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Great Ship Books in Order

Great Ship by Robert Reed contains 41 books, published between 2000 and 2024. The first book is Marrow (2000) and the newest is Naming the !eech (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
41
Published
2000–2024
Pages on record
2,538 in 5 of 41 books
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Great Ship is a space opera sequence by Robert Reed, 41 titles published between 2000 and 2024. Marrow (2000) opens the run and Naming the !eech (2024) is the newest entry, with The Well of Stars (2004), Katabasis (2012) and The Memory of Sky (2014) along the way. Starships, interstellar travel, black holes, exploration and life on other planets supply the subject matter. The median volume runs 512 pages, and the series continues.

How many Great Ship books are there?

Great Ship has 41 books, released between 2000 and 2024.

Great Ship Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 41 Great Ship 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 Marrow by Robert Reed, book 1 of the Great Ship series (2000)
  2. Cover of The Well of Stars by Robert Reed, book 2 of the Great Ship series (2004)
  3. Cover of Eater-of-Bone and Other Novellas by Robert Reed, book 5 of the Great Ship series (2012)
  4. Cover of The Greatship by Robert Reed, book 7 of the Great Ship series (2013)
  5. Cover of The Memory of Sky by Robert Reed, book 8 of the Great Ship series (2014)
  1. 1
    Marrow2000 · 512 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000512
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  2. 2
    The Well of Stars2004 · 438 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004438
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  3. 3
    Mere2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  4. 4
    The Man With the Golden Balloon2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  5. 5
    Eater-of-Bone and Other Novellas2012 · 328 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012328
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  6. 6
    Katabasis2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  7. 7
    The Greatship2013 · 636 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013636
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  8. 8
    The Memory of Sky2014 · 624 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014624
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  9. 9
    Alone2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  10. 10
    Hoop-of-Benzene2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  11. 11
    The Remoras2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  12. 12
    The Residue of Fire2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  13. 13
    Aeon's Child2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  14. 14
    Rococo2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  15. 15
    River of the Queen2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  16. 16
    Night of Time2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  17. 17
    Parables of Infinity2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  18. 18
    Noumenon2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  19. 19
    The Caldera of Good Fortune2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  20. 20
    Precious Mental2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  21. 21
    The Speed of Belief2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  22. 22
    Camouflage2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  23. 23
    The Sarcophagus2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  24. 24
    The Cryptic Age2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  25. 25
    Marrow Redux2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  26. 26
    Eater-of-Bone2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  27. 27
    Hatch2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  28. 28
    Good Mountain2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  29. 29
    The Dragons of Marrow2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  30. 30
    Where You Have Been2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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Is there a chronological order for Great Ship?

No separate chronological order is on record for Great Ship, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Great Ship books in order?

You should read the Great Ship books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Great Ship book also stands alone.

Where to start with Great Ship

Start with Marrow (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Great Ship book?

Naming the !eech (2024) is the newest Great Ship book released so far.

Is there a new Great Ship book coming?

No next Great Ship book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Award nominations for Great Ship

Wikidata records 12 nominations for Great Ship. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Great Ship at a glance

Still running
Great Ship is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Great Ship books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
2,538 pages across the 5 of 41 books with a recorded length, a median of 512 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Great Ship books, 26 of 41, were published in the 2010s.

What the Great Ship books are about

5 of the 41 Great Ship books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: space ships is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Robert Reed

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.