Author guide
Paolo Bacigalupi Books in Order
Paolo Bacigalupi is an American author whose fiction explores environmental collapse, resource scarcity, biotechnology, political power, and social inequality. His work includes adult novels, young-adult and middle-grade fiction, fantasy, novellas, chapbooks, and short-story collections. He has received the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Theodore Sturgeon, John W. Campbell Memorial, Compton Crook, and Michael L. Printz awards.
science fictionclimate fictionbiopunkdystopian fictionfantasyyoung adult fictionmiddle grade fictionshort fiction
Paolo Bacigalupi's Newest Book
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
The Windup Girl
The best entry point to Bacigalupi's adult biopunk and climate fiction.
Ship Breaker
The starting point for the complete Ship Breaker trilogy.
Navola
A standalone historical fantasy requiring no prior series knowledge.
Read in order
Books by series
trilogy · complete
Ship Breaker
A completed young-adult dystopian trilogy set in a post-apocalyptic future shaped by ecological collapse.
shared-universe · complete
The Tangled Lands Universe
A shared fantasy setting centered on Khaim, a city threatened by magical bramble and environmental collapse.
Outside the series
