Who This Author Is

Kage Baker has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 14 catalog-linked books across 1997 to 2011, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Classics & Literary Fiction.

Best for readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list. If you want the easiest first click, start with "Mendoza in Hollywood: A Novel of the Company and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1997 to 2011; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Harcourt and Tor.

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Author At A Glance

Best known for: Classics & Literary Fiction entry points • common used copies from Harcourt and Tor

Genres and themes: Classics & Literary Fiction

Who this author is best for: readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1997 to 2011; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Harcourt and Tor.

Top Books To Start With

  1. "Mendoza in Hollywood: A Novel of the Company

    Harcourt • 2000 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2000 • 334 pages.

  2. Sky Coyote: A Novel of the Company

    Harcourt • 1999 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1999 • 310 pages.

  3. In the Garden of Iden: A Novel of the Company

    Harcourt • 1998 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1998 • 336 pages.

  4. In the Garden of Iden (A Novel of the Company, Book 1)

    Harpercollins • 1998 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1998 • 320 pages.

  5. In the Garden of Iden

    Harcourt Brace & Company • 1997 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1997 • 298 pages.

  6. Mammoth Books Presents the Books

    Little, Brown Book Group Limited • standard commitment

    It stands out partly because the publisher trail is clearer than usual for this author page.

  7. Mendoza in Hollywood (The Company)

    Tor Books • longer commitment

    readers who want one of the clearer starting points on this page

  8. Ancient Rockets

    Tachyon Publications • 2011 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 2011.

  9. Not less than gods

    Tor • 2010 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 2010.

  10. The Empress of Mars

    Tor • 2009 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 2009.

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