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Joe Haldeman Books in Order

Find every Joe Haldeman book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 104 books / 15 series

American author best known for the *Forever War* series, a landmark of military science fiction. A multiple Hugo and Nebula Award winner, his works are celebrated for their gritty realism and humanist themes. This page lists Joe Haldeman’s books in order, including both chronological publication and series reading order.

All Joe Haldeman Books in Chronological Order

1970 Spock Must Die!(By: James Blish) POoSTAB / 1 Buy
1972 War Year POoNB / 1 Buy
1974 The Forever War POoTFWB / 1 Buy
1975 Attar's Revenge POoATMB / 1 Buy
1975 War of Nerves POoATMB / 2 Buy
1976 Mindbridge POoSN / 1 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 All My Sins Remembered POoSSC / 1 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 POoSTAB / 6 Buy
1977 Star Trek: The New Voyages 2(By: Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath) POoSTAB / 7 Buy
1978 Infinite Dreams POoSSC / 2 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 Thieves' World(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB / 1 Buy
1979 Trek to Madworld(By: Stephen Goldin) POoSTAB / 11 Buy
1979 World Without End 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 Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB / 2 Buy
1980 Perry's Planet(By: Jack C. Haldeman II) POoSTAB / 15 Buy
1980 The Galactic Whirlpool(By: David Gerrold) POoSTAB / 16 Buy
1981 Worlds POoWB / 1 Buy
1981 Shadows of Sanctuary(With: Philip Jose Farmer,John Brunner,Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB / 3 Buy
1981 Death's Angel(By: Kathleen Sky) POoSTAB / 17 Buy
1982 Storm Season(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB / 4 Buy
1983 Worlds Apart POoWB / 2 Buy
1983 There Is No Darkness(With: Jack C. Haldeman II) POoSSC / 3 Buy
1983 The Face of Chaos(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB / 5 Buy
1984 Wings of Omen(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB / 6 Buy
1985 Dealing in Futures POoSSC / 4 Buy
1985 The Dead of Winter(By: Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB / 7 Buy
1986 Soul of the City(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB / 8 Buy
1986 Blood Ties(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB / 9 Buy
1987 Tool of the Trade POoSN / 2 Buy
1987 Shadowspawn(By: Andrew J. Offutt) POoTWB / 10 Buy
1987 Aftermath(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB / 11 Buy
1988 Uneasy Alliances(By: Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB / 12 Buy
1989 The Long Habit of Living / Buying Time POoSN / 3 Buy
1989 Stealers' Sky(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) POoTWB / 13 Buy
1990 The Hemingway Hoax POoSN / 4 Buy
1992 Graves POoSS / 1 Buy
1992 Worlds Enough and Time POoWB / 3 Buy
1993 Vietnam and Other Alien Worlds POoSSC / 5 Buy
1993 The Shadow of Sorcery(By: Andrew J. Offutt) POoTWB / 14 Buy
1994 1968 POoSN / 5 Buy
1994 None So Blind POoSSC / 6 Buy
1996 Year's Best SF POoYBSAB / 1 Buy
1997 Forever Peace POoTFWB / 2 Buy
1997 Year's Best SF 2 POoYBSAB / 2 Buy
1997 Saul's Death and Other Poems POoSSC / 7 Buy
1998 Year's Best SF 3 POoYBSAB / 3 Buy
1999 Forever Free POoTFWB / 3 Buy
1999 Year's Best SF 4 POoYBSAB / 4 Buy
2000 Year's Best SF 5 POoYBSAB / 5 Buy
2000 The Coming POoSN / 6 Buy
2001 Year's Best SF 6 POoYBSAB / 6 Buy
2002 The Forever War, Vol. 1: Private Mandella POoTFWGN / 1 Buy
2002 The Forever War 2: Lieutenant Mandella POoTFWGN / 2 Buy
2002 Guardian POoSN / 7 Buy
2002 Year's Best SF 7 POoYBSAB / 7 Buy
2002 Sanctuary(By: Lynn Abbey) POoTWB / 15 Buy
2002 Turning Points(By: Dennis L. McKiernan,Mickey Zucker Reichert,Lynn Abbey,Raymond E. Feist,Diana Paxson) POoTWB / 16 Buy
2003 Four Short Novels POoSS / 2 Buy
2003 Year's Best SF 8 POoYBSAB / 8 Buy
2004 The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1(By: Matt Ruff) POoTJTAAB / 1 Buy
2004 Camouflage POoSN / 8 Buy
2004 Year's Best SF 9 POoYBSAB / 9 Buy
2004 Enemies of Fortune(By: C.J. Cherryh,Jody Lynn Nye,Mickey Zucker Reichert,Lynn Abbey,Robin Wayne Bailey,Andrew J. Offutt,Jeff Grubb,Selina Rosen,Diana Paxson) POoTWB / 17 Buy
2005 War Stories POoNB / 2 Buy
2005 The James Tiptree Award Anthology 2 POoTJTAAB / 2 Buy
2005 Old Twentieth POoSN / 9 Buy
2005 Year's Best SF 10 POoYBSAB / 10 Buy
2005 Thieves' World: Player's Manual(By: James Ryman) POoTWB / 18 Buy
2006 A Separate War and Other Stories POoSSC / 8 Buy
2006 Year's Best SF 11 POoYBSAB / 11 Buy
2007 The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3(By: Jeffrey D. Smith) POoTJTAAB / 3 Buy
2007 The Accidental Time Machine POoSN / 10 Buy
2007 Year's Best SF 12 POoYBSAB / 12 Buy
2008 Marsbound POoMB / 1 Buy
2008 The James Tiptree Award Anthology 4(By: Jeffrey D. Smith) POoTJTAAB / 4 Buy
2008 Year's Best SF 13 POoYBSAB / 13 Buy
2009 Starbound POoMB / 2 Buy
2009 Year's Best SF 14 POoYBSAB / 14 Buy
2010 Year's Best SF 15 POoYBSAB / 15 Buy
2011 Earthbound POoMB / 3 Buy
2011 Year's Best SF 16 POoYBSAB / 16 Buy
2012 Year's Best SF 17 POoYBSAB / 17 Buy
2013 The Best of Joe Haldeman POoSSC / 9 Buy
2013 Year's Best SF 18 POoYBSAB / 18 Buy
2013 The Secret of the Blue Star(By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) POoTWB / 19 Buy
2014 Work Done for Hire POoSN / 11 Buy
2017 The Forever War #1 POoTFW(B / 1 Buy
2017 The Forever War #2 POoTFW(B / 2 Buy
2017 The Forever War #3 POoTFW(B / 3 Buy
2017 The Forever War #4 POoTFW(B / 4 Buy
2017 The Forever War #5 POoTFW(B / 5 Buy
2017 The Forever War #6 POoTFW(B / 6 Buy
2018 The Forever War: Forever Free #1 POoTFWFFCB / 1 Buy
2018 The Forever War: Forever Free #2 POoTFWFFCB / 2 Buy
2018 The Forever War: Forever Free #3 POoTFWFFCB / 3 Buy

Joe Haldeman Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

Marsbound Books in Reading Order 3 books / 2008-2011
01 Marsbound 2008 Buy
02 Starbound 2009 Buy
03 Earthbound 2011 Buy
01 The Forever War 1974 Buy
02 Forever Peace 1997 Buy
03 Forever Free 1999 Buy
01 Graves 1992 Buy
02 Four Short Novels 2003 Buy
01 The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1(By: Matt Ruff) 2004 Buy
02 The James Tiptree Award Anthology 2 2005 Buy
03 The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3(By: Jeffrey D. Smith) 2007 Buy
04 The James Tiptree Award Anthology 4(By: Jeffrey D. Smith) 2008 Buy
01 Spock Must Die!(By: James Blish) 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 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 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
Standalone Books in Reading Order 11 books / 1976-2014
01 Mindbridge 1976 Buy
02 Tool of the Trade 1987 Buy
03 The Long Habit of Living / Buying Time 1989 Buy
04 The Hemingway Hoax 1990 Buy
05 1968 1994 Buy
06 The Coming 2000 Buy
07 Guardian 2002 Buy
08 Camouflage 2004 Buy
09 Old Twentieth 2005 Buy
10 The Accidental Time Machine 2007 Buy
11 Work Done for Hire 2014 Buy
Worlds Books in Reading Order 3 books / 1981-1992
01 Worlds 1981 Buy
02 Worlds Apart 1983 Buy
03 Worlds Enough and Time 1992 Buy
01 Thieves' World(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1979 Buy
02 Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1980 Buy
03 Shadows of Sanctuary(With: Philip Jose Farmer,John Brunner,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1981 Buy
04 Storm Season(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1982 Buy
05 The Face of Chaos(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1983 Buy
06 Wings of Omen(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1984 Buy
07 The Dead of Winter(By: Robert Lynn Asprin) 1985 Buy
08 Soul of the City(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1986 Buy
09 Blood Ties(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1986 Buy
10 Shadowspawn(By: Andrew J. Offutt) 1987 Buy
11 Aftermath(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1987 Buy
12 Uneasy Alliances(By: Robert Lynn Asprin) 1988 Buy
13 Stealers' Sky(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1989 Buy
14 The Shadow of Sorcery(By: Andrew J. Offutt) 1993 Buy
15 Sanctuary(By: Lynn Abbey) 2002 Buy
16 Turning Points(By: Dennis L. McKiernan,Mickey Zucker Reichert,Lynn Abbey,Raymond E. Feist,Diana Paxson) 2002 Buy
17 Enemies of Fortune(By: C.J. Cherryh,Jody Lynn Nye,Mickey Zucker Reichert,Lynn Abbey,Robin Wayne Bailey,Andrew J. Offutt,Jeff Grubb,Selina Rosen,Diana Paxson) 2004 Buy
18 Thieves' World: Player's Manual(By: James Ryman) 2005 Buy
19 The Secret of the Blue Star(By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 2013 Buy
01 The Forever War, Vol. 1: Private Mandella 2002 Buy
02 The Forever War 2: Lieutenant Mandella 2002 Buy
01 All My Sins Remembered 1977 Buy
02 Infinite Dreams 1978 Buy
03 There Is No Darkness(With: Jack C. Haldeman II) 1983 Buy
04 Dealing in Futures 1985 Buy
05 Vietnam and Other Alien Worlds 1993 Buy
06 None So Blind 1994 Buy
07 Saul's Death and Other Poems 1997 Buy
08 A Separate War and Other Stories 2006 Buy
09 The Best of Joe Haldeman 2013 Buy
01 The Forever War: Forever Free #1 2018 Buy
02 The Forever War: Forever Free #2 2018 Buy
03 The Forever War: Forever Free #3 2018 Buy
01 The Forever War #1 2017 Buy
02 The Forever War #2 2017 Buy
03 The Forever War #3 2017 Buy
04 The Forever War #4 2017 Buy
05 The Forever War #5 2017 Buy
06 The Forever War #6 2017 Buy
01 Attar's Revenge 1975 Buy
02 War of Nerves 1975 Buy
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
01 War Year 1972 Buy
02 War Stories 2005 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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