Author guide
Charlie Jane Anders Books in Order
Charlie Jane Anders is an American writer known for speculative fiction that combines science fiction, fantasy, queer and trans themes, social commentary, and inventive worldbuilding. Her novels include Choir Boy, All the Birds in the Sky, The City in the Middle of the Night, the Unstoppable trilogy, and Lessons in Magic and Disaster. She has also published novellas, short-story collections, nonfiction about writing and survival, and graphic fiction. Her work has received the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Crawford, Lambda Literary, Theodore Sturgeon, and other awards.
science fictionfantasyyoung adultshort fictionnonfictiongraphic fiction
Charlie Jane Anders's Newest Book
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
All the Birds in the Sky
A major award-winning standalone novel and an accessible introduction to Anders's speculative fiction.
Victories Greater Than Death
The first book of the completed Unstoppable trilogy and a strong entry point for young-adult space opera.
Lessons in Magic and Disaster
Her latest standalone adult novel, centered on queer family, grief, literature, and magic.
Even Greater Mistakes
A broad introduction to her short fiction.
Read in order
Books by series
trilogy · completed
Unstoppable
A young-adult space-opera trilogy following Tina Mains and her chosen family as they confront interstellar fascism, ancient conflicts, and the burdens of heroic destiny.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (7)
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Choir BoyAmazon ↗novel · 2005
- All the Birds in the SkyAmazon ↗
novel · 2016
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Rock Manning Goes for BrokeAmazon ↗novella · 2018
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The City in the Middle of the NightAmazon ↗novel · 2019
- Never Say You Can't SurviveAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2021
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New Mutants: Lethal LegionAmazon ↗graphic_novel · 2023
- Lessons in Magic and DisasterAmazon ↗
novel · 2025
