Author guide
Ian McDonald Books in Order
Ian McDonald was born in Manchester in 1960 and grew up in Northern Ireland, where he lives in Belfast. His fiction ranges across cyberpunk, space opera, alternate history, posthumanism, and culturally grounded speculative fiction, often focusing on Africa, India, Brazil, Turkey, and the Moon. He has received the Locus Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, the British Science Fiction Association Award, the Hugo Award, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award.
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Ian McDonald's Newest Book
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Start with one of these
Desolation Road
The author's debut and the foundation of his first major series.
River of Gods
A self-contained novel and the primary entry point to the India 2047 future-history.
Luna: New Moon
The beginning of the Luna series.
Brasyl
A widely acclaimed standalone novel showcasing McDonald's interest in history, culture, and alternate realities.
Read in order
Books by series
series · complete
Desolation Road
A far-future Mars series centered on the evolving settlement of Desolation Road and its surrounding communities.
series · complete
Chaga Saga
A sequence about an extraterrestrial biological phenomenon and its social, political, and human consequences in Africa.
series · open
India 2047
A shared future-history of India and South Asia in the mid-twenty-first century.
series · complete
Everness
A young-adult multiverse adventure series involving parallel Earths and the interdimensional airship Everness.
series · complete
Luna
A multigenerational political and commercial saga set on the Moon in the twenty-second century.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (13)
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Out on Blue SixAmazon ↗novel · 1989
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King of Morning, Queen of DayAmazon ↗novel · 1991
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Hearts, Hands and VoicesAmazon ↗novel · 1992
- Kling Klang KlatchAmazon ↗
graphic-novel · 1992
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Scissors Cut Paper Wrap StoneAmazon ↗novel · 1994
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NecrovilleAmazon ↗novel · 1994
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Sacrifice of FoolsAmazon ↗novel · 1996
- BrasylAmazon ↗
novel · 2007
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The Dervish HouseAmazon ↗novel · 2010
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Time WasAmazon ↗novella · 2018
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HopelandAmazon ↗novel · 2023
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The WildingAmazon ↗novella · 2024
- Boy, with Accidental DinosaurAmazon ↗
novella · 2026
