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Updated 2026-07-11 / 184 books / 18 series

American author Gregory Benford is best known for his Galactic Center Saga and the hard science fiction novel *Timescape*. A professor of astrophysics, he won the Nebula Award and was a finalist for the Hugo. This page lists Gregory Benford’s books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.

Books by Gregory Benford in Publication Order

1969 The Stars in Shroud / Deeper than the Darkness POoSN / 1 Buy

1972 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1 POoBSFotYB / 1 Buy

1973 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2 POoBSFotYB / 2 Buy

1974 If the Stars Are Gods POoSN / 2 Buy

1974 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3 POoBSFotYB / 3 Buy

1975 Jupiter Project POoJPB / 1 Buy

1975 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4 POoBSFotYB / 4 Buy

1976 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5 POoBSFotYB / 5 Buy

1977 In the Ocean of Night POoGCB / 1 Buy

1977 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6 POoBSFotYB / 6 Buy

1978 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7 POoBSFotYB / 7 Buy

1979 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8 POoBSFotYB / 8 Buy

1980 Timescape POoTB / 1 Buy

1980 Shiva Descending POoSN / 3 Buy

1980 Find the Changeling POoSN / 4 Buy

1980 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 POoBSFotYB / 9 Buy

1981 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10 POoBSFotYB / 10 Buy

1982 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 POoBSFotYB / 11 Buy

1983 Against Infinity POoJPB / 2 Buy

1983 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12 POoBSFotYB / 12 Buy

1984 Across the Sea of Suns POoGCB / 2 Buy

1984 Time's Rub POoSN / 5 Buy

1984 Best Science Fiction of the Year 13 POoBSFotYB / 13 Buy

1984 Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 POoBSFotYB / 14 Buy

1985 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1 POoLRHPWotFB / 1 Buy

1985 Artifact POoSN / 6 Buy

1986 Rebels In Hell(By: Janet Morris) POoHiHB / 1 Buy

1986 In Alien Flesh POoSSC / 1 Buy

1986 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 2 POoLRHPWotFB / 2 Buy

1986 Heroes in Hell POoHiHB / 2 Buy

1986 The Gates of Hell(By: C.J. Cherryh,Janet Morris) POoHiHB / 3 Buy

1986 Best Science Fiction of the Year 15 POoBSFotYB / 15 Buy

1987 Under the Wheel(With: John M. Ford,Nancy Springer,Elizabeth Mitchell) POoJMFSSC / 1 Buy

1987 Great Sky River POoGCB / 3 Buy

1987 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 3 POoLRHPWotFB / 3 Buy

1987 Masters in Hell(By: C.J. Cherryh,David Drake) POoHiHB / 4 Buy

1987 Kings in Hell(By: C.J. Cherryh,Janet Morris) POoHiHB / 5 Buy

1987 Crusaders in Hell POoHiHB / 6 Buy

1987 Legions of Hell(By: C.J. Cherryh) POoHiHB / 7 Buy

1987 Angels in Hell(By: Janet Morris) POoHiHB / 8 Buy

1987 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16 POoBSFotYB / 16 Buy

1988 The Man-Kzin Wars(By: Larry Niven) POoMWB / 1 Buy

1988 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 4 POoLRHPWotFB / 4 Buy

1988 The Little Helliad(By: Janet Morris,Chris Morris) POoHiHB / 9 Buy

1988 War in Hell(By: Janet Morris) POoHiHB / 10 Buy

1989 Alternate Empires(With: Martin H. Greenberg) POoWMHBB / 1 Buy

1989 Man-Kzin Wars II(By: Larry Niven,S.M. Stirling,Jerry Pournelle) POoMWB / 2 Buy

1989 Casting Fortune(By: John M. Ford) POoJMFSSC / 2 Buy

1989 Alternate Heroes POoWMHBB / 2 Buy

1989 Tides of Light POoGCB / 4 Buy

1989 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 5 POoLRHPWotFB / 5 Buy

1989 Prophets in Hell(By: C.J. Cherryh,George Alec Effinger,Robert Sheckley,David Drake,Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Brad Miner,Bill Kerby,Richard Groller) POoHiHB / 11 Buy

1989 Explorers in Hell(By: David Drake) POoHiHB / 12 Buy

1990 Man-Kzin Wars III(By: Larry Niven) POoMWB / 3 Buy

1990 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 6 POoLRHPWotFB / 6 Buy

1990 Beyond the Fall of Night(With: Arthur C. Clarke) POoSN / 7 Buy

1991 Matter's End POoSSC / 2 Buy

1991 Alternate Wars POoWMHBB / 3 Buy

1991 Man-Kzin Wars IV(By: S.M. Stirling) POoMWB / 4 Buy

1991 The Children's Hour(By: S.M. Stirling,Jerry Pournelle) POoMWB / 5 Buy

1991 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 7 POoLRHPWotFB / 7 Buy

1992 Alternate Americas(With: Martin H. Greenberg) POoWMHBB / 4 Buy

1992 Man-Kzin Wars V(By: Jerry Pournelle) POoMWB / 6 Buy

1992 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 8 POoLRHPWotFB / 8 Buy

1993 Cosm POoSN / 8 Buy

1993 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future9 POoLRHPWotFB / 9 Buy

1993 Chiller POoSN / 9 Buy

1994 Furious Gulf POoGCB / 5 Buy

1994 Man-Kzin Wars VI(With: Mark O. Martin) POoMWB / 7 Buy

1994 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 10 POoLRHPWotFB / 10 Buy

1995 Sailing Bright Eternity POoGCB / 6 Buy

1995 Man-Kzin Wars VII(With: Larry Niven,Paul Chafe) POoMWB / 8 Buy

1995 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 11 POoLRHPWotFB / 11 Buy

1996 Year's Best SF POoYBSAB / 1 Buy

1996 A Darker Geometry POoMWB / 9 Buy

1996 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 12 POoLRHPWotFB / 12 Buy

1997 Foundation's Fear POoSFTB / 1 Buy

1997 Year's Best SF 2 POoYBSAB / 2 Buy

1997 From the End of the Twentieth Century(By: John M. Ford) POoJMFSSC / 3 Buy

1997 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 13 POoLRHPWotFB / 13 Buy

1998 Habitats in Space POoNB / 1 Buy

1998 Foundation and Chaos(By: Greg Bear) POoSFTB / 2 Buy

1998 Year's Best SF 3 POoYBSAB / 3 Buy

1998 The Best of All Possible Wars(By: S.M. Stirling,Robert Sheckley) POoMWB / 10 Buy

1998 Man-Kzin Wars VIII: Choosing Names(By: Larry Niven) POoMWB / 11 Buy

1998 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 14 POoLRHPWotFB / 14 Buy

1999 The Martian Race POoMRB / 1 Buy

1999 Deep Time POoNB / 2 Buy

1999 Year's Best SF 4 POoYBSAB / 4 Buy

1999 A Hunger for the Infinite POoGCB / 7 Buy

1999 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 15 POoLRHPWotFB / 15 Buy

2000 Skylife POoNB / 3 Buy

2000 Worlds Vast and Various POoSSC / 3 Buy

2000 Foundation's Triumph(By: David Brin) POoSFTB / 3 Buy

2000 Year's Best SF 5 POoYBSAB / 5 Buy

2000 Eater POoSN / 10 Buy

2000 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 16 POoLRHPWotFB / 16 Buy

2001 Year's Best SF 6 POoYBSAB / 6 Buy

2001 Man-Kzin Wars IX(By: Jim Baen) POoMWB / 12 Buy

2001 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 17 POoLRHPWotFB / 17 Buy

2002 Immersion & Other Short Novels POoSSC / 4 Buy

2002 Year's Best SF 7 POoYBSAB / 7 Buy

2002 The House of the Kzinti(By: Jerry Pournelle) POoMWB / 13 Buy

2002 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 18 POoLRHPWotFB / 18 Buy

2002 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 19 POoLRHPWotFB / 19 Buy

2003 Beyond Human POoNB / 4 Buy

2003 Year's Best SF 8 POoYBSAB / 8 Buy

2003 Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War(By: Larry Niven) POoMWB / 14 Buy

2004 Heat of Fusion and Other Stories(By: John M. Ford) POoJMFSSC / 4 Buy

2004 Year's Best SF 9 POoYBSAB / 9 Buy

2004 Beyond Infinity POoSN / 11 Buy

2004 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20 POoLRHPWotFB / 20 Buy

2005 The Sunborn POoMRB / 2 Buy

2005 Year's Best SF 10 POoYBSAB / 10 Buy

2005 Man-Kzin Wars XI(By: Matthew Harrington) POoMWB / 15 Buy

2005 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 21 POoLRHPWotFB / 21 Buy

2006 Year's Best SF 11 POoYBSAB / 11 Buy

2006 Destiny's Forge(By: Paul Chafe) POoMWB / 16 Buy

2006 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 22 POoLRHPWotFB / 22 Buy

2007 Year's Best SF 12 POoYBSAB / 12 Buy

2007 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 23 POoLRHPWotFB / 23 Buy

2008 Year's Best SF 13 POoYBSAB / 13 Buy

2008 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 24 POoLRHPWotFB / 24 Buy

2009 Bridge Over Hell(By: Janet Morris,Michael A. Armstrong) POoHiHB / 13 Buy

2009 Year's Best SF 14 POoYBSAB / 14 Buy

2009 Man-Kzin Wars XII(By: Larry Niven) POoMWB / 17 Buy

2009 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 25 POoLRHPWotFB / 25 Buy

2010 The Wonderful Future That Never Was: Flying Cars, Mail Delivery by Parachute, and Other Predictions from the Past POoNB / 5 Buy

2010 Year's Best SF 15 POoYBSAB / 15 Buy

2010 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 26 POoLRHPWotFB / 26 Buy

2011 The Final Now POoSS / 1 Buy

2011 Grace Immaculate POoSS / 2 Buy

2011 Lawyers in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,David L. Burkhead,Jason Cordova,Bruce Durham,Sarah Hulcy,Larry Atchley Jr.,John Manning,Richard Groller) POoHiHB / 14 Buy

2011 Year's Best SF 16 POoYBSAB / 16 Buy

2011 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 27 POoLRHPWotFB / 27 Buy

2012 New World Blues(By: L.E. Modesitt Jr.) POoTPPB / 1 Buy

2012 Bowl of Heaven POoBOHB / 1 Buy

2012 Dormanna(By: Gene Wolfe) POoTPPB / 2 Buy

2012 Thanatos Beach(By: James K. Morrow) POoTPPB / 3 Buy

2012 Down The River Road POoSS / 3 Buy

2012 The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree(By: Michael Swanwick) POoTPPB / 4 Buy

2012 Anomalies POoSSC / 5 Buy

2012 The Sigma Structure Symphony POoTPPB / 5 Buy

2012 Rogues in Hell(By: Bradley H. Sinor,Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Shirley Meier,Michael Z. Williamson,Michael H. Hanson,Julie Cochrane,David L. Burkhead,H. David Blalock,Bruce Durham,Sarah Hulcy,Larry Atchley Jr.,John Manning,Richard Groller,Michael A. Armstrong,Bill Snider,Deborah Koren,Jack William Finley,Edward McKeown,Allan Gibreath) POoHiHB / 15 Buy

2012 Year's Best SF 17 POoYBSAB / 17 Buy

2012 Man-Kzin Wars XIII(By: Larry Niven) POoMWB / 18 Buy

2012 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 28 POoLRHPWotFB / 28 Buy

2013 Backscatter POoSS / 4 Buy

2013 Dreamers in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Ed McKeown,Sara M. Harvey,David L. Burkhead,Jason Cordova,Sarah Hulcy,Larry Atchley Jr.,John Manning,Richard Groller,Tom Barczak,Yelle Hughes,Bill Snider,Deborah Koren,Shebat Legion,Jack William Finley,Michael A. Ventrella,Bettina Meister,Petra Jorns) POoHiHB / 16 Buy

2013 Year's Best SF 18 POoYBSAB / 18 Buy

2013 Man-Kzin Wars XIV(By: Larry Niven) POoMWB / 19 Buy

2013 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 29 POoLRHPWotFB / 29 Buy

2014 Shipstar POoBOHB / 2 Buy

2014 The Galactic Center Companion POoGCB / 8 Buy

2014 Poets in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Joe Bonadonna,pdmac,Bruce Durham,Larry Atchley Jr.,Richard Groller,Michael A. Armstrong,Tom Barczak,Matthew Kirshenblatt,Beth W. Patterson,Yelle Hughes,Bill Snider,Deborah Koren,Shebat Legion,Bill Barnhill,Jack William Finley) POoHiHB / 17 Buy

2014 Treasure Planet(By: Larry Niven,Hal Colebatch,Jessica Q. Fox) POoMWB / 20 Buy

2014 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 30 POoLRHPWotFB / 30 Buy

2015 Mammoth Dawn(With: Kevin J. Anderson) POoSS / 5 Buy

2015 Doctors in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Joe Bonadonna,Matthew Kirshenblatt,Bill Snider,Deborah Koren,ChrisMorris,Andrew P. Weston,Rob Hinkle,Paul Freeman) POoHiHB / 18 Buy

2015 Hell Bound(By: Janet Morris,Andrew P. Weston) POoHiHB / 19 Buy

2015 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 31 POoLRHPWotFB / 31 Buy

2016 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 32 POoLRHPWotFB / 32 Buy

2017 The Berlin Project POoSN / 12 Buy

2017 Pirates in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Joe Bonadonna,S.E. Lindberg,Paul Freeman,Andrew P. Weston,Rob Hinkle) POoHiHB / 20 Buy

2017 Hell Hounds(By: Andrew P. Weston) POoHiHB / 21 Buy

2017 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 33 POoLRHPWotFB / 33 Buy

2018 Rewrite POoTB / 2 Buy

2018 New Ball Games for the Future(With: Gordon Eklund) POoSSC / 6 Buy

2018 Lovers in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,A.L. Butcher,Joe Bonadonna,S.E. Lindberg,Andrew P. Weston,Michael E. Dellert) POoHiHB / 22 Buy

2018 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 34 POoLRHPWotFB / 34 Buy

2019 Man-Kzin Wars XV(By: Larry Niven) POoMWB / 21 Buy

2019 Hell Gate(By: Andrew P. Weston) POoHiHB / 23 Buy

2019 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 35 POoLRHPWotFB / 35 Buy

2020 Glorious POoBOHB / 3 Buy

2020 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 36 POoLRHPWotFB / 36 Buy

2021 Shadows of Eternity POoSN / 13 Buy

2021 Mystics in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Gustavo Bondoni,A.L. Butcher,Joe Bonadonna,S.E. Lindberg,Andrew P. Weston) POoHiHB / 24 Buy

2021 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 37 POoLRHPWotFB / 37 Buy

2022 Liars in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Joe Bonadonna,Richard Groller,S.E. Lindberg,Andrew P. Weston) POoHiHB / 25 Buy

2022 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 38 POoLRHPWotFB / 38 Buy

2023 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 39 POoLRHPWotFB / 39 Buy

2024 Monsters in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Joe Bonadonna,S.E. Lindberg,Chris Morris,A. L. Butcher) POoHiHB / 26 Buy

2024 L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future 40 POoLRHPWotFB / 40 Buy

2025 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 41 POoLRHPWotFB / 41 Buy

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Heroes in Hell Reading Order 26 books / 1986-2024

01 Rebels In Hell(By: Janet Morris) 1986 Buy

02 Heroes in Hell 1986 Buy

03 The Gates of Hell(By: C.J. Cherryh,Janet Morris) 1986 Buy

04 Masters in Hell(By: C.J. Cherryh,David Drake) 1987 Buy

05 Kings in Hell(By: C.J. Cherryh,Janet Morris) 1987 Buy

06 Crusaders in Hell 1987 Buy

07 Legions of Hell(By: C.J. Cherryh) 1987 Buy

08 Angels in Hell(By: Janet Morris) 1987 Buy

09 The Little Helliad(By: Janet Morris,Chris Morris) 1988 Buy

10 War in Hell(By: Janet Morris) 1988 Buy

11 Prophets in Hell(By: C.J. Cherryh,George Alec Effinger,Robert Sheckley,David Drake,Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Brad Miner,Bill Kerby,Richard Groller) 1989 Buy

12 Explorers in Hell(By: David Drake) 1989 Buy

13 Bridge Over Hell(By: Janet Morris,Michael A. Armstrong) 2009 Buy

14 Lawyers in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,David L. Burkhead,Jason Cordova,Bruce Durham,Sarah Hulcy,Larry Atchley Jr.,John Manning,Richard Groller) 2011 Buy

15 Rogues in Hell(By: Bradley H. Sinor,Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Shirley Meier,Michael Z. Williamson,Michael H. Hanson,Julie Cochrane,David L. Burkhead,H. David Blalock,Bruce Durham,Sarah Hulcy,Larry Atchley Jr.,John Manning,Richard Groller,Michael A. Armstrong,Bill Snider,Deborah Koren,Jack William Finley,Edward McKeown,Allan Gibreath) 2012 Buy

16 Dreamers in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Ed McKeown,Sara M. Harvey,David L. Burkhead,Jason Cordova,Sarah Hulcy,Larry Atchley Jr.,John Manning,Richard Groller,Tom Barczak,Yelle Hughes,Bill Snider,Deborah Koren,Shebat Legion,Jack William Finley,Michael A. Ventrella,Bettina Meister,Petra Jorns) 2013 Buy

17 Poets in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Joe Bonadonna,pdmac,Bruce Durham,Larry Atchley Jr.,Richard Groller,Michael A. Armstrong,Tom Barczak,Matthew Kirshenblatt,Beth W. Patterson,Yelle Hughes,Bill Snider,Deborah Koren,Shebat Legion,Bill Barnhill,Jack William Finley) 2014 Buy

18 Doctors in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Joe Bonadonna,Matthew Kirshenblatt,Bill Snider,Deborah Koren,ChrisMorris,Andrew P. Weston,Rob Hinkle,Paul Freeman) 2015 Buy

19 Hell Bound(By: Janet Morris,Andrew P. Weston) 2015 Buy

20 Pirates in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Joe Bonadonna,S.E. Lindberg,Paul Freeman,Andrew P. Weston,Rob Hinkle) 2017 Buy

21 Hell Hounds(By: Andrew P. Weston) 2017 Buy

22 Lovers in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,A.L. Butcher,Joe Bonadonna,S.E. Lindberg,Andrew P. Weston,Michael E. Dellert) 2018 Buy

23 Hell Gate(By: Andrew P. Weston) 2019 Buy

24 Mystics in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Gustavo Bondoni,A.L. Butcher,Joe Bonadonna,S.E. Lindberg,Andrew P. Weston) 2021 Buy

25 Liars in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Joe Bonadonna,Richard Groller,S.E. Lindberg,Andrew P. Weston) 2022 Buy

26 Monsters in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Joe Bonadonna,S.E. Lindberg,Chris Morris,A. L. Butcher) 2024 Buy

Jupiter Project Reading Order 2 books / 1975-1983

01 Jupiter Project 1975 Buy

02 Against Infinity 1983 Buy

Year's Best SF Anthology Reading Order 18 books / 1996-2013

01 Year's Best SF 1996 Buy

02 Year's Best SF 2 1997 Buy

03 Year's Best SF 3 1998 Buy

04 Year's Best SF 4 1999 Buy

05 Year's Best SF 5 2000 Buy

06 Year's Best SF 6 2001 Buy

07 Year's Best SF 7 2002 Buy

08 Year's Best SF 8 2003 Buy

09 Year's Best SF 9 2004 Buy

10 Year's Best SF 10 2005 Buy

11 Year's Best SF 11 2006 Buy

12 Year's Best SF 12 2007 Buy

13 Year's Best SF 13 2008 Buy

14 Year's Best SF 14 2009 Buy

15 Year's Best SF 15 2010 Buy

16 Year's Best SF 16 2011 Buy

17 Year's Best SF 17 2012 Buy

18 Year's Best SF 18 2013 Buy

Timescape Reading Order 2 books / 1980-2018

01 Timescape 1980 Buy

02 Rewrite 2018 Buy

Standalone Reading Order 13 books / 1969-2021

01 The Stars in Shroud / Deeper than the Darkness 1969 Buy

02 If the Stars Are Gods 1974 Buy

03 Shiva Descending 1980 Buy

04 Find the Changeling 1980 Buy

05 Time's Rub 1984 Buy

06 Artifact 1985 Buy

07 Beyond the Fall of Night(With: Arthur C. Clarke) 1990 Buy

08 Cosm 1993 Buy

09 Chiller 1993 Buy

10 Eater 2000 Buy

11 Beyond Infinity 2004 Buy

12 The Berlin Project 2017 Buy

13 Shadows of Eternity 2021 Buy

Second Foundation Trilogy Reading Order 3 books / 1997-2000

01 Foundation's Fear 1997 Buy

02 Foundation and Chaos(By: Greg Bear) 1998 Buy

03 Foundation's Triumph(By: David Brin) 2000 Buy

What Might Have Been Reading Order 4 books / 1989-1992

01 Alternate Empires(With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1989 Buy

02 Alternate Heroes 1989 Buy

03 Alternate Wars 1991 Buy

04 Alternate Americas(With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1992 Buy

Short Stories/Novellas Reading Order 5 books / 2011-2015

01 The Final Now 2011 Buy

02 Grace Immaculate 2011 Buy

03 Down The River Road 2012 Buy

04 Backscatter 2013 Buy

05 Mammoth Dawn(With: Kevin J. Anderson) 2015 Buy

Short Story Collections Reading Order 6 books / 1986-2018

01 In Alien Flesh 1986 Buy

02 Matter's End 1991 Buy

03 Worlds Vast and Various 2000 Buy

04 Immersion & Other Short Novels 2002 Buy

05 Anomalies 2012 Buy

06 New Ball Games for the Future(With: Gordon Eklund) 2018 Buy

Martian Race Reading Order 2 books / 1999-2005

01 The Martian Race 1999 Buy

02 The Sunborn 2005 Buy

Best Science Fiction of the Year Reading Order 16 books / 1972-1987

01 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1 1972 Buy

02 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2 1973 Buy

03 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3 1974 Buy

04 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4 1975 Buy

05 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5 1976 Buy

06 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6 1977 Buy

07 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7 1978 Buy

08 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8 1979 Buy

09 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 1980 Buy

10 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10 1981 Buy

11 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 1982 Buy

12 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12 1983 Buy

13 Best Science Fiction of the Year 13 1984 Buy

14 Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 1984 Buy

15 Best Science Fiction of the Year 15 1986 Buy

16 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16 1987 Buy

Man-Kzin Wars Reading Order 21 books / 1988-2019

01 The Man-Kzin Wars(By: Larry Niven) 1988 Buy

02 Man-Kzin Wars II(By: Larry Niven,S.M. Stirling,Jerry Pournelle) 1989 Buy

03 Man-Kzin Wars III(By: Larry Niven) 1990 Buy

04 Man-Kzin Wars IV(By: S.M. Stirling) 1991 Buy

05 The Children's Hour(By: S.M. Stirling,Jerry Pournelle) 1991 Buy

06 Man-Kzin Wars V(By: Jerry Pournelle) 1992 Buy

07 Man-Kzin Wars VI(With: Mark O. Martin) 1994 Buy

08 Man-Kzin Wars VII(With: Larry Niven,Paul Chafe) 1995 Buy

09 A Darker Geometry 1996 Buy

10 The Best of All Possible Wars(By: S.M. Stirling,Robert Sheckley) 1998 Buy

11 Man-Kzin Wars VIII: Choosing Names(By: Larry Niven) 1998 Buy

12 Man-Kzin Wars IX(By: Jim Baen) 2001 Buy

13 The House of the Kzinti(By: Jerry Pournelle) 2002 Buy

14 Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War(By: Larry Niven) 2003 Buy

15 Man-Kzin Wars XI(By: Matthew Harrington) 2005 Buy

16 Destiny's Forge(By: Paul Chafe) 2006 Buy

17 Man-Kzin Wars XII(By: Larry Niven) 2009 Buy

18 Man-Kzin Wars XIII(By: Larry Niven) 2012 Buy

19 Man-Kzin Wars XIV(By: Larry Niven) 2013 Buy

20 Treasure Planet(By: Larry Niven,Hal Colebatch,Jessica Q. Fox) 2014 Buy

21 Man-Kzin Wars XV(By: Larry Niven) 2019 Buy

The Palencar Project Reading Order 5 books / 2012-2012

01 New World Blues(By: L.E. Modesitt Jr.) 2012 Buy

02 Dormanna(By: Gene Wolfe) 2012 Buy

03 Thanatos Beach(By: James K. Morrow) 2012 Buy

04 The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree(By: Michael Swanwick) 2012 Buy

05 The Sigma Structure Symphony 2012 Buy

John M. Ford Short Story Collections Reading Order 4 books / 1987-2004

01 Under the Wheel(With: John M. Ford,Nancy Springer,Elizabeth Mitchell) 1987 Buy

02 Casting Fortune(By: John M. Ford) 1989 Buy

03 From the End of the Twentieth Century(By: John M. Ford) 1997 Buy

04 Heat of Fusion and Other Stories(By: John M. Ford) 2004 Buy

Non-Fiction Reading Order 5 books / 1998-2010

01 Habitats in Space 1998 Buy

02 Deep Time 1999 Buy

03 Skylife 2000 Buy

04 Beyond Human 2003 Buy

05 The Wonderful Future That Never Was: Flying Cars, Mail Delivery by Parachute, and Other Predictions from the Past 2010 Buy

Galactic Center Reading Order 8 books / 1977-2014

01 In the Ocean of Night 1977 Buy

02 Across the Sea of Suns 1984 Buy

03 Great Sky River 1987 Buy

04 Tides of Light 1989 Buy

05 Furious Gulf 1994 Buy

06 Sailing Bright Eternity 1995 Buy

07 A Hunger for the Infinite 1999 Buy

08 The Galactic Center Companion 2014 Buy

Bowl Of Heaven Reading Order 3 books / 2012-2020

01 Bowl of Heaven 2012 Buy

02 Shipstar 2014 Buy

03 Glorious 2020 Buy

L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future Reading Order 41 books / 1985-2025

01 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1 1985 Buy

02 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 2 1986 Buy

03 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 3 1987 Buy

04 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 4 1988 Buy

05 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 5 1989 Buy

06 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 6 1990 Buy

07 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 7 1991 Buy

08 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 8 1992 Buy

09 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future9 1993 Buy

10 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 10 1994 Buy

11 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 11 1995 Buy

12 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 12 1996 Buy

13 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 13 1997 Buy

14 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 14 1998 Buy

15 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 15 1999 Buy

16 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 16 2000 Buy

17 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 17 2001 Buy

18 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 18 2002 Buy

19 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 19 2002 Buy

20 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20 2004 Buy

21 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 21 2005 Buy

22 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 22 2006 Buy

23 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 23 2007 Buy

24 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 24 2008 Buy

25 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 25 2009 Buy

26 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 26 2010 Buy

27 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 27 2011 Buy

28 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 28 2012 Buy

29 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 29 2013 Buy

30 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 30 2014 Buy

31 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 31 2015 Buy

32 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 32 2016 Buy

33 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 33 2017 Buy

34 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 34 2018 Buy

35 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 35 2019 Buy

36 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 36 2020 Buy

37 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 37 2021 Buy

38 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 38 2022 Buy

39 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 39 2023 Buy

40 L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future 40 2024 Buy

41 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 41 2025 Buy

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Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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Carolyn Brown -> J.R. Ellis -> Kim Stanley Robinson -> Julie Cross ->

Source note: Sequencebooks organizes author, book, and series records from its catalog data. Publication years and series order are shown when available.