David D. Levine Reading Order
9 series · 145 books
David D. Levine is a prolific American science fiction author known for his imaginative storytelling and engaging narratives. With a remarkable catalog of 145 books spanning across nine series, including Space Magic Collections and the Adventures of Arabella Ashby, he has made significant contributions to the genre. Active from 1981 to 2026, his standout novel, Arabella of Mars, garnered the Andre Norton Award, solidifying his reputation in young adult science fiction and fantasy.
Adventures of Arabella Ashby Series
Complete3 books (2016–2018)
Start with Arabella of Mars and read in order.
Anthologies Series
Ongoing19 books (2003–2026)
Start with Imagination Fully Dilated, the first of 19 books in the Anthologies series.
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| 1 |  Imagination Fully Dilated 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  All Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Up For Grabs 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Daily Science Fiction Stories of October 2010 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Retro Spec 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Daily Science Fiction Stories of March 2011 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Telling Tales: The Clarion West 30th Anniversary Anthology 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Ten Times Ten Tales : Fantasy, Paranormal, Horror & Adventure Stories 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Mad Science Café 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2015 Edition 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | GlitterShip Year One 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Infinity Wars 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  Worlds Seen in Passing 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  Dispatches from Anarres: Tales in Tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | Shapers of Worlds Volume II 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 234, March 2026 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future Series
Ongoing41 books (1985–2025)
Start with L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1, the first of 41 books in the L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future series.
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| 1 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 2 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 3 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 4 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 5 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 6 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 7 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 8 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future9 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 10 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 11 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 12 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 13 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 14 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 15 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 16 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 17 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 18 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 19 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 21 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 22 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 23 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 24 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 25 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 26 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 27 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 28 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 29 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 30 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 31 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 32 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 33 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 34 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 35 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 36 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 37 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 38 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 39 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future 40 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 41 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
Short Stories/Novellas Series
Complete2 books (2010–2015)
Start with Second Chance and read in order.
Space Magic Collections Series
Complete1 book (2008–2008)
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| 1 |  Space Magic 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
Space Magic Short Stories/Novellas Series
Complete14 books (2012–2012)
Start with At the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting of Uncle Teco’s Homebrew Gravitics Club, the first of 14 books in the Space Magic Short Stories/Novellas series.
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| 1 | At the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting of Uncle Teco’s Homebrew Gravitics Club 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Brotherhood 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Charlie the Purple Giraffe Was Acting Strangely 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Circle of Compassion 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Falling Off the Unicorn 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | I Hold My Father's Paws 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Love in the Balance 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Nucleon 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Rewind 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | The Ecology of Faerie 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | The Tale of the Golden Eagle 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | Tk'Tk'Tk 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Wind from a Dying Star 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Zauberschrift 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
Standalone Novels Series
Complete1 book (2023–2023)
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| 1 |  The Kuiper Belt Job 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
Wild Cards Series
Ongoing49 books (1986–2025)
Start with Wild Cards(By: George R.R. Martin), the first of 49 books in the Wild Cards series.
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| 1 |  Wild Cards(By: George R.R. Martin) 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Aces High(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Jokers Wild(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Aces Abroad(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Down and Dirty(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Ace in the Hole(By: George R.R. Martin) 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Dead Man's Hand(By: George R.R. Martin) 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Jokertown Shuffle(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  One-Eyed Jacks(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Dealer's Choice(By: George R.R. Martin) 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  Double Solitaire(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Turn of the Cards(By: George R.R. Martin,Victor Milán) 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Deuces Down(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Death Draws Five(By: George R.R. Martin,John J. Miller) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Busted Flush(By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass,Caroline Spector) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  Inside Straight(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  Suicide Kings(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | Ghost Girl Takes Manhattan(By: Carrie Vaughn) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  Fort Freak(By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass,David Anthony Durham) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | The Button Man and the Murder Tree(By: Cherie Priest) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | The Elephant in the Room(By: George R.R. Martin,Paul Cornell) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  Lowball(By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass,David Anthony Durham) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza(By: Carrie Vaughn) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  Prompt. Professional. Pop!(By: Walter Jon Williams) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | Discards 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | High Stakes(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 | The Thing about Growing Up in Jokertown(By: George R.R. Martin) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | The Atonement Tango(By: Stephen Leigh) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | When the Devil Drives(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 | Evernight(By: Victor Milán) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 | Knaves Over Queens(By: George R.R. Martin) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 | The Flight of Morpho Girl(By: George R.R. Martin,Caroline Spector) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 | Long is the Way(By: George R.R. Martin) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 | Naked, Stoned, and Stabbed(By: Bradley Denton) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 | The City That Never Sleeps(By: Walton Simons) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 |  Wild Cards X: Double Solitaire(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 | American Hero(By: George R.R. Martin) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 |  Three Kings(By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 |  Joker Moon(By: George R.R. Martin) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 | Ripple Effects(By: Laura J. Mixon) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 | Skin Deep(By: Alan Brennert) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 42 |  Full House(By: George R.R. Martin) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 43 | Grow(By: Carrie Vaughn) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 44 | Hearts of Stone(By: Emma Newman) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 45 | Now & Then(By: Carrie Vaughn) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 46 |  Pairing Up(By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass,David Anthony Durham,Kevin Andrew Murphy,Gwenda Bond,Marko Kloos,Christopher Rowe,Bradley Denton,Peter Newman) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 47 | Sleeper Straddle(By: Carrie Vaughn,Stephen Leigh,Mary Anne Mohanraj,Cherie Priest,Walter Jon Williams,Christopher Rowe,Max Gladstone) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 48 | Ante Up(By: John Jos. Miller) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 49 |  House Rulesin Stories(By: George R.R. Martin) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
infinity plus singles Series
Complete15 books (1981–2012)
Start with The Bone Flute(By: Lisa Tuttle), the first of 15 books in the infinity plus singles series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 | The Bone Flute(By: Lisa Tuttle) 1981Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Head Shots(By: Keith Brooke) 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Has Anyone Here Seen Kristie?(By: John Grant) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Jurassic and the Great Tree(By: Keith Brooke) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Lizard Lust(By: Lisa Tuttle) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Old Soldiers(By: Kit Reed) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | One Step Closer(By: Iain Rowan) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Picking Blueberries(By: Anna Tambour) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Playmate(By: Kit Reed) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | The Euonymist(By: Neil Williamson) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Valley of the Sugars of Salt(By: Anna Tambour) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | All the Little Gods We Are(By: John Grant) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Closet Dreams(By: Lisa Tuttle) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Fear of Widths 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Pilots of the Purple Twilight(By: Kit Reed) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has David D. Levine written?
- David D. Levine has written 145 books across 9 series. Their published works span from 1981 to 2026.
- What is the first book in each David D. Levine series?
- Here are the first books in David D. Levine's series: Adventures of Arabella Ashby: Arabella of Mars; Anthologies: Imagination Fully Dilated; L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future: L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1; Short Stories/Novellas: Second Chance; Space Magic Short Stories/Novellas: At the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting of Uncle Teco’s Homebrew Gravitics Club.
- What order should I read David D. Levine's books?
- We recommend reading David D. Levine's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is David D. Levine still writing new books?
- Yes, David D. Levine has 3 ongoing series: Anthologies, L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future, Wild Cards.