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Home / Authors / David Brin David Brin American author David Brin is best known for his Uplift Series, including *Startide Rising* and *The Uplift War*, which won Hugo and Nebula Awards. His books have sold millions worldwide. This page provides David Brin’s books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1980 Sundiver POoUSB · 1 Buy ↗ 1983 Startide Rising POoUSB · 2 Buy ↗ 1984 The Practice Effect POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1985 The Postman POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1986 The River of Time POoSSC · 1 Buy ↗ 1986 Heart of the Comet POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 1987 The Transparent Society POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 1987 The Uplift War POoUSB · 3 Buy ↗ 1989 Dr. Pak's Preschool POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 1989 Extraterrestrial Civilization POoNB · 2 Buy ↗ 1992 Piecework POoSS · 2 Buy ↗ 1993 Glory Season POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 1994 Otherness POoSSC · 2 Buy ↗ 1995 Brightness Reef POoUSB · 4 Buy ↗ 1996 Infinity's Shore POoUSB · 5 Buy ↗ 1997 Foundation's Fear(By: Gregory Benford) POoSFTB · 1 Buy ↗ 1998 Tribes POoDBGB · 1 Buy ↗ 1998 Foundation and Chaos(By: Greg Bear) POoSFTB · 2 Buy ↗ 1998 Heaven's Reach POoUSB · 6 Buy ↗ 1999 Yanked!(With: Nancy Kress) POoOOTB · 1 Buy ↗ 1999 Tiger in the Sky(With: Sheila Finch) POoOOTB · 2 Buy ↗ 1999 The Game of Worlds POoOOTB · 3 Buy ↗ 2000 Foundation's Triumph POoSFTB · 3 Buy ↗ 2001 Forgiveness POoSTTNGGN · 1 Buy ↗ 2002 Kiln People / Kil'n People POoKB · 1 Buy ↗ 2002 Contacting Aliens POoUNB · 1 Buy ↗ 2002 Kil'n Time POoKB · 2 Buy ↗ 2002 The Gorn Crisis(By: Kevin J. Anderson) POoSTTNGGN · 2 Buy ↗ 2003 Seven Seasons of Buffy POoSPB · 1 Buy ↗ 2003 The Life Eaters POoGN · 1 Buy ↗ 2003 Taking the Red Pill(By: Glenn Yeffeth) POoSPB · 2 Buy ↗ 2003 Tomorrow Happens POoSSC · 3 Buy ↗ 2004 Ring of Fire I(By: Mercedes Lackey,Eric Flint,Dave Freer,K.D. Wentworth,S.L. Viehl,Mike Turner) POoRoFAB · 1 Buy ↗ 2004 Five Seasons of Angel(By: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,Peter S. Beagle,Laura Anne Gilman,Sherrilyn Kenyon,Nancy Holder,Jacqueline Lichtenberg,Jean Lorrah,Josepha Sherman,Laura Resnick,Candace Havens,Glenn Yeffeth,Michelle Sagara,Steven Harper,Amy Berner,Marguerite Krause,Abbie Bernstein,Jennifer Crusie,Don DeBrandt,K. Stoddard Hayes,Joy Davidson,Don Kerns) POoSPB · 3 Buy ↗ 2004 Stepping through the Stargate(By: P.N. Elrod,Roxanne Conrad) POoSPB · 4 Buy ↗ 2005 The Anthology at the End of the Universe(By: Stephen Baxter,John Shirley,Adam-Troy Castro,Lawrence Watt-Evans,Adam Roberts,Susan Sizemore,Mark W. Tiedemann,Jacqueline Carey,Vox Day,Cory Doctorow,A.M. Dellamonica,Glenn Yeffeth,Selina Rosen,Amy Berner,Maria Alexander,Marguerite Krause,Bruce Bethke,Don DeBrandt,Marie-Catherine Caillava,Mike Byrne) POoSPB · 5 Buy ↗ 2005 Finding Serenity(By: Robert Brian Taylor) POoSPB · 6 Buy ↗ 2005 The War of the Worlds(By: Connie Willis,Mercedes Lackey,H.G. Wells,Mike Resnick,Stephen Baxter,Lawrence Watt-Evans) POoSPB · 7 Buy ↗ 2005 Navigating the Golden Compass(By: Glenn Yeffeth) POoSPB · 8 Buy ↗ 2005 Alias Assumed(By: Tracy S. Morris) POoSPB · 9 Buy ↗ 2005 Farscape Forever! Sex, Drugs and Killer Muppets(By: Glenn Yeffeth) POoSPB · 10 Buy ↗ 2005 Flirting With Pride And Prejudice(By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Crusie) POoSPB · 11 Buy ↗ 2005 Revisiting Narnia(By: Shanna Caughey) POoSPB · 12 Buy ↗ 2005 King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape! POoSPB · 13 Buy ↗ 2005 Totally Charmed(By: Maggie Shayne,Rebecca York,Jody Lynn Nye,Evelyn Vaughn,Tanya Huff,Vera Nazarian,Jennifer Crusie) POoSPB · 14 Buy ↗ 2006 1634: The Ram Rebellion(By: Eric Flint,Virginia DeMarce) POoRoFAB · 2 Buy ↗ 2006 The Unauthorized X-Men(By: Leah Wilson,Len Wein) POoSPB · 15 Buy ↗ 2006 This Is Chick-Lit(By: Lauren Baratz-Logsted) POoSPB · 16 Buy ↗ 2006 Welcome to Wisteria Lane(By: Leah Wilson) POoSPB · 17 Buy ↗ 2006 The Man from Krypton(By: Glenn Yeffeth) POoSPB · 18 Buy ↗ 2006 The Battle for Azeroth(By: Jody Lynn Nye,Justina Robson,Doranna Durgin,Bill Fawcett,Mel White,James John Bell,James M. Ward,Scott Cuthbertson,Nancy Berman,Jerry Jackson,Chris McCubbin,Maressa Hecht Orzack,Nancy Durgin) POoSPB · 19 Buy ↗ 2006 Getting Lost(By: Orson Scott Card) POoSPB · 20 Buy ↗ 2006 Boarding the Enterprise(By: Robert J. Sawyer,David Gerrold) POoSPB · 21 Buy ↗ 2006 So Say We All(By: Peter B. Lloyd,Richard Hatch) POoSPB · 22 Buy ↗ 2006 Investigating CSI(By: Leah Wilson,Donn Cortez) POoSPB · 23 Buy ↗ 2007 Sky Horizon POoCHB · 1 Buy ↗ 2007 Coffee at Luke's(By: Leah Wilson,Jennifer Crusie) POoSPB · 24 Buy ↗ 2007 Webslinger(By: Leah Wilson,Gerry Conway) POoSPB · 25 Buy ↗ 2007 Halo Effect(By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Thomason) POoSPB · 26 Buy ↗ 2007 Neptune Noir(By: Rob Thomas) POoSPB · 27 Buy ↗ 2007 Perfectly Plum(By: Leah Wilson) POoSPB · 28 Buy ↗ 2007 Grey's Anatomy 101(By: Leah Wilson) POoSPB · 29 Buy ↗ 2007 Serenity Found(By: Orson Scott Card,Jacob Clifton,Michael Marano,Jane Espenson,Natalie Haynes,Nathan Fillion) POoSPB · 30 Buy ↗ 2007 House Unauthorized(By: Leah Wilson) POoSPB · 31 Buy ↗ 2008 Through Stranger Eyes POoNB · 3 Buy ↗ 2008 Ring of Fire II(By: Eric Flint,Dave Freer,K.D. Wentworth,Andrew Dennis,David Carrico) POoRoFAB · 3 Buy ↗ 2008 Batman Unauthorized(By: Leah Wilson) POoSPB · 32 Buy ↗ 2008 Secrets of the Dragon Riders(By: James A. Owen) POoSPB · 33 Buy ↗ 2009 1635: The Tangled Web(By: Eric Flint,Virginia DeMarce) POoRoFAB · 4 Buy ↗ 2009 In the Hunt(By: Leah Wilson) POoSPB · 34 Buy ↗ 2009 James Bond in the 21st Century(By: Leah Wilson,Glenn Yeffeth) POoSPB · 35 Buy ↗ 2010 The Dark Side POoNB · 4 Buy ↗ 2010 George Orwell and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy POoNB · 5 Buy ↗ 2010 The Lord of the Rings POoNB · 6 Buy ↗ 2010 The Matrix POoNB · 7 Buy ↗ 2010 Ardeur(By: Laurell K. Hamilton) POoSPB · 36 Buy ↗ 2010 A Taste of True Blood(By: Leah Wilson) POoSPB · 37 Buy ↗ 2011 The Crystal Spheres POoSS · 3 Buy ↗ 2011 The Loom of Thessaly POoSS · 4 Buy ↗ 2011 Ring of Fire III(By: Mercedes Lackey,Eric Flint,Charles E. Gannon) POoRoFAB · 5 Buy ↗ 2011 Stones of Significance POoSS · 5 Buy ↗ 2011 Thor Meets Captain America POoSS · 6 Buy ↗ 2011 Gorilla, My Dreams POoUSB · 7 Buy ↗ 2011 Reality Check POoSS · 7 Buy ↗ 2011 The Giving Plague POoSS · 8 Buy ↗ 2011 Disputation Arenas POoNB · 8 Buy ↗ 2011 Tank Farm Dynamo POoSS · 9 Buy ↗ 2012 Existence POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 2013 1635: Music and Murder(By: David Carrico) POoRoFAB · 6 Buy ↗ 2013 1636: Seas of Fortune(By: Iver P. Cooper) POoRoFAB · 7 Buy ↗ 2013 Mars Opposition POoSS · 10 Buy ↗ 2014 1636: The Barbie Consortium(By: Gorg Huff,Paula Goodlett) POoRoFAB · 8 Buy ↗ 2015 You Do Not Talk About Fight Club(By: Chuck Palahniuk,Read Mercer Schuchardt) POoSPB · 38 Buy ↗ 2016 Three Cheers for the Surveillance Society POoNB · 9 Buy ↗ 2016 Ring of Fire IV(With: Eric Flint,Charles E. Gannon,Virginia DeMarce,David Carrico) POoRoFAB · 9 Buy ↗ 2016 Singularity and Nightmares POoNB · 10 Buy ↗ 2016 1635: The Wars for the Rhine(By: Anette Pedersen) POoRoFAB · 10 Buy ↗ 2016 How Will the World End? POoNB · 11 Buy ↗ 2016 Do We Really Want Immortality? POoNB · 12 Buy ↗ 2018 Insistence of Vision POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 2019 1636: Flight of the Nightingale(By: David Carrico) POoRoFAB · 11 Buy ↗ 2019 Polemical Judo POoNB · 13 Buy ↗ 2020 The Ancient Ones POoSN · 8 Buy ↗ 2021 Colony High POoDBHHB · 1 Buy ↗ 2021 Castaways of New Mojave(With: Jeff Carlson) POoDBHHB · 2 Buy ↗ 2021 The Archimedes Gambit(By: Patrick Freivald) POoOOTB · 4 Buy ↗ 2021 The Best of David Brin POoSSC · 4 Buy ↗ 2021 1637: The Coast of Chaos(By: Eric Flint,Gorg Huff,Paula Goodlett) POoRoFAB · 12 Buy ↗ 2025 Boondoggle(With: Tom Easton,Torion Oey) POoOOTB · 5 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 10 books · 1989–2013
01 Dr. Pak's Preschool 1989 Buy ↗ 03 The Crystal Spheres 2011 Buy ↗ 04 The Loom of Thessaly 2011 Buy ↗ 05 Stones of Significance 2011 Buy ↗ 06 Thor Meets Captain America 2011 Buy ↗ 08 The Giving Plague 2011 Buy ↗ 09 Tank Farm Dynamo 2011 Buy ↗ 10 Mars Opposition 2013 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Smart Pop Books 38 books · 2003–2015
01 Seven Seasons of Buffy 2003 Buy ↗ 02 Taking the Red Pill(By: Glenn Yeffeth) 2003 Buy ↗ 03 Five Seasons of Angel(By: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,Peter S. Beagle,Laura Anne Gilman,Sherrilyn Kenyon,Nancy Holder,Jacqueline Lichtenberg,Jean Lorrah,Josepha Sherman,Laura Resnick,Candace Havens,Glenn Yeffeth,Michelle Sagara,Steven Harper,Amy Berner,Marguerite Krause,Abbie Bernstein,Jennifer Crusie,Don DeBrandt,K. Stoddard Hayes,Joy Davidson,Don Kerns) 2004 Buy ↗ 04 Stepping through the Stargate(By: P.N. Elrod,Roxanne Conrad) 2004 Buy ↗ 05 The Anthology at the End of the Universe(By: Stephen Baxter,John Shirley,Adam-Troy Castro,Lawrence Watt-Evans,Adam Roberts,Susan Sizemore,Mark W. Tiedemann,Jacqueline Carey,Vox Day,Cory Doctorow,A.M. Dellamonica,Glenn Yeffeth,Selina Rosen,Amy Berner,Maria Alexander,Marguerite Krause,Bruce Bethke,Don DeBrandt,Marie-Catherine Caillava,Mike Byrne) 2005 Buy ↗ 06 Finding Serenity(By: Robert Brian Taylor) 2005 Buy ↗ 07 The War of the Worlds(By: Connie Willis,Mercedes Lackey,H.G. Wells,Mike Resnick,Stephen Baxter,Lawrence Watt-Evans) 2005 Buy ↗ 08 Navigating the Golden Compass(By: Glenn Yeffeth) 2005 Buy ↗ 09 Alias Assumed(By: Tracy S. Morris) 2005 Buy ↗ 10 Farscape Forever! Sex, Drugs and Killer Muppets(By: Glenn Yeffeth) 2005 Buy ↗ 11 Flirting With Pride And Prejudice(By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Crusie) 2005 Buy ↗ 12 Revisiting Narnia(By: Shanna Caughey) 2005 Buy ↗ 13 King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape! 2005 Buy ↗ 14 Totally Charmed(By: Maggie Shayne,Rebecca York,Jody Lynn Nye,Evelyn Vaughn,Tanya Huff,Vera Nazarian,Jennifer Crusie) 2005 Buy ↗ 15 The Unauthorized X-Men(By: Leah Wilson,Len Wein) 2006 Buy ↗ 16 This Is Chick-Lit(By: Lauren Baratz-Logsted) 2006 Buy ↗ 17 Welcome to Wisteria Lane(By: Leah Wilson) 2006 Buy ↗ 18 The Man from Krypton(By: Glenn Yeffeth) 2006 Buy ↗ 19 The Battle for Azeroth(By: Jody Lynn Nye,Justina Robson,Doranna Durgin,Bill Fawcett,Mel White,James John Bell,James M. Ward,Scott Cuthbertson,Nancy Berman,Jerry Jackson,Chris McCubbin,Maressa Hecht Orzack,Nancy Durgin) 2006 Buy ↗ 20 Getting Lost(By: Orson Scott Card) 2006 Buy ↗ 21 Boarding the Enterprise(By: Robert J. Sawyer,David Gerrold) 2006 Buy ↗ 22 So Say We All(By: Peter B. Lloyd,Richard Hatch) 2006 Buy ↗ 23 Investigating CSI(By: Leah Wilson,Donn Cortez) 2006 Buy ↗ 24 Coffee at Luke's(By: Leah Wilson,Jennifer Crusie) 2007 Buy ↗ 25 Webslinger(By: Leah Wilson,Gerry Conway) 2007 Buy ↗ 26 Halo Effect(By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Thomason) 2007 Buy ↗ 27 Neptune Noir(By: Rob Thomas) 2007 Buy ↗ 28 Perfectly Plum(By: Leah Wilson) 2007 Buy ↗ 29 Grey's Anatomy 101(By: Leah Wilson) 2007 Buy ↗ 30 Serenity Found(By: Orson Scott Card,Jacob Clifton,Michael Marano,Jane Espenson,Natalie Haynes,Nathan Fillion) 2007 Buy ↗ 31 House Unauthorized(By: Leah Wilson) 2007 Buy ↗ 32 Batman Unauthorized(By: Leah Wilson) 2008 Buy ↗ 33 Secrets of the Dragon Riders(By: James A. Owen) 2008 Buy ↗ 34 In the Hunt(By: Leah Wilson) 2009 Buy ↗ 35 James Bond in the 21st Century(By: Leah Wilson,Glenn Yeffeth) 2009 Buy ↗ 36 Ardeur(By: Laurell K. Hamilton) 2010 Buy ↗ 37 A Taste of True Blood(By: Leah Wilson) 2010 Buy ↗ 38 You Do Not Talk About Fight Club(By: Chuck Palahniuk,Read Mercer Schuchardt) 2015 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Uplift Non-Fiction Books 1 book · 2002
01 Contacting Aliens 2002 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Ring of Fire Anthology Books 12 books · 2004–2021
01 Ring of Fire I(By: Mercedes Lackey,Eric Flint,Dave Freer,K.D. Wentworth,S.L. Viehl,Mike Turner) 2004 Buy ↗ 02 1634: The Ram Rebellion(By: Eric Flint,Virginia DeMarce) 2006 Buy ↗ 03 Ring of Fire II(By: Eric Flint,Dave Freer,K.D. Wentworth,Andrew Dennis,David Carrico) 2008 Buy ↗ 04 1635: The Tangled Web(By: Eric Flint,Virginia DeMarce) 2009 Buy ↗ 05 Ring of Fire III(By: Mercedes Lackey,Eric Flint,Charles E. Gannon) 2011 Buy ↗ 06 1635: Music and Murder(By: David Carrico) 2013 Buy ↗ 07 1636: Seas of Fortune(By: Iver P. Cooper) 2013 Buy ↗ 08 1636: The Barbie Consortium(By: Gorg Huff,Paula Goodlett) 2014 Buy ↗ 09 Ring of Fire IV(With: Eric Flint,Charles E. Gannon,Virginia DeMarce,David Carrico) 2016 Buy ↗ 10 1635: The Wars for the Rhine(By: Anette Pedersen) 2016 Buy ↗ 11 1636: Flight of the Nightingale(By: David Carrico) 2019 Buy ↗ 12 1637: The Coast of Chaos(By: Eric Flint,Gorg Huff,Paula Goodlett) 2021 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Star Trek: The Next Generation Graphic Novels 2 books · 2001–2002
02 The Gorn Crisis(By: Kevin J. Anderson) 2002 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Story Collections 4 books · 1986–2021
01 The River of Time 1986 Buy ↗ 03 Tomorrow Happens 2003 Buy ↗ 04 The Best of David Brin 2021 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Out Of Time Books 5 books · 1999–2025
01 Yanked!(With: Nancy Kress) 1999 Buy ↗ 02 Tiger in the Sky(With: Sheila Finch) 1999 Buy ↗ 03 The Game of Worlds 1999 Buy ↗ 04 The Archimedes Gambit(By: Patrick Freivald) 2021 Buy ↗ 05 Boondoggle(With: Tom Easton,Torion Oey) 2025 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Graphic Novels 1 book · 2003
01 The Life Eaters 2003 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 13 books · 1987–2019
01 The Transparent Society 1987 Buy ↗ 02 Extraterrestrial Civilization 1989 Buy ↗ 03 Through Stranger Eyes 2008 Buy ↗ 05 George Orwell and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 2010 Buy ↗ 06 The Lord of the Rings 2010 Buy ↗ 08 Disputation Arenas 2011 Buy ↗ 09 Three Cheers for the Surveillance Society 2016 Buy ↗ 10 Singularity and Nightmares 2016 Buy ↗ 11 How Will the World End? 2016 Buy ↗ 12 Do We Really Want Immortality? 2016 Buy ↗ 13 Polemical Judo 2019 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Colony High Books 1 book · 2007
Publication Order of David Brin's High Horizon Books 2 books · 2021–2021
02 Castaways of New Mojave(With: Jeff Carlson) 2021 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Kiln Books 2 books · 2002–2002
01 Kiln People / Kil'n People 2002 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Second Foundation Trilogy Books 3 books · 1997–2000
01 Foundation's Fear(By: Gregory Benford) 1997 Buy ↗ 02 Foundation and Chaos(By: Greg Bear) 1998 Buy ↗ 03 Foundation's Triumph 2000 Buy ↗ Publication Order of David Brin Game Books 1 book · 1998
Publication Order of Uplift Saga Books 7 books · 1980–2011
02 Startide Rising 1983 Buy ↗ 03 The Uplift War 1987 Buy ↗ 04 Brightness Reef 1995 Buy ↗ 05 Infinity's Shore 1996 Buy ↗ 06 Heaven's Reach 1998 Buy ↗ 07 Gorilla, My Dreams 2011 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 8 books · 1984–2020
01 The Practice Effect 1984 Buy ↗ 03 Heart of the Comet 1986 Buy ↗ 07 Insistence of Vision 2018 Buy ↗ 08 The Ancient Ones 2020 Buy ↗