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Hugh Howey

Author of Wool

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About the Author

Hugh Howey is an American author who was born in 1975 and raised in North Carolina. Howey is known for his popular series Wool, which he independently published through Amazon.com's Kindle Direct Publishing system. The Wool series first began in 2011 with Wool as a stand-alone story. In 2012, Howey show more signed a deal with Simon and Schuster to distribute Wool to retailers in the USA and Canada. The book became a trilogy with Shift (Book 2) and Dust (Book 3) following it. The author has renamed this to the Silo Series. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Hugh Howey

Wool (2012) 6,614 copies
Shift (2013) 2,592 copies
Dust (2013) 2,348 copies
Wool {short story} (2011) 1,142 copies
Sand (2014) 976 copies
Beacon 23 (2015) 555 copies
First Shift: Legacy (2012) 406 copies
Half Way Home (2010) 396 copies
The End Is Nigh (2014) — Editor — 276 copies
Second Shift: Order (2012) 273 copies
Wool 2: Proper Gauge (2011) 257 copies
Wool 3: Casting Off (2011) 221 copies
Wool 4: The Unraveling (2011) 213 copies
Third Shift: Pact (2013) 211 copies
Wool 5: The Stranded (2012) 201 copies
I, Zombie (2012) 170 copies
The Plagiarist (2011) 168 copies
The End Is Now (2014) — Editor, Contributor — 152 copies
Wool: The Graphic Novel (2014) 132 copies
The End Has Come (2015) — Editor, Contributor — 130 copies
Across The Sand (2022) 108 copies
The Hurricane (2011) 103 copies
The Wool Trilogy (2014) 67 copies
Glitch (2014) 65 copies
Resist: Tales from a Future Worth Fighting Against (2018) — Editor; Contributor — 55 copies
The Walk Up Nameless Ridge (2012) 45 copies
Burn the Ashes (2020) — Editor; Contributor — 24 copies
Ignorance Is Strength (2020) — Editor; Contributor — 23 copies
Or Else the Light (2020) — Editor; Contributor — 20 copies
Phare 23 (2016) 16 copies
The Box: A Short Story (2015) 14 copies
Misty: The Proud Cloud (2014) 8 copies
Une colonie (2020) 5 copies
Silmapete. Esimene osa (2015) 5 copies
Silmapete. Teine osa (2015) 3 copies
Silo Stories (2017) 2 copies
Toz (Silo, #3) (2020) 2 copies
Silo Stores 1 copy
In the Air 1 copy
Executable 1 copy
2014 1 copy
Kum (2020) 1 copy
Støv (2019) 1 copy

Associated Works

Press Start to Play (2015) — Contributor — 256 copies
Robot Uprisings (2014) — Contributor — 186 copies
Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse (2013) — Contributor — 184 copies
Dead Man's Hand (2014) — Contributor — 159 copies
The Future Chronicles: Special Edition (2015) — Foreword — 50 copies
The Alien Chronicles (2015) — Contributor — 39 copies
The Robot Chronicles (2014) — Contributor — 34 copies
From the Indie Side (2014) — Contributor — 22 copies
The Z Chronicles (2015) — Contributor — 21 copies
Love Hurts: A Speculative Fiction Anthology (1656) — Contributor — 20 copies
Futures & Fantasies (2018) — Contributor — 20 copies
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 70 • March 2016 (2016) — Contributor — 18 copies
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 72 • May 2016 (2016) — Contributor — 13 copies
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 67 • December 2015 (2015) — Contributor — 7 copies
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 89 • October 2017 (2017) — Contributor — 6 copies
Futuredaze²: Reprise (2014) — Contributor — 4 copies
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 124 (September 2020) (2020) — Contributor — 2 copies

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A post-apocalyptic world, where the survivors are kept in the dark about what happened in the past and about the reality of the present. A well written page turner. Part of a trilogy.
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TomMcGreevy | 378 other reviews | Mar 16, 2024 |
I loved this. It really hooked me, and kept me wanting to read more. Great storytelling.
 
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ledonnelly | 378 other reviews | Mar 11, 2024 |
This was a great, but short read. Also, I'm a bit confused on which book is next. I recommend it to anyone that just likes a good story.
 
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jazzbird61 | 378 other reviews | Feb 29, 2024 |
It's still good and I had no idea there was a prequel. Moving on!
 
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ISBNs
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