Tim Powers books in order
American science fiction writer and actor
- Born
- 1952
- Country
- United States
- Books
- 26
- Series
- 1
Tim Powers has published 16 novels, 4 novellas, 4 short story collections and 2 other books, beginning with The Anubis Gates (1983). The series is Fault Lines (3 books, starting with Last Call). The best-known is Declare (2000). The latest is The Properties of Rooftop Air (2020).
Updated September 2026
Fault Lines books in order (3)Series page
Reading order: 1 Last Call (1992) · 2 Expiration Date (1995) · 3 Earthquake Weather (1997)
- 1.
Last Call (Apr 1992)
- 2.
Expiration Date (Mar 1995)
- 3.
Earthquake Weather (Jul 1997)
Where to start with Tim Powers
Start here
Declare
Tim Powers's most-read book.
Shortest way in
The Stress of Her Regard
One of the most-read, at about 400 pages.
Newest
The Properties of Rooftop Air
Published 2020.
Standalone novels in order
The Drawing of the Dark (Jun 1979)
The Anubis Gates (Dec 1983)
Dinner at Deviant's Palace (Jan 1985)
Forsake the Sky (1986)
On Stranger Tides (Nov 1987)
The Stress of Her Regard (Aug 1989)
Declare (2000)
Medusa's Web (2001)
Powers of Two (2004)
Three Days to Never (Jul 2006)
Hide Me Among the Graves (2012)
Salvage and Demolition (2013)
Forced Perspectives (2020)
Novellas in order
A Soul in a Bottle (2006)
Nobody's Home (2014)
Down and Out In Purgatory (2016)
The Properties of Rooftop Air (2020)
Short story collections in order
Night Moves and Other Stories (2000)
Strange Itineraries (2005)
The Bible Repairman and Other Stories (2011)
Down and Out in Purgatory: The Collected Stories of Tim Powers (2017)
Other books in order
Fault Lines (1997)
More Walls Broken (2019)
Film and TV adaptations
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)Film · from On Stranger Tides
- Monkey IslandTV · from On Stranger Tides
About Tim Powers
Timothy Thomas Powers is an American science fiction and fantasy author. His first major novel was The Drawing of the Dark (1979), but the novel that earned him wide praise was The Anubis Gates (1983), which won the Philip K. Dick Award, and has since been published in many other languages. His other written work include Dinner at Deviant's Palace (1985), Last Call (1992), Expiration Date (1996), Earthquake Weather (1997), Declare (2000), and Three Days to Never (2006). Powers has won the World Fantasy Award twice for his critically acclaimed novels Last Call and Declare. His 1987 novel On Stranger Tides served as inspiration for the Monkey Island franchise of video games and was partly adapted into the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Tim Powers FAQ
- How many books has Tim Powers written?
- Tim Powers has published 16 novels, 4 novellas, 4 short story collections and 2 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Tim Powers's books in?
- Read each series in its own order: start Fault Lines with Last Call. The other books stand alone and can be read in any order.
- What is Tim Powers's latest book?
- The Properties of Rooftop Air (2020).
- What is Tim Powers's most famous book?
- Declare (2000) is Tim Powers's most widely read book.
- Are Tim Powers's books connected?
- 3 books belong to 1 series (Fault Lines); the other 23 books stand alone.
- Which Tim Powers books have been adapted?
- 1 book has been adapted for film or TV, including On Stranger Tides (as Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, film, 2011).
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Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.