It’s a lot and it can be hard to know what to read next. Trust me, we know. This the third list of all the books, each organized differently because we have a lot of readers and what works for one doesn’t necessarily work for others.
The first is a chronological reading order Eric Flint created years ago and updated several times. It attempts to put the books in mostly chronological order, which is, of course, a huge challenge since there is so much overlap in the time each book covers.
The second list is based on storylines. It breaks the books down into chunks of ten books or less, with quite a few less than five books. Personally, I’m re-reading the series using this list because it helps me remember details from one story to the next.
There is also a 1632 list challenge created by a fan and shared here because it’s pretty excellent. It lists the novels and you check off which ones you have read. It is roughly in chronological order, but the Ring of Fire Press novels are included at the end and are not chronological. They also include out of print novels and, in a few cases, multiple versions of the same novel when the novels were republished.
This list doesn’t include most issues of the two magazines, the Grantville Gazette and Eric Flint’s 1632 & Beyond. There were 102 volumes of the Gazette published from 2004 until Eric’s death in 2022. The nine Baen issues use a Roman numberal instead of a regular one in the title. Volumes I-IV and 1-4 are the same, except the Baen volumes include an additional story by Eric. Volumes V-IX are “best of” and feature storeis from many different volumes of the Gazette. Starting with volume 11 in May 2007 and continuing through July 2022, an issue of the Gazette was published every odd-numbered month. These are currently only available in electronic versions.
In September 2023, barely a year after Eric died and the Grantville Gazette closed, the first issue of a new magazine was published. Eric Flint’s 1632 & Beyond is very much the same as the Gazette, but it doesn’t have the “Annex” and has a lot less non-fiction. The Annex had general science fiction stories at the end of the magazine. 1632 & Beyond is exclusively focused on 1632 and the other Assiti Shards.
The Assiti are a race of alien artists. A shard from their artwork fell and hit earth, causing Grantville to move through time and space. This happens again. Some of the shards don’t do anything noticeable, but some do. These are the four additional “shards” (Time Spike, The Alexander Inheritance, The Crossing, and An Angel Called Peterbilt). They are included in the list below, and noted as shards. When there are additional stories within a shard, I noted which shard they are part of.
While they are not listed because the list is already quite long, thank you very much, every January, March, May, July, September, and November from 2007 through the present (with the exception of September 2022-July 2023), an issue of one of the two 1632 magazines has been published electronically. All issues of 1632 & Beyond are also available as print on demand. You can buy electronic versions of all the magazines from our website at 1632Magazine.com. The new magazine is also available in print on demand on Amazon and digitally pretty much all over the place, including libraries.
These are in reverse order, with the most recent ones first.
2026 (tentative)
(August) 1637: Pilgrim’s Passage by Griffin Barber (Baen Books)
(unscheduled) Up-Time Pride and Down-Time Prejudice by Mark Huston (Baen Books) (ebook only) (republished)
(scheduled: April) Saving the Dodo by Garrett W. Vance (Baen Books) (ebook only) (republished)
(scheduled: February) Time Spike: The Mysterious Mesa by Garrett W. Vance (Baen Books) (ebook only) (republished)
(scheduled: February) Time Spike: The First Cavalry of the Cretaceous by Garrett W. Vance (Baen Books) (ebook only) (republished)
(scheduled: February) The Marshalls by Mike Watson (Baen Books) (ebook only) (republished)
January: Red Shield by Bethanne Kim (Baen Books) – previously unpublished) (ebook only)
January: Gourmets of Grantville by Bethanne Kim (Baen Books) (ebook only) (republished)
2025
December: Mrs. Flannery’s Flowers by Bethanne Kim (Baen Books) – December 2025 (ebook only) (republished)
June: Essen Defiant by Kim Mackey and David Carrico (Baen Books) (ebook only) (republished)
May: Essen Steel by Kim Mackey (Baen Books) (ebook only) (republished)
April: The Muse of Music by Enrico Toro and David Carrico (Baen Books) (ebook only) (republished)
April: 1635: Music and Murder by David Carrico (Baen Books) (new version with additional material) (ebook only) (republished)
March: 1637: The French Correction by Eric Flint and Walter H. Hunt (Baen Books)
March: 1637: The Pacific Initiative by Iver P. Cooper (Baen Books)
February: Magdeburg Noir by David Carrico (Baen Books) (ebook only) (republished)
February: :Letters from Gronow by David Carrico (Baen Books) (ebook only) (republished)
2024
October: The Private Casefiles of Archie Gottesfreund by David Carrico (Baen Books) (ebook only) (republished)
Books
September: The Unexpected Sales Rep by Virginia DeMarce (Baen Books) (ebook only) (republished)
September: Designed to Fail by Virginia DeMarce (Baen Books) (ebook only) (republished)
August: Things Could be Worse by Virginia DeMarce (Baen Books) (ebook only) (republished)
July: The Trouble with Huguenots by Virginia DeMarce (Baen Books) (ebook only) (republished)
June (Assiti Shard: The Alexander Inheritance): The Carthaginian Crisis by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett (Baen Books)
June: Legions of Pestilence by Virginia DeMarce (Baen Books) (ebook only) (republished)
April: Security Solutions by Bjorn Hasseler (Baen Books) (ebook only)
March: Security Threats by Bjorn Hasseler (Baen Books) (ebook only) (republished)
February: Missions of Securityby Bjorn Hasseler (Baen Books) (ebook only) (republished)
February (New Assiti Shard): An Angel Called Peterbilt by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett (Baen Books)
January: A Matter of Security by Bjorn Hasseler (Baen Books) (ebook and audiobook) (republished)
2023
December: A Diogenes Club for the Czar by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett (Book 4) (Amazon.com)
September: 1638: The Sovereign States by Eric Flint, Gorg Huff, and Paula Goodlett (Baen Books)
2022
November: 1637: The Transylvanian Decision by Eric Flint and Robert E. Waters (Baen Books)
November: A Mission for the Czar by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett (Book 3) (Amazon.com)
August (new Assiti Shard): The Crossing by Kevin Ikenberry (Baen Books)
2021
December: 1637: The Coast of Chaos by Eric Flint, Gorg Huff, and Paula Goodlett (Baen Books)
September: 1637: Dr. Gribbleflotz and the Soul of Stoner by Kerryn Offord and Rick Boatright (Baen Books)
August (Assiti Shard: The Alexander Inheritance): The Sicilian Coil by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett (Baen Books)
July: Grantville Gazette IX edited by Eric Flint (Baen Books)
May: 1637: The Peacock Throne by Eric Flint and Griffin Barber (Baen Books)
April: 1636: Calabar’s War by Charles E. Gannon and Robert E. Waters (Baen Books)
January (Assiti Shard: The Alexander Inheritance): The Macedonian Hazard by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett (Baen Books)
2020
November: 1637: No Peace Beyond the Line by Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon (Baen Books)
November: Two Cases for the Czar by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett (Book 2) (Amazon.com)
August: 1636: The Atlantic Encounter by Eric Flint and Walter H. Hunt (Baen Books)
February: A Holmes for the Czar by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett (Book 1) (Amazon.com)
2019
November: 1636: Flight of the Nightingales by David Carrico (Baen Books)
September: 1636: The China Venture by Eric Flint and Iver P. Cooper (Baen Books)
April: 1637: The Polish Maelstrom by Eric Flint (Baen Books)
2018
August: The Chrysanthemum, the Cross, and the Dragon by Iver P. Cooper (Baen Books) (ebook only)
June: Grantville Gazette VIII edited by Eric Flint (Baen Books)
February: 1637: The Volga Rules by Eric Flint, Gorg Huff, and Paula Goodlett (Baen Books)
2017
December: 1636: The Vatican Sanction by Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon (Baen Books)
July (New Assiti Shard): The Alexander Inheritance by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett (Baen Books)
April: 1636: Mission to the Mughals by Eric Flint and Griffin Barber (Baen Books)
January: 1636: The Ottoman Onslaught by Eric Flint (Baen Books)
2016
December: 1635: The Wars for the Rhine by Annette Pederson (Baen Books)
August: 1636: The Chronicles of Dr. Gribbleflotz by Kerryn Offord and Rick Boatright (Baen Books)
August: Bartley’s Man by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett (Amazon)
May: Ring of Fire IV edited by Eric Flint (Baen Books)
January: 1635: A Parcel of Rogues by Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis (Baen Books)
2015
July: 1636: The Cardinal Virtues by Eric Flint and Walter Hunt (Baen Books)
April: Grantville Gazette VII edited by Eric Flint (Baen Books)
2014
November: 1636: The Barbie Consortium by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett (Baen Books)
November: 1636: The Viennese Waltz by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett (Baen Books)
June: 1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies by Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon (Baen Books)
January: 1636: Seas of Fortune by Iver P. Cooper (stories set in South America and Japan) (Baen Books)
2013
October: 1636: The Devil’s Opera by Eric Flint and David Carrico (Baen Books)
September: 1635: Music and Murder by David Carrico (Baen Books) (note: new version with additional material released 2025)
2012
October: 1635: The Papal Stakes by Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon (Baen Books)
June: 1636: The Kremlin Games by Eric Flint, Gorg Huff, and Paula Goodlett (Baen Books)
January: Grantville Gazette VI edited by Eric Flint (Baen Books)
2011
July: Ring of Fire III edited by Eric Flint (Baen Books)
April: 1636: The Saxon Uprising by Eric Flint (Baen Books)
2010
October: 1635: The Eastern Front by Eric Flint (Baen Books)
2009
December: 1635: The Tangled Web by Virginia DeMarce (Baen Books)
August: Grantville Gazette V edited by Eric Flint (Baen Books)
2008
December: 1635: The Dreeson Incident by Eric Flint and Virginia DeMarce (Baen Books)
June: Grantville Gazette IV edited by Eric Flint (Baen Books)
May (new Assiti Shard): Time Spike by Eric Flint and Marilyn Kosmatka (Baen Books)
January: Ring of Fire II edited by Eric Flint (Baen Books)
2007
October: 1634: The Bavarian Crisis by Eric Flint and Virginia DeMarce (Baen Books)
May: 1634: The Baltic War by Eric Flint and David Weber (Baen Books)
January: Grantville Gazette III edited by Eric Flint (Baen Books)
2006
August: 1635: The Cannon Law by Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis (Baen Books)
May: 1634: The Ram Rebellion by Eric Flint and Virginia DeMarce (Baen Books)
2005
June: Grantville Gazette II edited by Eric Flint (Baen Books)
2004
November: Grantville Gazette edited by Eric Flint (Baen Books)
April: 1634: The Galileo Affair by Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis (Baen Books)
2003
December: Ring of Fire edited by Eric Flint (Baen Books)
July: 1633 by Eric Flint and David Weber (Baen Books)
2000
February: 1632 by Eric Flint. (Baen Books)
Other
When Eric died in 2022, both the Grantville Gazette and Ring of Fire Press (RoFP) closed. There were quite a few 1632 and Assiti Shards novels from RoFP. Baen Books stepped in and agreed to republish quite a few of those, but not all of them. These are the titles that were published that we either do not expect to see republished or we simply do not know if they will be.
Not Currently Available
2021
January: The Grantville Inquisitor by Tracy S. Morris and Brad Sinor (not currently available)
2020
July: Red Son: Not Without Honor by John Deakins and Herb Sakalaucks (not currently available)
2018
June: The Hunt for the Red Cardinal by Bradley H. Sinor and Susan P. Sinor (not currently available)
May: The Persistence of Dreams by Meriah Crawford and Robert E. Waters (not currently available)
April: Monster Society by Eric S. Brown, Robert E. Waters, and Anna Carpenter (not currently available)
April: Turn Your Radio On by Wood Hughes (not currently available)
March: I want to Be Your Hero by Kerryn Offord (not currently available)
February: The Battle for Newfoundland by Herb Sakalaucks (not currently available)
2017
February: Love and Chemistry by Jack Carroll and Edith Wild (not currently available)
2013
January: The Danish Scheme by Herb Sakalaucks and Eric Flint (not currently available)
June: Josaeph Hanauer by Douglas W. Jones (not currently available)
No Longer Available
These are all books that were published by Ring of Fire Press that we do not expect to see republished, possibly ever. Some are fully republished in other forms. Kevin Evans, Karen Evans, and Karen Bergstralh are all now deceased.
2021
July: The Horsewoman by Karen Bergstralh. All material was previously published in The Grantville Gazette. (not currently available)
2020
September: Tales From the Mermaid & Tiger: Engines of Change by Kevin Evans and Karen Evans. Much of this was previously published. (not currently available)
March: Fire on the Rio Grande by Kevin Evans and Karen Evans (not currently available)
2019
June: The Legend of Jimmy Dick by Terry Howard: Parts not previously published in the Grantville Gazette the remainder have been published in Eric Flint’s 1632 & Beyond. (not currently available)
2018
April: Second Chance Bird by Garrett W. Vance was replaced by Saving the Dodo, a revision of the same novel which is bein republished by Baen Books. (no longer available)
March: No Ship for Tranquebar by Kevin Evans and Karen Evans (not currently available)
Baen eArcs
A final note for those of you who made it throuth this whole list. Baen sells advance copies of their novels, calle e-arcs (Advanced Reader Copies – but electronic versions) so readers don’t have to wait, and that includes books that are only being released in electonic format. These aren’t final editions. They may be partials (in the case of electronic only books in particular) or they may ore simply be unproofed.
Eric Flint on e-arcs (15 October 2016 11:06):
Mutter. How many times do people have to be told that e-ARCs are UNPROOFED manuscripts? Trust me, the wrong date of May 2000 is hardly the only goof in the e-ARCs. That’s why I will be spending days poring over the page proofs when they arrive, as will a professional proof-reader — and then it will be sent to another proof-reader to double-check everything. (And there will _still_ be typos getting through. The damn things are like cockroaches in a big old apartment buildings. A few always survive… for years… and years…)