Tier Ranking Every Dan Simmons Novel - Thrillers, Historical, Literary & Short Fiction SPOILER-FREE

Dan Simmons is best known for his award-winning science fiction and horror novels, but they represent only half of his literary output. In this video, I briefly review and tier rank his 14 books in the crime thriller, historical fiction and mainstream literary fiction genres, as well as his collected and uncollected short fiction.

The first two parts of my Dan Simmons overview:
Part 1: Why he's essential reading -    • Why Dan Simmons Is Essential Reading,...  
Part 2: Tier ranking his horror and science fiction -    • Tier Ranking Every Dan Simmons Novel ...  

0:34 Organization & criteria
1:02 Literary fiction / Phases of Gravity
4:45 Crime thrillers / Darwin's Blade
8:56 Joe Kurtz trilogy
11:46 Historical fiction / The Crook Factory
14:32 The Terror
18:09 Drood
24:01 Black Hills
25:56 The Abominable
29:38 The Fifth Heart
33:38 Short fiction / Prayers to Broken Stones
36:24 Lovedeath
37:42 Worlds Enough and Time
38:28 Other noteworthy short fiction

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Artwork credits:
Alexsander Obradovic, Bob Englehart, DALL-E, Dan Simmons, Darwyn Cooke, mindtricks, Nathan Spotts


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