Charles Stross is a highly acclaimed author from Leeds, England, who currently resides in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is known for his works in the genres of science fiction, crime, horror, and thriller. Stross has received six Hugo Award nominations and has won the award for best novella in 2005, 2010, and 2015. His writings have been translated into twelve foreign languages, showcasing his global appeal.
Before becoming a full-time writer, Stross worked in a variety of jobs, including programmer, tech writer, pharmacist, and journalist. He holds graduation degrees in Computer Science and Pharmacy. His writing style and unique descriptions have been praised by many prominent personalities, including Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman.
Stross's works encompass science fiction, Lovecraftian horror, and fantasy. He is often regarded as part of a new generation of British science fiction writers who specialize in hard science fiction and space opera. His contemporaries include Alastair Reynolds, Ken MacLeod, Liz Williams, and Richard Morgan. Despite his success in the science fiction genre, Stross has not limited himself to it and has explored various genres in his writing career.
Singularity Sky Books
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Singularity Sky
2003
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Iron Sunrise
2004
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Accelerando
2005
The Merchant Princes Books
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The Family Trade
2004
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The Hidden Family
2005
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The Clan Corporate
2006
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The Merchants' War
2007
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The Revolution Business
2009
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The Trade of Queens
2010
Laundry Files Books
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The Atrocity Archives
2004
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The Jennifer Morgue
2006
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Down on the Farm
2010
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Equoid
2010
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Overtime
2010
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The Fuller Memorandum
2010
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The Apocalypse Codex
2012
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The Rhesus Chart
2014
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The Annihilation Score
2015
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The Nightmare Stacks
2016
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The Delirium Brief
2017
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The Labyrinth Index
2018
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Escape from Yokai Land
2022
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Season of Skulls
2023
The New Management Books
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Dead Lies Dreaming
2020
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Quantum of Nightmares
2022
Laundry Files Collections
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Three Tales from the Laundry Files
2014
Halting State Books
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Halting State
2007
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Rule 34
2011
Freyaverse Books
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Saturn's Children
2008
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Neptune's Brood
2013
Empire Games Books
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Empire Games
2017
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Dark State
2018
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Invisible Sun
2021
Standalone Novels
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Glasshouse
2006
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Missile Gap
2006
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Scratch Monkey
2011
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The Rapture of the Nerds
2012
Short Stories/Novellas
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Approaching Xanadu
1989
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Lobsters
2001
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Halo
2002
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Nightfall
2003
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Festival of Fools
2003
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The Concrete Jungle
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Elector
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Palimpsest
2009
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A Tall Tail
2012
Short Story Collections
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Toast, and Other Stories
2002
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Wireless
2009
Non-Fiction Books
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The Web Architect's Handbook
1996
Warhammer 40,000 Books
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Deathwing
1980
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Draco
1990
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Inquisitor
1990
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Harlequin
1994
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Chaos Child
1994
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Eye of Terror
1999
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Dark Imperium
2001
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Storm of Iron
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Words of Blood
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Farseer
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Crucible of War
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Lone Wolves
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What Price Victory
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The Inquisition War
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Iron Hands
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Bringers of Death
2005
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Let the Galaxy Burn
2006
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Tales from the Dark Millennium
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Blood & Thunder
2008
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Planetkill
2008
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Imperial Guard Omnibus: Volume One
2008
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Dawn of War II
2009
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Sabbat Worlds: A Good Man
2011
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The Alien Beast Within
2012
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Mephiston: Lord of Death
2013
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Down Amongst the Dead Men
2013
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The Cost of Command
2015
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Warped Stars
2016
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The Macharian Crusade Omnibus
2017
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The Path Unclear
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Choke Point
2018
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Lightning Run
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Masters of Stone and Steel
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Spear of the Emperor
2018
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Celestine: The Living Saint
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Redemption Through Sacrifice
2019
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Born of the Storm
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Last Flight
2019
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Inferno! Volume 4
2019
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Mark of Faith
2019
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Lord of the Dark Millennium
2020
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Where Dere’s da Warp Dere’s a Way
2020
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Night Shriekers
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Warriors and Warlords
2020
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The Method of Madness
2020
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Indomitus
2020
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The Karsharat Abomination
2020
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Imperium at War
2020
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The Hammer and the Eagle: Icons of Warhammer
2020
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Green and Grey
2020
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Brutal Kunnin'
2020
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Nexus & Other Stories
2020
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Ephrael Stern: The Heretic Saint
2020
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Recongregator
2021
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The Tear of Selevia
2021
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Silent Hunters
2021
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Sabbat War
2021
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Da Gobbo's Revenge
2021
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The Wolftime
2021
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A Small Cog
2022
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Fool's Ruin
2022
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Astorath: Angel of Mercy
2022
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Ghazghkull Thraka: Prophet of the Waaagh!
2022
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Huron Blackheart: Master of the Maelstrom
2022
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Sacred Hate
2022
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The Brightest And Best
2022
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Awakenings
2022
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Kasrkin
2022
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Renegades: Harrowmaster
2022
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Only War: Stories from the 41st Millennium
2022
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Packin' Heat
2022
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Warboss
2023
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The Lion: Son of the Forest
2023
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Once A Killer
2023
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The Long Promise
2023
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Yarrick: The Omnibus
2024
Charles Stross Anthologies
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Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2001
2001
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Supermen
2002
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The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 15
2002
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Year's Best SF 8
2003
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The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 16
2003
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ReVisions
2004
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection
2004
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Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2004
2004
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One Million A.D.
2005
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The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction
2006
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The Space Opera Renaissance
2006
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Rewired
2007
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Space Opera
2007
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The Book of Cthulhu
2011
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The Recent Weird
2011
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The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 4
2012
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Digital Rapture
2012
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Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2012 edition
2013
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Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2013
2013
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The Time Traveler's Almanac
2013
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Tor.com: Selected Original Fiction, 2008-2012
2013
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Zombies: More Recent Dead
2014
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More Recent Weird
2015
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Shoreline of Infinity 8½: Edinburgh International Book Festival Special Edition