Author guide
Tobias S. Buckell Books in Order
Tobias S. Buckell is a Grenada-born American speculative-fiction author, novelist, and short-story writer. His work draws on Caribbean cultures and includes the Xenowealth science-fiction series, Arctic Rising thrillers, Halo tie-in novels, fantasy collaborations, nonfiction about writing, and multiple short-story collections. He is a New York Times bestselling author and World Fantasy Award winner.
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Tobias S. Buckell's Newest Book
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
Crystal Rain
The opening Xenowealth novel and the best entry point to Buckell's Caribbean-influenced science fiction.
Arctic Rising
A self-contained near-future thriller that introduces his climate-fiction work.
A Stranger in the Citadel
A self-contained later novel combining post-apocalyptic science fiction with medieval-futurist themes.
Read in order
Books by series
novel-series · completed
Xenowealth
A Caribbean-influenced science-fiction sequence also known as the Benevolent Satrapy series, beginning with Crystal Rain and following humanity across colonized worlds.
novel-series · completed
Arctic Rising
A near-future climate-thriller sequence set in a world transformed by melting polar ice and geopolitical conflict.
tie-in-series · ongoing
Halo
Tobias S. Buckell's novels set in the expanded universe of the Halo video-game franchise.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (6)
Short fiction (5)
- Tides From The New WorldsAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 2009
- Nascence: 17 Failed Stories and What They Taught MeAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 2011
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Mitigated FuturesAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 2012
- Shoggoths in Traffic and Other StoriesAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 2021
- Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance and Other StoriesAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 2022