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Absolution (Southern Reach, #5) was the most recently released book by Jeff VanderMeer, on October 22nd, 2024.

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Jeff VanderMeer Stats: The highest rated book by Jeff VanderMeer on Book Notification is Borne, the first novel in the Borne series. The second-highest rated book is Annihilation (Southern Reach #1).

The most read book by Jeff VanderMeer on Book Notification is Annihilation, the first novel in the Southern Reach series. The second most read book is Authority (Southern Reach #2).

Below is a complete list of Jeff VanderMeer books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Jeff VanderMeer is the Southern Reach Series.

List of Ambergris Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
2
City of Saints and Madmen
2001
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2
Shriek
2006
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3
8.7
Finch
2009
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List of Southern Reach Books in Publication Order

Area X, isolated for decades, is explored by secret agency expeditions that return with more questions.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7
Annihilation
2014
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2
6.9
Authority
2014
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3
6.7
Acceptance
2014
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4
8
Absolution
2024
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List of Borne Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.4
Borne
2017
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2
8.5
The Strange Bird
2017
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3
7.3
Dead Astronauts
2019
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List of Misadventures of Jonathan Lambshead Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9
A Peculiar Peril
2020
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are Hummingbird Salamander, Veniss Underground, and The Situation.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
Veniss Underground
2003
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2
7.3
The Situation
2008
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3
The Three Quests of the Wizard Sarnod
2010
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4
6
Hummingbird Salamander
2021
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short stories and novellas are This World Is Full of Monsters, The Transformation of Martin Lake, and Dradin, In Love.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Dradin, In Love
1996
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2
8.3
The Transformation of Martin Lake
1999
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3
Why Should I Cut Your Throat?
2004
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4
Errata
2010
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5
Balzac's War
2011
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6
Greensleeves
2011
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7
Komodo
2014
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8
6
This World Is Full of Monsters
2017
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9
Wildlife
2022
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10
Bliss
2022
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List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short story collections are The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature, The Third Bear, and Secret Life.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Day Dali Died
2003
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2
Secret Life
2004
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3
6
The Third Bear
2007
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4
Strange Tales of Secret Lives
2007
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5
The Surgeon's Tale and Other Stories (With: Cat Rambo)
2007
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6
8.3
The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature (With: S.J. Chambers)
2011
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7
Monstrous Creatures: Explorations of Fantasy Through Essays, Articles and Reviews
2011
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals: The Evil Monkey Dialogues (With: Ann VanderMeer)
2010
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2
6.7
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction
2013
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3
The Steampunk User's Manual (With: S.J. Chambers)
2014
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List of Predator Books in Publication Order

Stories from the Predator sci-fi film universe.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Predator (By: Paul Monette)
1987
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2
Predator 2 (By: Simon Hawke)
1990
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3
Concrete Jungle (By: James A. Moore, Nathan Archer)
1995
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4
Cold War (By: Nathan Archer)
1997
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5
Big Game (By: Sandy Schofield)
1999
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6
Forever Midnight (By: John Shirley)
2006
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7
Flesh and Blood (By: Robert Greenberger, Michael Jan Friedman)
2007
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8
South China Sea
2008
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9
Turnabout (By: Steve Perry)
2008
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10
Incursion (By: Tim Lebbon)
2015
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11
If It Bleeds (By: Jonathan Maberry, Jeremy Robinson, Kevin J. Anderson, Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Tim Lebbon, Andrew Mayne, Steve Perry, Mira Grant, Larry Correia, Dayton Ward)
2017
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12
6
Hunters and Hunted Official Movie Prequel (By: James A. Moore)
2018
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13
Stalking Shadows (By: James A. Moore, Mark Morris)
2020
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List of The Time Traveller's Almanac Books in Publication Order (with Ann VanderMeer)

Time travel stories featuring experiments, journeys into the past, temporal paradoxes, and messages from the future.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Experiments
2014
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2
Reactionaries
2014
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3
Mazes & Traps
2014
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4
Communiqués
2014
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List of Halo Books in Publication Order

A lone super soldier battles the Covenant during a desperate war for survival.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Fall of Reach (By: Eric Nylund)
2001
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2
8
First Strike (By: Eric Nylund)
2003
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3
10
Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe (With: Fred Van Lente, Tobias Buckell, Karen Traviss, Eric Nylund, B.K. Evenson, Tessa Kum)
2009
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4
The Thursday War (By: Karen Traviss)
2012
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5
7
Broken Circle ( By: John Shirley)
2014
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6
8
Hunters in the Dark (By: Peter David)
2015
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7
9
Saint's Testimony (By: Frank O'Connor)
2015
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8
10
Shadow of Intent (By: Joseph Staten)
2015
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9
10
Fractures (By: Christie Golden, Brian Reed, Tobias Buckell, John Jackson Miller, James Swallow, Kelly Gay, Matt Forbeck, Troy Denning, Joseph Staten, Andrew Ceroni, Kevin Grace, Morgan Lockhart, Frank O'Connor)
2016
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10
9
Legacy of Onyx (By: Matt Forbeck)
2017
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11
8
Contact Harvest (By: Joseph Staten)
2019
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12
Shadows of Reach (By: Troy Denning)
2020
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13
10
The Rubicon Protocol (By: Kelly Gay)
2022
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14
10
Outcasts (By: Troy Denning)
2023
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15
10
Epitaph (By: Kelly Gay)
2024
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16
10
Edge of Dawn (By: Kelly Gay)
2025
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List of Jeff VanderMeer Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
4
Dark Terrors
1995
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2
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7
1996
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3
Leviathan 2
1998
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4
Infinity Plus One
2001
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5
Leviathan
2002
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6
Dark Terrors 6
2002
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7
The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases
2003
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8
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14
2003
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9
Breaking Windows
2003
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10
Polyphony, Volume 5
2005
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11
Best New Fantasy
2006
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12
Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories
2007
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13
Twentieth Annual Collection
2007
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14
Brothers & Beasts
2007
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15
Booklife
2007
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16
6
Fast Ships, Black Sails
2008
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17
The New Weird
2008
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18
Polluto 2: Apocalypses and Garden Furniture
2008
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19
Steampunk
2008
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20
Best American Fantasy 2008
2008
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21
6
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009
2008
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22
Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance
2009
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23
Last Drink Bird Head
2009
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24
Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded
2010
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25
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories
2010
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26
10
Happily Ever After
2011
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27
8
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities
2011
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28
8
Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters
2011
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29
Steampunk III
2012
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30
Arc 1.2: Post Human Conditions
2012
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31
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
2012
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32
Circus: Fantasy Under the Big Top
2012
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33
Fungi
2012
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34
The Time Traveler's Almanac
2013
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35
Lightspeed Magazine, February 2014
2014
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36
Sisters of the Revolution
2015
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37
Love Hurts
2015
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38
10
Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold
2016
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39
10
Fractures
2016
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40
Mixed Up: Cocktail Recipes (and Flash Fiction) for the Discerning Drinker
2017
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41
Worlds Seen in Passing
2018
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42
Grimdark Magazine, Issue #34
2023
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Jeff VanderMeer

Jeff VanderMeer was born on July 7th, 1968 and is currently 57 years old. Jeff VanderMeer was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA.

Jeff VanderMeer is known for writing in the Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, and Literary Fiction genres.

Jeff VanderMeer is the author of 10 Short Stories/Novellas. The first short story published was Dradin, In Love, in 1996. The most recently published story was Bliss which was released in 2022. There are no upcoming short stories.

Jeff VanderMeer has also written the Short Story Collections series which has 7 books including The Day Dali Died and Secret Life.

In 2012, Jeff VanderMeer, along with S. J. Chambers, were nominated for the "Professional" award, a World Fantasy Special Award for their book The Steampunk Bible. In 2013, Ann VanderMeer, along with her husband, Jeff VanderMeer, were nominated for the "Professional" award, a World Fantasy Special Award for their book Weird Fiction Review. In 2014, Jeff along with Jeremy Zerfoss, Illustrator, were nominated for their book Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction .

Jeff VanderMeer: Awards & Accolades

VanderMeer's books have won multiple awards, The Transformation of Martin Lake won the World Fantasy Award, Novella, in 2000. The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories won the British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology, in 2012. Worlds Seen in Passing won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 2019.

The following novels by Jeff VanderMeer were nominated for these awards:

  • Leviathan 2: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (1999).
  • Twentieth Annual Collection: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2000).
  • Leviathan: Philip K. Dick Award, Best Science Fiction Book (2002). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2003).
  • City of Saints and Madmen: World Fantasy Award, Collection (2003).
  • Veniss Underground: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a First Novel (2003). World Fantasy Award, Novel (2004).
  • The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2004). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2004). Hugo Award, Best Related Work (2004). British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2005).
  • Polyphony, Volume 5: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2006).
  • Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories: Shirley Jackson Award, Best Anthology (2007). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2008).
  • The Third Bear: Shirley Jackson Award, Best Short Fiction (2007). Shirley Jackson Award, Best Collection (2010). World Fantasy Award, Collection (2011).
  • Fast Ships, Black Sails: Shirley Jackson Award, Best Anthology (2008).
  • The Situation: Shirley Jackson Award, Best Novelette (2008).
  • Steampunk: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2009).
  • Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2010). British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2010).
  • Finch: World Fantasy Award, Novel (2010).
  • The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature: Hugo Award, Best Related Work (2012).
  • The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2012).
  • Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction: Hugo Award, Best Related Work (2014).
  • Annihilation: Goodreads Awards, Best Science Fiction (2014). Alex Awards, Best Book (2015). RUSA Awards, Science Fiction Award (2015). World Fantasy Award, Novel (2015).
  • Borne: Goodreads Awards, Best Science Fiction (2017). Arthur C. Clarke Award, Best Science Fiction Novel (2018).
  • Absolution: Goodreads Awards, Best Science Fiction (2024).

The Southern Reach Trilogy published as Area X was nominated for the 2015 World Fantasy Award.

Jeff VanderMeer: Lists & Other Mentions

  • The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories: 100 Favorite Horror Stories Selection in 2018.
  • Absolution: 100 Must-Read Books Selection in 2024.

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  1. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.
  2. Peng Shepherd, author of: The Cartographers.
  3. Piers Anthony, author of the Xanth Series.
  4. Justin Cronin, author of The Passage Series.
  5. Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's Wife Series.
  6. Richard Matheson, author of: I Am Legend / The Omega Man.
  7. Alan Moore, author of the Alan Moore Graphic Novels.
  8. Emily St. John Mandel, author of: Station Eleven.
  9. Ray Bradbury, author of: Fahrenheit 451.
  10. M.R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts Series.

Jeff VanderMeer: F.A.Q

When was Jeff VanderMeer Born? How old is Jeff VanderMeer?

Jeff VanderMeer was born on July 7th, 1968. Jeff VanderMeer is currently 57 years old.

Where was Jeff VanderMeer Born?

Jeff VanderMeer was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA and is American.

What book awards has Jeff VanderMeer won?

The Transformation of Martin Lake: World Fantasy Award: Novella (2000).
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories: British Fantasy Award: Best Anthology (2012).
Worlds Seen in Passing: World Fantasy Award: Anthology (2019).

What was the first book Jeff VanderMeer wrote?

The first book written by Jeff VanderMeer was Dradin, In Love, published in 1996.

What was the most recent book Jeff VanderMeer wrote?

His most recently released work was Absolution on October 22nd, 2024.

What is the most popular book by Jeff VanderMeer?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Jeff VanderMeer book is Annihilation. Here are his most popular books and their average ratings:
  1. Annihilation (7.03)
  2. Authority (6.88)
  3. Acceptance (6.67)
  4. Borne (7.43)
  5. Hummingbird Salamander (6.00)

What genres does Jeff VanderMeer Write?

Jeff VanderMeer primarily writes in the Fantasy, Horror, Literary Fiction, and Science Fiction genres. His work includes sub-genres such as Dark Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, and Supernatural Horror.

Are there upcoming new books by Jeff VanderMeer?

Jeff VanderMeer 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 Jeff VanderMeer written?

Jeff VanderMeer has written 41 books across 20 series and categories, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 3 books in the Ambergris Series
  • 4 books in the Southern Reach Series
  • 3 books in the Borne Series
  • 1 book in the Misadventures of Jonathan Lambshead Series
  • 4 Standalone Novels
  • 10 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 7 Short Story Collections
  • 3 Non-Fiction Books
  • 1 book in the Predator Series
  • 1 Cat Rambo Collection
  • 4 books in The Time Traveller's Almanac Series
  • 1 book in the Halo Series

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