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ⓘ About Karen Joy Fowler
Karen Joy Fowler Karen Joy Fowler is a science fiction author and a New York Times best-selling author. One of her best works, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, was a Booker Prize finalist. Sony Pictures adapted the Jane Austen Book Club as a major motion picture after spending over three months in the bestseller list. Fowler’s novel Sister Noon was among the finalists for the Faulkner Award in 2001. This talented author draws in her readers with her captivating writing style and clever plots. Having grown around books, her love for the written word started early and continues to grow with time. Fowler, a mother to grown children, lives in California with her husband. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves introduces the Cooke family.
All Book Series by Karen Joy Fowler
The Faithful Companion at Forty (in Asimov's)
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 1987
The Science of Herself
Single-title series · published 2013 Co-authored · Eleanor Arnason
The Old Funny Stuff
Series opener · book 1 of 13 · published 1989 Anthology · George Alec Effinger
Swatting at the Cosmos
Book 5 of 13 · published 1990 Anthology · James K. Morrow
Tales from a Vanished Country
Book 7 of 13 · published 1990 Anthology · Elizabeth A. Lynn
Unthreatened by the Morning Light
Book 10 of 13 · published 1991 Anthology · Karl Edward Wagner
Stories by Mama Lansdales Youngest Boy
Book 11 of 13 · published 1991 Anthology · Joe R. Lansdale
Nine Hard Questions About the Nature of the Universe
Book 12 of 13 · published 1991 Anthology · Lewis Shiner
It's Been Fun
Latest in the series · book 13 of 13 · published 1991 Anthology · Esther M. Friesner
The Presidential Papers
Series opener · book 1 of 32 · published 1984 Anthology · John H. Kessel
The Left Left Behind
Book 3 of 32 · published 2009 Anthology · Terry Bisson,Eleanor Arnason
The Underbelly
Book 5 of 32 · published 2010 Anthology · Gary Phillips,Eleanor Arnason
Mammoths of the Great Plains
Book 6 of 32 · published 2010 Anthology · Eleanor Arnason
The Wild Girls
Book 7 of 32 · published 2011 Anthology · Ursula K. Le Guin,Eleanor Arnason
Modem Times 2.0
Book 8 of 32 · published 2011 Anthology · Michael Moorcock,Eleanor Arnason
The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
Book 9 of 32 · published 2011 Anthology · Cory Doctorow,Eleanor Arnason
Report from Planet Midnight
Book 11 of 32 · published 2012 Anthology · Nalo Hopkinson,Eleanor Arnason
The Science of Herself
Book 12 of 32 · published 2013 Co-authored · Eleanor Arnason
Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials
Book 13 of 32 · published 2013 Anthology · Eleanor Arnason,Paul Krassner
Raising Hell
Book 15 of 32 · published 2014 Anthology · Norman Spinrad,Eleanor Arnason
Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be
Book 18 of 32 · published 2016 Anthology · Joe R. Lansdale
Fire.
Book 19 of 32 · published 2017 Anthology · Elizabeth Hand,Eleanor Arnason
The Atheist in the Attic
Book 21 of 32 · published 2018 Anthology · Samuel R. Delany,Eleanor Arnason
Thoreau's Microscope
Book 22 of 32 · published 2018 Anthology · Michael Blumlein,Eleanor Arnason
Utopias of the Third Kind
Book 28 of 32 · published 2021 Anthology · Vandana Singh
The Collapsing Frontier
Book 30 of 32 · published 2024 Anthology · Jonathan Lethem
She is Here
Latest in the series · book 32 of 32 · published 2026 Anthology · Nicola Griffith
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1
Series opener · book 1 of 41 · published 1985
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 10
Book 10 of 41 · published 1994
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 11
Book 11 of 41 · published 1995
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 12
Book 12 of 41 · published 1996
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 13
Book 13 of 41 · published 1997
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 14
Book 14 of 41 · published 1998
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 15
Book 15 of 41 · published 1999
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 16
Book 16 of 41 · published 2000
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 17
Book 17 of 41 · published 2001
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 18
Book 18 of 41 · published 2002
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 19
Book 19 of 41 · published 2002
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20
Book 20 of 41 · published 2004
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 21
Book 21 of 41 · published 2005
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 22
Book 22 of 41 · published 2006
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 23
Book 23 of 41 · published 2007
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 24
Book 24 of 41 · published 2008
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 25
Book 25 of 41 · published 2009
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 26
Book 26 of 41 · published 2010
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 27
Book 27 of 41 · published 2011
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 28
Book 28 of 41 · published 2012
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 29
Book 29 of 41 · published 2013
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 30
Book 30 of 41 · published 2014
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 31
Book 31 of 41 · published 2015
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 32
Book 32 of 41 · published 2016
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 33
Book 33 of 41 · published 2017
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 34
Book 34 of 41 · published 2018
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 35
Book 35 of 41 · published 2019
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 36
Book 36 of 41 · published 2020
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 37
Book 37 of 41 · published 2021
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 38
Book 38 of 41 · published 2022
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 39
Book 39 of 41 · published 2023
L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future 40
Book 40 of 41 · published 2024
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 41
Latest in the series · book 41 of 41 · published 2025
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection
Series opener · book 1 of 26 · published 1991
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection
Book 8 of 26 · published 2003
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection
Book 9 of 26 · published 2004
Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition
Book 11 of 26 · published 2008
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Karen Joy Fowler?
Karen Joy Fowler Karen Joy Fowler is a science fiction author and a New York Times best-selling author. One of her best works, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, was a Booker Prize finalist. Sony Pictures adapted the Jane Austen Book Club as a major motion picture after spending over three months in the bestseller list.
Which Karen Joy Fowler series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Author's Choice Monthly series, the earliest of Karen Joy Fowler's multi-book series: it opens with The Old Funny Stuff (1989) and runs to 13 books across 1989–1991, ending with It's Been Fun (1991).
How many books has Karen Joy Fowler written?
Karen Joy Fowler has 130 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1984 and 2027. 86 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Author's Choice Monthly series with 13 books — and 44 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Karen Joy Fowler's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Karen Joy Fowler's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Author's Choice Monthly (1989–1991, 13 books).
How are Karen Joy Fowler's books organised into series?
This guide splits Karen Joy Fowler's 130 books into 3 named series and 44 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Author's Choice Monthly (13 books, 1989–1991); L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future (41 books, 1985–2025); Outspoken Authors (32 books, 1984–2026).