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William R. Forstchen Books in Order

Find every William R. Forstchen book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 149 books / 16 series

American author William R. Forstchen is best known for the *One Second After* post-apocalyptic series. His books have sold millions of copies, with *One Second After* required reading at the U.S. military’s highest levels. This page provides the William R. Forstchen books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All William R. Forstchen Books in Chronological Order

1983 Ice Prophet POoIPB / 1 Buy
1984 The Flame Upon the Ice POoIPB / 2 Buy
1985 A Darkness Upon the Ice POoIPB / 3 Buy
1986 Into the Sea of Stars POoSN / 1 Buy
1987 Encounter at Farpoint(By: David Gerrold) POoSTTNGB / 1 Buy
1987 The Alexandrian Ring POoTGWB / 1 Buy
1988 The Crystal Warriors POoCB / 1 Buy
1988 Ghost Ship(By: Diane Carey) POoSTTNGB / 2 Buy
1988 The Assassin Gambit POoTGWB / 2 Buy
1988 The Peacekeepers(By: Gene DeWeese) POoSTTNGB / 3 Buy
1988 The Children of Hamlin(By: Carmen Carter) POoSTTNGB / 4 Buy
1989 Survivors(By: Jean Lorrah) POoSTTNGB / 5 Buy
1989 Strike Zone(By: Peter David) POoSTTNGB / 6 Buy
1989 Power Hungry(By: Howard Weinstein) POoSTTNGB / 7 Buy
1989 Masks(By: John Vornholt) POoSTTNGB / 8 Buy
1989 The Captain's Honor(By: David Dvorkin,Daniel Dvorkin) POoSTTNGB / 9 Buy
1990 Rally Cry POoLRB / 1 Buy
1990 A Rock and a Hard Place(By: Peter David) POoSTTNGB / 10 Buy
1990 Gulliver's Fugitives(By: Keith Sharee) POoSTTNGB / 11 Buy
1990 Doomsday World(By: Peter David,Carmen Carter,Robert Greenberger,Michael Jan Friedman) POoSTTNGB / 12 Buy
1990 The Eyes of the Beholders(By: A.C. Crispin) POoSTTNGB / 13 Buy
1990 Exiles(By: Howard Weinstein) POoSTTNGB / 14 Buy
1991 The Union Forever POoLRB / 2 Buy
1991 The Crystal Sorcerers POoCB / 2 Buy
1991 Contamination(By: John Vornholt) POoSTTNGB / 15 Buy
1991 Boogeymen(By: Mel Gilden) POoSTTNGB / 16 Buy
1991 Q-in-Law(By: Peter David) POoSTTNGB / 17 Buy
1991 Perchance to Dream(By: Howard Weinstein) POoSTTNGB / 18 Buy
1992 Freedom Flight(By: Mercedes Lackey,Ellen Guon) POoWCB / 1 Buy
1992 Terrible Swift Sword POoLRB / 3 Buy
1992 Spartacus(By: Terry Mancour) POoSTTNGB / 19 Buy
1992 Chains of Command(By: Bill McCay,Eloise Flood) POoSTTNGB / 20 Buy
1992 Imbalance(By: V.E. Mitchell) POoSTTNGB / 21 Buy
1992 War Drums(By: John Vornholt) POoSTTNGB / 22 Buy
1992 Nightshade(By: Laurell K. Hamilton) POoSTTNGB / 23 Buy
1993 End Run(By: Christopher Stasheff) POoWCB / 2 Buy
1993 The Napoleon Wager POoTGWB / 3 Buy
1993 Fateful Lightning POoLRB / 4 Buy
1993 Grounded(By: David Bischoff) POoSTTNGB / 24 Buy
1993 The Romulan Prize(By: Simon Hawke) POoSTTNGB / 25 Buy
1993 Guises of the Mind(By: Rebecca Neason) POoSTTNGB / 26 Buy
1993 Here There Be Dragons(By: John Peel) POoSTTNGB / 27 Buy
1994 Star Voyager Academy POoSVB / 1 Buy
1994 Arena POoMTGB / 1 Buy
1994 Whispering Woods(By: Clayton Emery) POoMTGB / 2 Buy
1994 Fleet Action POoWCB / 3 Buy
1994 Sins of Commission(By: Susan Wright) POoSTTNGB / 28 Buy
1994 Debtors' Planet(By: W.R. Thompson) POoSTTNGB / 29 Buy
1994 Foreign Foes(By: Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur) POoSTTNGB / 30 Buy
1994 Requiem(By: Michael Jan Friedman,Kevin Ryan) POoSTTNGB / 31 Buy
1995 1945(With: Newt Gingrich) POoSN / 2 Buy
1995 Shattered Chains(By: Clayton Emery) POoMTGB / 3 Buy
1995 Heart Of The Tiger POoWCB / 4 Buy
1995 Final Sacrifice(By: Clayton Emery) POoMTGB / 4 Buy
1995 The Cursed Land(By: Teri McLaren) POoMTGB / 5 Buy
1995 The Prodigal Sorcerer(By: Mark Sumner) POoMTGB / 6 Buy
1995 Balance of Power(By: Dafydd ab Hugh) POoSTTNGB / 32 Buy
1995 Blaze of Glory(By: Simon Hawke) POoSTTNGB / 33 Buy
1995 The Romulan Stratagem(By: Robert Greenberger) POoSTTNGB / 34 Buy
1995 Into the Nebula(By: Gene DeWeese) POoSTTNGB / 35 Buy
1995 The Last Stand(By: Brad Ferguson) POoSTTNGB / 36 Buy
1996 The Four Magics POoSN / 3 Buy
1996 The Price of Freedom(With: Ben Ohlander) POoWCB / 5 Buy
1996 Ashes of the Sun(By: Hanovi Braddock) POoMTGB / 7 Buy
1996 Song of Time(By: Teri McLaren) POoMTGB / 8 Buy
1996 And Peace Shall Sleep(By: Sonia Orin Lyris) POoMTGB / 9 Buy
1996 Dark Legacy(By: Robert Vardeman) POoMTGB / 10 Buy
1996 Dragon's Honor(By: Greg Cox,Kij Johnson) POoSTTNGB / 37 Buy
1996 Rogue Saucer(By: John Vornholt) POoSTTNGB / 38 Buy
1996 Possession(By: Kathleen O'Malley,J.M. Dillard) POoSTTNGB / 39 Buy
1996 Klingon(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith) POoSTTNGB / 40 Buy
1996 The Soldiers of Fear(By: Dean Wesley Smith) POoSTTNGB / 41 Buy
1996 Infiltrator(By: W.R. Thompson) POoSTTNGB / 42 Buy
1996 A Fury Scorned(By: Pamela Sargent) POoSTTNGB / 43 Buy
1997 Battle Hymn POoLRB / 5 Buy
1997 Action Stations POoWCB / 6 Buy
1997 The Death of Princes(By: John Peel) POoSTTNGB / 44 Buy
1997 Intellivore(By: Diane Duane) POoSTTNGB / 45 Buy
1997 To Storm Heaven(By: Esther M. Friesner) POoSTTNGB / 46 Buy
1998 Article 23 POoSVB / 2 Buy
1998 Never Sound Retreat POoLRB / 6 Buy
1998 False Colors POoWCB / 7 Buy
1998 Q-Zone(By: Greg Cox) POoSTTNGB / 47 Buy
1998 Q-Strike(By: Greg Cox) POoSTTNGB / 48 Buy
1999 Prometheus POoSVB / 3 Buy
1999 A Band of Brothers POoLRB / 7 Buy
1999 Men of War POoLRB / 8 Buy
1999 Wing Commander Novelization(By: Peter Telep) POoWCB / 8 Buy
1999 Wing Commander Junior Novelization(By: Peter Telep) POoWCB / 9 Buy
1999 Pilgrim Stars(By: Peter Telep) POoWCB / 10 Buy
1999 Infection(By: John Gregory Betancourt) POoSTTNGB / 49 Buy
1999 I, Q(By: Peter David,John de Lancie) POoSTTNGB / 50 Buy
1999 Dyson Sphere(By: George Zebrowski) POoSTTNGB / 51 Buy
1999 Vectors(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith) POoSTTNGB / 52 Buy
1999 Red Sector(By: Michael Jan Friedman,Diane Carey) POoSTTNGB / 53 Buy
1999 Quarantine(By: John Vornholt) POoSTTNGB / 54 Buy
1999 Double or Nothing(By: Peter David) POoSTTNGB / 55 Buy
1999 The First Virtue(By: Christie Golden,Michael Jan Friedman) POoSTTNGB / 56 Buy
1999 The Forgotten War POoSTTNGB / 57 Buy
2000 Down to the Sea POoLRB / 9 Buy
2000 Gemworld, Book One(By: John Vornholt) POoSTTNGB / 58 Buy
2000 Gemworld, Book Two(By: John Vornholt) POoSTTNGB / 59 Buy
2000 The Genesis Wave Book One(By: John Vornholt) POoSTTNGB / 60 Buy
2000 Vectors: Double Helix #2(By: Dean Wesley Smith) POoSTTNGB / 61 Buy
2001 Honored Enemy(With: Raymond E. Feist) POoLOTRB / 1 Buy
2001 We Look Like Men of War POoSN / 4 Buy
2001 Diplomatic Implausibility(By: Keith R.A. DeCandido) POoSTTNGB / 62 Buy
2001 Tooth and Claw(By: Doranna Durgin) POoSTTNGB / 63 Buy
2001 Maximum Warp: Book One(By: Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur) POoSTTNGB / 64 Buy
2001 Maximum Warp: Book Two(By: Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur) POoSTTNGB / 65 Buy
2001 The Genesis Wave, Book Two(By: John Vornholt) POoSTTNGB / 66 Buy
2002 Hot Shots(With: Jennie E. Chancey) POoNB / 1 Buy
2002 The Genesis Wave, Book Three(By: John Vornholt) POoSTTNGB / 67 Buy
2002 A Hard Rain(By: Dean Wesley Smith) POoSTTNGB / 68 Buy
2003 Gettysburg POoCWB / 1 Buy
2003 Murder in LaMut(By: Joel Rosenberg,Raymond E. Feist) POoLOTRB / 2 Buy
2003 Genesis Force(By: John Vornholt) POoSTTNGB / 69 Buy
2004 Honor Untarnished POoNB / 2 Buy
2004 Grant Comes East POoCWB / 2 Buy
2004 Sand and Stars(By: Diane Duane,A.C. Crispin) POoSTTNGB / 70 Buy
2005 Never Call Retreat POoCWB / 3 Buy
2005 Jimmy the Hand(By: S.M. Stirling,Raymond E. Feist) POoLOTRB / 3 Buy
2005 Engines of Destiny(By: Gene DeWeese) POoSTTNGB / 71 Buy
2007 Pearl Harbor POoPHWB / 1 Buy
2008 Days of Infamy POoPHWB / 2 Buy
2008 The Planeswalkers' Guide to Alara(By: Doug Beyer,Jenna Helland) POoMTGB / 11 Buy
2009 One Second After POoAMB / 1 Buy
2009 To Try Men's Souls POoRWB / 1 Buy
2009 Alara Unbroken(By: Doug Beyer) POoMTGB / 12 Buy
2010 Valley Forge POoRWB / 2 Buy
2010 At the Water's Edge POoSN / 5 Buy
2010 Valley of the Shadow POoSN / 6 Buy
2010 Firestorm POoSN / 7 Buy
2010 Zendikar: In the Teeth of Akoum(By: Brook Steingass) POoMTGB / 13 Buy
2011 Doctors of the Night POoSS / 1 Buy
2011 The Battle of the Crater / To Make Men Free POoCWB / 4 Buy
2011 Scars of Mirrodin: The Quest for Karn(By: Robert B. Wintermute) POoMTGB / 14 Buy
2012 Victory at Yorktown POoRWB / 3 Buy
2014 Day of Wrath POoSS / 2 Buy
2014 Pillar to the Sky POoSN / 8 Buy
2015 One Year After POoAMB / 2 Buy
2015 Takedown(By: John Jackson Miller) POoSTTNGB / 72 Buy
2017 The Final Day POoAMB / 3 Buy
2017 Twin Flame POoSS / 3 Buy
2018 Children of the Nameless(By: Brandon Sanderson) POoMTGB / 15 Buy
2019 48 Hours POoSN / 9 Buy
2019 Throne of Eldraine(By: Kate Elliott) POoMTGB / 16 Buy
2023 Five Years After POoAMB / 4 Buy
2023 Magic: The Gathering: The Official Cookbook(By: Jenna Helland,Victoria Rosenthal) POoMTGB / 17 Buy

William R. Forstchen Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 Gettysburg 2003 Buy
02 Grant Comes East 2004 Buy
03 Never Call Retreat 2005 Buy
04 The Battle of the Crater / To Make Men Free 2011 Buy
01 Ice Prophet 1983 Buy
02 The Flame Upon the Ice 1984 Buy
03 A Darkness Upon the Ice 1985 Buy
Crystal Books in Reading Order 2 books / 1988-1991
01 The Crystal Warriors 1988 Buy
02 The Crystal Sorcerers 1991 Buy
01 Hot Shots(With: Jennie E. Chancey) 2002 Buy
02 Honor Untarnished 2004 Buy
01 Freedom Flight(By: Mercedes Lackey,Ellen Guon) 1992 Buy
02 End Run(By: Christopher Stasheff) 1993 Buy
03 Fleet Action 1994 Buy
04 Heart Of The Tiger 1995 Buy
05 The Price of Freedom(With: Ben Ohlander) 1996 Buy
06 Action Stations 1997 Buy
07 False Colors 1998 Buy
08 Wing Commander Novelization(By: Peter Telep) 1999 Buy
09 Wing Commander Junior Novelization(By: Peter Telep) 1999 Buy
10 Pilgrim Stars(By: Peter Telep) 1999 Buy
01 Arena 1994 Buy
02 Whispering Woods(By: Clayton Emery) 1994 Buy
03 Shattered Chains(By: Clayton Emery) 1995 Buy
04 Final Sacrifice(By: Clayton Emery) 1995 Buy
05 The Cursed Land(By: Teri McLaren) 1995 Buy
06 The Prodigal Sorcerer(By: Mark Sumner) 1995 Buy
07 Ashes of the Sun(By: Hanovi Braddock) 1996 Buy
08 Song of Time(By: Teri McLaren) 1996 Buy
09 And Peace Shall Sleep(By: Sonia Orin Lyris) 1996 Buy
10 Dark Legacy(By: Robert Vardeman) 1996 Buy
11 The Planeswalkers' Guide to Alara(By: Doug Beyer,Jenna Helland) 2008 Buy
12 Alara Unbroken(By: Doug Beyer) 2009 Buy
13 Zendikar: In the Teeth of Akoum(By: Brook Steingass) 2010 Buy
14 Scars of Mirrodin: The Quest for Karn(By: Robert B. Wintermute) 2011 Buy
15 Children of the Nameless(By: Brandon Sanderson) 2018 Buy
16 Throne of Eldraine(By: Kate Elliott) 2019 Buy
17 Magic: The Gathering: The Official Cookbook(By: Jenna Helland,Victoria Rosenthal) 2023 Buy
01 Honored Enemy(With: Raymond E. Feist) 2001 Buy
02 Murder in LaMut(By: Joel Rosenberg,Raymond E. Feist) 2003 Buy
03 Jimmy the Hand(By: S.M. Stirling,Raymond E. Feist) 2005 Buy
01 Rally Cry 1990 Buy
02 The Union Forever 1991 Buy
03 Terrible Swift Sword 1992 Buy
04 Fateful Lightning 1993 Buy
05 Battle Hymn 1997 Buy
06 Never Sound Retreat 1998 Buy
07 A Band of Brothers 1999 Buy
08 Men of War 1999 Buy
09 Down to the Sea 2000 Buy
01 One Second After 2009 Buy
02 One Year After 2015 Buy
03 The Final Day 2017 Buy
04 Five Years After 2023 Buy
01 To Try Men's Souls 2009 Buy
02 Valley Forge 2010 Buy
03 Victory at Yorktown 2012 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 9 books / 1986-2019
01 Into the Sea of Stars 1986 Buy
02 1945(With: Newt Gingrich) 1995 Buy
03 The Four Magics 1996 Buy
04 We Look Like Men of War 2001 Buy
05 At the Water's Edge 2010 Buy
06 Valley of the Shadow 2010 Buy
07 Firestorm 2010 Buy
08 Pillar to the Sky 2014 Buy
09 48 Hours 2019 Buy
01 The Alexandrian Ring 1987 Buy
02 The Assassin Gambit 1988 Buy
03 The Napoleon Wager 1993 Buy
01 Star Voyager Academy 1994 Buy
02 Article 23 1998 Buy
03 Prometheus 1999 Buy
01 Doctors of the Night 2011 Buy
02 Day of Wrath 2014 Buy
03 Twin Flame 2017 Buy
01 Pearl Harbor 2007 Buy
02 Days of Infamy 2008 Buy
01 Encounter at Farpoint(By: David Gerrold) 1987 Buy
02 Ghost Ship(By: Diane Carey) 1988 Buy
03 The Peacekeepers(By: Gene DeWeese) 1988 Buy
04 The Children of Hamlin(By: Carmen Carter) 1988 Buy
05 Survivors(By: Jean Lorrah) 1989 Buy
06 Strike Zone(By: Peter David) 1989 Buy
07 Power Hungry(By: Howard Weinstein) 1989 Buy
08 Masks(By: John Vornholt) 1989 Buy
09 The Captain's Honor(By: David Dvorkin,Daniel Dvorkin) 1989 Buy
10 A Rock and a Hard Place(By: Peter David) 1990 Buy
11 Gulliver's Fugitives(By: Keith Sharee) 1990 Buy
12 Doomsday World(By: Peter David,Carmen Carter,Robert Greenberger,Michael Jan Friedman) 1990 Buy
13 The Eyes of the Beholders(By: A.C. Crispin) 1990 Buy
14 Exiles(By: Howard Weinstein) 1990 Buy
15 Contamination(By: John Vornholt) 1991 Buy
16 Boogeymen(By: Mel Gilden) 1991 Buy
17 Q-in-Law(By: Peter David) 1991 Buy
18 Perchance to Dream(By: Howard Weinstein) 1991 Buy
19 Spartacus(By: Terry Mancour) 1992 Buy
20 Chains of Command(By: Bill McCay,Eloise Flood) 1992 Buy
21 Imbalance(By: V.E. Mitchell) 1992 Buy
22 War Drums(By: John Vornholt) 1992 Buy
23 Nightshade(By: Laurell K. Hamilton) 1992 Buy
24 Grounded(By: David Bischoff) 1993 Buy
25 The Romulan Prize(By: Simon Hawke) 1993 Buy
26 Guises of the Mind(By: Rebecca Neason) 1993 Buy
27 Here There Be Dragons(By: John Peel) 1993 Buy
28 Sins of Commission(By: Susan Wright) 1994 Buy
29 Debtors' Planet(By: W.R. Thompson) 1994 Buy
30 Foreign Foes(By: Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur) 1994 Buy
31 Requiem(By: Michael Jan Friedman,Kevin Ryan) 1994 Buy
32 Balance of Power(By: Dafydd ab Hugh) 1995 Buy
33 Blaze of Glory(By: Simon Hawke) 1995 Buy
34 The Romulan Stratagem(By: Robert Greenberger) 1995 Buy
35 Into the Nebula(By: Gene DeWeese) 1995 Buy
36 The Last Stand(By: Brad Ferguson) 1995 Buy
37 Dragon's Honor(By: Greg Cox,Kij Johnson) 1996 Buy
38 Rogue Saucer(By: John Vornholt) 1996 Buy
39 Possession(By: Kathleen O'Malley,J.M. Dillard) 1996 Buy
40 Klingon(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith) 1996 Buy
41 The Soldiers of Fear(By: Dean Wesley Smith) 1996 Buy
42 Infiltrator(By: W.R. Thompson) 1996 Buy
43 A Fury Scorned(By: Pamela Sargent) 1996 Buy
44 The Death of Princes(By: John Peel) 1997 Buy
45 Intellivore(By: Diane Duane) 1997 Buy
46 To Storm Heaven(By: Esther M. Friesner) 1997 Buy
47 Q-Zone(By: Greg Cox) 1998 Buy
48 Q-Strike(By: Greg Cox) 1998 Buy
49 Infection(By: John Gregory Betancourt) 1999 Buy
50 I, Q(By: Peter David,John de Lancie) 1999 Buy
51 Dyson Sphere(By: George Zebrowski) 1999 Buy
52 Vectors(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith) 1999 Buy
53 Red Sector(By: Michael Jan Friedman,Diane Carey) 1999 Buy
54 Quarantine(By: John Vornholt) 1999 Buy
55 Double or Nothing(By: Peter David) 1999 Buy
56 The First Virtue(By: Christie Golden,Michael Jan Friedman) 1999 Buy
57 The Forgotten War 1999 Buy
58 Gemworld, Book One(By: John Vornholt) 2000 Buy
59 Gemworld, Book Two(By: John Vornholt) 2000 Buy
60 The Genesis Wave Book One(By: John Vornholt) 2000 Buy
61 Vectors: Double Helix #2(By: Dean Wesley Smith) 2000 Buy
62 Diplomatic Implausibility(By: Keith R.A. DeCandido) 2001 Buy
63 Tooth and Claw(By: Doranna Durgin) 2001 Buy
64 Maximum Warp: Book One(By: Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur) 2001 Buy
65 Maximum Warp: Book Two(By: Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur) 2001 Buy
66 The Genesis Wave, Book Two(By: John Vornholt) 2001 Buy
67 The Genesis Wave, Book Three(By: John Vornholt) 2002 Buy
68 A Hard Rain(By: Dean Wesley Smith) 2002 Buy
69 Genesis Force(By: John Vornholt) 2003 Buy
70 Sand and Stars(By: Diane Duane,A.C. Crispin) 2004 Buy
71 Engines of Destiny(By: Gene DeWeese) 2005 Buy
72 Takedown(By: John Jackson Miller) 2015 Buy

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