Best Selling Books by Hugh Howey

Hugh Howey is the author of Dust (2016), Shift (2016), Half Way Home (2019), Wool (2013), Sand (2021), First Shift (2012), Second Shift: Order (2012).

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Dust

release date: Jan 01, 2016
Dust
Wool introduced the world of the silo. Shift told the story of its creation. Dust will describe its downfall.

Shift

release date: Jan 01, 2016
Shift
In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platform that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate. In the same year, the CBS network re-aired a program about the effects of propranolol on sufferers of extreme trauma. A simple pill, it had been discovered, could wipe out the memory of any traumatic event. At almost the same moment in humanity''s broad history, mankind had discovered the means for bringing about its utter downfall. And the ability to forget it ever happened. This is the sequel to the New York Times best-selling Wool series.

Half Way Home

release date: Jan 01, 2019
Half Way Home
Nearly sixty teens awaken halfway through their training, stranded on a harsh alien world with few supplies, no adults, and led by a treacherous artificial intelligence, but their greatest enemy is each other.

Wool

release date: Mar 12, 2013
Wool
In a future toxic landscape, a community that lives in an underground silo is rocked by the desire of Sheriff Holston, who has upheld the group''s rules for years, to go outside, setting in motion events that kindle the fire of revolution.

Sand

release date: Jul 06, 2021
Sand
The old world is buried. A new one has been forged atop the shifting dunes. Here in this land of howling wind and infernal sand, four siblings find themselves scattered and lost. Their father was a sand diver, one of the elite few who could travel deep beneath the desert floor and bring up the relics and scraps that keep their people alive. But their father is gone. And the world he left behind might be next. Welcome to the world of Sand, a novel by New York Times best-selling author Hugh Howey. Sand is an exploration of lawlessness, the tale of a land ignored. Here is a people left to fend for themselves. Adjust your ker and take a last, deep breath before you enter.

First Shift

release date: Apr 05, 2012
First Shift
In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platform that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate. In the same year, the CBS network re-aired a program about the effects of propranolol on sufferers of extreme trauma. A simple pill, it had been discovered, could wipe out the memory of any traumatic event. At almost the same moment in humanity''s broad history, mankind had discovered the means for bringing about its utter downfall. And the ability to forget it ever happened.

Second Shift: Order

release date: Dec 06, 2012
Second Shift: Order
The incredible second part of Shift, the follow up to bestseller Wool. Donald wasn’t supposed to remember. In fact, he was punished for doing just that. But the information he should have forgotten may end up saving his future. Mission Jones is a young man who wants to change the world around him. The rules, the secrets, the lies. Putting his own life on the line, he fights to build a resistance and save those who have hope. But is he trying to save the wrong people? Donald knows the truth, but is he willing to use it to protect something that he regrets building in the first place?

Across the Sand

release date: Oct 04, 2022
Across the Sand
“Hugh’s imaginative worlds and tales within them never fail to entertain!” —Andy Weir, New York Times bestselling author of Project Hail Mary The first original novel from author Hugh Howey in six years, Across the Sand takes us back to the world of Sand, to a far future many generations after a disaster has destroyed civilization as we know it, where four siblings struggle to build their futures amid the harsh wastes of endless desert. The old world is buried. A new one has been forged atop the shifting dunes, a land of howling wind and infernal sand. In this barren home, siblings Conner, Rob, Palmer and Violet daily carve out a future. They live in the shadow of their father and oldest sister, Vic, two of the greatest sand divers ever to comb the desert’s depths. But these branches of their family tree are long gone, disappeared into the wastes beyond, leaving the younger siblings scratching in the dust, hopeful for a better life. On the other side of No Man’s Land, Anya was born beside the abundant mines knowing her prospects would be to marry, have a family, and work in ore, in service to the Empire of the East. But when an atomic bomb delivered by a stranger destroys most of her town—murdering all her friends and community—she follows her father to a strange land of dunes to bring vengeance to their enemies.

Machine Learning

release date: Jan 01, 2017
Machine Learning
A new collection of stories, including some that have never before been seen, from the New York Times best-selling author of the Silo trilogy Hugh Howey is known for crafting riveting and immersive page-turners of boundless imagination, spawning millions of fans worldwide, first with his best-selling novel Wool, and then with other enthralling works such as Sand and Beacon 23. Now comes Machine Learning, an impressive collection of Howey''s science fiction and fantasy short fiction, including three stories set in the world of Wool, two never-before-published tales written exclusively for this volume, and fifteen additional stories collected here for the first time. These stories explore everything from artificial intelligence to parallel universes to video games, and each story is accompanied by an author''s note exploring the background and genesis of each story. Howey''s incisive mind makes Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories a compulsively readable and thought-provoking selection of short works--from a modern master at the top of his game.

I, Zombie

release date: Jan 01, 2012
I, Zombie
***WARNING: NOT FIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION*** This book contains foul language and fouler descriptions of life as a zombie. It will offend most anyone, so proceed with caution or not at all. And be forewarned: This is not a zombie book. This is a different sort of tale. It is a story about the unfortunate, about those who did not get away. It is a human story at its rotten heart. It is the reason we can''t stop obsessing about these creatures, in whom we see all too much of ourselves.

The Silo Series Collection

release date: May 19, 2020
The Silo Series Collection
For the first time ever, The Silo Saga Omnibus brings together all of the work in Hugh Howey''s ground-breaking, best-selling, acclaimed series, including the individual novels Wool, Shift, and Dust, as well as original essays by the author, and a bonus chapbook of short fiction, Silo Stories The remnants of humanity live underground in a vast silo. In this subterranean world, rules matter. Rules keep people alive. And no rule is more strictly enforced than to never speak of going outside. The punishment is exile and death. When the sheriff of the silo commits the ultimate sin, the most unlikely of heroes takes his place. Juliette, a mechanic from the down deep, who never met a machine she couldn’t fix nor a rule she wouldn’t break. What happens when a world built on rules is handed over to someone who sees no need for them? And what happens when a world broken to its core comes up against someone who won’t stop until things are set to right? Their world is about to fall. What—and who—will rise?

Molly Fyde and the Fight for Peace

release date: May 22, 2013
Molly Fyde and the Fight for Peace
In the highly anticipated conclusion to the Bern Saga, Molly and her friends are reunited while two wars erupt and collide. An entire universe hangs on the actions of Parsona''s crew, and not all of them will survive. Reading Order: 1. Molly Fyde and the Parsona Rescue 2. Molly Fyde and the Land of Light 3. Molly Fyde and the Blood of Billions 4. Molly Fyde and the Fight for Peace

Sand Part 2

release date: Dec 15, 2013
Sand Part 2
The wind blows from east to west. It brings with it the sand, deposited in dunes, to bury and torment the unfortunate souls who live here. Life on the sand is miserable. Life below it is even worse. From the New York Times bestselling author of Wool.

Sand Part 4

release date: Jan 02, 2014
Sand Part 4
A family long scattered reunites as danger approaches Springston. Brother and sister rush to sound a warning, but that warning will come too late. Bombs will thunder like the pulse of a terrible god. The great dune will flow as the sea. And when a people find themselves buried beneath the sands, who in the heavens will hear their muffled pleas?

Third Shift: Pact

release date: Feb 28, 2013
Third Shift: Pact
The incredible third part of Shift, the follow up to bestseller Wool. Donald has woken again. Because this time the impossible has happened. Someone has fled one of the silos. And she is still alive. Jimmy is a sixteen-year-old boy, and his home is being destroyed. A betrayal has led to one of the worst uprisings in history. Jimmy’s descent into ‘Solo’ is about to begin. With Jules about to meet Solo, Donald’s world is about to change for one final time. Will he obey the Order? Or will he risk everything to discover the truth?

Sand Part 3: Return to Danver

release date: Feb 27, 2014
Sand Part 3: Return to Danver
An eldest daughter is a father''s curse. Vic knows this. She knows she was never supposed to be the one. But her father taught her to breathe beneath the sand, taught her how to dive deep and find the treasures of the buried past. He taught her brother as well. When she hears of Danvar''s discovery, it feels as though fate has slipped her by. If the rumors are to believed, that is. And while she has her doubts, her missing brother sends her on a hunt of her own. Cities are not the only things that get buried and forgotten. There are families, too.

The Hurricane

release date: Jan 01, 2011
The Hurricane
Daniel Stillman''s Life: 42 Facebook friends 18 Cell phone contacts 6 Twitter followers 4 blog subscribers Now a category five storm is about to take this all away. And replace it with a neighbor he''s never met.

Molly Fyde and the Blood of Billions

release date: Jun 04, 2013
Molly Fyde and the Blood of Billions
"Molly returns to her homeworld, her birth planet, to find that the Bern threat and her life began in the same place and at the same time. With the crew of the Starship Parsona scattered, she chases clues in the footsteps of her father and uncovers the case that tore her family apart. It''s a race against time to put the pieces back together, to reunite with her friends, and to save the universe."--Back cover.

The Shell Collector

release date: Nov 23, 2014
The Shell Collector
"The oceans are dying. The sea is growing warmer and is gradually rising. Seashells have become so rare that collecting them is now a national obsession ... Supreme among these collectors is Ness Wilde, CEO of Ocean Oil. Ness owns many of the best beaches, and he keeps them to himself. It''s his fault the world turned out this way. And I aim to destroy him"--Amazon.com.

The Plagiarist

release date: Feb 24, 2011
The Plagiarist
Adam Griffey is living two lives. By day, he teaches literature. At night, he steals it. Adam is a plagiarist, an expert reader with an eye for great works. He prowls simulated worlds perusing virtual texts, looking for the next big thing. And when he finds it, he memorizes it page by page, line by line, word for word. And then he brings it back to his world, the real world, and he sells it. But what happens when these virtual worlds begin to seem more real than his own? What happens when the people within them mean more to him than flesh and blood? What happens when a living thing falls in love with someone who does not actually exist?

The End Has Come

release date: May 01, 2015
The End Has Come
Famine. Death. War. Pestilence. These are the harbingers of the biblical apocalypse, of the End of the World. In science fiction, the end is triggered by less figurative means: nuclear holocaust, biological warfare/pandemic, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm. But before any catastrophe, there are people who see it coming. During, there are heroes who fight against it. And after, there are the survivors who persevere and try to rebuild. THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH tells their stories. Edited by acclaimed anthologist John Joseph Adams and bestselling author Hugh Howey, THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH is a series of three anthologies of apocalyptic fiction. THE END IS NIGH focuses on life before the apocalypse. THE END IS NOW turns its attention to life during the apocalypse. And THE END HAS COME focuses on life after the apocalypse. THE END HAS COME features all-new, never-before-published works by Hugh Howey, Seanan McGuire, Ken Liu, Carrie Vaughn, Mira Grant, Jamie Ford, Tananarive Due, Jonathan Maberry, Robin Wasserman, Nancy Kress, Charlie Jane Anders, Elizabeth Bear, Ben H. Winters, Scott Sigler, and many others. THE END IS NIGH is about the match. THE END IS NOW is about the conflagration. THE END HAS COME is about what will rise from the ashes.

Sand Part 5

release date: Jan 04, 2014
Sand Part 5
Every generation thinks that it is special, that the great fall will occur before their time is up. Every generation is wrong. Until now.

Wool Collector's Edition

release date: Oct 15, 2024
Wool Collector's Edition
Now a series on Apple TV+ A special, beautifully designed edition of the first book in the New York Times bestselling Silo trilogy! This deluxe hardcover features fully illustrated endpapers, sprayed edges, and a poster on the inside of the jacket with a blueprint of the silo. It also includes an original essay from Hugh Howey taking readers behind-the-scenes on the set of the Silo series. The first book in the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling trilogy, Wool is the story of mankind clawing for survival. The world outside has grown toxic, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. The remnants of humanity live in an underground silo. But there are always those who hope, who dream. These are the dangerous people, the residents who infect others with their optimism. Their punishment is simple. They are given the very thing they want: They are allowed to go outside. After the previous sheriff leaves the silo in a terrifying ritual, Juliette, a mechanic from the down deep, is suddenly and inexplicably promoted to the head of law enforcement. With newfound power and with little regard for the customs she is supposed to abide, Juliette uncovers hints of a sinister conspiracy. Tugging this thread may uncover the truth . . . or it could kill every last human alive.

Sand Part 2: Out of No Man’s Land

release date: Feb 27, 2014
Sand Part 2: Out of No Man’s Land
The new novel from the international bestselling author of the Wool trilogy. Part two of Sand by Hugh Howey. The old world is buried. A new one has been forged atop the shifting dunes. Here in this land of howling wind and infernal sand, four siblings find themselves scattered and lost.

Sand Part 5: A Rap Upon Heaven’s Gate

release date: Feb 27, 2014
Sand Part 5: A Rap Upon Heaven’s Gate
From the bestselling author of the WOOL Trilogy. Every generation thinks that it is special, that the great fall will occur before their time is up. Every generation is wrong. Until now.

Molly Fyde and the Parsona Rescue

release date: Sep 01, 2009
Molly Fyde and the Parsona Rescue
When Molly gets kicked out of the Naval Academy, she loses more than just another home, she loses the only two things that truly matter: flying in space and her training partner, Cole. A dull future seems to await, until a marvelous discovery changes everything. Her father''s old starship, missing for a decade, turns up halfway across the galaxy. Its retrieval launches Molly and Cole on the adventure of a lifetime, one that will have lasting consequences for themselves and billions of others. What starts off as a simple quest to reconnect with her past, ends up forging a new future. And the forgotten family she hoped to uncover becomes one she never foresaw: a band of alien misfits and runaways-the crew of the starship Parsona.

Beacon 23

release date: Jan 01, 2016
Beacon 23
For centuries, men and women have manned lighthouses to ensure the safe passage of ships. It is a lonely job, and a thankless one for the most part. Until something goes wrong. Until a ship is in distress. In the twenty-third century, this job has moved into outer space. A network of beacons allows ships to travel across the Milky Way at many times the speed of light. These beacons are built to be robust. They never break down. They never fail. At least, they aren''t supposed to.

Ignorance is Strength

release date: Jun 30, 2020
Ignorance is Strength
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. George Orwell once wrote of a world where abuse of power begins with an abuse of language and a bastardization of truth. Some of today''s most exciting voices in speculative fiction explore the ramifications of those ideas in IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. Edited bestselling author Hugh Howey and award-winning editors John Joseph Adams and Christie Yant, THE DYSTOPIA TRIPTYCH is a series of three anthologies of dystopian fiction. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH-before the dystopia-focuses on society during its descent into absurdity and madness. BURN THE ASHES-during the dystopia-turns its attention to life during the strangest, most dire times. OR ELSE THE LIGHT-after the dystopia-concludes the saga with each author sharing their own vision of how we as a society might crawl back from the precipice of despair. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH features all-new, never-before-published works by Hugh Howey, Seanan McGuire, Carrie Vaughn, Scott Sigler, Cadwell Turnbull, Karin Lowachee, Caroline M. Yoachim, Adam-Troy Castro, An Owomoyela, Tobias S. Buckell, Tim Pratt, Rich Larson, Alex Irvine, Darcie Little Badger, Violet Allen, and Merc Fenn Wolfmoor, plus a reprint by Dominica Phetteplace.

The Belt of the Buried Gods

release date: Jan 01, 2013
The Belt of the Buried Gods
The wind blows from east to west. It brings with it the sand, deposited in dunes, to bury and torment the unfortunate souls who live here. Life on the sand is miserable. Life below it is even worse.From the New York Times bestselling author of Wool.

Wastelands: The New Apocalypse

release date: Jun 04, 2019
Wastelands: The New Apocalypse
The new post-apocalyptic collection by master anthologist John Joseph Adams, featuring never-before-published stories and curated reprints by some of the genre''s most popular and critically-acclaimed authors. In WASTELANDS: THE NEW APOCALYPSE, veteran anthology editor John Joseph Adams is once again our guide through the wastelands using his genre and editorial expertise to curate his finest collection of post-apocalyptic short fiction yet. Whether the end comes via nuclear war, pandemic, climate change, or cosmological disaster, these stories explore the extraordinary trials and tribulations of those who survive. Featuring never-before-published tales by: Veronica Roth, Hugh Howey, Jonathan Maberry, Seanan McGuire, Tananarive Due, Richard Kadrey, Scott Sigler, Elizabeth Bear, Tobias S. Buckell, Meg Elison, Greg van Eekhout, Wendy N. Wagner, Jeremiah Tolbert, and Violet Allen--plus, recent reprints by: Carmen Maria Machado, Carrie Vaughn, Ken Liu, Paolo Bacigalupi, Kami Garcia, Charlie Jane Anders, Catherynne M. Valente, Jack Skillingstead, Sofia Samatar, Maureen F. McHugh, Nisi Shawl, Adam-Troy Castro, Dale Bailey, Susan Jane Bigelow, Corinne Duyvis, Shaenon K. Garrity, Nicole Kornher-Stace, Darcie Little Badger, Timothy Mudie, and Emma Osborne. Continuing in the tradition of WASTELANDS: STORIES OF THE APOCALYPSE, these 34 stories ask: What would life be like after the end of the world as we know it?

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024

release date: Oct 01, 2024
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024
A collection of the year''s best science fiction and fantasy short fiction selected by New York Times bestselling author of the Silo series Hugh Howey and series editor John Joseph Adams. "These are dangerous stories. The kind that warp reality and threaten to change the world" warns guest editor Hugh Howey in his introduction. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024 promises a treasure trove of audacious characters, daring worldbuilding, and twisted realties. A sibling duo of supernatural hitmen. A traveling spellbreaker and his trusty alligator mount. Superheroes registering for work. Sentient spaceships with an AI-human interface grow up together with their human pilots. From a Korean folk-tale retelling about the goddess of shamans, to a car, resurrected from obsolescence via automancy, for a road trip from California to Maine, these are stories that, for Howey, "challenged my worldview, that made me exercise new mental muscles, and that brought me to tears." The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024 includes A.R. CAPETTA - P. DJÈLÍ CLARK - JAMES S.A. COREY - AMAL EL-MOHTAR - ANDREW SEAN GREER - GRADY HENDRIX - ANN LECKIE - SAM J. MILLER REBECCA ROANHORSE - and others

Molly Fyde and the Land of Light

release date: Mar 22, 2013
Molly Fyde and the Land of Light
What began for Molly as a simple journey to retrieve her father''s old spaceship, has turned into an epic adventure with far-reaching consequences. For years, she dreamed of reconnecting with her past. Now she''s going to meet it in a way she never expected: Head-on. Her father is alive. Her mother''s memories are trapped inside his old ship. She''s on the run from her very own Navy, and now has been tasked with the impossible: Rescue her parents. Save the galaxy. End a war. Before she can begin, however, Molly must first help a friend in need. One of her crew members is in trouble, a life hanging by a slender thread. There''s only one place to turn: the home world of Humanity''s sworn enemy, the very race Molly and Cole have been trained to meet in battle and have been conditioned to fear and loathe. Planet Drenard. The next stop for the starship Parsona. Reading Order: 1. Molly Fyde and the Parsona Rescue 2. Molly Fyde and the Land of Light 3. Molly Fyde and the Blood of Billions 4. Molly Fyde and the Fight for Peace

Ull

release date: Apr 17, 2014
Ull
I hundratals år har de sista människorna levt djupt under jorden i en gigantisk siloformad bunker. Ordning upprätthålls genom strikta regler och lagar: varje födelse kräver en död, varje liv kräver ett syfte. De som bryter mot reglerna döms till deportering - och i den giftiga atmosfären utanför silon innebär det döden. När silon förlorar sin sheriff hittar de styrande en osannolik kandidat i Juliette, en mekaniker utan utbildning i lag och ordning. Hon kommer snart att lära sig hur djupt hennes värld, och även hon själv, kan brytas ned. Silon och dess invånare är på väg att få veta vad historierna bara har antytt, och vad de aldrig har vågat viska om. Uppror. Ursprungligen var Ull en novell som Hugh Howey publicerade själv och sålde via Amazon. När den gjorde succé fortsatte han att bygga ut historien, som numera är planerad till en trilogi.

Molly Fyde and the Parsona Rescue (Book 1)

release date: Feb 27, 2013
Molly Fyde and the Parsona Rescue (Book 1)
It wasn''t easy for Molly being the only girl in Flight Academy, but getting expelled was even worse. Abandoned by her family when she was young and now tossed from the only home she''s ever known, her future looks bleak. But then Molly hears that her father''s old starship has turned up halfway across the galaxy. Setting off to retrieve the old craft, she hopes it will hold clues to his disappearance. Accompanying her as a chaperone is Cole, her old flight partner from the Academy. Molly can''t believe it. She''s now the proud owner of her own starship. Her Spring Break is going to be spent traveling across the galaxy with a cute boy. Could things possibly get any better? Little does Molly know, they are about to get much, much worse . . . Series reading order: 1. Molly Fyde and the Parsona Rescue 2. Molly Fyde and the Land of Light 3. Molly Fyde and the Blood of Billions 4. Molly Fyde and the Fight for Peace

Silo 1

release date: Dec 06, 2012
Silo 1
Drei Jahre nach dem mysteriösen Tod seiner Frau setzt Sheriff Holston seiner Aufgabe ein Ende und entschließt sich, die strengste Regel zu brechen: Er will wie seine Frau das Silo verlassen. Doch die Erdoberfläche ist hoch toxisch, ihr Betreten sein sicherer Tod. Holston nimmt ihn in kauf, um endlich mit eigenen Augen zu sehen, was sich hinter der großen Luke befindet, die sie alle gefangen hält. Was ihn dort erwartet, ist ebenso ungeheuerlich wie die Folgen, die sein für alle anderen schwer nachvollziehbares Handeln hat ... Hugh Howeys verstörende Zukunftsvision ist rasanter Thriller und Gesellschaftsroman in einem. Silo handelt von Lüge und Verrat, Menschlichkeit und der großen Tragik unhinterfragter Regeln.

Third Shift - Pact (Part 8 of the Silo Series)

release date: Jan 28, 2013
Third Shift - Pact (Part 8 of the Silo Series)
The third and final chapter of the Shift saga. This is part 8 of the Silo Series, which began with Wool. All three Shift books will be collected in an Omnibus edition. Reading Order: 1. WOOL (5 parts) 2. SHIFT (3 parts) 3. DUST (TBD)
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