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Suzanne Palmer

4 Series • 20 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Finder Chronicles Books
Start with: Finder (2019)
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Ode to the Half-Broken (2026)
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Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Start with: The Secret Life of Bots (2017)

ⓘ About Suzanne Palmer

Suzanne Palmer is best known as a science fiction novelist who has been the winner of a Hugo Award. She is also employed at the Clark Science Center at Smith where she works as a Data and Systems Administrator. Earlier, she went to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where she got a Fine Arts in sculpture bachelor’s degree. Even though she still does art for fun, she now focuses more on her writing. She won the Hugo Award in 2018 for The Secret Lives of Bots and has been nominated for several other awards since. She currently makes her home in western Massachusetts, where she lives with several four and two-legged creatures.

All Book Series by Suzanne Palmer

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Finder

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2019

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2019
2
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Driving the Deep

Book 2 of 4 · published 2020

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2020
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The Scavenger Door

Book 3 of 4 · published 2021

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2021
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Ghostdrift

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2024

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2024
1
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Ode to the Half-Broken

Single-title series · published 2026

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2026
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The Secret Life of Bots

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2017

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2017
2

Bots of the Lost Ark

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2021

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2021
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Absolute Visions

Series opener · book 1 of 13 · published 2011

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2011
2
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Fish

Book 2 of 13 · published 2013

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2013
3
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Two

Book 3 of 13 · published 2017

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2017
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year Volume Three

Book 4 of 13 · published 2017

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2017
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The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2017

Book 5 of 13 · published 2017

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2017
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The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2018

Book 6 of 13 · published 2018

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2018
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The New Voices of Science Fiction

Book 7 of 13 · published 2019

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2019
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Five

Book 8 of 13 · published 2020

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2020
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The Long List Anthology, Volume 6

Book 9 of 13 · published 2020

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2020
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Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 200, May 2023

Book 10 of 13 · published 2023

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2023
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The Long List Anthology Volume 9

Book 11 of 13 · published 2025

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2025
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Ode to the Half-Broken

Book 12 of 13 · published 2026

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2026
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year: 2025

Latest in the series · book 13 of 13 · published 2026

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2026

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Suzanne Palmer?

Suzanne Palmer is best known as a science fiction novelist who has been the winner of a Hugo Award. She is also employed at the Clark Science Center at Smith where she works as a Data and Systems Administrator. Earlier, she went to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where she got a Fine Arts in sculpture bachelor's degree.

Which Suzanne Palmer series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Finder Chronicles series, the earliest of Suzanne Palmer's multi-book series: it opens with Finder (2019) and runs to 4 books across 2019–2024, ending with Ghostdrift (2024).

How many books has Suzanne Palmer written?

Suzanne Palmer has 20 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2011 and 2026. 4 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Finder Chronicles series with 4 books — and 16 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Suzanne Palmer's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Suzanne Palmer's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Finder Chronicles (2019–2024, 4 books).

How are Suzanne Palmer's books organised into series?

This guide splits Suzanne Palmer's 20 books into 1 named series and 16 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Finder Chronicles (4 books, 2019–2024).