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Spider Robinson Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Spider Robinson in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 43 books / 9 series

Canadian-American author best known for the Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon series and the Stardance trilogy. A multiple Hugo and Nebula Award winner, his work is celebrated for blending speculative fiction with humanist themes. This page provides the Spider Robinson books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

Books by Spider Robinson in Publication Order

1976 Telempath POoSN / 1 Buy
1977 Callahan's Crosstime Saloon POoCB / 1 Buy
1977 Stardance POoSB / 1 Buy
1980 Antinomy POoC / 1 Buy
1981 Time Travellers Strictly Cash POoCB / 2 Buy
1982 Mindkiller POoLTB / 1 Buy
1984 Melancholy Elephants POoC / 2 Buy
1985 Night of Power POoSN / 2 Buy
1986 Callahan's Secret POoCB / 3 Buy
1987 Time Pressure POoLTB / 2 Buy
1989 Callahan's Lady POoLSB / 1 Buy
1989 The Old Funny Stuff(By: George Alec Effinger) POoACMB / 1 Buy
1989 Daily Voices(By: Lisa Goldstein) POoACMB / 2 Buy
1989 Callahan's Crazy Crosstime Bar POoCB / 4 Buy
1990 Heroines(By: James Patrick Kelly) POoACMB / 3 Buy
1990 Peripheral Vision(By: Karen Joy Fowler) POoACMB / 4 Buy
1990 Swatting at the Cosmos(By: James K. Morrow) POoACMB / 5 Buy
1990 Neon Twilight(By: Edward Bryant) POoACMB / 6 Buy
1990 Tales from a Vanished Country(By: Elizabeth Lynn) POoACMB / 7 Buy
1990 True Minds POoACMB / 8 Buy
1991 Starseed POoSB / 2 Buy
1991 Hedgework & Guessery(By: Charles de Lint) POoACMB / 9 Buy
1991 Unthreatened by the Morning Light(By: Karl Edward Wagner) POoACMB / 10 Buy
1991 Stories by Mama Lansdales Youngest Boy(By: Joe R. Lansdale) POoACMB / 11 Buy
1991 Nine Hard Questions About the Nature of the Universe(By: Lewis Shiner) POoACMB / 12 Buy
1991 It's Been Fun(By: Esther M. Friesner) POoACMB / 13 Buy
1992 Lady Slings the Booze POoLSB / 2 Buy
1993 The Callahan Touch POoCB / 7 Buy
1994 Off the Wall at Callahan's POoCB / 8 Buy
1995 Starmind POoSB / 3 Buy
1996 Callahan's Legacy POoCB / 9 Buy
1997 Lifehouse POoLTB / 3 Buy
1998 User Friendly POoC / 3 Buy
2000 Callahan's Key POoCB / 10 Buy
2001 The Free Lunch POoSN / 3 Buy
2001 By Any Other Name POoC / 4 Buy
2002 Very Bad Deaths POoRWZMMB / 1 Buy
2002 God is an Iron and Other Stories POoC / 5 Buy
2003 Callahan's Con POoCB / 11 Buy
2004 The Crazy Years POoNB / 1 Buy
2006 Variable Star(With: Robert A. Heinlein) POoSN / 4 Buy
2008 Very Hard Choices POoRWZMMB / 2 Buy
2016 My Favorite Shorts POoC / 6 Buy

Complete Spider Robinson Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Collections Reading Order 6 books / 1980-2016
01 Antinomy 1980 Buy
02 Melancholy Elephants 1984 Buy
03 User Friendly 1998 Buy
04 By Any Other Name 2001 Buy
05 God is an Iron and Other Stories 2002 Buy
06 My Favorite Shorts 2016 Buy
01 The Old Funny Stuff(By: George Alec Effinger) 1989 Buy
02 Daily Voices(By: Lisa Goldstein) 1989 Buy
03 Heroines(By: James Patrick Kelly) 1990 Buy
04 Peripheral Vision(By: Karen Joy Fowler) 1990 Buy
05 Swatting at the Cosmos(By: James K. Morrow) 1990 Buy
06 Neon Twilight(By: Edward Bryant) 1990 Buy
07 Tales from a Vanished Country(By: Elizabeth Lynn) 1990 Buy
08 True Minds 1990 Buy
09 Hedgework & Guessery(By: Charles de Lint) 1991 Buy
10 Unthreatened by the Morning Light(By: Karl Edward Wagner) 1991 Buy
11 Stories by Mama Lansdales Youngest Boy(By: Joe R. Lansdale) 1991 Buy
12 Nine Hard Questions About the Nature of the Universe(By: Lewis Shiner) 1991 Buy
13 It's Been Fun(By: Esther M. Friesner) 1991 Buy
Callahan's Reading Order 9 books / 1977-2003
01 Callahan's Crosstime Saloon 1977 Buy
02 Time Travellers Strictly Cash 1981 Buy
03 Callahan's Secret 1986 Buy
04 Callahan's Crazy Crosstime Bar 1989 Buy
07 The Callahan Touch 1993 Buy
08 Off the Wall at Callahan's 1994 Buy
09 Callahan's Legacy 1996 Buy
10 Callahan's Key 2000 Buy
11 Callahan's Con 2003 Buy
01 The Crazy Years 2004 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 4 books / 1976-2006
01 Telempath 1976 Buy
02 Night of Power 1985 Buy
03 The Free Lunch 2001 Buy
04 Variable Star(With: Robert A. Heinlein) 2006 Buy
01 Very Bad Deaths 2002 Buy
02 Very Hard Choices 2008 Buy
Lifehouse Trilogy Reading Order 3 books / 1982-1997
01 Mindkiller 1982 Buy
02 Time Pressure 1987 Buy
03 Lifehouse 1997 Buy
Lady Sally's Reading Order 2 books / 1989-1992
01 Callahan's Lady 1989 Buy
02 Lady Slings the Booze 1992 Buy
Stardance Reading Order 3 books / 1977-1995
01 Stardance 1977 Buy
02 Starseed 1991 Buy
03 Starmind 1995 Buy

Where to start with Spider Robinson

What is the best order to read Spider Robinson 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.

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