Tim Powers

The Anubis Gates is a fun travel story that is both informative and entertaining. Join a history lover in his travels through different parts of the past and some of his outstanding experiences. The author does a good job of portraying different characters and feelings in addition to painting a perfect picture of an era; all of us can only dream about.

The best place to start is the Anubis Gates series, the earliest of Tim Powers's multi-book series: it opens with The Anubis Gates (1983) and runs to 3 books across 1983–2020, ending with The Properties of Rooftop Air (2020). Tim Powers's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Tim Powers has 98 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1970 and 2025. 67 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the Anubis Gates series with 3 books — and 31 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Tim Powers's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Anubis Gates (1983–2020, 3 books), The Stress of Her Regard (1989–2012, 2 books) and Fault Lines (1992–1997, 3 books), plus 1 more.

This guide splits Tim Powers's 98 books into 6 named series and 31 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Anubis Gates (3 books, 1983–2020); Fault Lines (3 books, 1992–1997); Vickery and Castine (3 books, 2018–2022); The Stress of Her Regard (2 books, 1989–2012); L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future (41 books, 1985–2025), plus 1 further series.