Charlie Jane Anders

Charlie Jane Anders has written at least 71 books. Their most popular book is All the Birds in the Sky with 486 saves with an average rating of 3.57⭐. Their next book, Lessons in Magic and Disaster, is scheduled for release on 2025-08-19.

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/

Details	Rating	Readers Count
All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders	3.57	242 reads
The City in the Middle of the Night Charlie Jane Anders	3.22	92 reads
Victories Greater Than Death Charlie Jane Anders	3.41	34 reads
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers Charlie Jane Anders A. Merc Rustad Lizz Huerta Maria Dahvana Headley Malka Ann Older Sam J. Miller Tananarive Due Ashok K. Banker Omar El Akkad Daniel José Older Lesley Nneka Arimah Justina Ireland Violet Allen Gabby Rivera Tobias S. Buckell Jamie Ford N.K. Jemisin Charles Yu Kai Cheng Thom Daniel H. Wilson Alice Sola Kim Seanan McGuire Catherynne M. Valente G. Willow Wilson Hugh Howey	3.67	11 reads
Never Say You Can't Survive: How to Get Through Hard Times by Making Up Stories Charlie Jane Anders	4.22	13 reads
The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales Garth Nix Margo Lanagan Marjorie M. Liu Sofia Samatar Karin Tidbeck Genevieve Valentine Amal El-Mohtar Charlie Jane Anders Aliette de Bodard Jeffrey Ford Max Gladstone Theodora Goss Daryl Gregory Kat Howard Stephen Graham Jones Seanan McGuire Catherynne M. Valente Naomi Novik	3.64	12 reads
From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi	3.58	9 reads
Even Greater Mistakes: Stories Charlie Jane Anders	3.78	12 reads
Six Months, Three Days Charlie Jane Anders	3.5	20 reads
Cursed Angela Slatter Neil Gaiman Alison Littlewood James Brogden Tim Lebbon Charlie Jane Anders Christina Henry Christopher Golden Catriona Ward Lilith Saintcrow Margo Lanagan Maura McHugh Jen Williams Jane Yolen M.R. Carey Karen Joy Fowler Adam Stemple Michael Marshall Smith Christopher Fowler	4	3 reads
Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak Charlie Jane Anders	4.06	9 reads
Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future	3.33	4 reads
As Good as New Charlie Jane Anders	4	15 reads
That's Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation	4.8	7 reads
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2011 edition Harry Turtledove	4.14	10 reads
Promises Stronger Than Darkness Charlie Jane Anders	4.33	3 reads
Nevertheless, She Persisted: Flash Fiction Project Charlie Jane Anders Brooke Bolander Amal El-Mohtar Maria Dahvana Headley Kameron Hurley Nisi Shawl Carrie Vaughn Jo Walton Alyssa Wong Seanan McGuire Catherynne M. Valente	3.92	8 reads
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2016 Edition Charlie Jane Anders Nina Allan Tara Isabella Burton Monica Byrne Rebecca Campbell Aliette de Bodard Indrapramit Das Alix E. Harrow Margaret Killjoy Melissa Marr David Nickle Laurie Penny Daniel Polansky Lettie Prell Delia Sherman Angela Slatter Caighlan Smith Lavie Tidhar Rajnar Vajra Genevieve Valentine Carrie Vaughn Alyssa Wong N.K. Jemisin P. Djèlí Clark Cixin Liu	4	4 reads
Clover Charlie Jane Anders	3.5	10 reads
Worlds Seen in Passing: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction	3	1 read
Resist: Tales from a Future Worth Fighting Against Hugh Howey Charlie Jane Anders Saladin Ahmed Leigh Alexander Violet Allen Jason Arnopp Elizabeth Bear Desirina Boskovich C. Robert Cargill Delilah S. Dawson Kieron Gillen Kevin Hearne Laura Hudson Jake Kerr Sarah Kuhn Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali An Owomoyela Samuel Peralta Beth Revis Madeleine Roux John Scalzi David Wellington Troy L. Wiggins Fran Wilde Chet Williamson Daniel H. Wilson Charles Yu	3.75	3 reads
If You Take My Meaning Charlie Jane Anders	3.2	7 reads
Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow	3.75	4 reads
Drowned Worlds Nalo Hopkinson Ken Liu Paul McAuley Kathleen Ann Goonan Lavie Tidhar Charlie Jane Anders James K. Morrow Jeffrey Ford Kim Stanley Robinson	3.6	5 reads
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2014 edition Charlie Jane Anders Dale Bailey Kelly Barnhill Richard Bowes Marie Brennan Adam Christopher John Chu A.M. Dellamonica Ruthanna Emrys Max Gladstone Kathleen Ann Goonan Nicola Griffith Maria Dahvana Headley Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen Ken Liu Daniel José Older Mary Rickert John Scalzi Veronica Schanoes Genevieve Valentine Jo Walton Kai Ashante Wilson Ray Wood Isabel Yap Seanan McGuire Yoon Ha Lee	4.5	5 reads
The Best of Uncanny Ken Liu (Translator)	4	4 reads
Out of the Ruins China Miéville Emily St. John Mandel Clive Barker Carmen Maria Machado Charlie Jane Anders Kaaron Warren Jeffrey Thomas Nikhil Singh Autumn Christian Chris Kelso Ramsey Campbell Samuel R. Delany Lavie Tidhar Anna Tambour Nina Allan Paul Di Filippo Ron Drummond John Skipp Rumi Kaneko Nick Mamatas D.R.G. Sugawara	3	3 reads
Trans-Galactic Bike Ride: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories of Transgender and Nonbinary Adventurers	4.75	3 reads
The Fermi Paradox is Our Business Model Charlie Jane Anders	3.8	6 reads
Lightspeed Magazine, June 2014: Women Destroy Science Fiction!	4	3 reads
Far Out	0	0 reads
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2020 Edition Charlie Jane Anders G.V. Anderson Gregory Norman Bossert Jeremy Packert Burke Katharine Duckett Carolyn Ives Gilman Maria Dahvana Headley Stephen Graham Jones Justin C. Key Naomi Kritzer Rich Larson Yoon Ha Lee S. Qiouyi Lu Usman T. Malik Melissa Marr Maureen F. McHugh Tamsyn Muir Sarah Pinsker C.L. Polk Matthew Pridham Zin E. Rocklyn Rachel Swirsky K.M. Szpara Lavie Tidhar Carrie Vaughn Fran Wilde Claire Wrenwood M. Rickert Brian Evenson	0	0 reads
Uncanny Magazine Issue 5: July/August 2015	4	1 read
Choir Boy Charlie Jane Anders	3.5	2 reads
The Year's Best Science Fiction, Vol. 1 Charlie Jane Anders Tobias S. Buckell Indrapramit Das Saleem Haddad Suzanne Palmer Karin Tidbeck Malka Older Ted Chiang Rich Larson Han Song S. L. Huang Fran Wilde Anil Menon Alice Sola Kim Peter Watts Suyi Davies Okungbowa Tegan Moore Elizabeth Bear N.K. Jemisin Ken Liu Alec Nevala-Lee Vandana Singh E. Lily Yu Sofía Rhei Greg Egan Chinelo Onwualu Fonda Lee Caroline M. Yoachim	4	3 reads
Bridging Infinity Charlie Jane Anders Ken Liu Larry Niven Alastair Reynolds	3	2 reads
The Cartography of Sudden Death Charlie Jane Anders	3.5	4 reads
She's Such a Geek!: Women Write About Science, Technology, and Other Nerdy Stuff	0	0 reads
Lessons in Magic and Disaster Charlie Jane Anders	0	0 reads
Rock Manning Goes for Broke Charlie Jane Anders	0	0 reads
Transcendent 3: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction	0	1 read
Futures & Fantasies John Joseph Adams Hugh Howey Seanan McGuire Charlie Jane Anders Carmen Maria Machado Ashok K. Banker Sofia Samatar Adam-Troy Castro Caroline M. Yoachim Violet Allen Sarah Grey Ken Liu	3	1 read
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection Gardner Dozois Lavie Tidhar Carolyn Ives Gilman Matthew Claxton Gord Sellar Kathe Koja Carter Scholz Gregory Benford Paul McAuley Ian McHugh Aliette de Bodard Geoff Ryman Craig DeLancey Sam J. Miller Shariann Lewitt David Gerrold Steven Barnes Alastair Reynolds Pat Murphy Paul Doherty Nina Allan Derek Kûsken Samantha Henderson Stephen Baxter Ian R. MacLeod Bill Johnson James Patrick Kelly Eleanor Arnason Karl Bunker Paolo Bacigalupi Carrie Vaughn Charlie Jane Anders Ted Kosmatka Mercurio D. Rivera Maggie Clark M.L. Clark Melissa Scott Ian McDonald Rich Larson Ken Liu	3	1 read
Multiverses: An Anthology of Alternate Realities Alix E. Harrow Alastair Reynolds Clive Barker Alvaro Zinos-Amaro Charlie Jane Anders Eugen Bacon Paul Di Filippo Rumi Kaneko Ian McDonald Yukimi Ogawa Chana Porter Jayaprakash Satyamurthy D.R.G. Sugawara Jeffrey Thomas Lavie Tidhar Ken Liu Annalee Newitz	3	3 reads
Sunspot Jungle, Vol. 1 N.K. Jemisin Malka Ann Older Saladin Ahmed Jeffrey Ford Silvia Moreno-Garcia Victor LaValle Maurice Broaddus William Alexander Charlie Jane Anders	4	1 read
Love Hurts: A Speculative Fiction Anthology Jeff VanderMeer Hugh Howey Karin Tidbeck Charlie Jane Anders Holly Phillips Aliette de Bodard A. Merc Rustad Mel Paisley J.D. Brink Mattheew S Leivers Michael Milne Michal Wojcik Carla E. Dash Terry Durbin Michelle Ann King Kyle Richardson Leah Brown G. Scott Huggins Dan Micklethwaite Victoria Zelvin Shannon Phillips Keith Frady Jody Sollazzo David Stevens Morgen Knight Steve Simpson	0	1 read
The Big Feminist BUT: Comics about Women, Men, and the IFs, ANDs & BUTs of Feminism	4	2 reads
Global Dystopias	0	0 reads
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 15th Anniversary Edition Charlie Jane Anders Kemi Ashing-Giwa Leigh Bardugo Brooke Bolander Jonathan Carroll Tina Connolly Aaron Corwin Indrapramit Das Sunyi Dean Seth Dickinson Brian Evenson Carolyn Ives Gilman Kathleen Ann Goonan Daryl Gregory N.K. Jemisin Cheri Kamei Cassandra Khaw Yoon Ha Lee Haralambi Markov Helen Marshall Malka Ann Older Brenda Peynado Sarah Pinsker Veronica Schanoes Rivers Solomon Jeff VanderMeer Kai Ashante Wilson E. Lily Yu Yefim Zozulya	0	0 reads
The Stories: Five Years of Original Fiction on Tor.com Nina Kiriki Hoffman Peter Orullian Garth Nix Catherynne M. Valente Cherie Priest	0	0 reads
Uncanny Magazine Issue 51 Charlie Jane Anders Kristiana Willsey AnaMaria Curtis Delilah S. Dawson Valerie Valdes Parlei Rivière Ai Jiang Sarah Pinsker	4	1 read
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009 Jay Lake Ian McDonald Sarah Monette Robert Reed Patrick Rothfuss Carol Emshwiller Daryl Gregory Christopher Golden Neil Gaiman Elizabeth Hand Alice Sola Kim Paul Park Ted Kosmathka Eugene Mirabelli Rachel Swirsky Margo Lanagan Gene Wolfe Peter S. Beagle Delia Sherman Jonathan Carroll Kelly Link Rivka Galchen Paul McAuley James Alan Gardner K.J. Parker Catherynne M. Valente James Patrick Kelly Will McIntosh Yoon Ha Lee Meghan McCarron James L. Cambias Charlie Jane Anders Holly Phillips Peter Watts Garth Nix Elizabeth Bear Alex Jeffers Beth Bernobich Erik Amundsen Jeff VanderMeer Karen Heuler James Maxey Richard Bowes Liz Williams Kil Johnson Jeffrey Ford Paul Cornell Naomi Novik Ann Leckie Mary Robinette Kowal	3	1 read
Transcendent 2: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction 2016 Charlie Jane Anders Sonya Taaffe Gwen Benaway A. Merc Rustad An Owomoyela Jeanne Thornton Vajra Chandrasekera Lee Mandelo Keffy R.M. Kehrli M. Téllez N. Caelum Julian K. Jarboe Gillian Ybabez RoAnna Sylver Toby MacNutt S. Qiouyi Lu	0	2 reads
Pwning Tomorrow Neil Gaiman Charlie Jane Anders Madeline Ashby Paolo Bacigalupi Lauren Beukes David Brin Pat Cadigan Cory Doctorow Paul Ford SL Grey Eileen Gunn Charles Human Kameron Hurley Carolyn Jewel James Patrick Kelly Ramez Naam Hannu Rajaniemi Rudy Rucker Lewis Shiner Bruce Sterling Charles Yu Annalee Newitz	4	2 reads
Flight #008 Flight #008	5	1 read
Lightspeed Magazine, August 2012	0	0 reads
Year's Best SF 17	0	1 read
We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction of 2020 Charlie Jane Anders Anya Johanna DeNiro Chizaram Ilo Gem Isherwood L.D. Lewis Gwen C. Katz Kristen Koopman R.B. Lemberg Lina Rather Nicasio Andres Reed Gabriela Santiago Waverly S.M. Carlie St. George Brendan Williams-Childs John Wiswell	0	0 reads
Intestate Charlie Jane Anders	5	1 read
Best Lesbian Erotica 2010 Best Lesbian Erotica 2010 Kathleen Warnock	0	0 reads
It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility	0	1 read
Lightspeed Magazine, March 2014 Sofia Samatar Robert Jackson Bennett Joe Haldeman Charlie Jane Anders Eileen Gunn Michael Swanwick Kim Stanley Robinson Hugh Howey Ken Liu (Translator)	0	0 reads
Lightspeed Magazine, October 2013	0	0 reads
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Vol. 8 Benjanun Sriduangkaew	4	1 read
Margot and Rosalind Charlie Jane Anders	0	1 read
Women of Marvel #1 Charlie Jane Anders Mirka Andolfo Jordie Bellaire	3	1 read
Tor.com Short Fiction Winter 2020 Garth Nix Harry Turtledove Maria Dahvana Headley C.L. Polk Charlie Jane Anders Carrie Vaughn Rich Larson	0	0 reads
Lightspeed Magazine, September 2018 Seanan McGuire Carrie Vaughn Sofia Samatar Charlie Jane Anders Charles Yu Adam-Troy Castro A. Merc Rustad Ken Liu Maria Dahvana Headley Sam J. Miller Theodora Goss	3	1 read
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 106, March 2019 Charlie Jane Anders Richard Kadrey Ashok K. Banker Kat Howard Violet Allen Carrie Vaughn Vandana Singh Carolyn Ives Gilman	0	1 read
Don't Press Charges and I Won't Sue Charlie Jane Anders	0	0 reads
New Mutants, Vol. 4	2	1 read