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Updated 2026-07-11 / 83 books / 14 series
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 James Blish Books in Chronological Order
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
The Star Dwellers
POoHSB / 1
Buy
1961
So Close to Home
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
James Blish Book Series Reading Orders /
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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
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
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
01
The Star Trek Reader
2024
Buy
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
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
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
01
The Thing in the Attic
1954
Buy
01
A Case of Conscience
1958
Buy
02
Doctor Mirabilis
1964
Buy
04
The Day After Judgment
1971
Buy
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
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
01
The Star Dwellers
1961
Buy
02
Mission to the Heart Stars
1965
Buy
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
Where to start with James Blish
What is the best order to read James Blish 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.