A chronological guide to Lavie Tidhar’s novels, series, novellas, short fiction, graphic novels, children’s books, collections, anthologies, collaborations and Romanian translations.
Lavie Tidhar is an award-winning writer whose bibliography crosses the boundaries between science fiction, fantasy, alternative history, crime fiction and literary fiction.
His published work includes the steampunk Bookman Histories trilogy, the futuristic Central Station universe, the historical Maror Trilogy, the Arthurian reinterpretations of Anti-Matter of Britain, and numerous standalone novels.
Tidhar is also a prolific short-story writer, a graphic-novel creator and an editor known for championing speculative fiction from around the world.
This bibliography follows original publication dates and distinguishes new works from revised editions, reprints, collected stories and omnibus editions.
The catalogue covers works published up to October 2026. Announced titles scheduled for later publication are identified separately.
📖 Novels — Chronological Publication Order
| Year | Title | Series or Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | The Tel Aviv Dossier — with Nir Yaniv | Collaborative novel |
| 2010 | The Bookman | Bookman Histories #1 |
| 2011 | Camera Obscura | Bookman Histories #2 |
| 2011 | Osama | Standalone novel |
| 2012 | The Great Game | Bookman Histories #3 |
| 2013 | The Violent Century | Standalone novel |
| 2014 | A Man Lies Dreaming | Standalone novel |
| 2016 | Central Station | Central Station universe #1 |
| 2018 | Candy | Children’s novel |
| 2018 | Unholy Land | Standalone novel |
| 2020 | By Force Alone | Anti-Matter of Britain #1 |
| 2021 | The Hood | Anti-Matter of Britain #2 |
| 2021 | The Escapement | Standalone novel |
| 2022 | Maror | Maror Trilogy #1 |
| 2022 | Neom | Central Station universe #2 |
| 2023 | Adama | Maror Trilogy #2 |
| 2023 | The Circumference of the World | Standalone novel |
| 2024 | Six Lives | Standalone historical novel |
| 2025 | Golgotha | Maror Trilogy #3 |
Important Publication Distinctions
The Tel Aviv Dossier first appeared in 2009 through ChiZine Publications. The 2010 mass-market edition is a later publication of the same novel.
Candy was first published in the United Kingdom in 2018. Its American edition, The Candy Mafia (2020), is the same book under a different title.
A Man Lies Dreaming was first published in 2014. Earlier dates occasionally associated with catalogue listings should not be confused with the original novel’s publication.
Central Station incorporates interconnected fiction, but its 2016 book publication remains a distinct bibliographic entry.
📚 Complete Series and Reading Orders
🎩 The Bookman Histories
An alternative-history steampunk trilogy set in a radically reimagined Victorian world.
- The Bookman (2010)
- Camera Obscura (2011)
- The Great Game (2012)
Series status: Complete.
Recommended reading order: Publication order.
The three novels have also appeared together in The Bookman Histories omnibus.
🚀 Central Station Universe
A future-history science-fiction setting exploring humanity, artificial intelligence, technology and cultural identity.
- Central Station (2016)
- Neom (2022)
Recommended reading order: Central Station, followed by Neom.
A further volume, Martian Pastoral, has been announced, but it is not included among the published novels as of October 2026.
⚔️ Anti-Matter of Britain
A dark and satirical reimagining of British history and mythology.
- By Force Alone (2020)
- The Hood (2021)
The wider project has been described as a planned quartet. The published sequence currently contains these two novels.
🕵️ The Maror Trilogy
A completed historical and literary crime trilogy.
- Maror (2022)
- Adama (2023)
- Golgotha (2025)
Series status: Complete.
Recommended reading order: Publication order.
🏜️ Gorel of Goliris
A sequence of connected fantasy and sword-and-sorcery fiction.
- Gorel and the Pot-Bellied God (2011) — novella
- Black Gods Kiss (2015) — collection of related fiction
Black Gods Kiss is a collection rather than a conventional second full-length novel.
🧛 Judge Dee Mysteries
This Gothic mystery sequence follows an immortal vampire investigator and his human assistant through medieval Europe.
The individual stories were originally published as shorter fiction.
| Year | Story |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law |
| 2021 | Judge Dee and the Three Deaths of Count Werdenfels |
| 2021 | Judge Dee and the Poisoner of Montmartre |
| 2022 | Seven Vampires |
| 2022 | Judge Dee and the Mystery of the Missing Manuscript |
| 2023 | The Locked Coffin |
| 2024 | Judge Dee and the Executioner of Épinal |
The Three Coffin Problem (2026)
Published on 16 June 2026, The Three Coffin Problem gathers the Judge Dee mysteries into a connected, novel-shaped collection.
It should not be counted as an entirely new sequence of stories separate from the previously published material.
For readers discovering Judge Dee, the collected edition provides a convenient reading option.
📕 Novellas and Shorter Standalone Works
Lavie Tidhar has published numerous novellas and shorter works, some initially appearing in magazines before receiving separate book or ebook editions.
| First Publication | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | An Occupation of Angels | Fantasy novella; later reissued |
| 2010 | Cloud Permutations | Science-fiction novella |
| 2011 | Gorel and the Pot-Bellied God | Fantasy novella |
| 2011 | Jesus and the Eightfold Path | Speculative novella |
| 2013 | Martian Sands | Science-fiction novella / short novel |
| 2014 | Lust of the Swastika | Shorter speculative work |
| 2016 | The Vanishing Kind | First appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 2019 | New Atlantis | First appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 2020 | The Big Blind | Crime / speculative novella |
| 2026 | Joiner and Rust | Science-fiction novelette |
Joiner and Rust (2026)
First published by Reactor on 14 January 2026, Joiner and Rust follows an ageing robot travelling to visit an old friend.
The story also received a separate ebook edition.
Although some book catalogues place it among novels, it is more accurately classified as a novelette, not a full-length novel.
📚 Short-Story Collections
| Year | Collection | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | HebrewPunk | Four connected stories blending Jewish folklore and pulp fantasy |
| 2015 | Black Gods Kiss | Stories connected to Gorel of Goliris |
| 2018 | Terminale Terra | Italian-language collection of previously published fiction |
| 2019 | Venus in Bloom | Special bilingual English/Japanese collection |
| 2021 | The Lunacy Commission | Linked stories connected to A Man Lies Dreaming |
| 2024 | Four Novellas | Collection of shorter works |
| 2025 | No One Hears the Last Shot | Crime and noir short-story collection |
| 2026 | The Three Coffin Problem | Collected Judge Dee mysteries |
| 2026 | The Cryptogonzopunk Trilogy | Chapbook collecting three previously published stories |
HebrewPunk (2007)
A collection blending Jewish folklore, supernatural figures and pulp-fiction traditions.
It is an important early publication in Tidhar’s short-fiction bibliography.
Black Gods Kiss (2015)
Collects shorter works associated with Gorel of Goliris.
The volume builds on the fictional setting introduced in Gorel and the Pot-Bellied God.
The Lunacy Commission (2021)
A collection of interconnected stories associated with the world of A Man Lies Dreaming.
The stories take place before the events of the novel.
No One Hears the Last Shot (2025)
A collection of crime and noir fiction.
It includes stories such as Raskol, Red Riding Hood and The Last Romantics.
The Cryptogonzopunk Trilogy (2026)
A special chapbook released in October 2026 as part of a StoryBundle promotion.
It collects three previously published stories:
- Enter the Dragon. Later, Enter Another
- Choosing Faces
- 2084 Satoshi A.D.
This is a new collection of existing short fiction, not three newly written novels.
✨ Individual Short Stories and Magazine Publications
Tidhar has published a substantial body of short fiction in magazines and anthologies, including Clarkesworld, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Analog, Apex Magazine, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and Reactor.
The following catalogue identifies notable individual publications and stories associated with his established fictional worlds.
Early and Selected Short Fiction
- What the Thunder Said (2007)
- The Shangri-La Affair (2009)
- The Integrity of the Chain (2009)
- The Spontaneous Knotting of an Agitated String (2010)
- Dragonkin (2013)
- Selfies (2014)
- Terminal (2016)
- The Old Dispensation (2017)
- Yiwu (2018)
- In Xanadu (2019)
- The Night Train
- Junk Hounds
- The Portal Keeper
- Schlafstunde
- It Happened in ‘Loontown
Some stories have subsequently appeared in international translations, themed anthologies and annual best-of collections.
Short Fiction Published in 2025
Selected publications include:
- The Courier — Asimov’s Science Fiction
- The Garden — Bourboun Penn
- The Swap — Apex
- The Salt — The Map of Lost Places
- In Their Own Voices — New Weird and Decadent
Short Fiction Published in 2026
- Breach — ParSec
- The Moribund — Asimov’s Science Fiction
- Joiner and Rust — Reactor
Bibliographic note: Tidhar’s individually published short fiction is considerably more extensive than the selection above. This section records identifiable titles without claiming that every magazine appearance or anthology contribution has been exhaustively catalogued.
🎨 Comics and Graphic Novels
Lavie Tidhar’s comics draw on pulp fiction, alternative history, Gothic literature and speculative storytelling.
Early Comics
| Year | Title | Collaborator or Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | The Butcher & The Fly-Keeper: A Christmas Love Story | Thomas Tuke; Murky Depths |
| 2009 | Finger | Neil Roberts; Murky Depths |
| 2010 | Mr. Spellman’s Last Dance | Andre Siregar; Grave Conditions |
| 2010 | Mr. Spellman’s Holiday | Andre Siregar; Murky Depths |
| 2012 | Adolf Hitler’s “I Dream of Ants!” | Neil Struthers |
| 2014 | A Man Named Wolf | Neil Struthers |
| 2017 | New Swabia | Sarah Anne Langton |
Adler (2020)
Writer: Lavie Tidhar
Artist: Paul McCaffrey
Publisher: Titan Comics
The series comprises five issues:
- Adler #1 (2020)
- Adler #2 (2020)
- Adler #3 (2020)
- Adler #4 (2020)
- Adler #5 (2020)
The collected graphic novel contains the complete miniseries.
It should be catalogued as one collected work or five original issues, depending on the format being documented—not as six separate stories.
🦋 Adler on BookFairy
Adler brings together characters from Victorian and Gothic literature in an imaginative steampunk adventure.
The BookFairy review explores the alternative-history setting, the unusual literary ensemble and Paul McCaffrey’s artwork.
📖 Read the BookFairy review of Adler by Lavie Tidhar & Paul McCaffrey
🧒 Children’s Books and Illustrated Publications
| Year | Title | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Going to the Moon | Illustrated book; art by Paul McCaffrey |
| 2018 | Candy | Middle-grade mystery novel |
| 2024 | The Children’s Book of the Future | Illustrated nonfiction; collaboration with Richard Watson |
Candy / The Candy Mafia
The novel was first published as Candy in the United Kingdom in 2018.
The American edition appeared in 2020 under the title The Candy Mafia.
These are alternative titles for the same work.
The Children’s Book of the Future (2024)
An illustrated exploration of possible futures, technology and the world younger generations may inherit.
This is a nonfiction publication and should be distinguished from Tidhar’s children’s novels.
🌍 Edited Anthologies
Lavie Tidhar has been an influential editor and advocate for international speculative fiction.
His anthology work is an important part of his bibliography but must be distinguished from books he wrote himself.
The Apex Book of World SF
| Year | Title | Editorial Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | The Apex Book of World SF | Editor |
| 2012 | The Apex Book of World SF 2 | Editor |
| 2014 | The Apex Book of World SF 3 | Editor |
| 2015 | The Apex Book of World SF 4 | Series editor; volume edited by Mahvesh Murad |
| 2018 | The Apex Book of World SF 5 | Series editor; volume edited by Cristina Jurado |
The Best of World SF
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2021 | The Best of World SF: Volume 1 |
| 2022 | The Best of World SF: Volume 2 |
| 2023 | The Best of World SF: Volume 3 |
Other Edited Anthologies
- A Dick and Jane Primer for Adults (2008)
- Jews vs Aliens — co-edited with Rebecca Levene
- Jews vs Zombies — co-edited with Rebecca Levene
The Jews vs publications have also appeared in omnibus form. An omnibus combining previously published anthologies is not a new collection of original stories.
📝 Nonfiction, Poetry and Other Writing
Michael Marshall Smith: A Bibliography (2004)
An early bibliographic publication documenting the work of Michael Marshall Smith.
Art and War: Poetry, Pulp and Politics in Israeli Fiction (2016)
By Lavie Tidhar and Shimon Adaf
A nonfiction collaboration examining Israeli literature, cultural identity and the relationship between fiction and politics.
There Will Be Time (2004)
A one-act play.
Tidhar’s wider nonfiction output includes essays, book criticism, journalism and contributions to literary publications.
His writing has appeared in publications such as The Washington Post, The Guardian, Nature and New Scientist.
📦 Omnibus Editions, Reprints and Alternative Titles
| Publication | Original or Later Edition | Bibliographic Distinction |
|---|---|---|
| The Tel Aviv Dossier (2010) | Later edition | Original novel published in 2009 |
| The Bookman Histories (2012) | Omnibus | Collects the three Bookman novels |
| The Bookman Histories (2022–2023) | GraphicAudio adaptations | Audio adaptations, not new novels |
| The Candy Mafia (2020) | US edition | Alternative title for Candy (2018) |
| The Lunacy Commission (2021) | Collection | Linked fiction connected to A Man Lies Dreaming |
| Adler collected edition | Graphic-novel collection | Collects five original comic issues |
| Four Novellas (2024) | Collection | Previously published shorter fiction |
| The Three Coffin Problem (2026) | Collection | Gathers Judge Dee stories |
| The Cryptogonzopunk Trilogy (2026) | Chapbook collection | Three previously published stories |
Reprinted paperbacks, ebooks, special editions and audiobook adaptations are not treated as new original literary works.
🇷🇴 Lavie Tidhar — Romanian Translations
Stația Centrală
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Original title | Central Station |
| Original publication | 2016 |
| Romanian title | Stația Centrală |
| Romanian publisher | Editura Nemira |
| Collection | Nautilus |
| Romanian publication | 6 February 2018 |
| Translators | Alina Bilciurescu and Mihai-Dan Pavelescu |
| ISBN | 978-606-43-0085-0 |
The novel introduces readers to a futuristic Tel Aviv, where multiple cultures and communities coexist beneath a vast interplanetary transport station.
Humanity, artificial intelligence and other forms of consciousness interact in a world shaped by technology, migration and changing identities.
Publication note: The Romanian edition is a translation of the original 2016 novel, not a separate work.
Other Romanian Publications
The Romanian-language publication record is more limited than Tidhar’s extensive English-language bibliography.
Although further translations or individual stories may exist in Romanian magazines and anthologies, they are not listed here without confirmed titles and publication details.
A publisher’s announcement or a planned translation is not counted as an already published Romanian edition.
📖 Where to Begin Reading Lavie Tidhar
Tidhar’s work covers several distinct genres, so the best starting point depends on the reader’s interests.
| Reading Preference | Recommended Starting Point |
|---|---|
| Thoughtful science fiction | Central Station |
| Alternative history | The Violent Century |
| Literary mystery | Osama |
| Steampunk adventure | The Bookman |
| Dark fantasy and mythology | By Force Alone |
| Historical crime fiction | Maror |
| Surreal fantasy | The Escapement |
| Gothic supernatural mysteries | Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law |
| Graphic novels | Adler |
Readers interested in Tidhar’s work as a champion of international speculative fiction may also explore his edited World SF anthologies.
🔭 Announced and Future Publications
As of October 2026, the following projects have been announced but should not be confused with titles already published:
- Martian Pastoral — planned continuation of the Central Station universe.
- Quincey — novella announced for December 2026.
- Guns and Sorcery — listed for 2027.
Publication schedules may change. These titles belong in a forthcoming-publications section until their release can be confirmed.
💭 Final Thoughts
Lavie Tidhar’s bibliography reveals an author who consistently challenges the boundaries of genre.
From the steampunk adventures of The Bookman Histories to the posthuman future of Central Station, the historical violence of the Maror Trilogy and the literary experimentation of A Man Lies Dreaming, his work demonstrates a fascination with the relationship between fiction, history and identity.
His shorter fiction, graphic novels and editorial projects are equally important to understanding the breadth of his career.
Tidhar’s writing offers several possible routes for readers, whether their interests lie in science fiction, fantasy, alternative history or literary fiction.
