Adam Roberts

Adam Roberts

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

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Lake of Darkness (Standalone) was the most recently released book by Adam Roberts, on July 25th, 2024.

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Adam Roberts Stats: The most read book by Adam Roberts on Book Notification is Stealing For The Sky, a Novella. The second most read book is Anticopernicus, a Novella.

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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2
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
9
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
8
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
Lake of Darkness
2024
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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
6
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
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

Annual collection of the best sci-fi features tales of wonder and adventure set on distant planets and in the future.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
Year's Best SF
1996
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2
6
Year's Best SF 2
1997
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3
8
Year's Best SF 3
1998
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4
6
Year's Best SF 4
1999
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5
5
Year's Best SF 5
2000
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6
Year's Best SF 6
2001
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7
Year's Best SF 7
2002
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8
Year's Best SF 8
2003
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9
4
Year's Best SF 9
2004
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10
4
Year's Best SF 10
2005
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11
Year's Best SF 11
2006
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12
Year's Best SF 12
2007
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13
4
Year's Best SF 13
2008
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14
Year's Best SF 14
2009
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15
Year's Best SF 15
2010
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16
Year's Best SF 16
2011
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17
Year's Best SF 17
2012
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18
Year's Best SF 18
2013
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List of Routledge Literature Companions Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction (With: Andrew Butler, Mark Bould, Sherryl Vint)
2009
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2
The Routledge Companion to Literature and Science (By: Manuela Rossini, Bruce Clarke)
2010
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3
The Routledge Companion to Anglophone Caribbean Literature (By: Alison Donnell, Michael A. Bucknor)
2011
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4
The Routledge Companion to Experimental Literature (By: Brian McHale, Joe Bray, Alison Gibbons)
2012
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5
The Routledge Companion to Latino/a Literature (By: Suzanne Bost)
2012
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6
The Routledge Companion to Asian American and Pacific Islander Literature (By: Rachel C. Lee)
2014
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7
The Routledge Companion to Travel Writing (By: Carl Thompson)
2015
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8
The Routledge Companion to Literature and Religion (By: Mark Knight)
2016
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9
8
The Routledge Companion to the Environmental Humanities (By: Ursula K. Heise, Daniel A. Barber, Jon Christensen, Michelle Niemann)
2017
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10
The Routledge Companion to Inter-American Studies (By: Wilfried Raussert)
2017
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11
The Routledge Companion to International Children's Literature (By: John Stephens)
2017
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12
The Routledge Companion to Picturebooks (By: Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer)
2017
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13
The Routledge Companion to Literature and Human Rights (By: Alexandra Schultheis Moore, Sophia A. McClennen)
2018
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14
The Routledge Companion to Literature and Food (By: Donna Lee Brien, Lorna Piatti-Farnell)
2018
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15
The Routledge Companion to World Literature and World History (By: May Hawas)
2018
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16
The Routledge Companion to Literature and Economics (By: Matt Seybold, Michelle Chihara)
2018
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17
Routledge Companion to Pakistani Anglophone Writing (By: Aroosa Kanwal, Saiyma Aslam)
2018
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18
The Routledge Companion to Twenty-First Century Literary Fiction (By: Robert Eaglestone)
2019
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19
The Routledge Companion to Transnational American Studies (By: Takayuki Tatsumi, Nina Morgan, Alfred Hornung)
2019
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20
The Routledge Companion to Victorian Literature (By: Dennis Denisoff, Talia Schaffer)
2019
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21
Contemporary Publishing and the Culture of Books (By: Richard Bradford, Alison Baverstock, Madelena Gonzalez)
2020
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22
The Routledge Companion to Health Humanities (By: Brian Brown)
2020
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23
The Routledge Companion to Crime Fiction (By: Andrew Pepper, Jesper Gulddal, Stewart King, Janice Allan)
2020
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24
The Routledge Companion to Literature and Trauma (By: Colin Davis, Hanna Meretoja)
2020
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25
The Routledge Companion to Death and Literature (By: Neil Murphy, W Michelle Wang, Daniel K. Jernigan)
2020
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26
The Routledge Companion to Australian Literature (By: Jessica Gildersleeve)
2020
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27
The Routledge Companion to Literature and Class (By: Gloria McMillan)
2021
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28
The Routledge World Companion to Polish Literature (By: Tomasz Bilczewski)
2021
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29
The Routledge Companion to Jane Austen (By: Maria H. Frawley, Cheryl A. Wilson, Amit S. Yahav)
2021
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30
The Routledge Companion to the British and North American Literary Magazine (By: Tim Lanzendörfer)
2021
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31
The Routledge Companion to Yan Lianke (By: Riccardo Moratto)
2022
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32
The Routledge Companion to Humanism and Literature (By: Michael Bryson)
2022
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33
The Routledge Companion to Literature and Emotion (By: Bradley J. Irish, Patrick Colm Hogan, Lalita Pandit Hogan)
2022
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34
The Routledge Companion to Literature of the U.S. South ( By: Monica Carol Miller)
2022
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35
The Routledge Companion to Narrative Theory (By: Paul Dawson)
2022
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36
The Routledge Companion to Literary Urban Studies (By: Lieven Ameel)
2022
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37
The Routledge Companion to World Literature (By: David Damrosch, Djelal Kadir, Theo D'haen)
2022
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38
The Routledge Companion to Medieval English Literature (By: Raluca Rădulescu, Sif Rikhardsdottir)
2022
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39
The Routledge Companion to Romantic Women Writers (By: Ann R. Hawkins, Catherine S Blackwell, E Leigh Bonds)
2022
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40
The Routledge Companion to Global Literary Adaptation in the Twenty-First Century (By: Brandon Chua, Elizabeth Ho)
2023
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41
The Routledge Companion to Politics and Literature in English (By: Matthew Stratton)
2023
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42
The Routledge Companion to Literary Media (By: Julia Round, Astrid Ensslin, Bronwen Thomas)
2023
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43
The Routledge Companion to Ecopoetics (By: Julia Fiedorczuk, Mary Newell, Bernard Quetchenbach, Orchid Tierney)
2023
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44
The Routledge Companion to Folk Horror (By: Wayne Johnson, Robert Edgar)
2023
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45
The Routledge Companion to Literature and Social Justice (By: Masood Ashraf Raja, Nick T. C. Lu)
2023
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46
The Routledge Companion to Children's Literature and Culture (By: Claudia Nelson, Elisabeth Wesseling, Andrea Mei-Ying Wu)
2023
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47
The Routledge Companion to Literature and Feminism (By: Fiona Tolan, Rachel Carroll)
2023
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48
The Routledge Companion to Working-Class Literature (By: Ben Clarke)
2024
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49
The Routledge Companion to Twenty-First-Century Irish Writing (By: Anne Fogarty, Eugene O'Brien)
2024
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List of Smart Pop Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Seven Seasons of Buffy (By: Scott Westerfeld, Charlaine Harris, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Christie Golden, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Nancy Holder, Lawrence Watt-Evans, David Brin, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Jean Lorrah, Laura Resnick, Sarah Zettel, Nancy Kilpatrick, Michelle West, Glenn Yeffeth, Margaret L. Carter, Peg Aloi, Marguerite Krause, Jennifer Crusie, Carla Montgomery)
2003
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2
Taking the Red Pill (By: Glenn Yeffeth)
2003
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3
Five Seasons of Angel (By: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Peter S. Beagle, Laura Anne Gilman, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Nancy Holder, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Jean Lorrah, Josepha Sherman, Laura Resnick, Candace Havens, Glenn Yeffeth, Michelle Sagara, Steven Harper, Amy Berner, Marguerite Krause, Abbie Bernstein, Jennifer Crusie, Don DeBrandt, K. Stoddard Hayes, Joy Davidson, Don Kerns)
2004
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4
Stepping through the Stargate (By: P.N. Elrod, Roxanne Conrad)
2004
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5
The Anthology at the End of the Universe
2005
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6
Finding Serenity (By: Robert Brian Taylor)
2005
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7
The War of the Worlds (By: Connie Willis, Mercedes Lackey, H.G. Wells, Mike Resnick, Stephen Baxter, Lawrence Watt-Evans)
2005
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8
Navigating the Golden Compass (By: Glenn Yeffeth)
2005
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9
Alias Assumed (By: Tracy S. Morris)
2005
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10
Farscape Forever! Sex, Drugs and Killer Muppets (By: Glenn Yeffeth)
2005
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11
Flirting With Pride And Prejudice (By: Glenn Yeffeth, Jennifer Crusie)
2005
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12
Revisiting Narnia (By: Shanna Caughey)
2005
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13
King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape! (By: David Brin)
2005
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14
Totally Charmed (By: Maggie Shayne, Rebecca York, Jody Lynn Nye, Evelyn Vaughn, Tanya Huff, Vera Nazarian, Jennifer Crusie)
2005
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15
The Unauthorized X-Men (By: Leah Wilson, Len Wein)
2006
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16
This Is Chick-Lit (By: Lauren Baratz-Logsted)
2006
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17
Welcome to Wisteria Lane ( By: Leah Wilson)
2006
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18
The Man from Krypton (By: Glenn Yeffeth)
2006
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19
The Battle for Azeroth (By: Jody Lynn Nye, Justina Robson, Doranna Durgin, Bill Fawcett, Mel White, James John Bell, James M. Ward, Scott Cuthbertson, Nancy Berman, Jerry Jackson, Chris McCubbin, Maressa Hecht Orzack, Nancy Durgin)
2006
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20
Getting Lost (By: Orson Scott Card)
2006
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21
4
Boarding the Enterprise (By: Robert J. Sawyer, David Gerrold)
2006
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22
So Say We All (By: Peter B. Lloyd, Richard Hatch)
2006
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23
Investigating CSI (By: Leah Wilson, Donn Cortez)
2006
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24
Coffee at Luke's (By: Leah Wilson, Jennifer Crusie)
2007
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25
Webslinger (By: Leah Wilson, Gerry Conway)
2007
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26
Halo Effect (By: Glenn Yeffeth, Jennifer Thomason)
2007
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27
Neptune Noir (By: Rob Thomas)
2007
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28
Perfectly Plum (By: Leah Wilson)
2007
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29
Grey's Anatomy 101 (By: Leah Wilson)
2007
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30
Serenity Found (By: Orson Scott Card, Jacob Clifton, Michael Marano, Jane Espenson, Natalie Haynes, Nathan Fillion)
2007
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31
House Unauthorized (By: Leah Wilson)
2007
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32
Batman Unauthorized (By: Leah Wilson)
2008
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33
Secrets of the Dragon Riders (By: James A. Owen)
2008
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34
In the Hunt (By: Leah Wilson)
2009
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35
James Bond in the 21st Century (By: Leah Wilson, Glenn Yeffeth)
2009
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36
Ardeur (By: Laurell K. Hamilton)
2010
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37
A Taste of True Blood (By: Leah Wilson)
2010
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38
You Do Not Talk About Fight Club (By: Chuck Palahniuk, Read Mercer Schuchardt)
2015
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List of Solaris Rising Anthology Books in Publication Order

An anthology of original science fiction stories from top name authors.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
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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2
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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3
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
6
Year's Best SF
1996
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2
6
Year's Best SF 2
1997
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3
8
Year's Best SF 3
1998
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4
Murder on Route 66
1998
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5
6
Year's Best SF 4
1999
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6
5
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
Seven Seasons of Buffy
2003
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11
Year's Best SF 8
2003
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12
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection
2003
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13
4
Year's Best SF 9
2004
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14
4
Year's Best SF 10
2005
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15
Totally Charmed
2005
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16
Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology
2006
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17
Year's Best SF 11
2006
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18
Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition
2007
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19
Year's Best SF 12
2007
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20
4
Year's Best SF 13
2008
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21
Year's Best SF 14
2009
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22
The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF
2009
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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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32
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
The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF Volume 3
2017
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40
The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2017
2017
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41
The Best of British Fantasy 2018
2019
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42
The Routledge Companion to Crime Fiction
2020
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43
Reports from the Deep End
2023
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Adam Roberts

Adam Roberts has published 26 standalone novels, starting with Salt in 2000. The most recently released novel was Lake of Darkness, which was released in 2024.There are no upcoming standalone novels by Adam at this time.

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

Fans of Adam Roberts also enjoy these authors:

  1. Martha Wells, author of the Murderbot Diaries Series.
  2. Dan Simmons, author of the Hyperion Cantos Series.
  3. Liu Cixin, author of The Three-Body Problem Series.
  4. Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Children of Time Series.
  5. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower 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 Lake of Darkness on July 25th, 2024.

What is the most popular book by Adam Roberts?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Adam Roberts book is Stealing For The Sky. Here are their most popular books:
  1. Stealing For The Sky (4)
  2. Anticopernicus (6)

Are there upcoming new books by Adam Roberts?

Adam Roberts does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.

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How many books has Adam Roberts written?

Adam Roberts has written 59 books across 17 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
  • 1 book in the Routledge Literature Companions Series
  • 1 book in the Smart Pop Series
  • 2 books in the Solaris Rising Anthology Series

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