List of Popular Steampunk Novels

There was some discussion recently amongst book-lovers wanting to find out more about the steampunk* genre and some reading suggestions.  So, I've compiled a list (alphabetical by author surname) of some of the most popular steampunk novels from its inception in 1987, and there's something for everyone:

1. Lady of Devices (Magnificent Devices #1) by Shelley Adina
2. The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
3. Phoenix Rising (Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences #1) by Philippa Ballantine
4. The Iron Duke (Iron Seas #1) by Meljean Brook
5. Heart of Steel (Iron Seas #2) by Meljean Brook
6. Riveted (Iron Seas #3) by Meljean Brook
7. Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1) by Gail Carriger
8. Changeless  (Parasol Protectorate, #2) by Gail Carriger
9. Blameless  (Parasol Protectorate, #3) by Gail Carriger
10. Heartless  (Parasol Protectorate, #4) by Gail Carriger
11. Timeless  (Parasol Protectorate, #5) by Gail Carriger
12. Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School #1) by Gail Carriger
13. Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices #1) by Cassandra Clare
14. Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices #2) by Cassandra Clare
15. Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices #3) by Cassandra Clare
16. The Girl in the Steel Corset (Steampunk Chronicles #1) by Kady Cross
17. The Strange Case of Finley Jayne (Steampunk Chronicles #0.5) by Kady Cross
18. The Girl in the Clockwork Collar (Steampunk Chronicles #2) by Kady Cross
19. Wicked as They Come (Blud #1) by Delilah S. Dawson
20. Cold Magic by Kate Elliott
21. Incarceron (Incarceron #1) by Catherine Fisher
22. The Difference Engine by William Gibson
23. Masque of the Red Death (Masque of the Red Death #1) by Bethany Griffin
24. The Greyfriar (Vampire Empire #1) by Clay Griffith
25. Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration #1) by Lia Habel
26. The Native Star (Veneficas Americana #1) by M.K. Hobson
27. The Court of the Air (Jackelian #1) by Stephen Hunt
28. Infernal Devices by K.W. Jeter
29. The Iron Thorn (Iron Codex #1) by Caitlin Kittredge
30. The Friday Society by Adrienne Kress
31. Stormdancer (The Lotus War #1) by Jay Kristoff
32. Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories by Kelly Link
33. The Affinity Bridge (Newbury and Hobbes #1) byGeorge Mann
34. Kiss of Steel (London Steampunk #1) by Bec McMaster
35. Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon #1) by China Mieville
36. Dead Iron (Age of Steam #1) by Devon Monk
37. Airborn (Matt Cruse #1) by Kenneth Oppel
38. Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century #1) by Cherie Priest
39. Clementine (The Clockwork Century #1.1) by Cherie Priest
40. Dreadnought (The Clockwork Century #2) by Cherie Priest
41. Ganymede (The Clockwork Century #4) by Cherie Priest
42. The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials #1) by Philip Pullman
43. The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials #2) by Philip Pullman
44. The Ruby in the Smoke (Sally Lockhart #1) by Philip Pullman
45. The Shadow in the North (Sally Lockhart #2) by Philip Pullman
46. Mortal Engines (The Hungry City Chronicles #1) by Philip Reeve
47. The Iron Wyrm Affair (Bannon & Clare #1) by Lilith Saintcrow
48. Corsets & Clockwork: 13 Steampunk Romances by Trisha Telep
49. Steampunk by Jeff VanderMeer
50. Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
51. The Mammoth Book of Steampunk by Sean Wallace
52. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
53. Leviathan (Leviathan, #1) by Scott Westerfeld
54. Behemoth (Leviathan, #2) by Scott Westerfeld
55. Goliath (Leviathan, #3) by Scott Westerfeld
56. Retribution Falles (Tales of the Ketty Jay #1) by Chris Wooding

Have you read any of these? Do you have any additional suggestions? Please tell us in the comments below.

*Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery, especially in a setting inspired by industrialised Western civilisation during the 19th century.  Other features include Victorian inspired fashion with the inclusion of brass and leather, and of course cogs, cogs, cogs!

The term steampunk's first known appearance was in 1987, though it now retroactively refers to many works of fiction created even as far back as the 1950s or 1960s. Source: Wikipedia