Sean Williams Books in Order
Sean Williams has written 43 books, published between 1994 and 2021. The first book is Doorway to eternity (1994) and the newest is Little Labyrinths: Speculative Microfictions (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 43
- Published
- 1994–2021
- Pages on record
- 10,644 in 28 of 43 books
- Reading time
- 177–266 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,644 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 28 of 43 titles with a page count on record.
Sean Williams, full name Sean Llewellyn Williams and born 23 May 1967, is an Australian science fiction author living in Adelaide, South Australia, with several New York Times bestsellers. Catalogue subjects include space opera, hard science fiction, space warfare and fantasy. The 43 books run from Doorway to eternity (1994) to Little Labyrinths: Speculative Microfictions (2021), and Shane Dix shares the credit on 3. Series include Books of the Cataclysm, Evergence, Orphans Trilogy, Astropolis, Twinmaker and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.
How many Sean Williams books are there?
Sean Williams has 43 books, released between 1994 and 2021. They include 9 series and 11 titles listed outside any series.
Sean Williams Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 43 Sean Williams 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.
- 1Doorway to eternity1994 · 99 pages · confirmed 1/41994991/4
- 219953611/4
- 3Magic Dirt1995 · 402 pages · confirmed 1/419954021/4
- 4Metal Fatigue1996 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/419964001/4
- 5The Resurrected Man1998 · 529 pages · confirmed 1/419985291/4
- 6View Before Dying, A1998 · confirmed 1/41998–1/4
- 719994001/4
- 8New Adventures In Sci Fi1999 · 222 pages · confirmed 1/419992221/4
- 9Evermore2000 · confirmed 1/42000–1/4
- 1020004201/4
- 1120014131/4
- 1220013881/4
- 132002–1/4
- 1420023731/4
- 1520023901/4
- 1620033481/4
- 172003–1/4
- 1820033972/4
- 192003–2/4
- 202003–2/4
- 212003–2/4
- 2220045081/4
- 2320053821/4
- 2420053841/4
- 2520054631/4
- 2620054771/4
- 272006–1/4
- 2820073361/4
- 29Cenotaxis2007 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/420071281/4
- 3020082081/4
- 3120083682/4
- 3220082861/4
- 332008–1/4
- 342009–1/4
- 3520104932/4
- 362010–2/4
- 3720134911/4
- 382013–1/4
- 3920144751/4
- 4020155031/4
- 41Impossible Music2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 42Her Perilous Mansion2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 43Little Labyrinths: Speculative Microfictions2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
Sean Williams books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Books of the Cataclysm in order
4 booksEvergence in order
3 booksOrphans Trilogy in order
3 booksChange books in order
3 books by Sean WilliamsAstropolis in order
3 booksBroken Land in order
3 booksTwinmaker in order
3 books- 1. Twinmaker
- 2. Crashland
- 3. Hollowgirl
Star Wars: The New Jedi Order in order
3 booksGeodesica in order
2 booksForce Unleashed in order
2 booksCogal in order
1 bookOld Republic in order
1 bookNew Jedi Order in order
1 bookStandalone books
11 books11 Sean Williams titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Sean Williams books in order?
You only need to read Sean Williams books in order within each series: the books listed here span 9 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Sean Williams
Start with Doorway to eternity (1994), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Sean Williams book?
Little Labyrinths: Speculative Microfictions (2021) is the newest Sean Williams book released so far.
Is there a new Sean Williams book coming?
No next Sean Williams 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 Sean Williams has won
Wikidata records 5 awards and 4 nominations for Sean Williams. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Aurealis Award for best collection2008Won
- Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel2004Wonfor The Crooked Letter
- Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel2002Wonfor The Storm Weaver and the Sand
- Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel2001Wonfor The Dark Imbalance
- Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel1996Wonfor Metal Fatigue
- Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2016Shortlistedfor Fall
- Locus Award for Best Novella2011Shortlistedfor A Glimpse of the Marvellous Structure (and the Threat It Entails)
- Philip K. Dick Award2008Shortlistedfor Saturn Returns
- Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2003Shortlistedfor The Storm Weaver and the Sand
Sean Williams at a glance
- Paused
- No new Sean Williams title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Sean Williams books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 10,644 pages across the 28 of 43 books with a recorded length, a median of 394 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sean Williams books, 26 of 43, were published in the 2000s.
What the Sean Williams books are about
28 of the 43 Sean Williams 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 14 of 28. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 14 of 28 books
- Science fiction, fantasy, horror 11 of 28 books
- Space opera 8 of 28 books
- Fantasy 5 of 28 books
- Space warfare 5 of 28 books
- Interplanetary voyages 4 of 28 books
- Science fiction, hard science fiction 4 of 28 books
- Australian Science fiction 3 of 28 books
- Friendship 3 of 28 books
- Roche, morgan (fictitious character) 3 of 28 books
- Science fiction, action & adventure 3 of 28 books
- Space and time 3 of 28 books