Author guide
Nancy Kress Books in Order
Nancy Anne Kress is an American science-fiction and fantasy author whose career began with The Prince of Morning Bells in 1981. She later became known for fiction exploring genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, first contact, and the social consequences of scientific change. She has written novels, novellas, short-story collections, and books on writing, and has won multiple Nebula and Hugo Awards.
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The Prince of Morning Bells
Chronological starting point and Nancy Kress's first novel.
Beggars in Spain
Best entry point to her acclaimed science fiction and the Sleepless series.
Tomorrow's Kin
Accessible entry point to her later first-contact fiction and the Yesterday's Kin trilogy.
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Books by series
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Sleepless
A series about the social and political consequences of genetically engineered people who no longer need sleep.
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Soulvine Moor Chronicles
A young-adult fantasy trilogy published under Nancy Kress's pseudonym Anna Kendall.
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Yesterday's Kin
A trilogy about humanity's encounter and continuing relationship with an extraterrestrial civilization; the first novel expands the earlier novella Yesterday's Kin.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (19)
- The Prince of Morning BellsAmazon ↗
novel · 1981
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The Golden GroveAmazon ↗novel · 1984
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The White PipesAmazon ↗novel · 1985
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An Alien LightAmazon ↗novel · 1988
- Brain RoseAmazon ↗
novel · 1990
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Beginnings, Middles, and EndsAmazon ↗nonfiction · 1993
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Maximum LightAmazon ↗novel · 1997
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Dynamic CharactersAmazon ↗nonfiction · 1998
- YankedAmazon ↗
novel · 1999
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Nothing HumanAmazon ↗novel · 2003
- Characters, Emotion, and ViewpointAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2004
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DogsAmazon ↗novel · 2008
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Steal Across the SkyAmazon ↗novel · 2009
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After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the FallAmazon ↗novel · 2012
- FlashpointAmazon ↗
novel · 2012
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Yesterday's KinAmazon ↗novella · 2014
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Sea ChangeAmazon ↗novel · 2020
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The Eleventh GateAmazon ↗novel · 2020
- ObserverAmazon ↗
novel · 2023
Other (8)
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Trinity and Other StoriesAmazon ↗collection · 1985
- The Aliens of EarthAmazon ↗
collection · 1993
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Beaker's DozenAmazon ↗collection · 1998
- Nano Comes to Clifford Falls and Other StoriesAmazon ↗
collection · 2008
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AI Unbound: Two Stories of Artificial IntelligenceAmazon ↗collection · 2012
- Fountain of Age: StoriesAmazon ↗
collection · 2012
- Future Perfect: Six Stories of Genetic EngineeringAmazon ↗
collection · 2012
- The Body Human: Three Stories of Future MedicineAmazon ↗
collection · 2012