Charlie Jane Anders

Charlie Jane Anders

Charlie Jane Anders has written at least 71 books. Their most popular book is All the Birds in the Sky with 408 saves with an average rating of 3.57⭐.

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Author Bio

Charlie Jane Anders (she/her) is the author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster, coming August 2025 from Tor Books. Her other novels include All the Birds in the Sky, The City in the Middle of the Night and the young-adult Unstoppable trilogy. She's also the author of the short story collection Even Greater Mistakes, and Never Say You Can't Survive, a book about how to use creative writing to get through hard times. She's won the Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon, Lambda Literary, Crawford and Locus Awards. She co-created Escapade, a transgender superhero, for Marvel Comics and wrote her into the long-running New Mutants comic. And she's currently the science fiction and fantasy book reviewer for the Washington Post. With Annalee Newitz, she co-hosts the podcast Our Opinions Are Correct.

https://www.charliejaneanders.com/

All the Birds in the Sky

#1 of 1 in All the Birds in the Sky

All the Birds in the Sky
ByCharlie Jane Anders

2016 • 408 Readers 3.6

The City in the Middle of the Night

The City in the Middle of the Night

2018 • 242 Readers • 366 pages 3.2

Victories Greater Than Death

#1 of 4 in Unstoppable

Victories Greater Than Death
ByCharlie Jane Anders

2021 • 88 Readers • 288 pages 3.5

A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers

2019 • 54 Readers • 434 pages 3.9

The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales

The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales
ByGarth Nix,Margo Lanagan,+16 more

2016 • 36 Readers • 400 pages 3.7

Never Say You Can't Survive: How to Get Through Hard Times by Making Up Stories

2021 • 34 Readers • 288 pages 4.3

Even Greater Mistakes: Stories

Even Greater Mistakes: Stories
ByCharlie Jane Anders

2021 • 27 Readers • 400 pages 3.8

Six Months, Three Days

Six Months, Three Days
ByCharlie Jane Anders

2011 • 25 Readers • 33 pages 3.4

From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi

#3 of 3 in Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View

From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi
ByPaul Crilley(Contributor),Fran Wilde(Contributor)

2023 • 24 Readers • 573 pages 3.2

Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak

#2 of 4 in Unstoppable

Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak
ByCharlie Jane Anders

2022 • 19 Readers • 333 pages 3.9

Cursed

#1 of 3 in Cursed

Cursed
ByAngela Slatter,Neil Gaiman,+17 more

2020 • 17 Readers • 384 pages

That's Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation

That's Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation
ByMattilda Bernstein Sycamore(Editor),Chris Grinnell(Contributor)

2004 • 14 Readers • 340 pages 4.8

As Good as New

As Good as New
ByCharlie Jane Anders

2014 • 14 Readers • 32 pages 4.3

Clover

#1.5 of 1 in All the Birds in the Sky

Clover
ByCharlie Jane Anders

2016 • 13 Readers • 27 pages 3.5

Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future

Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future
ByBruce Sterling(Contributor),Neal Stephenson(Preface, Contributor)

2014 • 13 Readers • 532 pages 3

Nevertheless, She Persisted: Flash Fiction Project

10 Some of the Best from Tor.com

Nevertheless, She Persisted: Flash Fiction Project
ByCharlie Jane Anders,Brooke Bolander,+9 more

2020 • 13 Readers • 47 pages 3.9

Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2011 edition

#1 of 10 in Some of the Best from Tor.com

2012 • 13 Readers • 206 pages 4.2

Resist: Tales from a Future Worth Fighting Against

Resist: Tales from a Future Worth Fighting Against
ByHugh Howey,Charlie Jane Anders,+25 more

2018 • 11 Readers • 386 pages 3.8

If You Take My Meaning

The City in the Middle of the Night

If You Take My Meaning
ByCharlie Jane Anders

2020 • 11 Readers • 34 pages 3.2

Promises Stronger Than Darkness

#3 of 4 in Unstoppable

Promises Stronger Than Darkness
ByCharlie Jane Anders

2023 • 10 Readers • 352 pages 4

Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2016 Edition

#6 of 10 in Some of the Best from Tor.com

Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2016 Edition
ByCharlie Jane Anders,Nina Allan,+23 more

2017 • 10 Readers • 647 pages 4

Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow

Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow
ByKirsten Berg(Editor),Torie Bosch(Editor)

2016 • 10 Readers • 256 pages 3.8

Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2014 edition

#4 of 10 in Some of the Best from Tor.com

Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2014 edition
ByCharlie Jane Anders,Dale Bailey,+24 more

2015 • 9 Readers • 940 pages 4.5

Drowned Worlds

Drowned Worlds
ByNalo Hopkinson,Ken Liu,+7 more

2016 • 9 Readers • 400 pages 3.8

The Fermi Paradox is Our Business Model

2010 • 9 Readers • 32 pages 3.8

Worlds Seen in Passing: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction

Worlds Seen in Passing: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction
ByIrene Gallo(Editor),Charlie Jane Anders(Contributor)

2018 • 9 Readers • 569 pages

Lightspeed Magazine, June 2014: Women Destroy Science Fiction!

#49 of 15 in Lightspeed Magazine

Lightspeed Magazine, June 2014: Women Destroy Science Fiction!
ByChristie Yant(Editor),N.K. Jemisin(Contributor)

2014 • 9 Readers • 556 pages 4

Out of the Ruins

Out of the Ruins
ByChina Miéville,Emily St. John Mandel,+19 more

2021 • 8 Readers • 320 pages 3

Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2020 Edition

#8 of 10 in Some of the Best from Tor.com

Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2020 Edition
ByCharlie Jane Anders,G.V. Anderson,+27 more

2021 • 7 Readers • 684 pages

Far Out

Far Out
ByPaula Guran(Editor),Rachel Swirsky(Contributor)

2021 • 6 Readers • 432 pages

The Best of Uncanny

15 Uncanny Magazine

The Best of Uncanny
ByKen Liu(Translator)

2018 • 6 Readers • 680 pages 4

Uncanny Magazine Issue 5: July/August 2015

#5 of 15 in Uncanny Magazine

Uncanny Magazine Issue 5: July/August 2015
ByLynne M. Thomas(Editor),Michael Damian Thomas(Editor)

2015 • 5 Readers • 179 pages 4

Trans-Galactic Bike Ride: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories of Transgender and Nonbinary Adventurers

2020 • 5 Readers • 160 pages 5

She's Such a Geek!: Women Write About Science, Technology, and Other Nerdy Stuff

2006 • 5 Readers • 231 pages

Choir Boy

Choir Boy
ByCharlie Jane Anders

2005 • 5 Readers • 308 pages 3.5

The Year's Best Science Fiction, Vol. 1

#1 of 12 in The Year's Best Science Fiction

The Year's Best Science Fiction, Vol. 1
ByCharlie Jane Anders,Tobias S. Buckell,+26 more

2020 • 5 Readers • 608 pages 4

Bridging Infinity

Bridging Infinity
ByCharlie Jane Anders,Ken Liu,+2 more

2016 • 5 Readers • 418 pages 3

The Cartography of Sudden Death

The Cartography of Sudden Death
ByCharlie Jane Anders

2014 • 5 Readers • 28 pages 3.5

The Big Feminist BUT: Comics about Women, Men, and the IFs, ANDs & BUTs of Feminism

2013 • 4 Readers • 195 pages 4

Futures & Fantasies

Futures & Fantasies
ByJohn Joseph Adams,Hugh Howey,+10 more

2018 • 4 Readers • 482 pages 3

Sunspot Jungle, Vol. 1

#1 of 2 in Sunspot Jungle

Sunspot Jungle, Vol. 1
ByN.K. Jemisin,Malka Ann Older,+7 more

2018 • 4 Readers • 532 pages 4

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection

#34 of 12 in The Year's Best Science Fiction

2017 • 4 Readers • 703 pages 3

Multiverses: An Anthology of Alternate Realities

Multiverses: An Anthology of Alternate Realities
ByAlix E. Harrow,Alastair Reynolds,+15 more

2023 • 4 Readers • 320 pages 3

Love Hurts: A Speculative Fiction Anthology

Love Hurts: A Speculative Fiction Anthology
ByJeff VanderMeer,Hugh Howey,+24 more

2015 • 4 Readers • 260 pages

Rock Manning Goes for Broke

Rock Manning Goes for Broke
ByCharlie Jane Anders

2018 • 4 Readers • 122 pages

Uncanny Magazine Issue 51

#51 of 15 in Uncanny Magazine

Uncanny Magazine Issue 51
ByCharlie Jane Anders,Kristiana Willsey,+6 more

2023 • 3 Readers • 178 pages 4

The Stories: Five Years of Original Fiction on Tor.com

Tor.com: Selected Original Fiction

The Stories: Five Years of Original Fiction on Tor.com
ByNina Kiriki Hoffman,Peter Orullian,+3 more

2013 • 3 Readers • 3,817 pages

The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009

#1 of 2 in The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy

The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009
ByJay Lake,Ian McDonald,+48 more

3 Readers 3

Global Dystopias

Global Dystopias
ByJunot Díaz(Editor),Adrienne Bernhard(Contributor)

2017 • 3 Readers • 209 pages

Pwning Tomorrow

Pwning Tomorrow
ByNeil Gaiman,Charlie Jane Anders,+20 more

2015 • 3 Readers • 437 pages 4

Transcendent 2: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction 2016

#2 of 2 in Transcendent

2017 • 3 Readers • 206 pages

Transcendent 3: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction

#3 of 2 in Transcendent

Transcendent 3: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction
ByBogi Takács(Editor),Charlie Jane Anders(Contributor)

2018 • 3 Readers • 264 pages

We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction of 2020

#1 of 2 in We’re Here

We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction of 2020
ByCharlie Jane Anders,Anya Johanna DeNiro,+13 more

2021 • 2 Readers • 264 pages

Lightspeed Magazine, August 2012

#21 of 15 in Lightspeed Magazine

Lightspeed Magazine, August 2012
ByJohn Joseph Adams(Editor),Caroline M. Yoachim(Contributor)

2012 • 2 Readers • 229 pages

Year's Best SF 17

#17 of 1 in Year's Best SF

Year's Best SF 17
ByKathryn Cramer(Editor, Contributor),Ken MacLeod(Contributor)

2012 • 2 Readers • 504 pages

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Flight #008
ByKathryn Cramer(Editor),Bruce Sterling(Contributor)

2017 • 2 Readers 5

Intestate

Intestate
ByCharlie Jane Anders

2012 • 2 Readers • 32 pages 5

Women of Marvel #1

Women Of Marvel

Women of Marvel #1
ByCharlie Jane Anders,Mirka Andolfo,+1 more

2022 • 1 Reader • 50 pages 3

Lightspeed Magazine, March 2014

#46 of 15 in Lightspeed Magazine

Lightspeed Magazine, March 2014
BySofia Samatar,Robert Jackson Bennett,+7 more

2014 • 1 Reader • 277 pages

Lightspeed Magazine, October 2013

#41 of 15 in Lightspeed Magazine

Lightspeed Magazine, October 2013
ByJohn Joseph Adams(Editor),Stefan Rudnicki(Narrator)

2013 • 1 Reader • 289 pages

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Vol. 8

#8 of 4 in The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year

2013 • 1 Reader • 608 pages 4

Margot and Rosalind

Margot and Rosalind
ByCharlie Jane Anders

2017 • 1 Reader • 5 pages

It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility
ByIsabela Oliveira(Editor),Jed Sabin(Editor)

2021 • 1 Reader • 252 pages

Tor.com Short Fiction Winter 2020

Tor.com Short Fiction

Tor.com Short Fiction Winter 2020
ByGarth Nix,Harry Turtledove,+5 more

2020 • 1 Reader

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 15th Anniversary Edition

10 Some of the Best from Tor.com

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 15th Anniversary Edition
ByCharlie Jane Anders,Kemi Ashing-Giwa,+27 more

2023 • 1 Reader • 719 pages

Lightspeed Magazine, September 2018

#100 of 15 in Lightspeed Magazine

Lightspeed Magazine, September 2018
BySeanan McGuire,Carrie Vaughn,+9 more

2018 • 1 Reader • 306 pages 3

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 106, March 2019

#106 of 15 in Lightspeed Magazine

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 106, March 2019
ByCharlie Jane Anders,Richard Kadrey,+6 more

2019 • 1 Reader • 285 pages

Don't Press Charges and I Won't Sue

2017 • 1 Reader

New Mutants, Vol. 4

2 New Mutants (2019)

New Mutants, Vol. 4
ByCharlie Jane Anders(Writer),Danny Lore(Writer)

2023 • 1 Reader • 168 pages 2

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Best Lesbian Erotica 2010
ByKathleen Warnock

2009 • 1 Reader

Lessons in Magic and Disaster

Lessons in Magic and Disaster
ByCharlie Jane Anders

Available August 19, 2025