Nancy Kress

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  • Bibliography:
    50 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 1981
  • Latest Book:
    August 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Beggars

1 - Beggars in Spain (1993)
2 - Beggars & Choosers (Sep-1994)
3 - Beggars Ride (Nov-1996)

Crossfire

1 - Crossfire (Feb-2003)
2 - Crucible (Aug-2004)

Probability

1 - Probability Moon (Jul-2000)
2 - Probability Sun (Jul-2001)
3 - Probability Space (2002)

Yesterday's Kin Trilogy

1 - Tomorrow's Kin (Jul-2017)
2 - If Tomorrow Comes (Mar-2018)
3 - Terran Tomorrow (Nov-2018)

Multi-Author Series List

David Brin's Out of Time

1 - Yanked! (Jun-1999)

Book List in Order: 50 titles

  • Prince of Morning Bells

    Long out of print, this novel by one of the major voices in contemporary science fiction and fantasy will enthrall you, charm you, and make you care deeply about two of the most engaging characters you're ever likely to meet between the two covers of...

  • Trinity and Other Stories

  • The Golden Grove

  • The White Pipes

  • An Alien Light

    In this epic science fiction tale by an award-winning author, two warring tribes are the subjects of a strange alien experiment. Epic in scope, peopled by characters from every strata of profoundly different societies, An Alien Light is an unflinchin...

  • Brainrose

    When Caroline Bohentin, Joe McLaren, and Robbie Brekke undergo Previous Life Access Surgery, the journeys into their separate pasts turn out to have an interwoven, horrifying relevance to the future of humankind...

  • Beggars in Spain

    Beggars - 1

    Born in 2008, Leisha Camden is beautiful, extraordinarily intelligent ... and one of an ever-growing number of human beings who have been genetically modified to never require sleep. Once she and "her kind" were considered interesting anomalies. ...

  • Beggars & Choosers

    Beggars - 2

    Nancy Kress returns to the Nebula and Hugo Award-winning world of Beggars in Spain to tell a new tale in an America of the future, strangely altered by genetic modifications. Millions of ordinary people are supported by the efforts of the handsome...

  • Oaths and Miracles

    Judy O'Brien Kozinski has no idea what she'll find as she investigates the death of her husband. A genetic scientist, he was slain for his refusal to work for a biotech company of dubious intentions controlled by the mob. As she fights for answers in...



  • Beggars Ride

    Beggars - 3

    Two hundred years in the future regular human beings hate and fear the Sleepless and the SuperSleepless, genetically modified humans who are immune to disease and hunger, and need no sleep. When the Sleepless plot to take over the world and leave reg...

  • Dancing on Air

    As in her Hugo and Nebula-award winning Beggars in Spain, Dancing on Air finds Nancy Kress once more exploring the moral ambiguities of genetic engineering that have become her hallmark. This novella-length chapbook combines an intriguing murder myst...

  • Maximum Light

    By the middle of the twenty-first century the worldwide fertility rate has declined nearly eighty percent. No one knows why. Now the average age in the United States is fifty-four, and children are treasured and spoilt by those lucky enough to have t...

  • The Aliens of Earth

    Powerful human emotions and the relationship between the inner self and outer world are the central concerns in a deeply moving story collection by the author of Beggars in Spain . Whether the tale concerns slips through time (``The Price of Oranges,...

  • A Scientific Education

    in Crime Through Time II

    A GOOD MYSTERY IS TIMELESS Crime Through Time was the remarkable first collection. Now, bestselling mystery authors Miriam Grace Monfredo and Sharan Newman present Crime Through Time II -- featuring even more never-before-published historical myster...

  • Stinger

    Medicine takes an unpleasant turn when a nurse notices a sudden increase in the incidence of fatal strokes among otherwise healthy black adults. FBI Agent Robert Cavanaugh follows the trail to a new strain of malaria that causes rapid blood clotting ...

  • Yanked!

    David Brin's Out of Time - 1

    Teens from across time are pulled into the twenty-fourth century for an interstellar rescue mission in this action-packed science fiction series debut. Life is easier in the year 2345, since humanity has created a utopia with no more war, disease, or...

  • Beaker's Dozen

    Includes the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novella, Beggars in Spain"Every story of the thirteen reprinted in this volume has, in addition to the science--sometimes rigorous and detailed, sometimes extrapolated and fantastically ramified--compelling ...

  • Probability Moon

    Probability - 1

    A Desperate Bid to Save Humanity Humankind has expanded out into interstellar space using star gates--technological remnants left behind by an ancient, long-vanished race. But the technology comes with a price. Among the stars, humanity encountere...

  • Plant Engineering

    in Death Dines at 8:30

    CLAUDIA BISHOP AND NICK DICHARIO request the honor of your presence at a different kind of dinner party ... Festivities begin promptly at 8:3o. Sixteen short stories -- accompanied by dangerously delicious recipes -- will be served. Be the...



  • Probability Sun

    Probability - 2

    SALVATION OR ANNIHILATION? A strange artifact has been discovered on a distant planet, an artifact that may be the key to humanity's salvation. We are at war with the Fallers, an alien race bent on nothing short of genocide, and this is a war we a...

  • Probability Space

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    Probability - 3

    Nancy Kress cemented her reputation in SF with the publication of her multiple-award"winning novella, "Beggars in Spain," which became the basis for her extremely successful Beggars Trilogy (comprising Beggars in Spain, Beggars and Choosers, and Be...

  • Crossfire

    Crossfire - 1

    Primitive aliens interrupt a billionaire’s plans to colonize a faraway planet in this space opera series opener by a Hugo and Nebula Award"winning author.A human colony settles on a distant planet, a colony formed by Jake Holman -- a man trying t...

  • Nebula Awards Showcase 2003

    An anthology of Nebula Award-winning fiction selected by the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America includes works by Catherine Asaro, Jack Williamson, Severna Park, Kelly Link, and others, accompanied by commentary on the curr...

  • Nothing Human

    Told from the perspective of several generations of teenagers, this science fiction novel involves an Earth ravaged by mankind, high-tech manipulative aliens, and advanced genetics. Early in the 21st century, global warming has caused sickness and de...

  • Crucible

    Crossfire - 2

    Nancy Kress made her reputation in the early 90s with her multiple award-winning novella, "Beggars in Spain," which became the basis for her extremely successful Beggars Trilogy (comprising Beggars in Spain, Beggars and Choosers, and Beggars Ride). S...

  • Nano Comes to Clifford Falls: And Other Stories

    Blending a focus on cutting-edge technology with deep emotional impacts, this enticing collection draws its stories from various Year's Best and Reader's Choice lists. The pathos of the human condition is explored in such stories as "My Mother, Dan...

  • Dogs

    In this original bio-thriller from the author of Beggars in Spain, the threat of terrorism and biological warfare is all too real when the danger comes from a family's most cherished pets. Tessa Sanderson, ex-FBI agent, has moved to a sleepy Maryland...

  • Steal Across the Sky

    The aliens appeared one day, built a base on the moon, and put an ad on the internet: "We are an alien race you may call the Atoners. Ten thousand years ago we wronged humanity profoundly. We cannot undo what has been done, but we wish humanity to...

  • Act One

    "One of the best of the year...a compelling novella about a once-famous actress and her devoted manager who get much more publicity of an unfortunate sort when they inadvertently become embroiled with an act of biological terrorism with potentially w...



  • Five Stories

    Five science fiction stories by award-winning author Nancy Kress, including "The Flowers of Aulit Prison," which won the 1997 Nebula and Sturgeon. Paired with the novelette are four short stories, all of them chosen for various Best of The Year colle...

  • Dark Mist Rising

    Book 2 of Crossing Over series:Whether it's a curse or a blessing the fact remains: whenever Roger is in enough pain he can cross over to the Land of the Dead and speak to the people there. It's an unexpected gift - and one that, throughout Roger's l...

  • The Body Human

    Nancy Kress is famous for creating realistic near-future societies based on technological advances and then studying the impact those technological changes have on our society.Here is a collection of three outstanding stories that deal with innovatio...

  • Future Perfect

    Nancy Kress is unrivaled in her treatment of genetic engineering. In 1991 she wrote the ground-breaking classic novella Beggars in Spain (Hugo/Nebula) and since then has only enhanced her outstanding reputation of telling stories set in the near-futu...

  • After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall

    2012 Nebula Award Winner2012 Locus Award Winner2013 Hugo Nominee2013 Sturgeon Award NomineeIn the year 2035, all that is left of humanity lives in the Shell.No one knows why the Tesslies attacked in 2014, devastated the en...

  • AI Unbound

    Two stories about artificial intelligence from one of the most respected names in hard science fiction. Multiple Hugo and Nebula winner Nancy Kress gives us a fascinating look into the evolution of artificial intelligence and the impact it has on hum...

  • The Fountain of Age

    Nine new stories from a long-time star of the science fiction field including the Hugo Award winner "The Erdmann Nexus" and Nebula Award winner "The Fountain of Age." These stories have been reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction, Best Science ...

  • Flash Point

    Reality TV meets a chillingly realistic version of America--and the fame game is on! Amy had dreams of going to college, until the Collapse destroyed the economy and her future. Now she is desperate for any job that will help support her terminall...

  • One

    "One" is a science fiction novella about an angry young boxer who, after experiencing a concussion in a bout, is able to sense what people are thinking and predict their every move. He finds this useful in boxing but not great for personal relationsh...

  • New Under the Sun

    A brand new book by master story teller Nancy Kress“Kress at her best” -- Publishers Weekly on New Under the SunSet in the near future, Nancy Kress’ story gives us a world increasingly hostile to new ideas as religious fundamentalism dictates s...



  • Yesterday's Kin

    Nebula Award Winner Locus Award Winner Aliens have landed in New York. After several months of no explanations, they finally reveal the reason for their arrival.  The news is not good. Geneticist Marianne Jenner is having a career breakthrough, ...

  • The Best of Nancy Kress

    Nancy Kress, winner of multiple awards for her science fiction and fantasy, ranges through space and time in this stunning collection. Anne Boleyn is snatched from her time stream--with unexpected consequences for two worlds. A far-future spaceship b...

  • 2016 Young Explorer's Adventure Guide

    Send their imagination to the stars!

    I highly recommend this collection. I love the variety of young voices it contains. From kids making first contact to piloting starships, the range of adventure is fantastic. -- West Coast Book Review...

  • Tomorrow's Kin

    Yesterday's Kin Trilogy - 1

    The aliens have arrived... they've landed their Embassy ship on a platform in New York Harbor, and will only speak with the United Nations. They say that their world is so different from Earth, in terms of gravity and atmosphere, that they cannot lea...

  • If Tomorrow Comes

    Yesterday's Kin Trilogy - 2

    Nancy Kress returns with IF TOMORROW COMES, the sequel of TOMORROW'S KIN, part of an all-new hard science fiction trilogy based on a Nebula Award-winning novella Ten years after the Aliens left Earth, humanity succeeds in building a ship, Friendsh...

  • Terran Tomorrow

    Yesterday's Kin Trilogy - 3

    Nancy Kress returns with Terran Tomorrow, the final book in the thrilling hard science fiction trilogy based on the Nebula Award-winning novella Yesterday's Kin. The diplomatic mission from Earth to World ended in disaster, as the Earth scientists...

  • Young Explorer's Adventure Guide, Volume 6

    Welcome to a universe of wonder!

    What's it like to have a mad scientist for a father?Or protect your sleeping city from the terrors of the deep, or save your family spaceship?Blast off for new worlds with the Young Explorer's Adventure Gui...

  • The Eleventh Gate

    WHAT LIES BEYOND THE ELEVENTH GATE . . . Despite economic and territorial tensions, no one wants the city-states of the Eight Worlds to repeat the Terran Collapse by going to war. But when war accidentally happens, everyone seeks ways to exploit i...

  • Sea Change

    New from the Nebula Award winning author of Beggars in Spain, a riveting climate-change technothriller of espionage, conspiracy, and stakes so high they could lead to the destruction of humanity itself. “Kress wisely keeps her global catastrophe o...

  • The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 6

    An unabridged collection spotlighting the best hard science fiction stories and novellas published in 2021 by current and emerging masters of the genre, edited by Allan Kaster.- Light Up the Clouds by Greg Egan - Inhabitants in the floating forests o...



  • The Alice Run

    A comatose patient undergoes an experimental procedure that uses favorite childhood stories to pull the patient back into consciousness -- but the experiment doesn't go quite as planned...At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without D...

Award-Winning Books by Nancy Kress

After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall
2013 Locus Award -- Novella
Beggars in Spain
1992 Hugo Award -- Novella
1992 Nebula Award -- Novella
Probability Space
2003 John W. Campbell Memorial Award -- Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Nancy Kress has published 50 books.

Nancy Kress does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Alice Run, was published in August 2024.

The first book by Nancy Kress, Prince of Morning Bells, was published in September 1981.

Yes. Nancy Kress has 4 series.
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