Several of his books sold well enough to be included on various best selling book lists.
Firestorm was listed on the
New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover fiction for one week in October 2011 and
Iron Gray Sea was listed on the New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover fiction for one week in July 2012.
Iron Gray Sea was listed on the
USA Today Best-Selling Books list during a single week in July 2012. Several of his books were finalist for a number of major literary awards.
Into the Storm was a finalist for the 2009
Compton Crook Award.
Blood in the Water was a finalist for the 2016
Dragon Award for Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel and
Devil’s Battle was a finalist for the 2024
Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel.
Critical studies and reviews of Anderson's work ;
Straits of Hell • ==Interviews==