John Scalzi

John Scalzi was born in 1969, John Scalzi has written at least 109 books. Their most popular book is Old Man's War with 1354 saves with an average rating of 4.13⭐. Their next book, The Shattering Peace, is scheduled for release on 2025-09-16.

Author Bio

John Scalzi has been writing professionally since 1991, first as a film critic and general columnist for the Fresno Bee newspaper (where his reviews and columns were nationally syndicated), then as America Online’s in-house writer and editor, and since 1998 as a full-time freelance writer. Scalzi is best known as a writer of science fiction, with several novels in the genre published since 2005, including Redshirts, the 2013 winner of the Hugo Award for best novel. He also frequently writes non-fiction.

Scalzi is also a consultant on writing, editing and marketing. Clients (directly or in association with marketing companies) have included The Walt Disney Company, AOL, Oppenheimer Funds, US Trust, Zagat and Network Solutions. Scalzi also served as the Creative Consultant on the television show Stargate: Universe and wrote a column on science fiction film for the FilmCritic.com site. He also wrote the video game Midnight Star, and the accompanying graphic novel, Midnight Rises. His work has been featured on the Netflix television series Love, Death and Robots.

A California native, Scalzi attended the Webb Schools of California and the University of Chicago, and lives in Ohio with his wife, daughter and an assortment of pets.

Details	Rating	Readers Count
Old Man's War John Scalzi	4.13	860 reads
The Kaiju Preservation Society John Scalzi	3.94	502 reads
Starter Villain John Scalzi	4.05	406 reads
Redshirts John Scalzi	3.83	594 reads
The Collapsing Empire John Scalzi	4.05	392 reads
Lock In John Scalzi	3.95	352 reads
The Ghost Brigades John Scalzi	4.01	465 reads
The Last Colony John Scalzi	4	363 reads
The Consuming Fire John Scalzi	4.19	279 reads
The Last Emperox John Scalzi	4.11	254 reads
Zoe's Tale John Scalzi	3.75	222 reads
The Human Division John Scalzi	3.98	205 reads
The Dispatcher John Scalzi	4.05	214 reads
Head On John Scalzi	4.02	181 reads
The End of All Things John Scalzi	3.92	180 reads
Fuzzy Nation John Scalzi	4.13	168 reads
The Android's Dream John Scalzi	4.02	122 reads
Agent to the Stars John Scalzi	3.84	132 reads
Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome John Scalzi	3.96	82 reads
Murder by Other Means John Scalzi	4.01	96 reads
The Sagan Diary	3.08	60 reads
The B-Team John Scalzi	4.29	50 reads
When the Moon Hits Your Eye John Scalzi	4.04	17 reads
Slow Time Between the Stars John Scalzi	4.15	69 reads
The God Engines John Scalzi	3.81	57 reads
Travel by Bullet John Scalzi	3.94	62 reads
Questions for a Soldier John Scalzi	3.96	34 reads
After the Coup John Scalzi	3.9	37 reads
Walk the Plank John Scalzi	3.8	34 reads
Miniatures John Scalzi	3.71	38 reads
We Only Need the Heads John Scalzi	4.05	31 reads
The Back Channel John Scalzi	3.95	30 reads
A Voice in the Wilderness John Scalzi	3.72	28 reads
METAtropolis: The Dawn of Uncivilization John Scalzi	3.59	30 reads
Tales From the Clarke John Scalzi	4.06	28 reads
The Dog King John Scalzi	4.06	28 reads
Earth Below, Sky Above John Scalzi	4.25	25 reads
The Observers John Scalzi	4.11	26 reads
A Problem of Proportion John Scalzi	4.19	26 reads
The Sound of Rebellion John Scalzi	4.17	26 reads
This Must Be the Place John Scalzi	4	25 reads
The Gentle Art of Cracking Heads John Scalzi	4.27	24 reads
The Life of the Mind The Life of the Mind John Scalzi	4.44	16 reads
The President's Brain is Missing John Scalzi	3.63	16 reads
Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008 John Scalzi	3.09	16 reads
This Hollow Union John Scalzi	4.5	14 reads
Can Long Endure John Scalzi	4.38	14 reads
To Stand or Fall To Stand or Fall John Scalzi	4.5	14 reads
The Tale of The Wicked The Tale of The Wicked John Scalzi	4.2	13 reads
A Very Scalzi Christmas John Scalzi	4.2	14 reads
The New Space Opera 2	3.57	8 reads
You're Not Fooling Anyone When You Take Your Laptop to a Coffee Shop: Scalzi on Writing John Scalzi	4	6 reads
The Origin of the Flow The Origin of the Flow John Scalzi	4.25	6 reads
The Best of Subterranean	4.13	10 reads
Rip-Off! Rip-Off! Elizabeth Bear John Scalzi Jack Campbell Robert Charles Wilson Mike Resnick Allen M. Steele Daryl Gregory Lavie Tidhar James Patrick Kelly Mary Robinette Kowal	3.43	9 reads
The Human Division Extras John Scalzi	5	5 reads
Everything but the Squeal Everything but the Squeal John Scalzi	3.8	5 reads
How I Proposed to My Wife How I Proposed to My Wife: An Alien Sex Story John Scalzi	4	8 reads
An Election An Election John Scalzi	3.6	7 reads
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
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
Constituent Service: A Third District Story John Scalzi	3.67	7 reads
Judge Sn Goes Golfing John Scalzi	4	5 reads
Muse of Fire John Scalzi	4	4 reads
Clash of the Geeks Clash of the Geeks Wil Wheaton John Scalzi Patrick Rothfuss Catherynne M. Valente Stephen Toulouse Rachel Swirsky Scott Mattes John Anealio Bernadette Durbin	3.67	3 reads
The Shadow War of the Night Dragons, Book One: The Dead City John Scalzi	3.33	4 reads
Old Man's War Boxed Set 1 John Scalzi	5	3 reads
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 55, April 2011 Brit Mandelo	2.5	4 reads
Don't Live for Your Obituary: Advice, Commentary and Personal Observations on Writing, 2008-2017 John Scalzi	3	4 reads
Black Tide Rising John Ringo Mike Massa Tedd Roberts Christopher L. Smith Jason Córdova Eric S. Brown Eric Flint Jody Lynn Nye John Scalzi Dave Klecha Sarah A. Hoyt Kacey Ezell Michael Z. Williamson	4	3 reads
The Mallet of Loving Correction John Scalzi	3	1 read
Love, Death and Robots: The Official Anthology: Volume One Alberto Mielgo Claudine Griggs David W. Amendola Joe R. Lansdale John Scalzi Ken Liu Kirsten Cross Marko Kloos Michael Swanwick Vitaliy Shushko Tim Miller Alastair Reynolds Peter F. Hamilton Steven Lewis David Fincher	3	2 reads
The Art of John Harris: Beyond the Horizon John Harris	5	2 reads
Automated Customer Service Automated Customer Service John Scalzi	4.5	4 reads
Twenty-First Century Science Fiction Charles Stross Vandana Singh Paolo Bacigalupi Neal Asher Rachel Swirsky John Scalzi M. Rickert Tony Ballantyne David D. Levine Genevieve Valentine Ian Creasey Marissa Lingen Paul Cornell David Moles Madeline Ashby Tobias S. Buckell Ken Liu Oliver Morton Karl Schroeder Brenda Cooper Liz Williams Ted Kosmatka Daryl Gregory Alaya Dawn Johnson James L. Cambias Hannu Rajaniemi Kage Baker Peter Watts Jo Walton Cory Doctorow Elizabeth Bear Yoon Ha Lee Catherynne M. Valente Mary Robinette Kowal	3	2 reads
The High Castle The High Castle John Scalzi	0	0 reads
Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi John Scalzi	4.25	3 reads
Tor.com: Selected Original Fiction, 2008-2012 Tor Books Sylvia Day Brandon Sanderson Charles Stross Ken MacLeod Lee Mandelo Rachel Swirsky Meghan McCarron John Scalzi	3	2 reads
Uncanny Magazine Issue 56: January/February 2024 Mary Robinette Kowal Jordan Taylor Jana Bianchi Natalia Theodoridou Ana Hurtado Cheri Kamei Angela Liu John Scalzi	4.17	3 reads
Love, Death + Robots Love, Death + Robots: The Official Anthology: Volumes 2 & 3 Tim Miller Neal Asher J.G. Ballard Harlan Ellison Joe R. Lansdale John Scalzi Alan Baxter Justin Coates Joachim Heijndermans	0	1 read
The Forever War Series The Forever War Series Joe Haldeman	4.33	3 reads
Regarding Your Application Status Regarding Your Application Status John Scalzi	4.5	2 reads
The Rough Guide to the Universe John Scalzi	0	0 reads
Shapers of Worlds Tanya Huff John Scalzi L.E. Modesitt, Jr. Shelley Adina Derek Künsken Thoraiya Dyer Gareth L. Powell Seanan McGuire Fonda Lee Christopher Ruocchio David Brin D. J. Butler Dr. Charles E. Gannon David Weber Joe Haldeman Julie E. Czerneda John C. Wright	4	1 read
When the Yogurt Took Over John Scalzi	5	1 read
First-Person Singularities Robert Silverberg	0	0 reads
Uncanny Magazine Issue 55: November/December 2023 Kel Coleman Cecil Castellucci Marissa Lingen Chelsea Sutton Ana Hurtado John Scalzi Naomi Kritzer Jeffrey Ford	4	2 reads
Ad Astra: The 50th Anniversary SFWA Cookbook Elizabeth Bear Octavia E. Butler William Gibson Charlaine Harris John Scalzi Eric J. Guignard Carrie Vaughn Connie Willis	0	1 read
Sketches of Daily Life Sketches of Daily Life: Two Missives From Possible Futures John Scalzi	3	1 read
The Shattering Peace John Scalzi	0	0 reads
Virtue Signaling and Other Heresies: Selected Writings from Whatever, 2013-2018 John Scalzi	3	1 read
That Was the Millennium That Was John Scalzi	0	0 reads
Uncle John's Presents Book of the Dumb 2 John Scalzi	0	0 reads
The Rough Guide to Sci-Fi Movies John Scalzi	0	0 reads
Uncle John's Presents: Book of the Dumb John Scalzi Bathroom Readers' Institute	0	0 reads
Tor.com Ebook Club - May 2022 John Scalzi Erin K. Wagner Becky Chambers	4	1 read
This Hollow Union This Hollow Union: The End of All Things John Scalzi	0	1 read
Subterranean Magazine, Spring 2007	0	0 reads
Sarah's Sister John Scalzi	5	1 read
Subterranean Magazine, Winter 2010	0	0 reads