Alliance-Union Books in Order
C.J. Cherryh has written 18 Alliance-Union books, published between 1978 and 2024. The first book is Kesrith (1978) and the newest is Alliance Unbound (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 18
- Published
- 1978–2024
- Confirmed
- 18 of 18 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,270 in 15 of 18 books
- Reading time
- 88–132 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,270 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 18 titles with a page count on record.
Alliance-Union is the catalogue's label for 18 C.J. Cherryh science fiction books dated 1978 to 2024. Kesrith (1978) is the earliest, and Alliance Unbound (2024) is the newest. Titles between them include Serpent's Reach (1980), Downbelow Station (1981), Merchanter's Luck (1982), Forty Thousand in Gehenna (1983) and Rimrunners (1989). Cherryh's listed series here are Alliance-Union: Company Wars, Alliance-Union: Cyteen and Hinder Stars. Recorded subjects include Cyteen, Ariane Emory, space warfare, human cloning and human-alien encounters.
How many Alliance-Union books are there?
Alliance-Union has 18 books, released between 1978 and 2024.
Alliance-Union Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 18 Alliance-Union 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.
- 119782523/4
- 219782533/4
- 31979–3/4
- 419802883/4
- 519815263/4
- 619824483/4
- 7198313/4
- 819883683/4
- 919892563/4
- 1019892803/4
- 1119893203/4
- 121991–3/4
- 1319923933/4
- 1419943843/4
- 1519975643/4
- 1620095853/4
- 1720193523/4
- 182024–3/4
Do you have to read Alliance-Union books in order?
You should read the Alliance-Union books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Alliance-Union book also stands alone.
Where to start with Alliance-Union
Start with Kesrith (1978), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Alliance-Union book?
Alliance Unbound (2024) is the newest Alliance-Union book released so far.
Is there a new Alliance-Union book coming?
No next Alliance-Union 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 Alliance-Union has won
Wikidata records 1 award and 9 nominations for Alliance-Union. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Hugo Award for Best Novel1982Wonfor Downbelow Station
- Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2025Shortlistedfor Alliance Unbound
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1998Shortlistedfor Finity's End
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1995Shortlistedfor Tripoint
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1992Shortlistedfor Heavy Time
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1990Shortlistedfor Rimrunners
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1984Shortlistedfor Forty Thousand in Gehenna
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1983Shortlistedfor Merchanter's Luck
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1982Shortlistedfor Downbelow Station
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1981Shortlistedfor Serpent's Reach
Alliance-Union at a glance
- Still running
- Alliance-Union is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Alliance-Union books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 5,270 pages across the 15 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Alliance-Union books, 8 of 18, were published in the 1980s.
What the Alliance-Union books are about
17 of the 18 Alliance-Union 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 11 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 11 of 17 books
- Ariane Emory (Fictitious character) 4 of 17 books
- Cyteen (Imaginary place) 3 of 17 books
- Emory, ariane (fictitious character) 3 of 17 books
- Space warfare 3 of 17 books
- Award:hugo_award=novel 2 of 17 books
- Hugo Award Winner 2 of 17 books
- Human cloning 2 of 17 books
- Interplanetary voyages 2 of 17 books
More books by C.J. Cherryh
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- C.J. Cherryh books in order 105 books