Order of Catherine Asaro Books
Catherine Asaro is an American author of science fiction and fantasy novels. She is best known for her Saga of the Skolian Empire series and also wrote the Lost Continent romantic fantasy series. Catherine earned her Ph.D in chemical physics and her M.A. in physics from Harvard University, as well as her B.S. in chemistry (with highest honours) from UCLA. Aside from writing, she also teaches math, physics and chemistry. Catherine is the daughter of Frank Asaro, who ended up being part of the team who brought up the theory of the asteroid that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. She is married to NASA astrophysicist John Kendall Cannizzo. They have an adult daughter.
Catherine Asaro became a published novelist in 1995 with the novel Primary Inversion. She is a two-time winner of the Nebula Award – once for best novel, once for best novella. Below is a list of Catherine Asaro’s books in order of when they were originally published (and in chronological order when necessary):
Publication Order of Skolian Empire Books
Primary Inversion | (1995) | |
Catch the Lightning | (1996) | |
The Last Hawk | (1997) | |
The Radiant Seas | (1998) | |
Ascendant Sun | (2000) | |
The Quantum Rose | (2000) | |
Spherical Harmonic | (2001) | |
Sextopia | (2001) | |
The Moon’s Shadow | (2003) | |
Skyfall | (2003) | |
Schism | (2004) | |
The Final Key | (2005) | |
The Ruby Dice | (2008) | |
Diamond Star | (2009) | |
Carnelians | (2011) |
Chronological Order of Skolian Empire Books
Skyfall | (2003) | |
Schism | (2004) | |
The Final Key | (2005) | |
The Last Hawk | (1997) | |
Primary Inversion | (1995) | |
The Radiant Seas | (1998) | |
Ascendant Sun | (2000) | |
The Quantum Rose | (2000) | |
Spherical Harmonic | (2001) | |
The Moon’s Shadow | (2003) | |
Diamond Star | (2009) | |
The Ruby Dice | (2008) | |
Carnelians | (2011) | |
Catch the Lightning | (1996) | |
Sextopia | (2001) |
Publication Order of Skolian Empire: Ruby Dynasty Books
Lightning Strike | (2014) |
Publication Order of Dust Knights Books
The Down Deep | (2024) |
Publication Order of Major Bhaajan Books
The City of Cries | (2011) | |
Undercity | (2014) | |
The Bronze Skies | (2017) | |
The Vanished Seas | (2020) | |
The Jigsaw Assassin | (2022) |
Publication Order of Skolian Empire Anthologies
Aurora in Four Voices | (2011) |
Publication Order of Lightning Strike Books
Earthborn | (2023) | |
Starborn | (2023) |
Publication Order of Lost Continent Books
(with Mercedes Lackey, Rachel Lee)
Charmed Destinies | (2003) | |
The Charmed Sphere | (2004) | |
The Misted Cliffs | (2005) | |
The Dawn Star | (2006) | |
The Fire Opal | (2007) | |
The Night Bird | (2008) |
Publication Order of Sunrise Alley/Charon Books
Sunrise Alley | (2004) | |
Alpha | (2004) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
The Veiled Web | (1999) | |
The Phoenix Code | (2000) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
A Roll of the Dice | (2000) | |
Walk in Silence | (2003) | |
The Spacetime Pool | (2008) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Analog, December 1998 | (1998) | |
Civil War Fantastic | (2000) | |
Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine, July/August 2000 | (2000) | |
Charmed Destinies | (2003) | |
Irresistible Forces | (2004) | |
Space Cadets | (2006) | |
The Space Opera Renaissance | (2006) | |
Best New Paranormal Romance | (2006) | |
Nebula Awards Showcase 2007 | (2007) | |
The Mammoth Book of SF Wars | (2012) | |
Nebula Awards 47 (2013) | (2013) | |
Visions of the Future | (2015) | |
Infinite Stars | (2017) |
Notes: The short story The City of Cries is included in the anthology Aurora in Four Voices. Lightning Strike is an expanded version of the first half of Catch the Lightning. Charmed Destinies also contains stories by Mercedes Lackey and Rachel Lee.