Adam Roberts

Adam Roberts

Adam Roberts also writes as: A. R. R. R. Roberts.

Upcoming Adam Roberts Books

May 20th, 2025: Food Person (Standalone)

The Swoon (a short story) (Short Stories/Novellas) was the most recently released book by Adam Roberts, on July 9th, 2024.

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Adam Roberts Stats: The highest rated book by Adam Roberts on Book Notification is The Riddles of the Hobbit, a Non-Fiction book. The second-highest rated book is Stealing For The Sky, a Novella .

The most read book by Adam Roberts on Book Notification is Solaris Rising, the first novel in the Solaris Rising Anthology series. The second most read book is Solaris Rising 1.5 (Solaris Rising Anthology #2).

Below is a complete list of Adam Roberts books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Cardboard Box of the Rings Books in Publication Order (as A. R. R. R. Roberts)

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Soddit
2003
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The Sellamillion
2004
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List of Imaginings Books in Publication Order

Limited hardback collections of short science-fiction stories by a variety of authors.

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Colder Greyer Stones ( By: Tanith Lee)
2012
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2
Last and First Contacts ( By: Stephen Baxter)
2012
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3
Stories from the Northern Road (By: Tony Ballantyne)
2012
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4
Objects in Dreams (By: Lisa Tuttle)
2012
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5
Microcosmos (By: Nina Allan)
2013
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6
Feast and Famine ( By: Adrian Tchaikovsky)
2013
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7
Twember ( By: Steve Rasnic Tem)
2013
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8
Strange Visitors (By: Eric Brown)
2014
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9
Saint Rebor
2015
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10
Sleeps With Angels (By: Dave Hutchinson)
2015
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11
The Light Warden ( By: Liz Williams)
2015
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12
Mementoes (By: Keith Brooke)
2016
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List of The Aftermath Books in Publication Order (with Dave Hutchinson)

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
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Shelter (By: Dave Hutchinson)
2018
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2
Haven
2022
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3
Sanctuary (By: Dave Hutchinson)
2023
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List of The Real-Town Murders Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Real-Town Murders
2017
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2
By the Pricking of Her Thumb
2018
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Salt
2000
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2
On
2001
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3
Stone
2002
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4
Polystom: Two Universes in One Reality
2003
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5
The Snow
2004
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6
Gradisil
2006
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7
Splinter
2007
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8
Land of the Headless
2007
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9
Swiftly
2008
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10
Yellow Blue Tibia
2009
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11
I Am Scrooge: A Zombie Story for Christmas (With: Zom Leech)
2009
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12
New Model Army
2010
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13
The Dragon with the Girl Tattoo
2010
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14
By Light Alone
2011
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15
Jack Glass
2012
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16
Twenty Trillion Leagues Under The Sea
2014
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17
Bête
2014
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18
The Thing Itself
2015
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19
Bethany
2016
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20
The Compelled
2020
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21
Purgatory Mount
2021
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22
Middlemarch: Epigraphs and Mirrors
2021
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23
The This
2022
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24
The Death of Sir Martin Malprelate
2023
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25
High
2024
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26
Food Person
2025
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Park Polar
2002
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2
Jupiter Magnified
2003
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3
Anticopernicus
2011
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4
Wodwo Vergil
2018
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5
The Lake Boy
2018
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6
The Man Who Would Be Kling
2019
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7
4
Stealing For The Sky
2022
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8
The Midas Rain
2023
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9
The Swoon
2024
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List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Swiftly: Stories That Never Were and Might Never Be
2004
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2
Adam Robots
2013
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3
Rave and Let Die: The SF and Fantasy of 2014
2015
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The History of Science Fiction
2005
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2
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The Riddles of the Hobbit
2013
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3
Sibilant Fricative: Essays and Reviews
2014
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4
Get Started in: Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy
2014
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5
Landor's Cleanness: A Study of Walter Savage Landor
2014
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6
It's the End of the World: But What Are We Really Afraid Of?
2020
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List of Year's Best SF Anthology Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Year's Best SF (By: David G. Hartwell)
1996
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Year's Best SF 2 (By: David G. Hartwell, Sheila Finch)
1997
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Year's Best SF 3 (By: Paul Levinson, David G. Hartwell, Michael Moorcock)
1998
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4
Year's Best SF 4 (By: David G. Hartwell)
1999
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Year's Best SF 5 (By: David G. Hartwell)
2000
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Year's Best SF 6 (By: David G. Hartwell)
2001
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Year's Best SF 7 (By: Terry Bisson, David G. Hartwell, James K. Morrow, Kathryn Cramer)
2002
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Year's Best SF 8 (By: Michael Swanwick, Terry Bisson, Ursula K. Le Guin, David G. Hartwell, Gene Wolfe, Charles Stross, Robert Sheckley, Michael Moorcock, Jack Williamson, Robert Reed, Paul Di Filippo, Nancy Kress, Greg Egan, Carol Emshwiller, Bruce Sterling, Geoffrey A. Landis, Charles Sheffield, Eleanor Arnason, J.R. Dunn, Kathryn Cramer, Ken Wharton, Richard Chwedyk, A.M. Dellamonica, Neal Asher, Robert Onopa)
2003
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9
Year's Best SF 9 (By: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer)
2004
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10
Year's Best SF 10 (By: David G. Hartwell, Brenda Cooper, Kathryn Cramer)
2005
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Year's Best SF 11 (With: Greg Bear, Michael Swanwick, James Patrick Kelly, David G. Hartwell, Gardner Dozois, Liz Williams, Stephen Baxter, Daryl Gregory, Ken MacLeod, Ted Chiang, Peter F. Hamilton, Alastair Reynolds, Justina Robson, Gregory Benford, Bruce Sterling, Cory Doctorow, Joe Haldeman, Vonda N. McIntyre, Hannu Rajaniemi, Rudy Rucker, Tobias Buckell, Kathryn Cramer, Neal Asher, R. Garcia y Robertson, David Langford, Matthew Jarpe, Lauren McLaughlin, Larissa Lai, Oliver Morton, Bud Sparhawk, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Paul J. McAuley)
2006
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Year's Best SF 12 (By: David G. Hartwell, Michael Flynn, Kathryn Cramer, Charlie Rosenkrantz)
2007
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13
Year's Best SF 13 (By: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer)
2008
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14
Year's Best SF 14 (By: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer)
2009
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15
Year's Best SF 15 (By: David G. Hartwell, Chris Roberson, Kathryn Cramer)
2010
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16
Year's Best SF 16 (By: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer)
2011
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17
Year's Best SF 17 (By: David G. Hartwell, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Kathryn Cramer)
2012
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18
Year's Best SF 18 (By: David G. Hartwell, Elizabeth Bear, Sean McMullen)
2013
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List of Solaris Rising Anthology Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
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Solaris Rising (With: Pat Cadigan, Mike Resnick, Stephen Baxter, Lavie Tidhar, Ken MacLeod, Peter F. Hamilton, Ian Watson, Eric Brown, Paul Di Filippo, Alastair Reynolds, Tricia Sullivan, Ian Whates, Richard Salter)
2011
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Solaris Rising 1.5 (With: Paul Cornell, Tanith Lee, Mike Resnick, Aliette de Bodard, Paul Di Filippo, Ian Whates, Gareth L. Powell, Sarah Lotz, Philip Vine)
2012
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Solaris Rising 2 (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Paul Cornell, Liz Williams, James Lovegrove, Robert Reed, Eugie Foster, Nancy Kress, Nick Harkaway, Norman Spinrad, Vandana Singh, Kim Lakin-Smith, Ian Whates, Paul Cornell, Jr., Kay Kenyon, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Martin Sketchley, Allan Steele)
2013
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List of Adam Roberts Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Year's Best SF
1996
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2
Year's Best SF 2
1997
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Year's Best SF 3
1998
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4
Murder on Route 66
1998
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5
Year's Best SF 4
1999
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Year's Best SF 5
2000
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7
Year's Best SF 6
2001
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8
Infinities
2002
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9
Year's Best SF 7
2002
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10
Year's Best SF 8
2003
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11
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection
2003
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12
Year's Best SF 9
2004
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13
The Anthology at the End of the Universe: Leading Science Fiction Authors on Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
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14
Year's Best SF 10
2005
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15
Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology
2006
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16
Year's Best SF 11
2006
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17
Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition
2007
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18
Year's Best SF 12
2007
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Year's Best SF 13
2008
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Year's Best SF 14
2009
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21
The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF
2009
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22
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection
2010
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23
Year's Best SF 15
2010
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24
Catastrophia
2010
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25
4
Fables from the Fountain
2011
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26
Year's Best SF 16
2011
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27
Year's Best SF 17
2012
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28
Pandemonium: Stories of the Smoke
2012
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29
Solaris Rising 2
2013
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30
Best New SF 26
2013
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31
Year's Best SF 18
2013
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The Time Traveler's Almanac
2013
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33
Noir
2014
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34
Irregularity
2014
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35
Solaris Rising 3
2014
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36
Paradox: Stories Inspired by the Fermi Paradox
2014
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37
Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder
2014
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38
Crises and Conflicts
2016
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39
8
Literary Wonderlands
2016
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40
The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF Volume 3
2017
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41
Best of British Science Fiction 2016
2017
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42
Shoreline of Infinity 8½: Edinburgh International Book Festival Special Edition
2017
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43
The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2017
2017
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Best of British Science Fiction 2017
2018
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45
We'll Never Have Paris
2019
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46
The Best of British Fantasy 2018
2019
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47
Scarlet Traces
2019
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48
No More Heroes
2021
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49
Reports from the Deep End
2023
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Adam Roberts

Adam Roberts is probably best known for their Standalone Novels. There are currently 26 novels available. The first standalone was released in 2000 with the novel Salt. The most recently released novel was High which was released in 2024.

Adam Roberts: Awards & Accolades

The following novels by Adam Roberts were nominated for these awards:

  • Salt: Arthur C. Clarke Award, Best Science Fiction Novel (2001).
  • Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2003).
  • Gradisil: Arthur C. Clarke Award, Best Science Fiction Novel (2007). Philip K. Dick Award, Best Science Fiction Book (2007).
  • Yellow Blue Tibia: Arthur C. Clarke Award, Best Science Fiction Novel (2010).
  • Irregularity: Otherwise Award, Best Science Fiction (2014).
  • Sibilant Fricative: Essays and Reviews: British Fantasy Award, Best Non-Fiction (2015).
  • It's the End of the World: But What Are We Really Afraid Of?: British Fantasy Award, Best Non-Fiction (2021).

Related Authors

The most common authors followed by users who also follow Adam Roberts are:

  1. Martha Wells, author of the Murderbot Diaries Series.
  2. Liu Cixin, author of The Three-Body Problem Series.
  3. Connie Willis, author of the novel: Doomsday Book.
  4. John Scalzi, author of the Old Man's War Series.
  5. Isaac Asimov, author of the Foundation Series.

Adam Roberts: F.A.Q

What was the first book Adam Roberts wrote?

The first book written by Adam Roberts was Science Fiction, published in 2000.

What was the most recent book Adam Roberts wrote?

Their most recently released work was The Swoon (a short story) on July 9th, 2024.

Will there be any more books by Adam Roberts?

Adam Roberts has a new book coming out on May 20th, 2025 called Food Person.

How many books has Adam Roberts written?

Adam Roberts has written 57 books across 15 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 2 books in the Cardboard Box of the Rings Series
  • 1 book in the Imaginings Series
  • 1 book in The Aftermath Series
  • 2 books in The Real-Town Murders Series
  • 26 Standalone Novels
  • 9 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 3 Short Story Collections
  • 6 Non-Fiction Books
  • 3 A. R. R. R. Roberts Standalone Novels
  • 2 A. R. R. R. Roberts Non-Fiction Books
  • 2 books in the Solaris Rising Anthology Series

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