Jo Walton Books in Order

After an invading army devastates her life, Sulien ap Gwien joins King Urdo's cavalry. Her growing military role draws her into his struggle to unite Tir Tanagiri's rival rulers and restore peace to a fractured land.

Sulien and King Urdo have united Tir Tanagiri under a common system of justice, but opponents see tyranny in their reforms. As civil war erupts, Sulien must fight former friends to defend the kingdom they built.

Four young friends face intertwined destinies in Tir Isarnagiri's feuding kingdoms. After provoking the Horse Goddess, Conal, Emer, Darag and Ferdia discover that friendship and love may offer little protection against divine vengeance and approaching war.

A dragon patriarch's death sends his children into disputes over inheritance, religious duty and marriage. In a society governed by rank and appetite, their choices expose the tensions between family loyalty, romantic hopes and social convention.

In a Britain that made peace with Hitler, a politician is murdered during a country-house gathering. Lucy Kahn fears her Jewish husband will be framed, while Inspector Carmichael investigates a crime entangled with increasingly sinister politics.

A suburban bombing leads Inspector Carmichael to a plot against Britain's fascist prime minister and Adolf Hitler. Meanwhile, conspirators blackmail an actress into helping them, drawing her into a dangerous struggle against dictatorship and secret police.

In fascist Britain, secret-police commander Peter Carmichael prepares for a London peace conference attended by Hitler. A debutante and Carmichael become unlikely opponents of the regime as political ambitions and street violence threaten a new crisis.

At Applekirk, four adults share a household shaped by their individual callings and affectionate partnerships. The arrival of a scholar and an ancestor returned from the magical East disrupts their settled lives and their children's future.

After a magical confrontation leaves her injured and her twin dead, Morwenna Phelps enters an English boarding school. Science-fiction books offer refuge, but her attempt to find friends through magic attracts her dangerous mother's attention again.

This joint volume combines Walton’s poetry with Slonczewski’s fiction and reflections on writing, alongside interviews with both authors. The selections explore their imaginative work and creative lives, including Walton’s previously unpublished poetry collection The River and the Road.

Elderly Patricia Cowan remembers two incompatible lives: an unhappy marriage with four children and a loving partnership with three. As her memories diverge after a single decision, the novel follows both families and their different worlds.

More than 130 essays explore Jo Walton's experiences rereading science fiction and fantasy. Adapted from her Tor posts, the collection revisits familiar classics and neglected works while examining time travel, genre boundaries and the pleasures of returning.

Athene creates a city based on Plato's Republic, gathering children and teachers from across history alongside futuristic robots. Apollo joins as a mortal boy, but Socrates' arrival raises questions that challenge the gods' experiment in human excellence.

Twenty years after Athene's experiment began, the Just City has divided into rival communities. Apollo, still living as a mortal, sets sail with his children after a devastating loss, pursuing answers while grief turns his thoughts toward revenge.

Athene's experimental cities now flourish on the distant planet Plato, trading with alien neighbors. When Apollo's mortal life ends and a ship arrives from Earth, the communities face an unexpected encounter with humanity beyond their philosophical society.

Jo Walton revisits Hugo Award finalists and winners from 1953 through 2000 in essays originally published on Tor. Her discussions place nominated novels alongside their contemporaries, assessing changing tastes and how the books hold up over time.

Stories, poems, and a play explore worlds where coins observe human lives, mirrors possess limited power, and a cloned savior investigates murder. Myth, technology, and everyday experience meet in brief narratives that experiment with perspective and the possibilities of storytelling.

In Renaissance Florence, Girolamo Savonarola can see and expel demons. His remarkable gifts draw him into the city's political and spiritual struggles, but powerful opponents in the Church threaten the friar's efforts to protect its people.

A character living inside novelist Sylvia Harrison's imagination fears dying with her. As the aging writer returns to a familiar fantasy city, he devises a plan for immortality and tries to persuade her to follow it.

In mist-built Serenissima, belief can reshape reality across a crossroads of nine worlds. A laborer’s dream of a ruler marrying the sea passes through neighbors and acquaintances, gradually becoming something the city itself may be compelled to fulfill.