Molly Gloss

Molly Gloss

4 Series • 16 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Outside the Gates (1986)
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Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Start with: Lambing Season (2002)
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Publication Order of Collections
Start with: Unforeseen (2019)

ⓘ About Molly Gloss

“The Jump-off Creek” was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for American fiction, and won the Oregon Book Award and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award. In the year 1996, she was a recipient of a Whiting Writers Award. “Wild Life” won the James Tiptree Jr. Award and was selected for “If All Seattle Read the Same Book”. “The Dazzle of Day was awarded the PEN Center West Fiction Prize and was named a New York Times Notable Book. M Molly speaks to organizations and libraries, and as the keynote event for Common Reads. Her lecture topics have included, among others, the roles of women in the literature of the West, the craft and art of writing, and the western mythology in American culture.

All Book Series by Molly Gloss

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Outside the Gates

Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 1986

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1986
2
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The Jump-Off Creek

Book 2 of 6 · published 1989

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1989
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The Dazzle of Day

Book 3 of 6 · published 1997

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1997
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Wild Life

Book 4 of 6 · published 2000

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2000
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The Hearts of Horses

Book 5 of 6 · published 2007

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2007
6
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Falling from Horses

Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2014

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2014
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Lambing Season

Single-title series · published 2002

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2002
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Unforeseen

Single-title series · published 2019

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2019
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection

Series opener · book 1 of 8 · published 1985

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1985
2
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The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 16

Book 2 of 8 · published 2003

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2003
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The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels

Book 3 of 8 · published 2005

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2005
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The Secret History of Science Fiction

Book 4 of 8 · published 2009

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2009
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Alien Contact

Book 5 of 8 · published 2011

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2011
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Aliens: Recent Encounters

Book 6 of 8 · published 2013

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2013
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The Year's Best Science Fiction on Earth 3

Book 7 of 8 · published 2025

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2025
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Revolution in the Heart

Latest in the series · book 8 of 8 · published 2026

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2026

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Molly Gloss?

“The Jump-off Creek” was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for American fiction, and won the Oregon Book Award and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award. In the year 1996, she was a recipient of a Whiting Writers Award. “Wild Life” won the James Tiptree Jr. Award and was selected for “If All Seattle Read the Same Book”. “The Dazzle of Day was awarded the PEN Center West Fiction Prize and was named a New York Times Notable Book.

Which Molly Gloss series should I start with?

Molly Gloss's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Outside the Gates (1986).

How many books has Molly Gloss written?

Molly Gloss has 16 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1985 and 2026. They are filed under 4 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Anthologies, Standalone Novels and Short Stories/Novellas.

In what order should Molly Gloss's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 16 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.

How are Molly Gloss's books organised into series?

This guide splits Molly Gloss's 16 books into categories rather than numbered series: Anthologies (8 books); Standalone Novels (6 books); Short Stories/Novellas (1 book); Collections (1 book).