Lavie Tidhar
Lavie Tidhar has written at least 158 books. Their most popular book is Central Station with 62 saves with an average rating of 3.26⭐.
Author Bio
Lavie Tidhar is the World Fantasy Award winning author of Osama (2011), Seiun nominated The Violent Century (2013), the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize winning A Man Lies Dreaming (2014), the Campbell Award, Neukom Prize and Chinese Nebula winning Central Station (2016), Prix Planete SF winner and Locus and Campbell award nominated Unholy Land (2018), British Fantasy Award nominated By Force Alone (2021), Philip K. Dick Award nominated The Escapement (2021), The Hood (2021), Locus Award nominated Neom (2022) and The Circumference of the World (2023).
His literary fiction career began with the highly-regarded Maror (2022) and followed by Adama (2023) and Six Lives (2024). Golgotha is forthcoming in 2025.
As a children’s author he wrote middle-grade novel Candy (2018 UK; as The Candy Mafia 2020 US) and co-wrote The Children’s Book of the Future (2024). He also created the comics mini-series Adler (#1-#5, 2020) and edited The Best of World SF anthology series (2021-2023).
Lavie works across genres, combining detective and thriller modes with poetry, science fiction and historical and autobiographical material. His work has variously been compared to that of Philip K. Dick by the Guardian and the Financial Times, to Naguib Mahfouz and Orhan Pamuk by Publishers Weekly and to Kurt Vonnegut by Locus.
Lavie’s media appearances have included Channel 4 News, Radio 4, BBC Radio London, BBC Radio Ulster and others.
Lavie’s speaking engagements have included a wide range of events, including for the Ministry of Defence, Cambridge University, English PEN, the Singapore Writers Festival and various Guest of Honour appearances in Japan, Poland, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, China and elsewhere.
Lavie’s occasional commissions include work for Conde Nast, Braingle/Puzzle Tales, I Speak Machine/Penguin Random House, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Jewish Museum Berlin, New Scientist, Pigeon Studio and SF Studios (film consulting).
Lavie was a regular book columnist for the Washington Post. He also wrote a monthly column for the Vanuatu Daily Post. Additional bylines have appeared in The Independent, The Guardian, Nature, New Scientist, SFX, io9 and others.
He is one-half of animation micro-studio Positronish, where he works on short-form animation series and film.
Lavie is currently a Visiting Professor and Writer in Residence at Richmond, The American International University in London.
Lavie is represented by John Berlyne of the Zeno Literary Agency. For any query, please contact the agency.
2016 • 62 Readers • 375 pages • 3.3
#1 of 1 in Anti-Matter of Britain Quartet
2020 • 51 Readers • 416 pages • 3.7
#7 in Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz
2017 • 46 Readers • 544 pages • 3.4
2018 • 35 Readers • 262 pages • 4.1
2023 • 33 Readers • 3.5
2017 • 24 Readers • 253 pages • 3
#1 of 7 in Judge Dee (Lavie Tidhar)
2020 • 22 Readers • 31 pages • 4.1
2013 • 22 Readers • 352 pages • 3.5
2011 • 21 Readers • 302 pages • 3.2
2014 • 16 Readers • 290 pages • 2.8
2012 • 15 Readers • 12 pages • 3.4
2018 • 13 Readers • 569 pages • 3
#6 of 10 in Some of the Best from Tor.com
2017 • 13 Readers • 647 pages • 4
#9 of 10 in Some of the Best from Tor.com
2022 • 12 Readers • 663 pages • 4.5
2021 • 11 Readers • 624 pages • 3.8
2012 • 10 Readers • 342 pages • 4
2016 • 10 Readers • 400 pages • 3.6
2021 • 9 Readers • 256 pages
2021 • 9 Readers • 320 pages • 3
#2 of 7 in Judge Dee (Lavie Tidhar)
2021 • 9 Readers • 32 pages • 4
2012 • 9 Readers • 512 pages • 2.8
2021 • 9 Readers • 432 pages
#8 of 10 in Some of the Best from Tor.com
2021 • 9 Readers • 684 pages
#3 of 7 in Judge Dee (Lavie Tidhar)
2021 • 8 Readers • 50 pages • 4.1
#1 in Kilgore Jones
2011 • 8 Readers • 351 pages
#5 of 7 in Judge Dee (Lavie Tidhar)
2022 • 7 Readers • 38 pages • 4.5
7 Readers • 361 pages • 3
2022 • 7 Readers • 639 pages • 5
#2 of 2 in The Best of World SF
2022 • 6 Readers • 3.5
#7 of 7 in Judge Dee (Lavie Tidhar)
2024 • 6 Readers • 41 pages • 4.2
2018 • 6 Readers • 26 pages • 3.7
#0 of 2 in Jackaroo
2010 • 5 Readers • 4
2022 • 5 Readers • 185 pages • 3.3
2017 • 4 Readers • 31 pages • 4
2007 • 4 Readers • 4
#34 of 10 in The Year's Best Science Fiction
2017 • 4 Readers • 703 pages • 3
2023 • 4 Readers • 320 pages • 3
2024 • 4 Readers
4 Readers
#1 of 6 in UFO
2012 • 4 Readers • 320 pages • 3.5
Planned book #2 of 2 in Anti-Matter of Britain Quartet
3 Readers • 516 pages • 4.5
#1 of 1 in Jews Versus
2015 • 3 Readers • 92 pages
3 Readers
#2 of 1 in Jews Vs
2015 • 3 Readers • 121 pages
2015 • 3 Readers • 320 pages • 4
2012 • 3 Readers • 375 pages
2020 • 3 Readers • 77 pages
2013 • 3 Readers • 236 pages • 4
2011 • 3 Readers • 448 pages • 3.5
2012 • 2 Readers • 160 pages
2010 • 2 Readers • 464 pages
2019 • 2 Readers • 408 pages • 2
2 Readers • 368 pages
2013 • 2 Readers • 213 pages
21 Clarkesworld Magazine
2013 • 2 Readers • 280 pages • 4
2013 • 2 Readers • 342 pages
#1 of 1 in Apex Book of World SF
2009 • 2 Readers • 287 pages • 5
#1 of 1 in Jews Versus
2015 • 2 Readers • 274 pages
2 Readers • 4
2019 • 2 Readers • 4
2014 • 2 Readers • 32 pages • 3.5
2016 • 2 Readers • 21 pages • 3
#2 of 2 in The Best Science Fiction of the Year
2017 • 2 Readers • 624 pages
2014 • 2 Readers
2009 • 2 Readers
2005 • 2 Readers • 90 pages • 4
2021 • 2 Readers • 168 pages
2 Readers • 4
2 Readers • 4
2012 • 2 Readers • 544 pages
2 Readers • 128 pages • 4
2015 • 1 Reader
#2 of 1 in International Speculative Fiction
2012 • 1 Reader • 24 pages
2009 • 1 Reader • 302 pages • 3
2014 • 1 Reader • 282 pages
#6 of 7 in Judge Dee (Lavie Tidhar)
2023 • 1 Reader • 5
1 Reader • 5
2018 • 1 Reader • 256 pages • 3
5 Central Station
2016 • 1 Reader • 312 pages
2013 • 1 Reader • 25 pages
2010 • 1 Reader • 148 pages
5 Central Station
2016 • 1 Reader • 220 pages
2011 • 1 Reader • 334 pages
2017 • 1 Reader • 560 pages
1 Reader • 4
2017 • 1 Reader • 290 pages
2015 • 1 Reader • 304 pages
#3 of 2 in The Best of World SF
2023 • 1 Reader
2024 • 1 Reader • 338 pages
2014 • 1 Reader • 254 pages
2009 • 1 Reader
#1 of 7 in Apex Magazine
2009 • 1 Reader • 282 pages
#26 of 23 in The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror
2015 • 1 Reader • 546 pages • 3
#25 of 23 in The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror
2014 • 1 Reader • 3