Ebook Store

EBOOK PAGE

Here is a complete-as-possible list of my works available in e-formats.  I’ll be uploading new books and stories all the time, so if you can’t find something you want, check back in a few weeks or months and see if it’s become available.

I’m sorry that not every format is represented.   I do not control the electronic rights to all my work— in some cases, publishers paid me good money for those rights, and if they choose to limit the formats in which my books are available, there’s nothing I can do about it.  (You, however, have every right to complain to the publisher.)

For those books that I control and uploaded myself, I’ve tried at the very least to make them available for Kindle, Nook, iBooks, Kobo, and on Smashwords, the latter of which makes them available in a wide variety of formats, including the Sony Reader, .pdf, and HTML.

I’ve had a hard time finding my own works on iBooks.  Just so you won’t have to go through the all the annoying fiddly procedures I do, here’s a link to everything I have on iBooks.

And here’s my link on Google.

(Actually I’d prefer if you downloaded from Smashwords rather than the iBook and Google stores, because I get a bigger cut of the proceeds.  It’s the exact same file in any case.  But whatever works for you, my friends.)

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THE BEST OF WALTER JON WILLIAMS (NEW!!!)

NEW!!! THE BEST OF WALTER JON WILLIAMS 200,000 words of short fiction, including all the award nominees that would fit! A beautiful hardback from Subterranean Press, illustrated by Lee Moyer.
Hardback and Ebook


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Quillifer! (NEW!!!)

An epic fantasy about a cheeky young hero trying to make his mark on the world while dodging bandits, battles, and angry husbands.

QUILLIFER!

The first volume of a new fantasy series, Quillifer features a young hero who plans to make his mark on the world--- if only he can avoid pirates, bandits, angry husbands, and one very beautiful, very vengeful, and very jealous goddess.



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QUILLIFER THE KNIGHT

It’s the traditional job of a knight to fight dragons and rescue princesses, but Quillifer is hardly a traditional knight, and he brings to the job an array of unorthodox skills that dazzles his swarm of rivals, seduces their wives, and threatens the stability of the realm.

But there’s a greater menace to Quillifer than deadly political intrigue, for once again he finds himself hunted by the cruel, beautiful, and vengeful goddess Orlanda.



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LORD QUILLIFER

Quillifer has risen high at court. The butcher’s son is now a lord, and is the confidential agent of the state, the caretaker of the kingdom’s secrets, and the secret lover of the young and brilliant Queen Floria.

He finds himself surrounded by perils. The nobles are at odds with one another, but united in despising Quillifer. Someone has brought deadly poison into court, and Quillifer fears the Queen may be the intended victim. Another assassination plot is aimed at Quillifer himself, and an enemy nation has landed troops intending to topple Floria by force. Quillifer must solve every mystery, meet every danger, and discover every secret in order to guard himself and his love, Floria, from the dangers that beset them.

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The Second Book of the Praxis

(New!!!)  Continued from the First Book of the Praxis (Dread Empire’s Fall), this second trilogy continues the adventures of the star-crossed lovers Martinez and Sula as they face war and revolution.  

NEW!!! The first book of the new series finds Martinez and Sula caught up in a war that nobody wanted, no one planned, no one expected, and no one knows how to stop.



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NEW!!! The Accidental War is heating up, and star-crossed lovers Martinez and Sula must overcome their thorny history in order to face the dangers of an overwhelming attack.



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NEW!!! Just as the enemy attacks, a shocking act of violence tears Martinez and Sula apart. Yet their partnership is vital to the Fleet's success--- will the Restoration survive?



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The First Book of the Praxis

(Dread Empire’s Fall)

An epic space opera, war and revolution as seen through the eyes of a pair of star-crossed lovers.

THE PRAXIS

First book of Dread Empire’s Fall [kindle] [nook] [iBook] [Kobo] [Google]

Outside North America:
Amazon.co.uk, iBooks, Kobo, and Google

THE SUNDERING

Second book of Dread Empire’s Fall [kindle] [nook] [iBook] [Kobo] [Google]

Outside North America:
Amazon, Kobo, iBooks, and Google

CONVENTIONS OF WAR

Third book of Dread Empire's Fall [kindle]nook] [iBooks] [Kobo] [Google]

Outside North America:
Google BooksAmazon, iBooks, and Kobo

INVESTMENTS

My Dread Empire's Fall series continues, as Martinez and Severin investigate skulduggery on a newly-setted planet, and try to turn off a neutron star.

[kindle] [nook] [Smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks] [Kobo]

NEW!!!Exiled to Earth and expecting a vacation, Caroline Sula discovers that a deadly conspiracy has followed her all the way from the Empire's capital.

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NOVELS

NOVEL BUNDLE:

(Baen exclusive, contains Ambassador of Progress, Angel Station, Aristoi, Aristoi (French edition), Days of Atonement, Knight moves)  [Baen]



METROPOLITAN

If I'm remembered at all in 100 years, it'll probably be for this. A visionary work of hard fantasy, in which geomancy and technology together create a city the size of the world.

[kindle] [nook] [Smashwords] [Baen]  [iBooks][Google] [Kobo],

METROPOLITAN BUNDLE

(Baen exclusive: contains Metropolitan and City on Fire) [Baen]

ARISTOI

Dense, layered, intricate far-future thriller, set in a civilization utterly transformed by dangerous technology

[kindle] [nook] [Smashwords] [Baen], [iBooks], Kobo, Google,

ARISTOÎ

(French edition:
Barnes & Noble, Amazon Amazon.fr, Baen)

HARDWIRED

An angry, ferocious odyssey through a Balkanized America. By far and away my most popular novel. This is the Thirtieth Anniversary Edition, including new content just for this edition.


[kindle] [nook] [Smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks][Google][Kobo]

HARDWIRED BUNDLE

(Baen exclusive, contains Hardwired, Solip:System, Voice of the Whirlwind) [Baen]

CITY ON FIRE (Metropolitan 2)

The second in the Metropolitan sequence. Constantine and Aiah get serious about their revolution.

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DAYS OF ATONEMENT

Not only the world's only Hard-Boiled Gothic Western Science Fiction Police Procedural, DoA is also my love letter to the state of New Mexico.

[kindle] [nook] [smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks]

IMPLIED SPACES

"Sword and Singularity." Far-future adventure, featuring more wacked-out speculation per square centimeter than anything you'll find at Brand X.

[Kindle] [Nook [Smashwords] [Kobo] [iBooks]

THE RIFT

Originally as by "Walter J Williams" A huge tale of a catastrophic earthquake in the central US and the rifts it opens in America's social fabric.

 [Kobo] [iBooks] [Amazon] [Nook] [Smashwords]

KNIGHT MOVES

Set in the far future, this was the first of my books to achieve any public notice, being nominated for a Philip K Dick Award.

[kindle] [nook] [Smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks]

AMBASSADOR OF PROGRESS

Anthropological SF, my first published science fiction novel. Without prejudicing you against this novel in any way, I'd like to point out that, as a writer, I got better.

[Barnes & Noble] [Amazon] [Smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks]

SOLIP:SYSTEM

Novella, sequel to Hardwired

[kindle] [nook] [Smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks]

ANGEL STATION
Punk-ass space fiction, information-dense, featuring Ubu and Maria, teenage runaways who discover an alien civilization.

[kindle] [nook] [Smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks]

VOICE OF THE WHIRLWIND

Hard-edged SF noir thriller, consistently one of my best sellers.

[Kindle] [Nook] [Smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks]
[Google]

Dagmar

A bleeding-edge series of thrillers, set the day after tomorrow, featuring game designer Dagmar Shaw, exploring the shifting line between computer-mediated fiction and computer-mediated reality.

Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Google, iBooks, Smashwords, Baen

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Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Google, iBooks, Smashwords, Baen.

Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Google, iBooks, Smashwords, Baen.

Maijstral

PG Wodehouse meets Jane Austen— in Space!  These comedies-of-manners are unlike anything else I’ve written.  Actually they’re about the same things as a lot of my other books (class, money, crime) but in this case they’re funny.

THE CROWN JEWELS

(Maijstral 1) [kindle] [nook] [smashwords] [Baen} ) [iBooks]

HOUSE OF SHARDS

(Maijstral 2) [kindle] [nook] [smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks]

ROCK OF AGES

(Maijstral 3) [kindle] [nook] [smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks]

BAEN EXCLUSIVE:

DRAKE MAIJSTRAL BUNDLE (contains Crown Jewels, House of Shards, Rock of Ages) [Baen]

Star Wars

STAR WARS: DESTINY'S WAY

[kindle] [nook] [iBooks]

STAR WARS: YLESIA

(Novella) [kindle] [nook] [iBooks]

Historical Novels

(originally published as by “Jon Williams”)  I began my career writing these sea-adventure tales taking place in the American Revolution and War of 1812. If you’re fond of CS Forester or Patrick O’Brian, you might want to give these a try.

TO GLORY ARISE

Published by Dell as THE PRIVATEER.

My first published novel. While it has its virtues, it's still a journeyman work, and I feel obliged to point out that I got better.

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BRIG OF WAR

Published by Dell as THE RAIDER. [Amazon] [Barnes and Noble] [Smashwords] [Baen] [Smashwords] [iBooks],[Kobo], and [Google Play]

THE MACEDONIAN

   [Amazon] [Barnes & Noble] [Smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks]

THE TERN SCHOONER

Published by Dell as THE YANKEE. [Amazon] [Barnes & Noble] [Smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks]

CAT ISLAND

  [Amazon] [Barnes & Noble] [Smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks]

PRIVATEERS & GENTLEMEN BUNDLE

(Baen exclusive, all five historical novels in one package!)  [Baen]

 COLLECTION

THE GREEN LEOPARD PLAGUE AND OTHER STORIES

[kindle] [nook] [Smashwords] [kobo], [iBooks]

NEW!!! THE BEST OF WALTER JON WILLIAMS 200,000 words of short fiction, including all the award nominees that would fit! A beautiful hardback from Subterranean Press, illustrated by Lee Moyer.
Hardback and Ebook


Barnes & Noble, Amazon

Ebook only:


Kobo, Apple Books, Direct from Publisher

SHORT FICTION

THE BOOLEAN GATE (Novella) Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla are friends--- and deadly opponents in a fight over the fate of the world.


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DADDY'S WORLD

(Nebula winner FREE AT) [Smashwords.] [Amazon]  [Barnes & Noble] [Baen] [iBooks]

DINOSAURS

To end a future war, a diplomat must recall his own lost humanity. Nominated for a Hugo Award.

Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Baen, Smashwords [iBooks]

INVESTMENTS

My Dread Empire's Fall series continues, as Martinez and Severin investigate skulduggery on a newly-setted planet, and try to turn off a neutron star.

[kindle] [nook] [Smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks]

THE LAST RIDE OF GERMAN FREDDIE

Gonzo history, in which Friedrich Nietzsche field-tests his theories of the superman at the O.K. Corral.


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NO SPOT OF GROUND

A short novel featuring the Civil War adventures of Brigadier General Edgar Allan Poe, CSA.

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PRAYERS ON THE WIND

[Kindle] [Nook] [Smashwords] [Baen]


SOLIP:SYSTEM

(novella, sequel to Hardwired) [kindle] [nook] [Smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks]
 

SHORT FICTION BUNDLE

(Baen exclusive, contains Daddy's World, Investments, and Prayers on the Wind) [Baen]

STAR WARS: YLESIA

(Novella) [kindle] [nook] [iBooks]

SURFACING

Love, obsession, life, death, immortality, and a nigh-hopeless quest to unravel one of nature’s more imponderable mysteries. What more do you want?

Hugo and Nebula nominee.


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THE TANG DYNASTY UNDERWATER PYRAMID

Hijinx aboard a cruise ship, featuring spies, ninjas, Andean folk music and a tetrahedral menace from beneath the sea.


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VIDEO STAR

Set in the same future as Voice of the Whirlwind. A hardboiled street kid tries to fight his way out of a trap, with unexpected results.


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WOLF TIME

Set in the same future as Voice of the Whirlwind,, the story features the hard-as-nails mercenary Reese as she maneuvers between a dangerous mission and a treacherous employer.



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WALL, STONE, CRAFT

Nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards. Mary Shelley encounters an alternate Byron, and creates an alternate new paradigm for science fiction.


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wjw April 20, 2016 at 8:17 pm

Thanks! It’s something I’ve considered.

Jan March 23, 2017 at 5:29 pm

i would very much pay more than a Dollar for a patreon, if CityOnFire/Metropolitan would ever get a sequel… *scrapes table with his bare hands in pure i-need-to-know desperation

Stellan L May 14, 2017 at 4:02 pm

I’d be prepared to pay a dollar per *chapter*. (Within reason. Wouldn’t want to make you go completely War and Peace on us…)

Adelord Laramee July 14, 2017 at 9:45 pm

Yes please, a conclusion to city on fire is very much desired.

Chris September 23, 2019 at 5:21 pm

I’ve read all the Praxis books, and I’ve just finished reading the Accidental War with Martinez and Sula reunited and ready to rock a war, so you had better be working on the next book Mister! }:o(

wjw September 23, 2019 at 10:25 pm

I’m trying to finish the book as we speak. I’m also trying to think of a title.

Stacy Garrett January 20, 2020 at 8:48 pm

I had just picked up the Tor Double of The Graveyard Heart and Elegy for Angels and Dogs at a used book store. I picked it up because I’ve read virtually everything of yours but had missed this one. I took the time to read Zelazny’s novella first to understand the setting and really enjoyed it. But I have to say how much I really liked you expansion of what he had established. And an interesting take separated by 25 years of each other. I definitely saw things in your novella that were echoed in other stories, particularly Aristoi, Millenium Party, and Praxis series. I came back here to see if I could add it to my ebook collection but can’t find it listed. And Amazon only has very expensive used book offerings. Is there a rights issue holding this up being released? I would love to have it in that format whenever it comes out. Meanwhile I’ll hold on to my cherished Tor double. Thanks for the great read.

john myles February 22, 2020 at 10:28 pm

just finished Knight Moves. wow. dug it. i think the last walterjonwilliams novel left for me to read. thanks.

wjw February 22, 2020 at 11:54 pm

Hang on, John! “Fleet Elements” comes out this fall!

Jack July 16, 2020 at 7:14 pm

“Voice of the Whirlwind” was recommended by an online friend, and I’m glad he did. What a great read, I loved it!

Mark October 18, 2020 at 11:13 pm

Just wrapped up Voice Of the Whirlwind (good stuff!), and am driven to say that Aristoi still blows me away!

Still need to get Metropolitan through the Shield and into orbit now that there’s plasm galore sloshing around. Many questions…

Adelord December 3, 2020 at 10:21 am

FYI, baen links above are broken, but the wjw books and bundles are still sold there.
Example:
https://www.baen.com/walter-williams-novel-bundle.html

JJ August 31, 2021 at 2:03 pm

I’ve just finished Fleet Elements and hoping against hope that you’re starting, in the middle of or finishing the next one!! Please, Please, Please, please……

Thank you so much for the other two and the prior series!

wjw August 31, 2021 at 4:54 pm

I’m pleased to say that I’m finishing the book now and it should be out in a year or so.

William England November 18, 2021 at 12:55 am

Just found and bought the Quillifer series. Looks brilliant! Thanks for putting them out there.

You aren’t on Twitter are you? Makes it a bit harder to amplify your work. Ah well…

Thank you again!
Will /wingland on Twitter

Erik Nielsen March 2, 2022 at 4:13 am

Just finished the latest Quillifer book, very enjoyable and looking forward to more of that. Thanks for keeping the Praxis series going as well. You have a voice that moves through genres (or sub-genres). I still have a hope that you’ll revisit the Maijstral books again someday, those my favorites along with DOA, which is how I discovered your work back in the early 80s. But, man, just keeping doing whatever turns you on, even if that’s not writing.

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