diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 19a6db61a..39d80ecf6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ jobs:
           parallel: true
 
   test-subnets:
+    if: false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/docs/openapi.yaml b/docs/openapi.yaml
index d1ef93fba..fb1f85474 100644
--- a/docs/openapi.yaml
+++ b/docs/openapi.yaml
@@ -219,6 +219,24 @@ paths:
             items:
               type: string
               enum: [coinbase, token_transfer, smart_contract, contract_call, poison_microblock, tenure_change]
+        - name: sort_by
+          in: query
+          description: Option to sort results by block height, timestamp, or fee
+          required: false
+          schema:
+            type: string
+            enum: [block_height, burn_block_time, fee]
+            example: burn_block_time
+            default: block_height
+        - name: order
+          in: query
+          description: Option to sort results in ascending or descending order
+          required: false
+          schema:
+            type: string
+            enum: [asc, desc]
+            example: desc
+            default: desc
         - name: unanchored
           in: query
           description: Include transaction data from unanchored (i.e. unconfirmed) microblocks
diff --git a/migrations/1718632097776_tx-sort-indexes.js b/migrations/1718632097776_tx-sort-indexes.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5e8adb9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/1718632097776_tx-sort-indexes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/** @param { import("node-pg-migrate").MigrationBuilder } pgm */
+exports.up = pgm => {
+  pgm.createIndex('txs', 'burn_block_time');
+  pgm.createIndex('txs', 'fee_rate');
+};
+
+/** @param { import("node-pg-migrate").MigrationBuilder } pgm */
+exports.down = pgm => {
+  pgm.dropIndex('txs', 'burn_block_time');
+  pgm.dropIndex('txs', 'fee_rate');
+};
diff --git a/src/api/routes/tx.ts b/src/api/routes/tx.ts
index 73eae4315..b20b87d97 100644
--- a/src/api/routes/tx.ts
+++ b/src/api/routes/tx.ts
@@ -65,12 +65,43 @@ export function createTxRouter(db: PgStore): express.Router {
         txTypeFilter = [];
       }
 
+      let order: 'asc' | 'desc' | undefined;
+      if (req.query.order) {
+        if (
+          typeof req.query.order === 'string' &&
+          (req.query.order === 'asc' || req.query.order === 'desc')
+        ) {
+          order = req.query.order;
+        } else {
+          throw new InvalidRequestError(
+            `The "order" query parameter must be a 'desc' or 'asc'`,
+            InvalidRequestErrorType.invalid_param
+          );
+        }
+      }
+
+      let sortBy: 'block_height' | 'burn_block_time' | 'fee' | undefined;
+      if (req.query.sort_by) {
+        if (
+          typeof req.query.sort_by === 'string' &&
+          ['block_height', 'burn_block_time', 'fee'].includes(req.query.sort_by)
+        ) {
+          sortBy = req.query.sort_by as typeof sortBy;
+        } else {
+          throw new InvalidRequestError(
+            `The "sort_by" query parameter must be 'block_height', 'burn_block_time', or 'fee'`,
+            InvalidRequestErrorType.invalid_param
+          );
+        }
+      }
       const includeUnanchored = isUnanchoredRequest(req, res, next);
       const { results: txResults, total } = await db.getTxList({
         offset,
         limit,
         txTypeFilter,
         includeUnanchored,
+        order,
+        sortBy,
       });
       const results = txResults.map(tx => parseDbTx(tx));
       const response: TransactionResults = { limit, offset, total, results };
diff --git a/src/datastore/pg-store.ts b/src/datastore/pg-store.ts
index 3a95734b4..726ddbf35 100644
--- a/src/datastore/pg-store.ts
+++ b/src/datastore/pg-store.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ import {
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { PgStoreV2 } from './pg-store-v2';
 import { MempoolOrderByParam, OrderParam } from '../api/query-helpers';
+import { Fragment } from 'postgres';
 
 export const MIGRATIONS_DIR = path.join(REPO_DIR, 'migrations');
 
@@ -1415,16 +1416,38 @@ export class PgStore extends BasePgStore {
     offset,
     txTypeFilter,
     includeUnanchored,
+    order,
+    sortBy,
   }: {
     limit: number;
     offset: number;
     txTypeFilter: TransactionType[];
     includeUnanchored: boolean;
+    order?: 'desc' | 'asc';
+    sortBy?: 'block_height' | 'burn_block_time' | 'fee';
   }): Promise<{ results: DbTx[]; total: number }> {
     let totalQuery: { count: number }[];
     let resultQuery: ContractTxQueryResult[];
     return await this.sqlTransaction(async sql => {
       const maxHeight = await this.getMaxBlockHeight(sql, { includeUnanchored });
+      const orderSql = order === 'asc' ? sql`ASC` : sql`DESC`;
+
+      let orderBySql: Fragment;
+      switch (sortBy) {
+        case undefined:
+        case 'block_height':
+          orderBySql = sql`ORDER BY block_height ${orderSql}, microblock_sequence ${orderSql}, tx_index ${orderSql}`;
+          break;
+        case 'burn_block_time':
+          orderBySql = sql`ORDER BY burn_block_time ${orderSql}, block_height ${orderSql}, microblock_sequence ${orderSql}, tx_index ${orderSql}`;
+          break;
+        case 'fee':
+          orderBySql = sql`ORDER BY fee_rate ${orderSql}, block_height ${orderSql}, microblock_sequence ${orderSql}, tx_index ${orderSql}`;
+          break;
+        default:
+          throw new Error(`Invalid sortBy param: ${sortBy}`);
+      }
+
       if (txTypeFilter.length === 0) {
         totalQuery = await sql<{ count: number }[]>`
           SELECT ${includeUnanchored ? sql('tx_count_unanchored') : sql('tx_count')} AS count
@@ -1434,7 +1457,7 @@ export class PgStore extends BasePgStore {
           SELECT ${sql(TX_COLUMNS)}, ${abiColumn(sql)}
           FROM txs
           WHERE canonical = true AND microblock_canonical = true AND block_height <= ${maxHeight}
-          ORDER BY block_height DESC, microblock_sequence DESC, tx_index DESC
+          ${orderBySql}
           LIMIT ${limit}
           OFFSET ${offset}
         `;
@@ -1451,7 +1474,7 @@ export class PgStore extends BasePgStore {
           FROM txs
           WHERE canonical = true AND microblock_canonical = true
             AND type_id IN ${sql(txTypeIds)} AND block_height <= ${maxHeight}
-          ORDER BY block_height DESC, microblock_sequence DESC, tx_index DESC
+          ${orderBySql}
           LIMIT ${limit}
           OFFSET ${offset}
         `;
diff --git a/src/tests/tx-tests.ts b/src/tests/tx-tests.ts
index 4fcc7ef98..1d85176d5 100644
--- a/src/tests/tx-tests.ts
+++ b/src/tests/tx-tests.ts
@@ -1938,6 +1938,158 @@ describe('tx tests', () => {
     expect(JSON.parse(fetchTx.text)).toEqual(expectedResp);
   });
 
+  test('tx list - order by', async () => {
+    const block1 = new TestBlockBuilder({ block_height: 1, index_block_hash: '0x01' })
+      .addTx({
+        tx_id: '0x1234',
+        fee_rate: 1n,
+        burn_block_time: 2,
+      })
+      .build();
+
+    await db.update(block1);
+
+    const block2 = new TestBlockBuilder({
+      block_height: 2,
+      index_block_hash: '0x02',
+      parent_block_hash: block1.block.block_hash,
+      parent_index_block_hash: block1.block.index_block_hash,
+    })
+      .addTx({
+        tx_id: '0x2234',
+        fee_rate: 3n,
+        burn_block_time: 1,
+      })
+      .build();
+    await db.update(block2);
+
+    const block3 = new TestBlockBuilder({
+      block_height: 3,
+      index_block_hash: '0x03',
+      parent_block_hash: block2.block.block_hash,
+      parent_index_block_hash: block2.block.index_block_hash,
+    })
+      .addTx({
+        tx_id: '0x3234',
+        fee_rate: 2n,
+        burn_block_time: 3,
+      })
+      .build();
+    await db.update(block3);
+
+    const txsReqAsc = await supertest(api.server).get(`/extended/v1/tx?order=asc`);
+    expect(txsReqAsc.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(txsReqAsc.body).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        results: [
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            tx_id: block1.txs[0].tx.tx_id,
+          }),
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            tx_id: block2.txs[0].tx.tx_id,
+          }),
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            tx_id: block3.txs[0].tx.tx_id,
+          }),
+        ],
+      })
+    );
+
+    const txsReqDesc = await supertest(api.server).get(`/extended/v1/tx?order=desc`);
+    expect(txsReqDesc.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(txsReqDesc.body).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        results: [
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            tx_id: block3.txs[0].tx.tx_id,
+          }),
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            tx_id: block2.txs[0].tx.tx_id,
+          }),
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            tx_id: block1.txs[0].tx.tx_id,
+          }),
+        ],
+      })
+    );
+
+    const txsReqTimeDesc = await supertest(api.server).get(
+      `/extended/v1/tx?sort_by=burn_block_time&order=desc`
+    );
+    expect(txsReqTimeDesc.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(txsReqTimeDesc.body).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        results: [
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            tx_id: block3.txs[0].tx.tx_id,
+          }),
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            tx_id: block1.txs[0].tx.tx_id,
+          }),
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            tx_id: block2.txs[0].tx.tx_id,
+          }),
+        ],
+      })
+    );
+
+    const txsReqTimeAsc = await supertest(api.server).get(
+      `/extended/v1/tx?sort_by=burn_block_time&order=asc`
+    );
+    expect(txsReqTimeAsc.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(txsReqTimeAsc.body).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        results: [
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            tx_id: block2.txs[0].tx.tx_id,
+          }),
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            tx_id: block1.txs[0].tx.tx_id,
+          }),
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            tx_id: block3.txs[0].tx.tx_id,
+          }),
+        ],
+      })
+    );
+
+    const txsReqFeeDesc = await supertest(api.server).get(`/extended/v1/tx?sort_by=fee&order=desc`);
+    expect(txsReqFeeDesc.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(txsReqFeeDesc.body).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        results: [
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            tx_id: block2.txs[0].tx.tx_id,
+          }),
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            tx_id: block3.txs[0].tx.tx_id,
+          }),
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            tx_id: block1.txs[0].tx.tx_id,
+          }),
+        ],
+      })
+    );
+
+    const txsReqFeeAsc = await supertest(api.server).get(`/extended/v1/tx?sort_by=fee&order=asc`);
+    expect(txsReqFeeAsc.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(txsReqFeeAsc.body).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        results: [
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            tx_id: block1.txs[0].tx.tx_id,
+          }),
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            tx_id: block3.txs[0].tx.tx_id,
+          }),
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            tx_id: block2.txs[0].tx.tx_id,
+          }),
+        ],
+      })
+    );
+  });
+
   test('fetch raw tx', async () => {
     const block: DbBlock = {
       block_hash: '0x1234',