Discover new books on Goodreads

See if your friends have read any of Tim Jones's books

719 ratings | 175 reviews | avg rating:3.85

#25 top librarians

Tim Jones’s Followers (32)

Tim’s Bookshelves

to-read (20)
currently-reading (1)
read (862)
did-not-finish (0)
1 (6)
10 (1)
14th (3)
1930s (1)
1940s (3)
1950s (2)
See all bookshelves »

Tim’s Friends (266)

Lisa

608 books | 43 friends

J.C. Hart

4,183 books | 319 friends

A.J.

362 books | 97 friends

Mike

1,782 books | 156 friends

Marie Greaney

1,060 books | 10 friends

Sharon Bakar

2,299 books | 637 friends

Vannessa Anderson

4,396 books | 2,543 friends

M. Wehm

782 books | 157 friends

More friends…

Tim Jones

Goodreads Author

Born

in Grimsby, The United Kingdom

Website

https://www.timjonesbooks.co.nz/

Twitter

timjonesbooks

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Poetry

Influences

Ursula Le Guin, J G Ballard, Jorge Luis Borges, Octavia Butler, Mikhai ...more

Member Since

June 2008

edit data

I'm an author from New Zealand who writes climate fiction, science fiction, literary fiction, and poetry. I won the New Zealand Society of Authors Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship in 2022.

Here's how you can buy my books, and some recent anthologies with my work in them:

Books

Emergency Weather is my new climate fiction (cli-fi) novel from The Cuba Press, published in October 2023. Three people find themselves in Wellington, New Zealand as the climate crisis crashes into their lives. A giant storm is on its way – what will be left of the city when it’s over?

Where We Land is my climate fiction (cli-fi) novella from The Cuba Press, published in 2019. An earlier version of this novella, Landfall, is available from Amazon.com as a Kindle eboo ...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Tim Jones questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Tim Jones’s books

Average rating: 4.19 · 144 ratings · 41 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	Emergency Weather 4.12 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where We Land (The Cuba Press Novella Series, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Transported 4.44 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Men Briefly Explained 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anarya's Secret 3.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Sea Land it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Extreme Weather Events 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stars Like Sand: Australian Speculative Poetry by Tim Jones (Goodreads Author), P.S. Cottier (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dracula in the Colonies it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Tim Jones…

674 posts
Tim Jones's Blog

Mansfield and Michael

Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose Award

Together with Vivienne Plumb, I’m judging a short prose competition that closes on 14 August – and it is not a standard-format short story competition. Full details are on the At The Bay website – please check them out there, and if this appeals to you, consider entering!

Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose Award is open 3 July – 14 August.

Tim is Currently Reading

Tim is currently reading

Poems 1962-2020

by Louise Glück

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Sep 07, 2024 03:49AM

rss
Tim’s Recent Updates

Tim Jones wrote a new blog post Mansfield and Michael Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose Award Together with Vivienne Plumb, I’m judging a short prose competition that closes on 14 August – and it is not Read more of this blog post »
Jul 29, 2026 12:00AM · like
Tim rated a book it was amazing Perfect World (The Assumptors - Voyage of Domina Penelope, #3) by Andy Southall (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
In "Perfect World", Andy Southall lands the ending. That's not easy to do when you're piloting a generation starship through a trilogy of science fiction novels. Now far removed from the collapsing Earth they left behind, the crew of the "Domina Penel ...more
Apr 30, 2026 10:19PM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Perfect World by Andy Southall. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Perfect World by Andy Southall <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Tim rated a book really liked it Down and Out in Purgatory by Tim Powers	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Dec 29, 2025 07:25PM · like
Tim rated a book really liked it Vividwater by Jacqueline Owens (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
My review for Landfall Review Online: https://landfallreview.com/the-celest... ...more
Nov 17, 2025 08:49PM · 1 like · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Vividwater by Jacqueline Owens. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Vividwater by Jacqueline Owens <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Tim rated a book it was amazing Yesterday in the Back Lane by Bernice Rubens	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Nov 10, 2025 06:21PM · like
Tim rated a book it was amazing Dracula in the Colonies by Tim Jones (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Oct 18, 2025 02:24AM · like
Tim rated a book it was amazing Short ― Poto: The big book of small stories ― Iti te kupu, nui te korero (Maori Edition) by Michelle Elvy	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Oct 05, 2025 01:40PM · like
Tim wants to read Town by Madeleine Marie Slavick	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jun 06, 2025 11:35PM · like
Tim rated a book really liked it Bowieland: Walking in the Footsteps of David by Peter Carpenter	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jun 06, 2025 11:22PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Bowieland by Peter Carpenter. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Bowieland by Peter Carpenter <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Tim rated a book it was amazing Strays and Waifs (A Chasing Ghosts Mystery) by Mandy Hager (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I reviewed Strays & Waifs on my blog: https://www.timjonesbooks.co.nz/2025/... ...more
Apr 26, 2025 03:57AM · like · see review

More of Tim's books…

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Romance Readers R...: February - What are you currently reading?	121	207	Mar 01, 2010 09:34AM
Book Loving Kiwis: 2025 Kiwi Reads Challenge	51	89	Jan 02, 2026 06:22PM