9 ratings | 1 review | avg rating:4.44

Chris’s Year In Books

Chris’s 2025 Year in Books

Take a look at Chris’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.

Go to Chris’s 2025 Year in Books

Chris Edwards’s Followers (2)

Chris’s Bookshelves

to-read (6)
currently-reading (3)
read (363)

Chris’s Friends (76)

Mark Laliberte

754 books | 244 friends

Margaret DeRosia

276 books | 46 friends

David Nickle

159 books | 255 friends

Matt Moore

316 books | 141 friends

Vanessa Oliver

0 books | 49 friends

Anne Donahue

184 books | 237 friends

David

173 books | 50 friends

Michelle

6 books | 50 friends

More friends…

Chris Edwards

Goodreads Author

Born

in Toronto, Canada

Website

https://chrisedwardsauthor.ca/

Twitter

OneChrisEdwards

Genre

Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy

Influences

Phillip K. Dick John Wyndham Katsuhiro Otomo Arthur C. Clarke Paolo B ...more

Member Since

November 2017

edit data

CHRIS EDWARDS is the author of the science-fiction novellas A Batch of Twenty, Optimal Power and Phillip Drives the Dead. With inspirations ranging from Phillip K. Dick to John Wyndham to Katsuhiro Otomo’s AKIRA, he writes about what it means to be an individual in dystopian times. His other interests include video games—especially the old ones nobody remembers—plus silent film, animation, Sumo, dinosaurs and animals even older than dinosaurs. Chris lives in Toronto, ON, with his wife and children, all of whom are incredible.

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Chris Edwards questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Chris Edwards’s books

Average rating: 4.09 · 11 ratings · 4 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Phillip Drives the Dead 3.86 avg rating — 7 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
	Optimal Power 4.50 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
	A Batch of Twenty 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

Chris is Currently Reading

Chris Edwards is currently reading

Fabled Lands (The Enchanted World Series)

by Time-Life Books

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

Mar 08, 2026 07:18PM

Chris Edwards is currently reading

Shirley Jackson: Novels and Stories

by Shirley Jackson

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

Mar 22, 2025 06:35AM

Chris Edwards is currently reading

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

by Bill Watterson

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

Jan 11, 2025 06:23AM

rss
Chris’s Recent Updates

Chris Edwards is currently reading Fabled Lands (The Enchanted World Series) by Time-Life Books	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
Mar 08, 2026 07:18PM · like
Chris Edwards finished reading Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant	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
Mar 05, 2026 03:48PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Fire Weather by John Vaillant. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Fire Weather by John Vaillant <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Chris Edwards finished reading Optimal Power by Chris Edwards (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
Mar 04, 2026 12:44PM · like
Chris Edwards is currently reading Optimal Power by Chris Edwards (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
Mar 03, 2026 09:08AM · like
Chris Edwards finished reading Dinosaurs and More Dinosaurs by M. Jean Craig	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
Mar 01, 2026 08:41AM · like
Chris Edwards is currently reading Dinosaurs and More Dinosaurs by M. Jean Craig	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
Feb 24, 2026 05:50AM · like
Chris Edwards is currently reading Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant	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
Feb 21, 2026 12:42PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Fire Weather by John Vaillant. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Fire Weather by John Vaillant <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Chris Edwards finished reading Ballyhoo!: The Roughhousers, Con Artists, and Wildmen Who Invented Professional Wrestling (Sports and American Culture) by Jon Langmead	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
Feb 21, 2026 12:42PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Ballyhoo! by Jon Langmead. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Ballyhoo! by Jon Langmead <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Chris Edwards is currently reading Ballyhoo!: The Roughhousers, Con Artists, and Wildmen Who Invented Professional Wrestling (Sports and American Culture) by Jon Langmead	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
Feb 16, 2026 06:37AM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Ballyhoo! by Jon Langmead. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Ballyhoo! by Jon Langmead <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Chris Edwards finished reading Lucy and Bonbon (35) (Speculative Fiction) by Don LePan (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
Feb 16, 2026 06:37AM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Lucy and Bonbon (35) by Don LePan. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Lucy and Bonbon (35) by Don LePan <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">