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Updated 2026-07-11 / 110 books / 16 series
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.
Books by David Brin in Publication Order
1980
Sundiver
POoUSB / 1
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1983
Startide Rising
POoUSB / 2
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1984
The Practice Effect
POoSN / 1
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1985
The Postman
POoSN / 2
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1986
The River of Time
POoSSC / 1
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1986
Heart of the Comet
POoSN / 3
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1987
The Transparent Society
POoNB / 1
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1987
The Uplift War
POoUSB / 3
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1989
Dr. Pak's Preschool
POoSS / 1
Buy
1989
Extraterrestrial Civilization
POoNB / 2
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1992
Piecework
POoSS / 2
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1993
Glory Season
POoSN / 5
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1994
Otherness
POoSSC / 2
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1995
Brightness Reef
POoUSB / 4
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1996
Infinity's Shore
POoUSB / 5
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1997
Foundation's Fear(By: Gregory Benford)
POoSFTB / 1
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1998
Tribes
POoDBGB / 1
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1998
Foundation and Chaos(By: Greg Bear)
POoSFTB / 2
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1998
Heaven's Reach
POoUSB / 6
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1999
Yanked!(With: Nancy Kress)
POoOOTB / 1
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1999
Tiger in the Sky(With: Sheila Finch)
POoOOTB / 2
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1999
The Game of Worlds
POoOOTB / 3
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2000
Foundation's Triumph
POoSFTB / 3
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2001
Forgiveness
POoSTTNGGN / 1
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2002
Kiln People / Kil'n People
POoKB / 1
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2002
Contacting Aliens
POoUNB / 1
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2002
Kil'n Time
POoKB / 2
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2002
The Gorn Crisis(By: Kevin J. Anderson)
POoSTTNGGN / 2
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2003
Seven Seasons of Buffy
POoSPB / 1
Buy
2003
The Life Eaters
POoGN / 1
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2003
Taking the Red Pill(By: Glenn Yeffeth)
POoSPB / 2
Buy
2003
Tomorrow Happens
POoSSC / 3
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2004
Ring of Fire I(By: Mercedes Lackey,Eric Flint,Dave Freer,K.D. Wentworth,S.L. Viehl,Mike Turner)
POoRoFAB / 1
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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
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2004
Stepping through the Stargate(By: P.N. Elrod,Roxanne Conrad)
POoSPB / 4
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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
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2005
Finding Serenity(By: Robert Brian Taylor)
POoSPB / 6
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2005
The War of the Worlds(By: Connie Willis,Mercedes Lackey,H.G. Wells,Mike Resnick,Stephen Baxter,Lawrence Watt-Evans)
POoSPB / 7
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2005
Navigating the Golden Compass(By: Glenn Yeffeth)
POoSPB / 8
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2005
Alias Assumed(By: Tracy S. Morris)
POoSPB / 9
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2005
Farscape Forever! Sex, Drugs and Killer Muppets(By: Glenn Yeffeth)
POoSPB / 10
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2005
Flirting With Pride And Prejudice(By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Crusie)
POoSPB / 11
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2005
Revisiting Narnia(By: Shanna Caughey)
POoSPB / 12
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2005
King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape!
POoSPB / 13
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2005
Totally Charmed(By: Maggie Shayne,Rebecca York,Jody Lynn Nye,Evelyn Vaughn,Tanya Huff,Vera Nazarian,Jennifer Crusie)
POoSPB / 14
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2006
1634: The Ram Rebellion(By: Eric Flint,Virginia DeMarce)
POoRoFAB / 2
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2006
The Unauthorized X-Men(By: Leah Wilson,Len Wein)
POoSPB / 15
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2006
This Is Chick-Lit(By: Lauren Baratz-Logsted)
POoSPB / 16
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2006
Welcome to Wisteria Lane(By: Leah Wilson)
POoSPB / 17
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2006
The Man from Krypton(By: Glenn Yeffeth)
POoSPB / 18
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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
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2006
Getting Lost(By: Orson Scott Card)
POoSPB / 20
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2006
Boarding the Enterprise(By: Robert J. Sawyer,David Gerrold)
POoSPB / 21
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2006
So Say We All(By: Peter B. Lloyd,Richard Hatch)
POoSPB / 22
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2006
Investigating CSI(By: Leah Wilson,Donn Cortez)
POoSPB / 23
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2007
Sky Horizon
POoCHB / 1
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2007
Coffee at Luke's(By: Leah Wilson,Jennifer Crusie)
POoSPB / 24
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2007
Webslinger(By: Leah Wilson,Gerry Conway)
POoSPB / 25
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2007
Halo Effect(By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Thomason)
POoSPB / 26
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2007
Neptune Noir(By: Rob Thomas)
POoSPB / 27
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2007
Perfectly Plum(By: Leah Wilson)
POoSPB / 28
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2007
Grey's Anatomy 101(By: Leah Wilson)
POoSPB / 29
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2007
Serenity Found(By: Orson Scott Card,Jacob Clifton,Michael Marano,Jane Espenson,Natalie Haynes,Nathan Fillion)
POoSPB / 30
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2007
House Unauthorized(By: Leah Wilson)
POoSPB / 31
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2008
Ring of Fire II(By: Eric Flint,Dave Freer,K.D. Wentworth,Andrew Dennis,David Carrico)
POoRoFAB / 3
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2008
Through Stranger Eyes
POoNB / 3
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2008
Batman Unauthorized(By: Leah Wilson)
POoSPB / 32
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2008
Secrets of the Dragon Riders(By: James A. Owen)
POoSPB / 33
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2009
1635: The Tangled Web(By: Eric Flint,Virginia DeMarce)
POoRoFAB / 4
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2009
In the Hunt(By: Leah Wilson)
POoSPB / 34
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2009
James Bond in the 21st Century(By: Leah Wilson,Glenn Yeffeth)
POoSPB / 35
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2010
The Dark Side
POoNB / 4
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2010
George Orwell and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
POoNB / 5
Buy
2010
The Lord of the Rings
POoNB / 6
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2010
The Matrix
POoNB / 7
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2010
Ardeur(By: Laurell K. Hamilton)
POoSPB / 36
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2010
A Taste of True Blood(By: Leah Wilson)
POoSPB / 37
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2011
The Crystal Spheres
POoSS / 3
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2011
The Loom of Thessaly
POoSS / 4
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2011
Ring of Fire III(By: Mercedes Lackey,Eric Flint,Charles E. Gannon)
POoRoFAB / 5
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2011
Stones of Significance
POoSS / 5
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2011
Thor Meets Captain America
POoSS / 6
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2011
Reality Check
POoSS / 7
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2011
Gorilla, My Dreams
POoUSB / 7
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2011
Disputation Arenas
POoNB / 8
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2011
The Giving Plague
POoSS / 8
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2011
Tank Farm Dynamo
POoSS / 9
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2012
Existence
POoSN / 6
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2013
1635: Music and Murder(By: David Carrico)
POoRoFAB / 6
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2013
1636: Seas of Fortune(By: Iver P. Cooper)
POoRoFAB / 7
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2013
Mars Opposition
POoSS / 10
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2014
1636: The Barbie Consortium(By: Gorg Huff,Paula Goodlett)
POoRoFAB / 8
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2015
You Do Not Talk About Fight Club(By: Chuck Palahniuk,Read Mercer Schuchardt)
POoSPB / 38
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2016
Ring of Fire IV(With: Eric Flint,Charles E. Gannon,Virginia DeMarce,David Carrico)
POoRoFAB / 9
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2016
Three Cheers for the Surveillance Society
POoNB / 9
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2016
1635: The Wars for the Rhine(By: Anette Pedersen)
POoRoFAB / 10
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2016
Singularity and Nightmares
POoNB / 10
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2016
How Will the World End?
POoNB / 11
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2016
Do We Really Want Immortality?
POoNB / 12
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2018
Insistence of Vision
POoSN / 7
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2019
1636: Flight of the Nightingale(By: David Carrico)
POoRoFAB / 11
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2019
Polemical Judo
POoNB / 13
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2020
The Ancient Ones
POoSN / 8
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2021
Colony High
POoDBHHB / 1
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2021
Castaways of New Mojave(With: Jeff Carlson)
POoDBHHB / 2
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2021
The Archimedes Gambit(By: Patrick Freivald)
POoOOTB / 4
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2021
The Best of David Brin
POoSSC / 4
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2021
1637: The Coast of Chaos(By: Eric Flint,Gorg Huff,Paula Goodlett)
POoRoFAB / 12
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2025
Boondoggle(With: Tom Easton,Torion Oey)
POoOOTB / 5
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Complete David Brin Series Reading Order /
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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
07
Reality Check
2011
Buy
08
The Giving Plague
2011
Buy
09
Tank Farm Dynamo
2011
Buy
10
Mars Opposition
2013
Buy
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
01
Contacting Aliens
2002
Buy
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
02
The Gorn Crisis(By: Kevin J. Anderson)
2002
Buy
01
The River of Time
1986
Buy
03
Tomorrow Happens
2003
Buy
04
The Best of David Brin
2021
Buy
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
01
The Life Eaters
2003
Buy
01
The Transparent Society
1987
Buy
02
Extraterrestrial Civilization
1989
Buy
03
Through Stranger Eyes
2008
Buy
04
The Dark Side
2010
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
02
Castaways of New Mojave(With: Jeff Carlson)
2021
Buy
01
Kiln People / Kil'n People
2002
Buy
01
Foundation's Fear(By: Gregory Benford)
1997
Buy
02
Foundation and Chaos(By: Greg Bear)
1998
Buy
03
Foundation's Triumph
2000
Buy
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
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
Where to start with David Brin
What is the best order to read David Brin books?
Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series,
follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.
Are standalone books and series both included?
Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are
broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.
Source note: Sequencebooks organizes author, book, and series records from its catalog data.
Publication years and series order are shown when available.