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Home / Authors / James Blish James Blish American author James Blish is best known for the *Cities in Flight* series and his *Star Trek* episode novelizations. A major figure in science fiction, he won a Hugo Award for *A Case of Conscience*. This page provides the James Blish books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1952 Jack of Eagles POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1953 The Warriors of Day POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1954 The Thing in the Attic POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 1955 One-Shot POoSS · 2 Buy ↗ 1956 They Shall Have Stars / Year 2018! POoCiFB · 1 Buy ↗ 1956 Earthman, Come Home POoCiFB · 2 Buy ↗ 1957 The Seedling Stars POoSSC · 1 Buy ↗ 1957 The Frozen Year / Fallen Star POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 1958 A Case of Conscience POoASKB · 1 Buy ↗ 1958 The Triumph of Time / A Clash of Cymbals POoCiFB · 3 Buy ↗ 1959 Galactic Cluster POoSSC · 2 Buy ↗ 1959 The duplicated man POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 1961 So Close to Home POoHSB · 1 Buy ↗ 1961 The Star Dwellers POoHSB · 1 Buy ↗ 1961 Titan's Daughter POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 1962 A Life for the Stars POoCiFB · 4 Buy ↗ 1962 The Night Shapes POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 1964 The Issue at Hand(As: William Atheling Jr.) POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 1964 Doctor Mirabilis POoASKB · 2 Buy ↗ 1965 Mission to the Heart Stars POoHSB · 2 Buy ↗ 1965 The Testament of Andros POoSSC · 3 Buy ↗ 1965 Best Science Fiction Stories Of James Blish POoSSC · 4 Buy ↗ 1967 Star Trek 1 POoSTTAB · 1 Buy ↗ 1967 Welcome to Mars POoHSB · 2 Buy ↗ 1967 A Torrent of Faces POoSN · 8 Buy ↗ 1968 Star Trek 2 POoSTTAB · 2 Buy ↗ 1968 Black Easter POoASKB · 3 Buy ↗ 1968 Giants in the Earth POoSN · 9 Buy ↗ 1968 The Vanished Jet POoSN · 10 Buy ↗ 1969 Star Trek 3 POoSTTAB · 3 Buy ↗ 1970 Spock Must Die! POoSTAB · 1 Buy ↗ 1970 More Issues At Hand(As: William Atheling Jr.) POoNB · 2 Buy ↗ 1970 Anywhen POoHSB · 3 Buy ↗ 1971 Star Trek 4 POoSTTAB · 4 Buy ↗ 1971 The Day After Judgment POoASKB · 4 Buy ↗ 1971 And All the Stars a Stage POoSN · 11 Buy ↗ 1972 Midsummer Century POoHSB · 4 Buy ↗ 1972 Star Trek 5 POoSTTAB · 5 Buy ↗ 1972 Star Trek 6 POoSTTAB · 6 Buy ↗ 1972 Star Trek 7 POoSTTAB · 7 Buy ↗ 1972 Star Trek 8 POoSTTAB · 8 Buy ↗ 1973 The Quincunx of Time POoHSB · 5 Buy ↗ 1973 Star Trek 9 POoSTTAB · 9 Buy ↗ 1974 Star Trek 10 POoSTTAB · 10 Buy ↗ 1975 Star Trek 11 POoSTTAB · 11 Buy ↗ 1976 The Star Trek Reader I POoTSTRB · 1 Buy ↗ 1976 The Star Trek Reader II POoTSTRB · 2 Buy ↗ 1976 Star Trek: The New Voyages(By: Eleanor Arnason,Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath) POoSTAB · 2 Buy ↗ 1976 Spock, Messiah!(By: Theodore R. Cogswell) POoSTAB · 3 Buy ↗ 1977 The Star Trek Reader III POoTSTRB · 3 Buy ↗ 1977 Star Trek 12(By: J.A. Lawrence) POoSTAB · 4 Buy ↗ 1977 The Price of the Phoenix(By: Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath) POoSTAB · 5 Buy ↗ 1977 Planet of Judgment(By: Joe Haldeman) POoSTAB · 6 Buy ↗ 1977 Star Trek: The New Voyages 2(By: Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath) POoSTAB · 7 Buy ↗ 1977 Star Trek 12 POoSTTAB · 12 Buy ↗ 1978 The Star Trek Reader IV POoTSTRB · 4 Buy ↗ 1978 Mudd's Angels(By: J.A. Lawrence) POoSTAB · 8 Buy ↗ 1978 Vulcan!(By: Kathleen Sky) POoSTAB · 9 Buy ↗ 1978 The Starless World(By: Gordon Eklund) POoSTAB · 10 Buy ↗ 1979 The Best of James Blish POoSSC · 5 Buy ↗ 1979 Trek to Madworld(By: Stephen Goldin) POoSTAB · 11 Buy ↗ 1979 World Without End(By: Joe Haldeman) POoSTAB · 12 Buy ↗ 1979 The Fate of the Phoenix(By: Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath) POoSTAB · 13 Buy ↗ 1979 Devil World(By: Gordon Eklund) POoSTAB · 14 Buy ↗ 1980 Get Out Of My Sky and There Shall be No Darkness POoSSC · 6 Buy ↗ 1980 Perry's Planet(By: Jack C. Haldeman II) POoSTAB · 15 Buy ↗ 1980 The Galactic Whirlpool(By: David Gerrold) POoSTAB · 16 Buy ↗ 1981 Death's Angel(By: Kathleen Sky) POoSTAB · 17 Buy ↗ 1987 The Tale That Wags the God POoNB · 3 Buy ↗ 1991 Star Trek: The Classic Episodes, Volume 1 POoSTTCEB · 1 Buy ↗ 1991 Star Trek: The Classic Episodes, Volume 2 POoSTTCEB · 2 Buy ↗ 1991 Star Trek: The Classic Episodes, Volume 3 POoSTTCEB · 3 Buy ↗ 1993 Works of Art POoSSC · 7 Buy ↗ 1993 A Work of Art and Other Stories POoSSC · 8 Buy ↗ 1995 With All of Love POoSSC · 9 Buy ↗ 1996 A Dusk of Idols, and Other Stories POoSSC · 10 Buy ↗ 2003 In This World, or Another POoSSC · 11 Buy ↗ 2009 Flights of Eagles POoSSC · 12 Buy ↗ 2016 The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume VI(By: Robert Sheckley) POoTGAoSFB · 1 Buy ↗ 2018 The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume IV(By: Robert Sheckley) POoTGAoSFB · 2 Buy ↗ 2018 The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X(With: Poul Anderson,Clifford D. Simak,Fritz Leiber,Harry Harrison,Roger Dee,Anthony Gilmore,Robert Hoskins,Richard Rein Smith) POoTGAoSFB · 3 Buy ↗ 2024 The Star Trek Reader POoSTC · 1 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Star Trek Adventures Books 17 books · 1970–1981
01 Spock Must Die! 1970 Buy ↗ 02 Star Trek: The New Voyages(By: Eleanor Arnason,Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath) 1976 Buy ↗ 03 Spock, Messiah!(By: Theodore R. Cogswell) 1976 Buy ↗ 04 Star Trek 12(By: J.A. Lawrence) 1977 Buy ↗ 05 The Price of the Phoenix(By: Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath) 1977 Buy ↗ 06 Planet of Judgment(By: Joe Haldeman) 1977 Buy ↗ 07 Star Trek: The New Voyages 2(By: Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath) 1977 Buy ↗ 08 Mudd's Angels(By: J.A. Lawrence) 1978 Buy ↗ 09 Vulcan!(By: Kathleen Sky) 1978 Buy ↗ 10 The Starless World(By: Gordon Eklund) 1978 Buy ↗ 11 Trek to Madworld(By: Stephen Goldin) 1979 Buy ↗ 12 World Without End(By: Joe Haldeman) 1979 Buy ↗ 13 The Fate of the Phoenix(By: Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath) 1979 Buy ↗ 14 Devil World(By: Gordon Eklund) 1979 Buy ↗ 15 Perry's Planet(By: Jack C. Haldeman II) 1980 Buy ↗ 16 The Galactic Whirlpool(By: David Gerrold) 1980 Buy ↗ 17 Death's Angel(By: Kathleen Sky) 1981 Buy ↗ Publication Order of The Star Trek Reader Books 4 books · 1976–1978
01 The Star Trek Reader I 1976 Buy ↗ 02 The Star Trek Reader II 1976 Buy ↗ 03 The Star Trek Reader III 1977 Buy ↗ 04 The Star Trek Reader IV 1978 Buy ↗ Publication Order of The Golden Age of Science Fiction Books 3 books · 2016–2018
01 The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume VI(By: Robert Sheckley) 2016 Buy ↗ 02 The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume IV(By: Robert Sheckley) 2018 Buy ↗ 03 The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X(With: Poul Anderson,Clifford D. Simak,Fritz Leiber,Harry Harrison,Roger Dee,Anthony Gilmore,Robert Hoskins,Richard Rein Smith) 2018 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Star Trek Collections 1 book · 2024
01 The Star Trek Reader 2024 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 3 books · 1964–1987
01 The Issue at Hand(As: William Atheling Jr.) 1964 Buy ↗ 02 More Issues At Hand(As: William Atheling Jr.) 1970 Buy ↗ 03 The Tale That Wags the God 1987 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Star Trek: The Classic Episodes Books 3 books · 1991–1991
01 Star Trek: The Classic Episodes, Volume 1 1991 Buy ↗ 02 Star Trek: The Classic Episodes, Volume 2 1991 Buy ↗ 03 Star Trek: The Classic Episodes, Volume 3 1991 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Haertel Scholium Books 5 books · 1961–1973
01 So Close to Home 1961 Buy ↗ 02 Welcome to Mars 1967 Buy ↗ 04 Midsummer Century 1972 Buy ↗ 05 The Quincunx of Time 1973 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 2 books · 1954–1955
01 The Thing in the Attic 1954 Buy ↗ Publication Order of After Such Knowledge Books 4 books · 1958–1971
01 A Case of Conscience 1958 Buy ↗ 02 Doctor Mirabilis 1964 Buy ↗ 04 The Day After Judgment 1971 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 11 books · 1952–1971
01 Jack of Eagles 1952 Buy ↗ 02 The Warriors of Day 1953 Buy ↗ 03 The Frozen Year / Fallen Star 1957 Buy ↗ 05 The duplicated man 1959 Buy ↗ 06 Titan's Daughter 1961 Buy ↗ 07 The Night Shapes 1962 Buy ↗ 08 A Torrent of Faces 1967 Buy ↗ 09 Giants in the Earth 1968 Buy ↗ 10 The Vanished Jet 1968 Buy ↗ 11 And All the Stars a Stage 1971 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Story Collections 12 books · 1957–2009
01 The Seedling Stars 1957 Buy ↗ 02 Galactic Cluster 1959 Buy ↗ 03 The Testament of Andros 1965 Buy ↗ 04 Best Science Fiction Stories Of James Blish 1965 Buy ↗ 05 The Best of James Blish 1979 Buy ↗ 06 Get Out Of My Sky and There Shall be No Darkness 1980 Buy ↗ 08 A Work of Art and Other Stories 1993 Buy ↗ 09 With All of Love 1995 Buy ↗ 10 A Dusk of Idols, and Other Stories 1996 Buy ↗ 11 In This World, or Another 2003 Buy ↗ 12 Flights of Eagles 2009 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Heart Stars Books 2 books · 1961–1965
01 The Star Dwellers 1961 Buy ↗ 02 Mission to the Heart Stars 1965 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Cities in Flight Books 4 books · 1956–1962
01 They Shall Have Stars / Year 2018! 1956 Buy ↗ 02 Earthman, Come Home 1956 Buy ↗ 03 The Triumph of Time / A Clash of Cymbals 1958 Buy ↗ 04 A Life for the Stars 1962 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Star Trek: TOS Adaptations Books 12 books · 1967–1977