Author guide
Walter Jon Williams Books in Order
Walter Jon Williams (born 1953) is an American writer whose work spans science fiction, space opera, cyberpunk, fantasy, alternate history, historical nautical adventure, collaborative fiction, and game-related fiction. He wrote historical novels as Jon Williams and is known for Hardwired, the Drake Maijstral novels, Metropolitan, Dread Empire's Fall, the Dagmar Shaw novels, and Quillifer.
science fictionfantasycyberpunkspace operaalternate historyhistorical adventure
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Start with one of these
Hardwired
The author's best-known cyberpunk novel and a concise entry point to his science fiction.
The Praxis
The opening novel of Dread Empire's Fall and a strong entry point to his space opera.
Metropolitan
The first novel in his distinctive Metropolitan science-fantasy setting.
Quillifer
The opening novel of his completed historical-fantasy trilogy.
This Is Not a Game
The first Dagmar Shaw novel and an accessible contemporary science-fiction thriller.
Read in order
Books by series
novel · complete
Privateers and Gentlemen
Historical nautical adventure novels originally published under the name Jon Williams.
science-fiction · complete
Hardwired
Cyberpunk science fiction works set in a future shaped by interplanetary conflict, corporate power, and advanced technology.
science-fiction · complete
Drake Maijstral
Science-fiction comedy-of-manners novels about the aristocratic burglar Drake Maijstral.
science-fantasy · ongoing
Metropolitan
Science fantasy novels set in a city dependent on a magical energy field called plasm.
space-opera · ongoing
Dread Empire's Fall
Military space opera concerning the fall of an interstellar empire and the conflicts that follow.
- 1 The PraxisAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2002
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The SunderingAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2003
- 3
InvestmentsAmazon ↗Book 3 · novella · 2004 Optional
- 4
Conventions of WarAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2005
- 5
ImpersonationsAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 2016
- 6
The Accidental WarAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 2018
- 7
Fleet ElementsAmazon ↗Book 7 · novel · 2020
- 8 Imperium RestoredAmazon ↗
Book 8 · novel · 2022
tie-in-science-fiction · complete
The New Jedi Order
Star Wars Legends series; Williams contributed a novel and a separately published novella.
science-fiction-thriller · complete
Dagmar Shaw
Science-fiction thrillers about alternate-reality games, crowdsourcing, and global manipulation.
historical-fantasy · complete
Quillifer
Historical fantasy adventures following the opportunistic and resourceful Quillifer.
shared-world-science-fiction · ongoing
Wild Cards
Shared-world superhero fiction; Williams contributed to these collaborative mosaic novels.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (9)
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Ambassador of ProgressAmazon ↗novel · 1984
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Knight MovesAmazon ↗novel · 1985
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Angel StationAmazon ↗novel · 1989
- Elegy for Angels and DogsAmazon ↗
novella · 1990
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Days of AtonementAmazon ↗novel · 1991
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AristoiAmazon ↗novel · 1992
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The RiftAmazon ↗novel · 1999
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Implied SpacesAmazon ↗novel · 2008
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The Boolean GateAmazon ↗novella · 2012
