Award for Best Short Story2020Shortlistedfor Shucked
- Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2020Shortlistedfor Destroy All Monsters
Sam J. Miller at a glance
- Paused
- No new Sam J. Miller title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Sam J. Miller books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,713 pages across the 5 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sam J. Miller books, 6 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
What the Sam J. Miller books are about
4 of the 10 Sam J. Miller books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- American literature 1 of 4 books
- Bullying 1 of 4 books
- Family life 1 of 4 books
- Father-son relationship 1 of 4 books
- Fathers and sons 1 of 4 books
- Gay photographers 1 of 4 books
- Gay teenagers 1 of 4 books
- Gentrification 1 of 4 books
- Haunted places 1 of 4 books
- History and criticism 1 of 4 books
- Horror films 1 of 4 books