7 novels, 9 fiction collections, 1 non-fiction collection, 71 stories (6 available online, 4 of them on his web site), web site: ianrmacleod.com
| The Great Wheel (1997) | Harcourt Brace, hc, 1997; Open Road, ebk, 2013; JABberwocky Literary Agency, ebk, 2018; 1998 Locus Best First Novel |
| The Light Ages * (2003) | Ace, hc, 2003; ...; Open Road, ebk, 2013; JABberwocky Literary Agency, ebk, 2019 |
| The House of Storms * (2005) | Simon & Schuster UK, hc & tp, 2005; ...; Open Road, ebk, 2013; JABberwocky Literary Agency, ebk, 2019 |
| The Summer Isles (2005) | Aio Publishing Company, hc, 2005; Open Road, ebk, 2013; JABberwocky Literary Agency, ebk, 2018 |
| Song of Time (2008) | PS Publishing, hc, 2008; Open Road, ebk, 2013; JABberwocky Literary Agency, ebk, 2018; 2009 Clarke Best SF Novel; 2009 Campbell Memorial |
| Wake Up and Dream (2011) | PS Publishing, hc, 2011; Open Road, ebk, 2013; JABberwocky Literary Agency, ebk, 2018; 2011 Sidewise Best Long Form Alternate History |
| Red Snow (2017) | PS Publishing, hc, 2017; JABberwocky Literary Agency, ebk, 2018 |
| Voyages by Starlight (1996) | 10 | Arkham House, hc, 1996 |
| Breathmoss and Other Exhalations (2004) | 7 | Golden Gryphon Press, hc, $25/$100, 2004 |
| Past Magic (2006) | 11 | PS Publishing, hc, £25/£60, 2006 |
| Journeys (2010) | 9 | Subterranean Press, hc, $40, 2010 |
| Snodgrass and Other Illusions: The Best Short Stories of Ian R. MacLeod (2013) | 11 | Open Road Integrated Media, ebk, 2013. NB all stories appear in Elsewhere or Nowhere |
| Frost on Glass (2015) | 11 | PS Publishing, hc £20 & ebk, 2015 |
| Everywhere: The Collected Short Stories and Novellas of Ian R. MacLeod, Book 1 (2019) | 7 | JABberwocky Literary Agency, ebk, 2019 |
| Nowhere: The Collected Short Stories and Novellas of Ian R. MacLeod, Book 2 (2019) | 18 | JABberwocky Literary Agency, ebk, 2019 |
| Ragged Maps (2023) | 15 | Subterranean Press, signed, 1000 copy, hc $45, ebk, 2023 |
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| Through (nv) | Interzone #30 1989; Nebula Awards 26 | |
| Well-Loved (ss) | Interzone #34 1990; Interzone: The 5th Anthology, 1991; Pulphouse Sep/Oct 1992 | PM N |
| 1/72nd Scale (nv) | Weird Tales Fall 1990; Best New Horror 2, 1991; Nebula Awards 26, 1992; The Giant Book of Best New Horror, 1993; Best of Weird Tales, 1995 | VbS |
| Past Magic (ss) | Interzone #39 1990; The Year's Best Science Fiction: 8th Annual Collection, 1991; Clones, 1998; Best New SF #8 | PM SaOI N |
| Green (nv) | IASFM mid-Dec 1990; The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: 4th Annual Collection, 1991 | VbS |
| Living in Sin (ss) | Amazing Jan 1991 | PM |
| The Giving Mouth (nv) | IASFM Mar 1991 | VbS |
| Marnie (nv) | IASFM May 1991; The Year's Best Science Fiction: 9th Annual Collection, 1992; Best New SF #9 | VbS |
| The Family Football (ss) | Interzone Nov 1991; The Best of Interzone, 1997; Weird Tales Spr 1999; Stories of Hope and Wonder: In Support of the UK's Healthcare Workers, 2020 | |
| The Perfect Stranger (nv) | F&SF Dec 1991; ianrmacleod.com | VbS N |
| Grownups (na) | IASFM Jun 1992; The Year's Best Science Fiction: 10th Annual Collection, 1993; Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep, 1995; Flying Cups & Saucers: Gender Explorations in Science Fiction & Fantasy, 1998; Best New SF #10 | VbS SaOI E |
| Returning (ss) | Interzone Oct 1992; Pirate Writings Spr 1995 | PM |
| Snodgrass (nv) | In Dreams, 1992; The Year's Best Science Fiction: 10th Annual Collection, 1993; Best New Horror 4, 1993; The Giant Book of Terror, 1994; Best New SF #10 | PM SaOI N |
| Papa (nv) | Asimov's Oct 1993; The Year's Best Science Fiction: 11th Annual Collection, 2004; Best New SF #11 | VbS E |
| The Dead Orchards (ss) | Weird Tales Spr 1994; The Best New Horror: Volume Six, 1995; ianrmacleod.com | |
| Sealight (ss) | F&SF May 1994 | |
| Ellen O'Hara (nv) | Asimov's Feb 1995 | VbS |
| Tirkiluk (nv) | F&SF Feb 1995; The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Seven, 1996 | VbS SaOI N |
| The Noonday Pool (nv) | F&SF May 1995 | BaOE |
| Starship Day (nv) | Asimov's Jul 1995; The Year's Best Science Fiction: 13th Annual Collection, 1996; Best New SF #13 | VbS N |
| Nina-With-The-Sky-In-Her-Hair (nv) | F&SF Dec 1995 | PM N |
| Swimmers Beneath the Skin (na) | Asimov's Oct/Nov 1996 | |
| Verglas (na) | F&SF Oct/Nov 1996 | BaOE |
| The Roads (ss) | Asimov's Apr 1997 | RM |
| The Golden Keeper (na) | Asimov's Oct/Nov 1997; Eternal Lovecraft: The Persistence of H.P. Lovecraft in Popular Culture, 1998 | PM |
| Nevermore (nv) | Dying for It, 1997; The Year's Best Science Fiction: 15th Annual Collection, 1998; Asimov's Jul 1998; Best New SF #15 | PM SaOI N |
| Home Time (nv) | F&SF Feb 1998 | PM |
| The Summer Isles (na) | Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998; The Year's Best Science Fiction: 16th Annual Collection, 1999; Best New SF #16; 1999 World Fantasy Best Novella; 1998 Sidewise Best Short Form Alternate History | BaOE |
| The Chop Girl (nv) | Asimov's Dec 1999; 2000 World Fantasy Best Short Fiction | BaOE SaOI N |
| Two Sleepers (ss) | Century #6, 2000 | PM |
| Chitty Bang Bang (nv) | Asimov's Jun, 2000 | |
| New Light on the Drake Equation (na) | SciFi.Com May 2001 | BaOE SaOI E |
| Isabel of the Fall (nv) # | Interzone July 2001 | BaOE SaOI N |
| Breathmoss (na) # | Asimov's, May 2002; 2003 Asimov's Readers' Best Novella | BaOE E |
| Taking Good Care of Myself (2006) | Nature, May 4, 2006; Year's Best SF 12 | J |
| The Bonny Boy * (2006) | ianrmacleod.com | PM |
| The Master Miller's Tale *(2007) | F&SF, May 2007 | J SaOI E |
| Topping Off the Spire (2008) | Topping Off the Spire and Me and the Mushroom Cloud, 2008 | J |
| On the Sighting of Other Islands (2008) | Celebration: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the BSFA, 2008 | J N |
| The Hob Carpet (2008) | Asimov's, Jun 2008 | J |
| Elementals (2008) | Extraordinary Engines: The Definitive Steampunk Anthology, 2008 | J |
| The English Mutiny (2008) | Asimov's, Oct-Nov 2008 | J |
| The Camping Wainwrights (2008) | Postscripts, Winter 2008 | J |
| A Concise and Ready Guide (2010) | Weird Tales, Summer 2010 | FoG |
| Second Journey of the Magus (2010) | Subterranean Online, Winter 2010 | J SaOI N |
| Recrossing the Styx (2010) | F&SF, Jul-Aug 2010 | FoG N |
| The Crane Method (2011) | Subterranean Online, Spring 2011 | FoG N |
| Hector Douglas Makes a Sale (2011) | PS Publishing, 2011 (promotional booklet) | SaOI FoG N |
| The Cold Step Beyond # (2011) | Asimov's, Jun 2011 | FoG |
| Tumbling Nancy (2012) | Subterranean, Summer 2012 | FoG |
| The Discovered Country (2013) | Asimov's, Sep 2013 | FoG N |
| The Réparateur of Strasbourg (2013) | Incorporated into novel Red Snow | |
| Entangled (2013) | Asimov's, Dec 2013 | FoG |
| Letter to Will (2014) | Six Stories, West Midlands Writers’ Network, 2014 | FoG |
| The Traveller and the Book (2014) | Subterranean, Spring 2014 | FoG |
| The Howl (2014) with Martin Sketchley | Solaris Rising 3: The New Solaris Book of Science Fiction, 2014 | |
| Frost on Glass (2015) | Frost on Glass, 2015 | FoG E |
| The Visitor from Taured (2016) | Asimov's, Sep 2016 | RM N |
| The Wisdom of the Group (2017) | Asimov's, Mar-Apr 2017; ianrmacleod.com | RM N |
| The Fall of the House of Kepler (2017) | Extrasolar, 2017 | RM |
| Ouroboros (2018) | 2001: An Odyssey in Words, 2018 | RM |
| Ephemera (2018) | Asimov's, Jul-Aug 2018 | RM E |
| The Memory Artist # (2019) | Asimov's, May-Jun 2019 | RM |
| Selkie (2019) | Alternate Peace, 2019; Nathan Toronto | RM |
| Sin Eater (2020) | Made to Order: Robots and Revolution, 2020; Read by Levar Burton | RM |
| The Mrs. Innocents (2020) | Asimov's, May-Jun 2020 | RM |
| Lamagica (2020) | Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy 3, 2020 | RM |
| The God of Nothing (2021) | Burning Brightly: 50 Years of Novacon, 2021 | RM |
| Stuff (2022) | New Worlds, 2022-01 | RM |
| The Chronologist (2022) | Tor.Com, Feb 2022 | RM |
| Downtime (2023) | Ragged Maps, 2023 | RM |
| A Truncated Life in Books (1997) | IRM website
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| Introduction to Down Among the Dead Men (2001) |
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| Old Maps of Hell: On Re-Reading Kingsley Amis's New Maps of Hell (2003) also appeared as: Old Maps of Hell (2011) |
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| Big Lies (2004) |
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| Isles Lost, Isles Found (2005) also appeared as: |
| Variant: Introduction to The Summer Isles (2011) |
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| Introduction (Sanity and the Lady) (2005) also appeared as: Variant: Introduction to Brian Aldiss' Sanity and the Lady (2011)
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| Preface: Thrasis (2006) also appeared as: Variant: Foreword to Past Magic: Thrasis (2011) |
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| Fantastic Cities Panel Interaction 2005 (2007) with Jeffrey Ford and Michael Swanwick and Claire Weaver |
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| 25 (Celebrating 25 Years of Interzone) (2007) |
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| Me and the Mushroom Cloud (2008) |
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| A Virtual Anthology: Weinachtabend (2008) |
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| A Clockwork Orange (2010) |
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| Afterword (Hector Douglas Makes A Sale) (2011) |
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| A Life (2011) |
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| Alternate Londons (2011) |
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| An Empty Grey Cell of One's Own (2011) |
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| Hi-Fi's Lost Future (2011) |
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| Perfect Harmony (2011) |
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| Review of biography "Darwin" by Adrian Desmond & James Moore (2011) |
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| Review of nonfiction "Apathy for the Devil" by Nick Kent (2011) |
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| Review of nonfiction "Cold New World" by William Finnegan (2011) |
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| Review of nonfiction "Dinosaur in a Haystack" by Stephen Jay Gould (2011) |
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| Review of nonfiction "Empire" by Niall Ferguson (2011) |
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| Review of nonfiction "Sky Burial" by Xinran (2011) |
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| Review of nonfiction "The Asquiths" by Colin Clifford (2011) |
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| Review of nonfiction "The Whole Equation" by David Thomson (2011) |
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| Review of nongenre novel "A Crime in the Neighbourhood" by Ian McEwan (2011) |
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| Review of nongenre novel "Are You Somebody?" by Nuala O'Faoilain (2011) |
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| Review of nongenre novel "Gweilo" by Martin Booth (2011) |
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| Review of nongenre novel "Property" by Valerie Martin (2011) |
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| Review of nongenre novel "Rabbit Redux" by John Updike (2011) |
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| Review of nongenre novel "Saturday" by Ian McEwan (2011) |
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| Review of nongenre novel "The Collector" by John Fowles (2011) |
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| Review of nongenre novel "The Gravedigger's Daughter" by Joyce Carol Oates (2011) |
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| Review of nongenre novel "The Kiln" by William McIlvanney (2011) |
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| Review of nongenre novel "We Need to Talk About Kevin" by Lionel Shriver (2011) |
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| Review of nongenre novel "Wolf Hall" by Hilary Mantel (2011) |
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| The Decline of the English Ghost Story (2011) |
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| Weihnachtabend (2011) |
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| Sad Songs, with Lots of Drumming (2013) | IRM website
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| Introduction (Snodgrass and Other Illusions) (2013) |
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| Story Behind "Snodgrass" - In From the Cold (2013) |
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| Quelques mots sur Snodgrass [French] (2014) |
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| Afterword: A Cul-de-Sac in Los Angeles (2015) |
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| Afterword: Bloody Dragons (2015) |
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| Afterword: On Being Dark (2015) |
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| Afterword: On Writing Rubbish (2015) |
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| Afterword: Other Writers (2015) |
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| Afterword: Rejection (2015) |
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| Afterword: Silver Machines (2015) |
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| Afterword: The Future Isn't Real (2015) |
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| Afterword: Those Who Can't... (2015) |
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| Afterword: Volcanoes and Dinosaurs (2015) |
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| Afterword: Writer's Block (2015) |
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| Foreword: Different Warts and All (2015) |
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| I've Got This Idea for a Story ... (2015) |
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| Introduction: Don't Look Back (2015) |
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| Introduction (Everywhere) (2019) |
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| Introduction (Nowhere) (2019) |
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| Afterword (Downtime) (2023) |
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| Afterword (Ephemera) (2023) |
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| Afterword (Lamagica) (2023) |
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| Afterword (Ouroboros) (2023) |
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| Afterword (Selkie) (2023) |
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| Afterword (Sin Eater) (2023) |
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| Afterword (Stuff) (2023) |
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| Afterword (The Chronologist) (2023) |
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| Afterword (The Fall of the House of Kepler) (2023) |
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| Afterword (The God of Nothing) (2023) |
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| Afterword (The Memory Artist) (2023) |
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| Afterword (The Mrs Innocents) (2023) |
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| Afterword (The Roads) (2023) |
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| Afterword (The Visitor from Taured) (2023) |
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| Afterword (The Wisdom of the Group) (2023) |
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| Introduction: Ragged Maps (2023) |
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