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Gordon R. Dickson Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Gordon R. Dickson in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 114 books / 16 series

American author Gordon R. Dickson is best known for the Childe Cycle and Dragon Knight series. A multiple Hugo and Nebula Award winner, his works are celebrated for their depth and influence. This page provides the Gordon R. Dickson books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

Books by Gordon R. Dickson in Publication Order

1952 Time Grabber POoC / 1 Buy
1953 No Shield from the Dead POoSS / 1 Buy
1956 Alien from Arcturus / Arcturus Landing POoSN / 1 Buy
1956 Mankind on the Run / On the Run POoSN / 2 Buy
1957 Earthman's Burden POoHB / 1 Buy
1960 Spacial Delivery POoDB / 1 Buy
1960 Dorsai! / The Genetic General POoCCB / 1 Buy
1960 Secret Under the Sea POoUtSB / 1 Buy
1960 Time to Teleport POoSN / 3 Buy
1961 Naked to the Stars POoSN / 4 Buy
1961 Delusion World POoSN / 5 Buy
1962 Necromancer / No Room for Man POoCCB / 2 Buy
1963 Secret under Antarctica POoUtSB / 2 Buy
1964 Analog 1 POoC / 2 Buy
1964 Secret Under the Caribbean POoUtSB / 3 Buy
1964 Soldier, Ask Not POoCCB / 3 Buy
1965 Mission to Universe POoSN / 6 Buy
1965 The Alien Way POoSN / 7 Buy
1965 Space Winners POoSN / 8 Buy
1967 The Space Swimmers POoSPB / 1 Buy
1967 Planet Run(By: Keith Laumer) POoC / 3 Buy
1969 Space Paw POoDB / 2 Buy
1969 Wolfling POoSN / 9 Buy
1969 None but Man POoSN / 10 Buy
1970 The Book of Gordon Dickson POoC / 4 Buy
1970 Danger-human POoC / 5 Buy
1970 Mutants POoSN / 11 Buy
1970 Hour of the Horde POoSN / 12 Buy
1971 Tactics Of Mistake POoCCB / 4 Buy
1971 Sleepwalker's World POoSN / 13 Buy
1971 The Outposter POoSN / 14 Buy
1972 The Pritcher Mass POoSN / 15 Buy
1973 The Star Road POoC / 6 Buy
1973 Alien Art POoSN / 16 Buy
1973 The R-Master POoSN / 17 Buy
1973 The Last Master POoSN / 18 Buy
1974 Stellar #1(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) POoSB / 1 Buy
1974 Ancient, My Enemy POoSN / 19 Buy
1974 Gremlins Go Home(With: Ben Bova) POoSN / 20 Buy
1975 Star Prince Charlie POoHB / 2 Buy
1975 The Lifeship / Lifeboat(With: Harry Harrison) POoSN / 21 Buy
1976 The Dragon and the George POoDatGB / 1 Buy
1976 Stellar Short Novels(With: Andrew J. Offutt,Judy-Lynn del Rey,Shawn Oueinsteen) POoSB / 2 Buy
1976 Stellar #2(By: Isaac Asimov,Larry Niven,Howard Waldrop,Clifford D. Simak,Jack C. Haldeman II,Steven Utley,Hal Clement,James White,Richard S. Simak,Judy-Lynn del Rey,Patrick G. Conner) POoSB / 3 Buy
1977 The Cold Cash War(By: Robert Lynn Asprin) POoCCB / 1 Buy
1977 Stellar #3(By: Jack L. Chalker,Clifford D. Simak,Gene DeWeese,Jeffrey M. Wallman,Charles W. Runyon,Mildred Downey Broxon,Henry Melton,Judy-Lynn del Rey,Arsen Darney,B. Lee Cooper,Larry S. Haverkos,Steve Utley,Bill Starr) POoSB / 4 Buy
1977 Time Storm POoSN / 22 Buy
1978 Home from the Shore POoSPB / 2 Buy
1978 Stellar #4(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) POoSB / 5 Buy
1978 The Far Call POoSN / 23 Buy
1978 Pro POoSN / 24 Buy
1979 Spirit of Dorsai POoCCB / 5 Buy
1979 Masters of Everon POoSN / 25 Buy
1980 Stellar #5(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) POoSB / 6 Buy
1980 Lost Dorsai POoCCB / 6 Buy
1980 In Iron Years POoC / 7 Buy
1980 Stellar #6(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) POoSB / 7 Buy
1981 Love Not Human POoC / 8 Buy
1981 Stellar #7(By: Terry Carr,Leanne Frahm,Judy-Lynn del Rey) POoSB / 8 Buy
1983 Hoka! Hoka! Hoka! POoHC / 1 Buy
1983 Hoka! POoHB / 3 Buy
1983 The Man from Earth POoSN / 26 Buy
1984 The Final Encyclopedia POoCCB / 7 Buy
1984 Jamie the Red POoSN / 27 Buy
1984 Survival POoSN / 28 Buy
1985 Beyond the Dar Al-Harb POoJEB / 1 Buy
1985 Forward POoC / 9 Buy
1985 Invaders POoC / 10 Buy
1985 Secrets of the Deep POoSN / 29 Buy
1985 Steel Brother POoSN / 30 Buy
1986 The Dorsai Companion POoCCSSC / 1 Buy
1986 The Man the Worlds Rejected POoC / 11 Buy
1986 The Forever Man POoSN / 31 Buy
1986 The Last Dream POoSN / 32 Buy
1986 Mindspan POoSN / 33 Buy
1987 Cut by Emerald(By: Dana Kramer) POoCCB / 2 Buy
1987 Shines the Name(By: Mark Acres) POoCCB / 3 Buy
1987 The Omega Rebellion(By: Troy Denning) POoCCB / 4 Buy
1987 The Stranger POoC / 12 Buy
1987 In the Bone POoC / 13 Buy
1987 Way of the Pilgrim POoSN / 34 Buy
1988 The Legion At War(By: J. Andrew Keith) POoCCB / 5 Buy
1988 Slammers Down!(By: Todd Johnson) POoCCB / 6 Buy
1988 The Black Road War(By: Neil Randall) POoCCB / 7 Buy
1988 Lord of Lances(By: Mark Acres) POoCCB / 8 Buy
1988 The Chantry Guild POoCCB / 8 Buy
1988 Guided Tour POoC / 14 Buy
1988 Beginnings POoC / 15 Buy
1988 Ends POoC / 16 Buy
1988 The Earth Lords POoSN / 35 Buy
1989 Dorsai's Command POoCCB / 9 Buy
1989 Cold Cash Warrior(By: Bill Fawcett,Robert Lynn Asprin) POoCCB / 10 Buy
1990 The Dragon Knight POoDatGB / 2 Buy
1990 Wolf and Iron POoSN / 36 Buy
1991 The Harriers / Of War and Honor(With: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro) POoWaHB / 1 Buy
1991 Young Bleys POoCCB / 9 Buy
1992 Green Guide: Mushrooms and Toadstools POoNB / 1 Buy
1992 The Dragon on the Border POoDatGB / 3 Buy
1992 The Dragon at War POoDatGB / 4 Buy
1992 Bootcamp 3000 POoC / 17 Buy
1993 Blood and War(With: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,Christopher Stasheff) POoWaHB / 1 Buy
1994 The Dragon, the Earl, and the Troll POoDatGB / 5 Buy
1994 Other POoCCB / 10 Buy
1995 The Magnificent Wilf POoSN / 37 Buy
1996 The Dragon and The Djinn POoDatGB / 6 Buy
1997 The Dragon & the Gnarly King POoDatGB / 7 Buy
1998 The Dragon in Lyonesse POoDatGB / 8 Buy
2000 The Right to Arm Bears POoDB / 3 Buy
2000 Hokas Pokas! POoHB / 4 Buy
2000 The Dragon and the Fair Maid of Kent POoDatGB / 9 Buy
2002 Hour of the Gremlins POoC / 18 Buy
2003 The Human Edge POoC / 19 Buy
2007 Antagonist(With: David W. Wixon) POoCCB / 11 Buy
2011 It Hardly Seems Fair POoSS / 2 Buy

Complete Gordon R. Dickson Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Sea People Reading Order 2 books / 1967-1978
01 The Space Swimmers 1967 Buy
02 Home from the Shore 1978 Buy
01 Hoka! Hoka! Hoka! 1983 Buy
01 The Dorsai Companion 1986 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 37 books / 1956-1995
01 Alien from Arcturus / Arcturus Landing 1956 Buy
02 Mankind on the Run / On the Run 1956 Buy
03 Time to Teleport 1960 Buy
04 Naked to the Stars 1961 Buy
05 Delusion World 1961 Buy
06 Mission to Universe 1965 Buy
07 The Alien Way 1965 Buy
08 Space Winners 1965 Buy
09 Wolfling 1969 Buy
10 None but Man 1969 Buy
11 Mutants 1970 Buy
12 Hour of the Horde 1970 Buy
13 Sleepwalker's World 1971 Buy
14 The Outposter 1971 Buy
15 The Pritcher Mass 1972 Buy
16 Alien Art 1973 Buy
17 The R-Master 1973 Buy
18 The Last Master 1973 Buy
19 Ancient, My Enemy 1974 Buy
20 Gremlins Go Home(With: Ben Bova) 1974 Buy
21 The Lifeship / Lifeboat(With: Harry Harrison) 1975 Buy
22 Time Storm 1977 Buy
23 The Far Call 1978 Buy
24 Pro 1978 Buy
25 Masters of Everon 1979 Buy
26 The Man from Earth 1983 Buy
27 Jamie the Red 1984 Buy
28 Survival 1984 Buy
29 Secrets of the Deep 1985 Buy
30 Steel Brother 1985 Buy
31 The Forever Man 1986 Buy
32 The Last Dream 1986 Buy
33 Mindspan 1986 Buy
34 Way of the Pilgrim 1987 Buy
35 The Earth Lords 1988 Buy
36 Wolf and Iron 1990 Buy
37 The Magnificent Wilf 1995 Buy
Hoka Reading Order 4 books / 1957-2000
01 Earthman's Burden 1957 Buy
02 Star Prince Charlie 1975 Buy
03 Hoka! 1983 Buy
04 Hokas Pokas! 2000 Buy
Stellar Reading Order 8 books / 1974-1981
01 Stellar #1(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1974 Buy
02 Stellar Short Novels(With: Andrew J. Offutt,Judy-Lynn del Rey,Shawn Oueinsteen) 1976 Buy
03 Stellar #2(By: Isaac Asimov,Larry Niven,Howard Waldrop,Clifford D. Simak,Jack C. Haldeman II,Steven Utley,Hal Clement,James White,Richard S. Simak,Judy-Lynn del Rey,Patrick G. Conner) 1976 Buy
04 Stellar #3(By: Jack L. Chalker,Clifford D. Simak,Gene DeWeese,Jeffrey M. Wallman,Charles W. Runyon,Mildred Downey Broxon,Henry Melton,Judy-Lynn del Rey,Arsen Darney,B. Lee Cooper,Larry S. Haverkos,Steve Utley,Bill Starr) 1977 Buy
05 Stellar #4(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1978 Buy
06 Stellar #5(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1980 Buy
07 Stellar #6(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1980 Buy
08 Stellar #7(By: Terry Carr,Leanne Frahm,Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1981 Buy
01 No Shield from the Dead 1953 Buy
02 It Hardly Seems Fair 2011 Buy
Collections Reading Order 19 books / 1952-2003
01 Time Grabber 1952 Buy
02 Analog 1 1964 Buy
03 Planet Run(By: Keith Laumer) 1967 Buy
04 The Book of Gordon Dickson 1970 Buy
05 Danger-human 1970 Buy
06 The Star Road 1973 Buy
07 In Iron Years 1980 Buy
08 Love Not Human 1981 Buy
09 Forward 1985 Buy
10 Invaders 1985 Buy
11 The Man the Worlds Rejected 1986 Buy
12 The Stranger 1987 Buy
13 In the Bone 1987 Buy
14 Guided Tour 1988 Buy
15 Beginnings 1988 Buy
16 Ends 1988 Buy
17 Bootcamp 3000 1992 Buy
18 Hour of the Gremlins 2002 Buy
19 The Human Edge 2003 Buy
Dilbia Reading Order 3 books / 1960-2000
01 Spacial Delivery 1960 Buy
02 Space Paw 1969 Buy
03 The Right to Arm Bears 2000 Buy
Combat Command Reading Order 10 books / 1977-1989
01 The Cold Cash War(By: Robert Lynn Asprin) 1977 Buy
02 Cut by Emerald(By: Dana Kramer) 1987 Buy
03 Shines the Name(By: Mark Acres) 1987 Buy
04 The Omega Rebellion(By: Troy Denning) 1987 Buy
05 The Legion At War(By: J. Andrew Keith) 1988 Buy
06 Slammers Down!(By: Todd Johnson) 1988 Buy
07 The Black Road War(By: Neil Randall) 1988 Buy
08 Lord of Lances(By: Mark Acres) 1988 Buy
09 Dorsai's Command 1989 Buy
10 Cold Cash Warrior(By: Bill Fawcett,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1989 Buy
Under the Sea Reading Order 3 books / 1960-1964
01 Secret Under the Sea 1960 Buy
02 Secret under Antarctica 1963 Buy
03 Secret Under the Caribbean 1964 Buy
01 Green Guide: Mushrooms and Toadstools 1992 Buy
01 The Dragon and the George 1976 Buy
02 The Dragon Knight 1990 Buy
03 The Dragon on the Border 1992 Buy
04 The Dragon at War 1992 Buy
05 The Dragon, the Earl, and the Troll 1994 Buy
06 The Dragon and The Djinn 1996 Buy
07 The Dragon & the Gnarly King 1997 Buy
08 The Dragon in Lyonesse 1998 Buy
09 The Dragon and the Fair Maid of Kent 2000 Buy
Jim Eckert Reading Order 1 book / 1985
01 Beyond the Dar Al-Harb 1985 Buy
Childe Cycle Reading Order 11 books / 1960-2007
01 Dorsai! / The Genetic General 1960 Buy
02 Necromancer / No Room for Man 1962 Buy
03 Soldier, Ask Not 1964 Buy
04 Tactics Of Mistake 1971 Buy
05 Spirit of Dorsai 1979 Buy
06 Lost Dorsai 1980 Buy
07 The Final Encyclopedia 1984 Buy
08 The Chantry Guild 1988 Buy
09 Young Bleys 1991 Buy
10 Other 1994 Buy
11 Antagonist(With: David W. Wixon) 2007 Buy
War and Honor Reading Order 2 books / 1991-1993
01 The Harriers / Of War and Honor(With: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro) 1991 Buy
01 Blood and War(With: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,Christopher Stasheff) 1993 Buy

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