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Rarities and Unexpected Steps (Collection) was the most recently released book by Adam-Troy Castro, on June 2nd, 2025.

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Adam-Troy Castro Stats: The most read book by Adam-Troy Castro on Book Notification is The Shallow End of the Pool, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is The Astronaut from Wyoming, a Novella.

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

List of Andrea Cort Books in Publication Order

Andrea Cort is a troubled diplomat who investigates violent crimes across space while confronting her dark past.

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1
4
Emissaries from the Dead
2008
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2
The Third Claw of God
2009
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3
War of the Marionettes
2012
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4
With Unclean Hands
2014
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5
The Coward's Option
2017
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6
Unseen Demons
2017
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7
Hiding Place
2024
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are The Shallow End of the Pool, The Unauthorized Harry Potter, and Vossoff and Nimmitz.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Vossoff and Nimmitz
2002
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2
The Unauthorized Harry Potter
2006
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3
6.7
The Shallow End of the Pool
2008
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4
Fake Alibis (With: Elizabeth Hutcheson, Frank Sibila, Caren Kennedy)
2008
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5
A Touch Of Strange
2022
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6
Minnie and Earl
2023
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short stories and novellas are The Astronaut from Wyoming, The Ten Things She Said While Dying, and Her Husband’s Hands.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7
The Astronaut from Wyoming
1999
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2
9
Her Husband’s Hands
2011
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3
Our Human
2012
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4
Night of the Living Potus
2012
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5
Fuel
2014
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6
Sleeping Dogs
2017
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7
9.3
The Ten Things She Said While Dying
2018
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8
The Wallpaper Out of Space
2020
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List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short story collections are The Funeral March of the Marionettes, Baby Girl Diamond, and Her Husband's Hands and Other Stories.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6.7
Baby Girl Diamond
1995
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2
8.3
The Funeral March of the Marionettes
1997
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3
10
Her Husband's Hands and Other Stories
2013
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4
Rarities and Unexpected Steps
2025
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List of Collections in Publication Order

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1
Lost in Booth Nine
1993
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2
Tangled Strings
2003
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3
The Author's Wife vs. The Giant Robot
2022
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List of Adam-Troy Castro Humor & Entertainment in Publication Order

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1
10
My Ox Is Broken! (With: Billy Gaghan, Carissa Gaghan)
2006
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List of Gustav Gloom Books in Publication Order (with Kristen Margiotta)

Ranked by popularity, the top Gustav Gloom books are Gustav Gloom and the Nightmare Vault, Gustav Gloom and the Four Terrors, and Gustav Gloom and the Cryptic Carousel.

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1
Gustav Gloom and the People Taker
2012
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2
8
Gustav Gloom and the Nightmare Vault
2013
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3
6
Gustav Gloom and the Four Terrors
2013
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4
Gustav Gloom and the Cryptic Carousel
2014
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5
Gustav Gloom and the Inn of Shadows
2015
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6
Gustav Gloom and the Castle of Fear
2016
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List of Z Is for Zombie Books in Publication Order (with Johnny Atomic)

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Z Is for Zombie
2011
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2
V Is for Vampire
2011
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List of Spider-Man: Sinister Six Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Gathering of the Sinister Six
1999
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2
Revenge of the Sinister Six
2000
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3
Secret of the Sinister Six
2002
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List of X-Men and Spider-Man: Time's Arrow Trilogy in Publication Order

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1
The Past (By: Tom DeFalco, Jason Henderson)
1998
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2
The Present (With: Tom DeFalco)
1998
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3
The Future (By: Eluki bes Shahar, Tom DeFalco)
1998
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List of Alternatives Books in Publication Order

Explores possible futures and major concepts through thoughtful and humorous stories.

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1
Alternative Truths (By: Bob Brown)
2017
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2
More Alternative Truths (By: Rebecca McFarland Kyle, Vonda N. McIntyre, Lou J Berger, Phyllis Irene Radford, Bob Brown)
2017
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3
Alternative Theologies: Parables for a Modern World (By: Bob Brown)
2018
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4
Alternative Apocalypse (By: Justine Eyre, Various Various, Paul Boehmer, Stefan Rudnicki, Gabrielle de Cuir, John Allen Nelson, Rebecca McFarland Kyle, John Rubinstein, Bob Brown, Various Narrators, Arthur Morey, Philip Harris, Kristoffer Tabori, Kate Orsini, Bob Brown, Debora Godfrey)
2020
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5
Alternative War (By: Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, David Gerrold, Liam Hogan, Bruce Golden, Jim Wright, Alison McBain, Debora Godfrey, Bob l Brown, Gwyndyn T. Alexander, Jeremy Thackray)
2021
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6
Alternative Holidays (By: Richard Thomas, Alex Shvartsman, Bob Brown)
2022
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7
Post Roe Alternatives
2022
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8
Southern Truths
2024
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9
Alternative Liberties
2025
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List of Smart Pop Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Smart Pop books are Coffee at Luke's, Ardeur, and Boarding the Enterprise.

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1
6
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
6
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
What Would Sipowicz Do? Race, Rights and Redemption in NYPD Blue (By: Glenn Yeffeth, Shanna Caughey)
2004
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6
The Anthology at the End of the Universe
2005
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7
Finding Serenity (By: Robert Brian Taylor)
2005
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8
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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9
Navigating the Golden Compass (By: Glenn Yeffeth)
2005
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10
Alias Assumed (By: Tracy S. Morris)
2005
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11
Farscape Forever! Sex, Drugs and Killer Muppets (By: Glenn Yeffeth)
2005
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12
Flirting With Pride And Prejudice (By: Glenn Yeffeth, Jennifer Crusie)
2005
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13
Revisiting Narnia (By: Shanna Caughey)
2005
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14
King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape! (By: David Brin)
2005
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15
Totally Charmed (By: Maggie Shayne, Rebecca York, Jody Lynn Nye, Evelyn Vaughn, Tanya Huff, Vera Nazarian, Jennifer Crusie)
2005
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16
The Unauthorized X-Men (By: Leah Wilson, Len Wein)
2006
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17
This Is Chick-Lit (By: Lauren Baratz-Logsted)
2006
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18
Welcome to Wisteria Lane ( By: Leah Wilson)
2006
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19
The Man from Krypton (By: Glenn Yeffeth)
2006
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20
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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21
Getting Lost (By: Orson Scott Card)
2006
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22
4
Boarding the Enterprise (By: Robert J. Sawyer, David Gerrold)
2006
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23
So Say We All (By: Peter B. Lloyd, Richard Hatch)
2006
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24
Investigating CSI (By: Leah Wilson, Donn Cortez)
2006
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25
Beauty (By: Glenn Yeffeth)
2006
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26
Coffee at Luke's (By: Leah Wilson, Jennifer Crusie)
2007
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27
Webslinger (By: Leah Wilson, Gerry Conway)
2007
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28
Jack Bauer for President (By: Leah Wilson, Richard Miniter)
2007
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29
Halo Effect (By: Glenn Yeffeth, Jennifer Thomason)
2007
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30
Neptune Noir (By: Rob Thomas)
2007
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31
Perfectly Plum (By: Leah Wilson)
2007
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32
Grey's Anatomy 101 (By: Leah Wilson)
2007
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33
Serenity Found (By: Orson Scott Card, Jacob Clifton, Michael Marano, Jane Espenson, Natalie Haynes, Nathan Fillion)
2007
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34
House Unauthorized (By: Leah Wilson)
2007
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35
Batman Unauthorized (By: Leah Wilson, Alan J. Porter)
2008
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36
Secrets of the Dragon Riders (By: James A. Owen)
2008
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37
In the Hunt (By: Leah Wilson)
2009
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38
James Bond in the 21st Century (By: Leah Wilson, Glenn Yeffeth)
2009
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39
Ardeur (By: Laurell K. Hamilton)
2010
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40
A Taste of True Blood (By: Leah Wilson)
2010
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41
You Do Not Talk About Fight Club (By: Chuck Palahniuk, Read Mercer Schuchardt)
2015
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List of The Dystopia Triptych Books in Publication Order

Explores a society's descent into madness, life during dire times, and the struggle back from despair.

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1
10
Ignorance Is Strength
2020
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2
10
Burn the Ashes
2020
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3
10
Or Else the Light
2020
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Anthology Series

List of Best Horror of the Year Books in Publication Order

Sci-fi and horror anthologies featuring short-story collections.

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1
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One
2009
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2
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two
2010
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3
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three
2011
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4
10
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four
2012
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5
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five
2013
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6
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six
2014
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7
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven
2015
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8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight
2016
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9
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine
2017
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10
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten
2018
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11
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction
2018
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12
8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven
2019
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13
8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve
2020
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14
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen
2021
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15
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen
2022
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16
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen
2024
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17
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen
2024
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18
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen
2025
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19
Best Horror of the Year, Volume Eighteen
2026
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List of Adam-Troy Castro Anthologies in Publication Order

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1
Deathport
1993
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2
The Ultimate Witch
1993
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3
The Mammoth Book of Erotica
1994
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4
Return to the Twilight Zone
1994
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5
100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories
1995
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6
10
100 Wicked Little Witch Stories
1995
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7
Adventures In The Twilight Zone
1995
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8
Blood Muse
1995
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9
The Ultimate Super Villains
1996
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10
Otherwere
1996
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11
Terminal Frights
1997
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12
Horrors!: 365 Scary Stories
1998
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13
Darkside: Horror for the Next Millenium
1998
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14
Whitley Strieber's Aliens
1999
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15
Skull Full of Spurs
2000
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16
An Alien Darkness
2000
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17
A Desperate Decaying Darkness
2000
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18
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 2001
2001
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19
6
Seven Seasons of Buffy
2003
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20
With Stars in Their Eyes
2003
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21
Totally Charmed
2005
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22
Bits of the Dead
2008
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23
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One
2009
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24
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two
2010
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25
7.3
The Living Dead 2
2010
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26
Werewolves and Shape Shifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within
2010
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27
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2011
2011
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28
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three
2011
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29
Antiheroes
2011
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30
Alien Contact
2011
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31
Lightspeed: Year One
2011
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32
10
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four
2012
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33
Psychos
2012
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34
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five
2013
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35
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2012 Edition
2013
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36
The Book of Apex: Volume 4
2013
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37
Jamais Vu
2013
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38
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six
2014
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39
Lightspeed Magazine, July 2014
2014
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40
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven
2015
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41
Pangaea
2015
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42
The Monstrous
2015
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43
7
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015
2015
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44
Nightmare Magazine 44: May 2016
2016
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45
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight
2016
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46
Nightmare Magazine 48: September 2016
2016
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47
Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling
2016
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48
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine
2017
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49
More Alternative Truths
2017
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50
Nightmare Magazine 67: April 2018
2018
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51
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten
2018
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52
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction
2018
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53
4
Nightmare Magazine, Issue 75
2018
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54
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019 Edition
2019
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55
8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven
2019
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56
10
Ignorance Is Strength
2020
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57
10
Burn the Ashes
2020
Go
58
10
Or Else the Light
2020
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59
8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve
2020
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60
Alternative War
2021
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61
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen
2021
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62
8
Three Time Travelers Walk Into...
2022
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63
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen
2022
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64
Post Roe Alternatives
2022
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65
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 153, February 2023
2023
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66
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 155, April 2023
2023
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67
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen
2024
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68
Southern Truths
2024
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69
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen
2024
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70
Alternative Liberties
2025
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71
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen
2025
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Adam-Troy Castro

Adam-Troy Castro was born on May 20th, 1960 and is currently 66 years old.

Adam-Troy Castro is known for writing in the Science Fiction genre.

Adam-Troy Castro is the author of 8 Short Stories/Novellas. The first short story published was The Astronaut from Wyoming, in 1999. The most recently published story was The Wallpaper Out of Space which was released in 2020. There are no upcoming short stories.

Adam-Troy Castro has also written the Andrea Cort series which has 7 books including Emissaries from the Dead and The Third Claw of God.

Adam-Troy Castro: Awards & Accolades

Castro's book, Emissaries from the Dead won the Philip K. Dick Award, Best Science Fiction Book, in 2008.

Adam-Troy Castro books have also been nominated for multiple awards, Baby Girl Diamond was nominated for the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Long Fiction, in 1995. The Funeral March of the Marionettes was nominated for the Hugo Award, Best Novella, in 1998. The Astronaut from Wyoming was nominated for the Hugo Award, Best Novella, in 2000. The Shallow End of the Pool was nominated for the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Long Fiction, in 2008. Her Husband’s Hands was nominated for the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Short Fiction, in 2011. The Ten Things She Said While Dying was nominated for the World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction, in 2019.

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Fans of Adam-Troy Castro also enjoy these authors:

  1. John Scalzi, author of the Old Man's War Series.
  2. Isaac Asimov, author of the Foundation Series.
  3. Donna Andrews, author of the Meg Langslow Series.
  4. Peter F. Hamilton, author of the Commonwealth Saga Series.
  5. Arkady Martine, author of the Teixcalaan Series.
  6. China Miéville, author of the New Crobuzon Series.
  7. Rob Hart, author of the Assassins Anonymous Series.
  8. Mary Robinette Kowal, author of the Lady Astronaut Series.
  9. Richard K. Morgan, author of the Takeshi Kovacs Series.
  10. Robert J. Sawyer, author of: Flashforward.

Adam-Troy Castro: F.A.Q

When was Adam-Troy Castro Born? How old is Adam-Troy Castro?

Adam-Troy Castro was born on May 20th, 1960. Adam-Troy Castro is currently 66 years old.

What book awards has Adam-Troy Castro won?

Emissaries from the Dead: Philip K. Dick Award: Best Science Fiction Book (2008).

What was the first book Adam-Troy Castro wrote?

The first book written by Adam-Troy Castro was Lost in Booth Nine, published in 1993.

What was the most recent book Adam-Troy Castro wrote?

Their most recently released work was Rarities and Unexpected Steps on June 2nd, 2025.

What is the most popular book by Adam-Troy Castro?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Adam-Troy Castro book is The Shallow End of the Pool. Here are their most popular books and their average ratings:
  1. The Shallow End of the Pool (6.67)
  2. The Astronaut from Wyoming (7.00)
  3. The Funeral March of the Marionettes (8.33)
  4. Baby Girl Diamond (6.67)
  5. The Ten Things She Said While Dying (9.33)

What genres does Adam-Troy Castro Write?

Adam-Troy Castro primarily writes in the Science Fiction genre. Their work includes sub-genres such as Science Fiction Mystery.

Are there upcoming new books by Adam-Troy Castro?

Adam-Troy Castro 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-Troy Castro written?

Adam-Troy Castro has written 42 books across 14 series and categories, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 7 books in the Andrea Cort Series
  • 6 Standalone Novels
  • 8 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 4 Short Story Collections
  • 3 Collections
  • 1 Adam-Troy Castro Humor & Entertainment
  • 6 books in the Gustav Gloom Series
  • 2 books in the Z Is for Zombie Series
  • 3 books in the Spider-Man: Sinister Six Series
  • 1 X-Men and Spider-Man: Time's Arrow Trilogy
  • 1 book in the Smart Pop Series

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