Series
Old Man's War
John Scalzi · 7 novels · 5 novellas · 4 short stories · 2005–2025
The Old Man's War series is a series of science fiction novels by John Scalzi. The first book in the series, Old Man's War, was first published in 2005 by Tor Books, and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2006. In 2026 it was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Series.
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Reading order
A curated way into the series.
✦ Curated by the Loreful team
The novels came out in the order to read them in, beginning with Old Man's War — the earliest of them, and the way in. There is no prequel to find first, and nothing published later needs to be read early. The three short pieces sit where they fall between the novels; none is a step you have to take, so read them as you pass or skip them — the novels carry the story on their own.
- Omnibus editions(2 editions)
Map
Old Man's War at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 2000s8
- 2010s7
- 2020s1
Shape
7 novels · 5 novellas · 4 short stories
1 author
reads like:science fictionwarother star systemsfar futureadventurousadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 85% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book13 of 16 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Sagan Diarydarkest · calmest
- Old Man's Warbrightest
- After the Coupmost intense