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Bas-Lag books in order
There are 3 books in Bas-Lag. The latest, Iron Council, came out in 2004, and China Miéville hasn't announced another one yet.
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Release information last checked 24 October 2026.
Bas-Lag books in order
2000Book 1Perdido Street Station
2000Book 2The Scar
2004Book 3Iron Council
Companion stories
2000CompanionPerdido Street Station: Tome 1
2002CompanionPerdido Street Station: Tome 2
2003CompanionLooking for Jake and Other Stories
What Bas-Lag is about
From the description of Perdido Street Station, the first book.
Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid city where humans, Re-mades, and arcane races live in perpetual fear of Parliament and its brutal militia. The air and rivers are thick with factory pollutants and the strange effluents of alchemy, and the ghettos contain a vast mix of workers, artists, spies, junkies, and whores. In New Crobuzon, the unsavory deal is stranger to none—not even to Isaac, a brilliant scientist with a penchant for Crisis Theory. Isaac has spent a lifetime quietly carrying out his unique research. But when a half-bird, half-human creature known as the Garuda comes to him from afar, Isaac is faced with challenges he has never before fathomed. Though the Garuda's request is scientifically daunting, Isaac is sparked by his own curiosity and an uncanny reverence for this curious stranger. While Isaac's experiments for the Garuda turn into an obsession, one of his lab specimens demands attention: a brilliantly colored caterpillar that feeds on nothing but a hallucinatory drug and grows larger—and more consuming—by the day. What finally emerges from the silken cocoon will permeate every fiber of New Crobuzon—and not even the Ambassador of Hell will challenge the malignant terror it invokes . . . A magnificent fantasy rife with scientific splendor, magical intrigue, and wonderfully realized characters, told in a storytelling style in which Charles Dickens meets Neal Stephenson, Perdido Street Station offers an eerie, voluptuously crafted world that will plumb the depths of every reader's imagination.
Bas-Lag at a glance
- Author
- China Miéville
- Books published
- 3
- Companion stories
- 3
- Still to come
- None announced yet
- First book published
- 2000
Questions readers ask
Is there going to be another Bas-Lag book?
China Miéville hasn't announced one yet. If a new Bas-Lag book is announced, AuthorPing will let you know.
How many books are in Bas-Lag?
3 books have been published in Bas-Lag so far, plus 3 companion stories.
What order should I read Bas-Lag in?
Read the main books in order: 1. Perdido Street Station, 2. The Scar, 3. Iron Council. The 3 companions can be read alongside them.
Is Bas-Lag finished?
China Miéville hasn't announced another Bas-Lag book, so it may be finished. Series do come back, though, and AuthorPing will let you know if a new one is announced.
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