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Also, the Cat: A Tor.Com Original (a short story) was the most recently released book by Rachel Swirsky, on January 10th, 2024.

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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

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
A Memory of Wind
2009
2
The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window
2010
3
Eros, Philia, Agape
2010
4
The Monster's Million Faces
2010
5
Fields of Gold
2011
6
Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia
2012
7
If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love
2013
8
Grand Jeté (The Great Leap)
2014
9
Placed into Abyss
2020
10
Also, the Cat: A Tor.Com Original
2024

List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

List of Conversation Pieces Books in Publication Order

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

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

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
More Short Trips (By: Stephen Cole, Gary Russell)
More Short Trips (By: Stephen Cole, Gary Russell)
1999
2
Short Trips and Side Steps (By: Stephen Cole, Gary Russell, Jacqueline Rayner)
2000
3
Companions (By: Gary Russell, Jacqueline Rayner)
2003
4
Reprecussions (By: Gary Russell)
2004
5
Tales from the TARDIS: Volume 2: Multi-Doctor Stories (By: Gary Russell, Terrance Dicks, Peter Davison, Jon Pertwee, Colin Baker, Philip Martin)
Tales from the TARDIS: Volume 2: Multi-Doctor Stories (By: Gary Russell, Terrance Dicks, Peter Davison, Jon Pertwee, Colin Baker, Philip Martin)
2004
6
The Solar System (By: Gary Russell)
2005
7
The Centenarian (By: Gary Russell, Jacqueline Rayner)
2006
8
The Ghosts of Christmas (By: Dan Abnett, Trevor Baxendale, Gary Russell, Steven Savile, Joseph Lidster, Peter Anghelides, Cavan Scott, John Binns, Eddie Robson, Neil Corry, Scott Handcock, Simon Barnard, Iain McLaughlin, Ian Farrington, Richard Salter, Jonathan Clements, Paul Morris, Mark Wright, Xanna Eve Chown, Colin Harvey, Mark Magrs, Ann Kelly, Michael Abberton, Scott Allan Woodard, Scott Matthewman)
The Ghosts of Christmas (By: Dan Abnett, Trevor Baxendale, Gary Russell, Steven Savile, Joseph Lidster, Peter Anghelides, Cavan Scott, John Binns, Eddie Robson, Neil Corry, Scott Handcock, Simon Barnard, Iain McLaughlin, Ian Farrington, Richard Salter, Jonathan Clements, Paul Morris, Mark Wright, Xanna Eve Chown, Colin Harvey, Mark Magrs, Ann Kelly, Michael Abberton, Scott Allan Woodard, Scott Matthewman)
2007
9
The Doctor Who Stories (By: Matt Kemp)
The Doctor Who Stories (By: Matt Kemp)
2009
10
Queers Dig Time Lords (With: Mary Anne Mohanraj, Lee Mandelo, Gary Russell, David Llewellyn, Tanya Huff, Racheline Maltese, Melissa Scott, Amal El-Mohtar, Paul Magrs, Susan Jane Bigelow, Jennifer Pelland, John Barrowman, Hal Duncan, Michael Damian Thomas, Sigrid Ellis, Nigel Fairs, Carole E. Barrowman, Jed Hartman, Cody Schell, Emily Asher-Perrin, Paul F. Cockburn, Jason Tucker, Sarah J. Groenewege, Erik Stadnik, Scot Clarke, Julia Rios, Martin Warren, Neil Chester, Kaia Landelius, John Richards, Naamen Gobert Tilahun, Paul Kirkley)
Queers Dig Time Lords (With: Mary Anne Mohanraj, Lee Mandelo, Gary Russell, David Llewellyn, Tanya Huff, Racheline Maltese, Melissa Scott, Amal El-Mohtar, Paul Magrs, Susan Jane Bigelow, Jennifer Pelland, John Barrowman, Hal Duncan, Michael Damian Thomas, Sigrid Ellis, Nigel Fairs, Carole E. Barrowman, Jed Hartman, Cody Schell, Emily Asher-Perrin, Paul F. Cockburn, Jason Tucker, Sarah J. Groenewege, Erik Stadnik, Scot Clarke, Julia Rios, Martin Warren, Neil Chester, Kaia Landelius, John Richards, Naamen Gobert Tilahun, Paul Kirkley)
2013
11
Summer Falls and Other Stories (By: Justin Richards, James Goss)
2013
12
Heroes and Monsters Collection (By: Jason Loborik, Gary Russell)
2015
13
Red White and Who: The Story of Doctor Who in America (By: Gary Russell, Arnold T. Blumberg, Jennifer Adams Kelley, Steven Warren Hill, Nicholas Seidler, Robert Warnock, Janine Fennick, John Lavalie)
Red White and Who: The Story of Doctor Who in America (By: Gary Russell, Arnold T. Blumberg, Jennifer Adams Kelley, Steven Warren Hill, Nicholas Seidler, Robert Warnock, Janine Fennick, John Lavalie)
2017
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List of The WisCon Chronicles Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
The WisCon Chronicles, Vol. 2: Provocative essays on feminism, race, revolution, and the future
2008
2
The Wiscon Chronicles, Vol.3: Carnival of Feminist SF
2009
3
The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 4
2010
4
The Wiscon Chronicles Volume 5
2011
5
The WisCon Chronicles Vol. 6: Futures of Feminism and Fandom
2012
6
The Wiscon Chronicles Vol 7: Shattering Ableist Narratives
2013
7
The WisCon Chronicles, Vol.9
2015
8
The WisCon Chronicles 11
2017
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List of Rachel Swirsky Anthologies in Publication Order

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

Rachel Swirsky was born in, San Jose .

Rachel Swirsky is the author of the Rachel Swirsky Short Stories/Novellas series which currently consists of 10 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 Also, the Cat: A Tor.Com Original which was released in 2024. 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. Worlds Seen in Passing: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 2019.

The following novels by Rachel Swirsky were also 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).

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).
Worlds Seen in Passing: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction: World Fantasy Award Anthology (2019).

What was the first book Rachel Swirsky wrote?

The first novel written by Rachel Swirsky was The WisCon Chronicles, Vol. 2: Provocative essays on feminism, race, revolution, and the future, published in 2008.

What was the most recent book Rachel Swirsky wrote?

Their most recently released work was Also, the Cat: A Tor.Com Original (a short story) on January 10th, 2024.

Will there be any more books by Rachel Swirsky?

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

How many books has Rachel Swirsky written?

Rachel Swirsky has written 15 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 1 Standalone Novel, 10 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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