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After the Invasion of the Bug-Eyed Aliens (Short Stories/Novellas) was the most recently released book by Rachel Swirsky, on March 19th, 2025.

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Rachel Swirsky Stats: The most read book by Rachel Swirsky on Book Notification is Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia, a Novella.

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

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
January Fifteenth
2022
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
A Memory of Wind
2009
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2
The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window
2010
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3
Eros, Philia, Agape
2010
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4
The Monster's Million Faces
2010
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5
Fields of Gold
2011
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6
Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia
2012
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7
If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love
2013
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8
Grand Jeté (The Great Leap)
2014
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9
Placed into Abyss
2020
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10
Also, the Cat: A Tor.Com Original
2024
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11
After the Invasion of the Bug-Eyed Aliens
2025
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List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
How the World Became Quiet
2013
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List of Conversation Pieces Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Alien Bootlegger ( By: Rebecca Ore)
1993
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2
Counting on Wildflowers (By: Kim Antieau)
2005
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3
Ordinary People (By: Eleanor Arnason)
2005
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4
Candle in a Bottle (By: Carolyn Ives Gilman)
2006
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5
Absolute Uncertainty ( By: Lucy Sussex)
2006
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6
Knots (By: Wendy Walker)
2006
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7
8
Aliens of the Heart (By: Carolyn Ives Gilman)
2007
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8
Voices from Fairyland (By: Theodora Goss)
2008
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9
Three Observations and a Dialogue ( By: Sylvia Kelso)
2010
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10
Through the Drowsy Dark
2010
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11
Slightly Behind and to the Left (By: Claire Light)
2010
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12
With Her Body (By: Nicola Griffith)
2011
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13
The Red Rose Rages (By: L. Duchamp)
2011
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14
The Grand Conversation (By: L. Duchamp)
2011
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15
Distances (By: Vandana Singh)
2011
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16
Shotgun Lullabies (By: Sheree Renée Thomas)
2011
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17
Of Love and Other Monsters (By: Vandana Singh)
2011
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18
De Secretis Mulierum (By: L. Duchamp)
2011
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19
A Brood of Foxes (By: Kristin Livdahl)
2011
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20
The Adventures of the Faithful Counselor (By: Anne Sheldon)
2011
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21
Writing the Other (By: Cynthia Ward)
2011
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22
The Bone Spindle (By: Anne Sheldon)
2011
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23
Talking Back (By: E.C. Myers)
2011
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24
The Last Letter (By: Fiona Lehn)
2011
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25
Making Love in Madrid (By: Kimberly Todd Wade)
2012
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26
We Wuz Pushed (By: Lee Mandelo)
2012
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27
The Traveling Tide (By: Rosaleen Love)
2012
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28
The Receptionist (By: Lesley Wheeler)
2012
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29
Birds and Birthdays (By: Christopher Barzak)
2012
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30
Naomi Mitchison (By: Lesley A. Hall)
2012
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31
The Queen, the Cambion, and Seven Others (By: Richard Bowes)
2013
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32
Spring in Geneva (By: Sylvia Kelso)
2013
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33
The XY Conspiracy (By: Lori Selke)
2013
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34
Myths, Metaphors, and Science Fiction ( By: Sheila Finch)
2014
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35
Numa: An Epic Poem with Photo Collages (By: Katrinka Moore)
2014
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36
NoFood (By: Sarah Tolmie)
2014
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37
The Haunted Girl (By: Lisa M. Bradley)
2014
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38
Three Songs for Roxy (By: Caren Gussoff)
2015
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39
Ghost Signs (By: Sonya Taaffe)
2015
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40
The Prince of the Aquamarines (By: Ruth Berman)
2015
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41
Back, Belly, and Side: True Lies and False Tales (By: Celeste Rita Baker)
2015
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42
A Day in Deep Freeze (By: Lisa Shapter)
2015
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43
Marginalia to Stone Bird (By: R.B. Lemberg)
2016
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44
Unpronounceable (By: Susan diRende)
2016
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45
Sleeping Under the Tree of Life (By: Sheree Renée Thomas)
2016
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46
Other Places (By: Karen Heuler)
2016
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47
Monteverde (By: Lawrence Schimel)
2016
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48
The Adventure of the Incognita Countess (By: Cynthia Ward)
2017
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49
Boundaries, Border Crossings, and Reinventing the Future (By: Beth Plutchak)
2017
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50
A Field Guide to the Spirits (By: Jean LeBlanc)
2017
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51
Liberating the Astronauts (By: Christina M. Rau)
2017
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52
In Search of Lost Time (By: Karen Heuler)
2017
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53
We, Robots (By: Sue Lange)
2017
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54
Cosmovore (By: Kristi Carter)
2017
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55
Helen's Story (By: Rosanne Rabinowitz)
2017
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56
Liminal Spaces (By: Beth Plutchak)
2018
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57
Feed Me the Bones of Our Saints (By: Alex Dally MacFarlane)
2018
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58
If Not Skin (By: Toby MacNutt)
2018
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59
Changeling (By: Nancy Jane Moore)
2018
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60
The Adventure of the Dux Bellorum (By: Cynthia Ward)
2018
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61
People Change (By: Gwynne Garfinkle)
2018
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62
Invocabulary (By: Gemma Files)
2018
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63
The Green and Growing (By: Erin K. Wagner)
2019
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64
Everything is Made of Letters (By: Sofía Rhei)
2019
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65
Midnight at the Organporium (By: Tara Campbell)
2019
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66
Algorithmic Shapeshifting (By: Bogi Takács)
2019
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67
The Rampant (By: Julie C. Day)
2019
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68
Mary Shelley Makes a Monster (By: Octavia Cade, Crista Kempton)
2019
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69
Articulation (By: Cesi Davidson)
2019
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70
City of a Thousand Feelings (By: Anya Johanna DeNiro)
2020
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71
The Adventure of the Naked Guide (By: Cynthia Ward)
2020
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72
Ancient Songs of Us (By: Jean LeBlanc)
2020
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73
Sacred Summer (By: Cassandra Clarke)
2020
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74
Disease (By: Sarah Tolmie)
2020
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75
Goddess Bandit of the Thousand Arms (By: Hal Y. Zhang)
2020
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76
Resistance and Transformation (By: Mari Ness)
2021
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77
The Silences of Ararat (By: L. Duchamp)
2021
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78
Cabinet of Wrath (By: Tara Campbell)
2021
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79
The Adventure of the Golden Woman (By: Cynthia Ward)
2021
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80
Fricatives (By: Cesi Davidson)
2021
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81
We’ve Been Here Before (By: Anne Carly Abad)
2022
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82
Bilabials (By: Cesi Davidson)
2022
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83
When Home, No Need to Cry (By: Erin K. Wagner)
2022
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84
Apollo Weeps (By: Xian Mao)
2023
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85
To the Woman in the Pink Hat (By: LaToya Jordan)
2023
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86
From Voyages Unreturning (By: Deborah L. Davitt)
2023
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List of Oz Reimagined Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Dorothy Dreams (By: Simon R. Green)
2013
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2
Emeralds to Emeralds, Dust to Dust (By: Seanan McGuire)
2013
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3
The Boy Detective of Oz (By: Tad Williams)
2013
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4
A Meeting in Oz ( By: Jeffrey Ford)
2013
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5
Off to See the Emperor (By: Orson Scott Card)
2013
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6
The Cobbler of Oz (By: Jonathan Maberry)
2013
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7
Lost Girls of Oz ( By: Theodora Goss)
2013
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8
Blown Away (By: Jane Yolen)
2013
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9
A Tornado of Dorothys (By: Kat Howard)
2013
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10
The Veiled Shanghai (By: Ken Liu)
2013
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11
Dead Blue ( By: David Farland)
2013
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12
The Great Zeppelin Heist of Oz (By: C.C. Finlay, Rae Carson)
2013
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13
Beyond the Naked Eye
2013
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14
City So Bright (By: Dale Bailey)
2013
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15
One Flew Over the Rainbow ( By: Robin Wasserman)
2013
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List of Doctor Who Anthologies in Publication Order

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1
More Short Trips
1999
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2
Short Trips and Side Steps
2000
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3
Companions
2003
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4
Reprecussions
2004
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5
Tales from the TARDIS: Volume 2: Multi-Doctor Stories
2004
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6
Doctor Who: Short Trips: 2040
2004
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7
The Solar System
2005
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8
The Centenarian
2006
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9
The Ghosts of Christmas
2007
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10
Doctor Who: Short Trips: Transmissions
2008
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11
The Doctor Who Stories
2009
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12
Queers Dig Time Lords
2013
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13
Summer Falls and Other Stories
2013
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14
8
Heroes and Monsters Collection
2015
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15
Red White and Who: The Story of Doctor Who in America
2017
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List of The WisCon Chronicles Books in Publication Order (with Mary Anne Mohanraj, with Elizabeth Bear, with Kelly Link, with Mark Rich, with Lawrence Schimel, with Sylvia Kelso, with Nisi Shawl, with Yoon Ha Lee, with Eileen Gunn, with L. Duchamp, with Nnedi Okorafor, with Nicola Griffith, with Catherynne M. Valente, with N.K. Jemisin, with K. Tempest Bradford, with Jaymee Goh, with Na'amen Gobert Tilahun, with Joan Haran, with Laura Quilter, with Laurie J. Marks, with K. Joyce Tsai, with Tom LaFarge, with Kate Schaefer, with Rosalyn Berne, with Susan Simensky Bietila, with Jacqueline A. Gross, with Chris Nakashima Brown, with M.J. Hardman, with JoSelle Vanderhooft, with Alexis Lothian)

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The WisCon Chronicles, Vol. 2 (With: Elizabeth Bear, Kelly Link, Mark Rich, Lawrence Schimel, Nisi Shawl, Eileen Gunn, L. Duchamp, Nnedi Okorafor, Nicola Griffith, Catherynne M. Valente, N.K. Jemisin, K. Tempest Bradford, Na'amen Gobert Tilahun, Joan Haran, Laura Quilter, Laurie J. Marks, K. Joyce Tsai, Tom LaFarge, Kate Schaefer, Rosalyn Berne, Susan Simensky Bietila, Jacqueline A. Gross, Chris Nakashima Brown, M.J. Hardman)
2008
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2
The Wiscon Chronicles, Vol.3: Carnival of Feminist SF (By: Yoon Ha Lee)
2009
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3
The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 4 (By: Sylvia Kelso)
2010
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4
The Wiscon Chronicles Volume 5 (By: Nisi Shawl)
2011
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5
The WisCon Chronicles Vol. 6: Futures of Feminism and Fandom (By: Alexis Lothian)
2012
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6
The Wiscon Chronicles Vol 7: Shattering Ableist Narratives (By: JoSelle Vanderhooft)
2013
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7
The WisCon Chronicles, Vol.9 (By: Mary Anne Mohanraj)
2015
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8
The WisCon Chronicles 11 (By: Nisi Shawl, Jaymee Goh)
2017
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List of Rachel Swirsky Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
People of the Book
2007
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2
The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 1
2007
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3
6
Fast Ships, Black Sails
2008
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4
Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition
2008
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5
The WisCon Chronicles, Vol. 2
2008
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6
6
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009
2008
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7
The Best of Abyss & Apex Volume One
2009
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8
The Wiscon Chronicles, Vol.3: Carnival of Feminist SF
2009
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9
Triangulation: Dark Glass
2009
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10
The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 4
2010
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11
Time in a Bottle, Volume 1
2010
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12
Bloody Fabulous
2010
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13
Nebula Awards Showcase 2012
2010
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14
Heiresses of Russ 2011: The Year's Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction
2011
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15
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 5
2011
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16
The Wiscon Chronicles Volume 5
2011
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17
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2011
2011
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18
8
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities
2011
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19
The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine, Year Two
2011
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20
Unstuck #1
2011
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21
When the Villain Comes Home
2012
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22
Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who
2012
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23
Robots: The Recent A.I.
2012
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24
Zombies Vs Robots: This Means War!
2012
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25
The WisCon Chronicles Vol. 6: Futures of Feminism and Fandom
2012
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26
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2012
2012
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27
The Best of Electric Velocipede
2012
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28
Lightspeed Magazine, January 2015
2012
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29
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2012 Edition
2013
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30
Nebula Awards Showcase 2015
2013
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31
The Wiscon Chronicles Vol 7: Shattering Ableist Narratives
2013
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32
Oz Reimagined
2013
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33
Telling Tales: The Clarion West 30th Anniversary Anthology
2013
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34
Glitter & Mayhem
2013
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35
The Book of Apex: Volume 4
2013
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36
Tor.com: Selected Original Fiction, 2008-2012
2013
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37
Lightspeed Magazine, February 2014
2014
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38
Lightspeed Magazine, June 2014: Women Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue
2014
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39
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Nine
2014
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40
Solaris Rising 3
2014
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41
Upgraded
2014
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42
Choose Wisely: 35 Women Up To No Good
2015
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43
6
Jews vs Aliens
2015
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44
Sisters of the Revolution
2015
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45
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2015 Edition
2015
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46
The WisCon Chronicles, Vol.9
2015
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47
Letters to Tiptree
2015
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48
The Long List Anthology
2015
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49
Lightspeed Magazine, December 2015
2015
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50
10
Nebula Awards 49 (2015)
2015
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51
GlitterShip Year One
2017
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52
The WisCon Chronicles 11
2017
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53
Worlds Seen in Passing
2018
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54
Mythic Journeys
2019
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55
Tor.com Short Fiction: September-October 2020
2020
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56
6
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2020 Edition
2021
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57
Shattering the Glass Slipper
2022
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58
Some Of The Best From Reactor: 2024 Edition
2024
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Rachel Swirsky

Rachel Swirsky was born in San Jose, .

Rachel Swirsky is the author of the Rachel Swirsky Short Stories/Novellas series which currently consists of 11 novels. The Rachel Swirsky Short Stories/Novellas series started in 2009 with the novel A Memory of Wind. The most recently released novel in the Rachel Swirsky Short Stories/Novellas series was After the Invasion of the Bug-Eyed Aliens which was released in 2025. There are no upcoming novels for the Rachel Swirsky Short Stories/Novellas series.

Rachel Swirsky has also written the Conversation Pieces series which has 86 books including Alien Bootlegger and Counting on Wildflowers.

Rachel Swirsky: Awards & Accolades

Swirsky's books have won multiple awards, Letters to Tiptree won the British Fantasy Award, Best Non-Fiction, in 2016 as well as the Locus Award - Best Non-Fiction Book in 2016. Worlds Seen in Passing won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 2019.

The following novels by Rachel Swirsky were nominated for these awards:

  • Fast Ships, Black Sails: Shirley Jackson Award, Best Anthology (2008).
  • Eros, Philia, Agape: Hugo Award, Best Novelette (2010).
  • The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window: Hugo Award, Best Novella (2011). World Fantasy Award, Novella (2011).
  • Fields of Gold: Hugo Award, Best Novelette (2012).
  • Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who: Hugo Award, Best Related Work (2013).
  • If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love: Hugo Award, Best Short Story (2014). World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction (2014).
  • Queers Dig Time Lords: Hugo Award, Best Related Work (2014).
  • How the World Became Quiet: World Fantasy Award, Collection (2014).
  • Grand Jeté (The Great Leap): World Fantasy Award, Novella (2015).
  • January Fifteenth: Philip K. Dick Award, Best Science Fiction Book (2022).

Related Authors

The most common authors followed by users who also follow Rachel Swirsky are:

  1. Neal Stephenson, author of the novel: Snow Crash.
  2. John Scalzi, author of the Old Man's War Series.
  3. Kim Stanley Robinson, author of the Mars Trilogy Series.
  4. Naomi Novik, author of the Scholomance Series.
  5. Jeff VanderMeer, author of the Southern Reach Series.

Rachel Swirsky: F.A.Q

Where was Rachel Swirsky Born?

Rachel Swirsky was born in San Jose, .

What book awards has Rachel Swirsky won?

Letters to Tiptree: British Fantasy Award Best Non-Fiction (2016), Locus Award Best Non-Fiction Book (2016).
Worlds Seen in Passing: World Fantasy Award Anthology (2019).

What was the first book Rachel Swirsky wrote?

The first book written by Rachel Swirsky was A Memory of Wind, published in 2009.

What was the most recent book Rachel Swirsky wrote?

Their most recently released work was After the Invasion of the Bug-Eyed Aliens on March 19th, 2025.

Will there be any more books by Rachel Swirsky?

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

How many books has Rachel Swirsky written?

Rachel Swirsky has written 16 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 1 Standalone Novel, 11 Short Stories/Novellas, 1 book in the Short Story Collections, 1 book in the Conversation Pieces Series, 1 book in the Oz Reimagined Series, 1 book in the Doctor Who Anthologies.

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