Clifford D. Simak Reading Order

40 books (1958–2026)

This science fiction anthology series comprises 37 books published between 1958 and 2021, likely now complete. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Astounding Science Fiction from October 1958 and progressing through various themed collections featuring short fiction and novelets from multiple science fiction masters. These anthologies span decades of science fiction publishing, including works from notable publications like Galaxy and Analog, as well as award-winning collections such as the Nebula Award series.

Start with Astounding Science Fiction, October 1958, the first of 37 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Astounding Science Fiction, October 1958 1958Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Mind Partner and 8 Other Novelets from Galaxy 1961Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Novelets of Science Fiction 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Alien Worlds 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Microcosmic God 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Tomorrow 1| Science Fiction by the Masters 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Nebula Award 6 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Frontiers 1: Tomorrow's Alternatives 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Astounding-Analog Reader, Book Two 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Devil's Generation 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology / Astounding 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Decade: The 1940's 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Threads Of Time 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Aliens: 3 Novellas 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Stellar #3 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Perilous Planets 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Rod Serling's Other Worlds 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Analog Science Fiction, November 1979 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Best of Astounding 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Laughing Space: An Anthology of Science Fiction Humor 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	The SFWA Grand Masters 1 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Mammoth Book Of Science Fiction 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	More Fantastic Stories 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Startling Stories #3 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Science Fiction Gems, Vol. One 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Anthology of Sci-Fi V21, the Pulp Writers 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	The Time Travel Megapack 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Science Fiction Gems, Volume Twelve 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Space Pioneers 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume XV 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Thrilling Wonder Stories - December 1938 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Born of the Sun: Adventures in Our Solar System 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Nature's Warnings: Classic Stories of Eco-Science Fiction 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Comet: Stories of Super Time and Space 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Black Cat Weekly #255 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

22 books (1952–2024)

The Collections series comprises 22 volumes of science fiction and non-fiction selections spanning from 1952 to 2024, with new entries continuing to be released. These books should be read in publication order, beginning with City and progressing through various story collections and anthologies that showcase the author's work. The series remains ongoing and offers readers a comprehensive exploration of Clifford D. Simak's contributions to the science fiction genre across multiple decades.

Start with City, the first of 22 books in the Collections series.

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1	City 1952Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Worlds of Clifford Simak 1954Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Strangers in the Universe 1956Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Night of the Puudly 1960Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	All the Traps of Earth and Other Stories 1962Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Other Worlds of Clifford Simak 1962Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Aliens for Neighbours 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	All the Traps of Earth 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Worlds Without End 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Best Science Fiction Stories of Clifford D. Simak 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Over the River and Through the Woods 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Skirmish 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Marathon Photograph and Other Stories 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Brother and Other Stories 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Off-Planet 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Autumn Land and Other Stories 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Immigrant and Other Stories 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Creator and Other Stories 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Civilisation Game and Other Stories 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Hellhounds of the Cosmos and Other Tales from the Fourth Dimension 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Madness From Mars and Other Short Stories 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	The Thing in the Stone: And Other Stories 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (1971–1971)

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1	The March of Science 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

9 books (1932–2016)

Clifford D. Simak's Short Stories/Novellas series spans nine books of science fiction and speculative fiction, beginning with Hellhounds of the Cosmos and concluding with Second Childhood. Published across a broad timespan from 1932 to 2016, these stories and novellas should be read in publication order to fully appreciate the author's evolving ideas and style. The complete series offers readers a comprehensive look at Simak's approach to shorter forms of science fiction storytelling.

Start with Hellhounds of the Cosmos, the first of 9 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

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1	Hellhounds of the Cosmos 1932Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Rule 18 1938Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Street That Wasn't There 1941Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Mr. Meek Plays Polo 1944Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Project Mastodon 1955Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The World That Couldn't Be 1958Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Eternity Lost 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Spacebred Generations 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Second Childhood 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

31 books (1932–2014)

Clifford D. Simak's collection of 31 standalone science fiction novels spans from 1932 to 2014, with each book presenting its own distinct story and world. These works should be read in publication order, beginning with Empire, to experience Simak's evolving approach to the genre across nearly eight decades. The series remains complete, offering readers a comprehensive survey of one of science fiction's most prolific authors across multiple themes and eras.

Start with Empire, the first of 31 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Empire 1932Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Cosmic Engineers 1950Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Time and Again / First He Died 1950Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Ring Around the Sun 1952Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Time is the Simplest Thing / The Fisherman 1961Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Trouble with Tycho 1961Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	They Walked Like Men 1962Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Way Station / Here Gather the Stars 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	All Flesh Is Grass 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Werewolf Principle 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Why Call Them Back From Heaven? 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	So Bright the Vision 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Goblin Reservation 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Out of Their Minds 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Prehistoric Man 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	A Choice of Gods 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Cemetery World 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Destiny Doll 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Waystation 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Our Children's Children 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Enchanted Pilgrimage 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Shakespeare's Planet 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	A Heritage of Stars 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Mastodonia / Catface 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Fellowship of the Talisman 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	The Visitors 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Project Pope 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Special Deliverance 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Where the Evil Dwells 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Highway of Eternity 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Time Quarry 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (1974–1981)

Stellar is a science fiction anthology series edited by Judy-Lynn del Rey, comprising eight books published between 1974 and 1981. The series collects short stories and novellas from various acclaimed science fiction authors including Isaac Asimov, Larry Niven, Hal Clement, Gordon R. Dickson, and many others. Readers should follow the series in publication order beginning with Stellar #1 through Stellar #7 to experience the complete anthology collection. The series is now complete.

Start with Stellar #1(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey), the first of 8 books in the Stellar series.

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1	Stellar #1(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Stellar #2(With: Isaac Asimov,Larry Niven,Howard Waldrop,Jack C. Haldeman II,Steven Utley,Hal Clement,James White,Richard S. Simak,Judy-Lynn del Rey,Patrick G. Conner) 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Stellar Short Novels(By: Gordon R. Dickson,Andrew J. Offutt,Judy-Lynn del Rey,Shawn Oueinsteen) 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Stellar #3(With: Jack L. Chalker,Gene DeWeese,Jeffrey M. Wallman,Charles W. Runyon,Mildred Downey Broxon,Henry Melton,Judy-Lynn del Rey,Arsen Darney,B. Lee Cooper,Larry S. Haverkos,Steve Utley,Bill Starr) 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Stellar #4(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Stellar #5(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Stellar #6(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Stellar #7(By: Terry Carr,Leanne Frahm,Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

12 books (2015–2017)

This twelve-book series collects the complete short fiction of acclaimed science fiction author Clifford D. Simak, published between 2015 and 2017. The stories should be read in publication order, beginning with I Am Crying All Inside and Other Stories and concluding with The Thing in the Stone and Other Stories. The series is complete and comprehensive, gathering Simak's shorter works across all volumes.

Start with I Am Crying All Inside and Other Stories, the first of 12 books in the The Complete Short Fiction Of Clifford D. Simak series.

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1	I Am Crying All Inside and Other Stories 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Big Front Yard and Other Stories 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Ghost of a Model T and Other Stories 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	A Death in the House and Other Stories 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Earth for Inspiration and Other Stories 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Good Night, Mr. James and Other Stories 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Grotto of the Dancing Deer and Other Stories 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	New Folks' Home and Other Stories 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	No Life of Their Own and Other Stories 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Dusty Zebra and Other Stories 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Shipshape Miracle and Other Stories 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Thing in the Stone and Other Stories 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2016–2018)

The Golden Age of Science Fiction is a three-volume anthology series compiled by Clifford D. Simak, published between 2016 and 2018. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Volume VI edited by Robert Sheckley, followed by Volume IV also edited by Sheckley, and concluding with Volume X, which features contributions from James Blish, Poul Anderson, Fritz Leiber, Harry Harrison, and other notable science fiction authors. These volumes collect classic stories from science fiction's formative era.

Start with The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume VI(By: Robert Sheckley) and read in order.

19 books (2013–2013)

The Pulp Writers is a 19-book science fiction and non-fiction series by Clifford D. Simak published in 2013 as a complete collection. The series comprises multiple volumes of science fiction anthologies along with a central work titled The Pulp Writers, and should be read in publication order beginning with Anthology of Sci-Fi V1. This series blends classic pulp science fiction stories with non-fiction exploration of the genre's history and key figures.

Start with Anthology of Sci-Fi V1, the first of 19 books in the The Pulp Writers series.

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1	Anthology of Sci-Fi V1 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Anthology of Sci-Fi V10 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Anthology of Sci-Fi V11 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Anthology of Sci-Fi V12 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Anthology of Sci-Fi V13 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Anthology of Sci-Fi V15 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Anthology of Sci-Fi V17 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Anthology of Sci-Fi V18 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Anthology of Sci-Fi V2 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Anthology of Sci-Fi V20 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Anthology of Sci-Fi V21, the Pulp Writers 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Anthology of Sci-Fi V22 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Anthology of Sci-Fi V3 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Anthology of Sci-Fi V4 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Anthology of Sci-Fi V5 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Anthology of Sci-Fi V6 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Anthology of Sci-Fi V7 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Anthology of Sci-Fi V8 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Anthology of Sci-Fi V9 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible