David Gerrold Reading Order

12 books (2017–2025)

The Alternatives series is an ongoing anthology collection spanning nine volumes published from 2017 to 2025, with various editors and contributors across science fiction and speculative fiction genres. Readers should follow the series in publication order, beginning with Alternative Truths and progressing through its sequels including Alternative Apocalypse, Alternative War, Alternative Holidays, Post Roe Alternatives, and others. Each installment features multiple authors and narrators exploring different thematic variations on speculative scenarios and alternate perspectives. The series remains active with new volumes continuing to be released.

Start with Alternative Truths(By: Bob Brown), the first of 9 books in the Alternatives series.

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1	Alternative Truths(By: Bob Brown) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	More Alternative Truths(By: Rebecca McFarland Kyle,Vonda N. McIntyre,Bob Brown,Lou J Berger,Phyllis Irene Radford) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	More Alternative Truths(By: Rebecca McFarland Kyle,Vonda N. McIntyre,Lou J Berger,Phyllis Irene Radford,Bob Brown) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Alternative Theologies: Parables for a Modern World(By: Bob Brown) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Alternative Apocalypse(By: Justine Eyre,Various,Paul Boehmer,Stefan Rudnicki,Gabrielle de Cuir,John Allen Nelson,Rebecca McFarland Kyle,John Rubinstein,Bob Brown,Various Narrators,Arthur Morey,Philip Harris,Kristoffer Tabori,Kate Orsini,Bob Brown,Debora Godfrey) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Alternative War 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Alternative Holidays(By: Alex Shvartsman) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Alternative Holidays(By: Alex Shvartsman,Bob Brown) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Alternative Holidays(By: Richard Thomas,Alex Shvartsman,Bob Brown) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Post Roe Alternatives(By: Adam-Troy Castro) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Southern Truths 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Alternative Liberties 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

34 books (1970–2025)

David Gerrold has contributed to 25 different anthology collections spanning from 1970 to 2025, with new entries still being added to this ongoing series. These anthologies cover diverse genres including science fiction, young adult fiction, and non-fiction, with notable volumes such as Nova 1, Ten Tomorrows, and Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology. Readers should approach these anthologies in publication order to follow Gerrold's contributions chronologically across various themed collections. The series reflects his wide-ranging work across multiple genres and collaborative publishing projects over more than five decades.

Start with Nova 1, the first of 25 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Nova 1 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Ten Tomorrows 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Ascents of Wonder 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Book of Ellison 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1996 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2005 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Babylon 5 Other Voices - Volume 1 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Visions of Tomorrow: Science Fiction Predictions that Came True 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Best Gay Stories 2011 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Future Embodied 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Winter Horror Days 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Altered States of the Union 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Unidentified Funny Objects 5 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Bright Eyes, Ape City: Examining the Planet of the Apes Mythos 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Baker Street Irregulars 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Further Crossovers of Sherlock Holmes 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Best of Galaxy’s Edge 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Across the Universe 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Release the Virgins 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Unquiet Dreamer: A Tribute to Harlan Ellison 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019 Edition 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Monsters, Movies & Mayhem 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Unidentified Funny Objects 8 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Alternative War 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Pink Triangle Rhapsody 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Three Time Travelers Walk Into... 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	The Four ???? of the Apocalypse 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Southern Truths 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Alternative Liberties 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	One Million Times 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

23 books (1930–2026)

The Astounding Stories of Super-Science series is a collection of classic science fiction and action-adventure stories spanning nearly a century. Comprising 23 volumes published from 1930 to 2026, this ongoing anthology series features contributions from numerous early science fiction authors including Harry Bates, Ray Cummings, Murray Leinster, and Edmond Hamilton. Readers should follow the publication order to experience these stories as they originally appeared in their monthly installments. The series captures the golden age of pulp science fiction with tales of futuristic technology, exploration, and imaginative speculation.

Start with Astounding Stories of Super Science, Volume 2: Classic American Sci Fi. February 1930(By: S.P. Meek,Hugh B. Cave,Victor Rousseau Emanuel,Harl Vincent,Harry Bates,Sophie Wenzel Ellis,Anthony Pelcher,Charles W. Diffin,Sterner St. Paul), the first of 23 books in the Astounding Stories of Super-Science series.

4 books (2000–2020)

The Dingilliad / Starsiders series spans four science fiction novels published between 2000 and 2020, following a complete story arc. Begin with Jumping Off the Planet and progress through the remaining three books in publication order: Bouncing Off the Moon, Leaping to the Stars, and Hella. This young adult-oriented series combines action and adventure with David Gerrold's signature speculative storytelling across the solar system and beyond.

Start with Jumping Off the Planet, the first of 4 books in the Dingilliad / Starsiders series.

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1	Jumping Off the Planet 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Bouncing Off the Moon 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Leaping to the Stars 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Hella 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

21 books (2013–2020)

Fiction River: An Original Anthology Magazine is a complete 21-book anthology series edited by David Gerrold, published between 2013 and 2020. Each volume features original short fiction across genres including science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and adventure, with themes ranging from world-saving scenarios to detective work and ethical dilemmas. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with How to Save the World and concluding with the final volumes in the collection. This ongoing anthology project showcases diverse voices and innovative storytelling within a rotating theme framework.

Start with How to Save the World, the first of 21 books in the Fiction River: An Original Anthology Magazine series.

9 books (1986–1989)

The Millenium series consists of nine science fiction novels published between 1986 and 1989, each written by a different author and edited by David Gerrold. This complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Legacy of Lehr by Katherine Kurtz and concluding with The Homecoming by Barry B. Longyear. The anthology-style collection features contributions from notable science fiction authors including Roger Zelazny, Robert Silverberg, Poul Anderson, and Richard A. Lupoff, offering diverse perspectives within a shared framework.

Start with The Legacy of Lehr(By: Katherine Kurtz), the first of 9 books in the Millenium series.

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1	The Legacy of Lehr(By: Katherine Kurtz) 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	A Dark Traveling(By: Roger Zelazny) 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Chess With A Dragon 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Project Pendulum(By: Robert Silverberg) 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	A Place of Silver Silence(By: Ardath Mayhar) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Joe Gosh(By: Tom De Haven) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Forever City(By: Richard A. Lupoff) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Year of the Ransom(By: Poul Anderson) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Homecoming(By: Barry B. Longyear) 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2018–2018)

2 books (2024–2025)

David Gerrold's Praxis series is an ongoing science fiction action adventure spanning two books published between 2024 and 2025. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with the first book, Praxis, followed by Praxis II. With additional volumes planned, this is an ideal entry point for readers seeking contemporary science fiction with young adult appeal.

Start with Praxis and read in order.

2 books (2005–2014)

David Gerrold's Sea of Grass duology consists of two science fiction novels published between 2005 and 2014. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Child of Earth followed by Child of Grass. This action-driven young adult science fiction series offers a finished narrative arc across its two installments.

Start with Child of Earth and read in order.

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1	Child of Earth 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Child of Grass 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

24 books (1972–2015)

David Gerrold's Short Stories/Novellas series collects 24 works of science fiction and speculative fiction published between 1972 and 2015. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with In the Deadlands and concluding with entries like Turtledome. This collection spans diverse narratives ranging from the acclaimed novella The Martian Child to imaginative pieces such as Ganny Knits A Spaceship, showcasing Gerrold's range across science fiction, adventure, and thought-provoking themes.

Start with In the Deadlands, the first of 24 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

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1	In the Deadlands 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Martian Child (in F&SF) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	A Wish for Smish 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Chester 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Crystallization 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Dancer In The Dark 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Franz Kafka, Superhero! 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Ganny Knits A Spaceship 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	In the Quake Zone 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Nowhere Man 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Kennedy Enterprise 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Seminar From Hell 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Strange Disappearance And Equally Strange Reappearance Of David Gerrold 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Thirteen O'Clock 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Turtledome 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Two Meditations on King Kong 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Digging in Gehenna 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Riding Janis 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Case Of The Green Carnation 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Night Train To Paris 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Finding Monstro 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	The Bag Lady 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	The Gathering 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	fourteen o'clock 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

11 books (1972–2026)

David Gerrold's Short Story Collections series comprises eleven books of science fiction and speculative fiction stories published from 1972 to 2026, with the series remaining ongoing. The collections should be read in publication order, beginning with With a Finger in My I and continuing through the most recent entry, Shadows & Reflections: Diving in the Sea of Time. These volumes showcase Gerrold's work across multiple genres including science fiction, young adult fiction, and action-adventure narratives in short form.

Start with With a Finger in My I, the first of 11 books in the Short Story Collections series.

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1	With a Finger in My I 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Alternate Gerrolds 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Involuntary Human 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Fragments 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Read My Shorts 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	A Promise of Stars 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Little Horrors 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Entanglements and Terrors 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Adrift in the Sea of Souls 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	G is for Gerrold 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Shadows & Reflections: Diving in the Sea of Time 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

42 books (2003–2015)

The Smart Pop series comprises 38 essay anthologies published between 2003 and 2015, exploring popular culture through critical analysis and fan perspectives. Each book focuses on a different television show, film, book series, or cultural phenomenon, featuring contributions from various authors and scholars. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Seven Seasons of Buffy. While individual volumes can function as standalone explorations of their respective subjects, reading them in sequence provides a comprehensive view of how popular culture criticism evolved throughout the series' run.

Start with Seven Seasons of Buffy(By: Scott Westerfeld,Charlaine Harris,Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,Kevin Andrew Murphy,Christie Golden,Sherrilyn Kenyon,Nancy Holder,Lawrence Watt-Evans,David Brin,Jacqueline Lichtenberg,Jean Lorrah,Laura Resnick,Sarah Zettel,Nancy Kilpatrick,Michelle West,Glenn Yeffeth,Margaret L. Carter,Peg Aloi,Marguerite Krause,Jennifer Crusie,Carla Montgomery), the first of 38 books in the Smart Pop series.

#	Title
1	Seven Seasons of Buffy(By: Scott Westerfeld,Charlaine Harris,Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,Kevin Andrew Murphy,Christie Golden,Sherrilyn Kenyon,Nancy Holder,Lawrence Watt-Evans,David Brin,Jacqueline Lichtenberg,Jean Lorrah,Laura Resnick,Sarah Zettel,Nancy Kilpatrick,Michelle West,Glenn Yeffeth,Margaret L. Carter,Peg Aloi,Marguerite Krause,Jennifer Crusie,Carla Montgomery) 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Taking the Red Pill(By: Glenn Yeffeth) 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Five Seasons of Angel(By: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,Peter S. Beagle,Laura Anne Gilman,Sherrilyn Kenyon,Nancy Holder,Jacqueline Lichtenberg,Jean Lorrah,Josepha Sherman,Laura Resnick,Candace Havens,Glenn Yeffeth,Michelle Sagara,Steven Harper,Amy Berner,Marguerite Krause,Abbie Bernstein,Jennifer Crusie,Don DeBrandt,K. Stoddard Hayes,Joy Davidson,Don Kerns) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Stepping through the Stargate(By: P.N. Elrod,Roxanne Conrad) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	What Would Sipowicz Do? Race, Rights and Redemption in NYPD Blue(By: Glenn Yeffeth,Shanna Caughey) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Alias Assumed(By: Tracy S. Morris) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Farscape Forever! Sex, Drugs and Killer Muppets(By: Glenn Yeffeth) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Finding Serenity(By: Robert Brian Taylor) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Flirting With Pride And Prejudice(By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Crusie) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape!(By: David Brin) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Navigating the Golden Compass(By: Glenn Yeffeth) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Revisiting Narnia(By: Shanna Caughey) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Anthology at the End of the Universe(By: Stephen Baxter,John Shirley,Adam-Troy Castro,Lawrence Watt-Evans,Adam Roberts,Susan Sizemore,Mark W. Tiedemann,Jacqueline Carey,Vox Day,Cory Doctorow,A.M. Dellamonica,Glenn Yeffeth,Selina Rosen,Amy Berner,Maria Alexander,Marguerite Krause,Bruce Bethke,Don DeBrandt,Marie-Catherine Caillava,Mike Byrne) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The War of the Worlds(By: Connie Willis,Mercedes Lackey,H.G. Wells,Mike Resnick,Stephen Baxter,Lawrence Watt-Evans) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Totally Charmed(By: Maggie Shayne,Rebecca York,Jody Lynn Nye,Evelyn Vaughn,Tanya Huff,Vera Nazarian,Jennifer Crusie) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Beauty(By: Glenn Yeffeth) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Boarding the Enterprise 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Getting Lost(By: Orson Scott Card) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Investigating CSI(By: Leah Wilson,Donn Cortez) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	So Say We All(By: Peter B. Lloyd,Richard Hatch) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Battle for Azeroth(By: Jody Lynn Nye,Justina Robson,Doranna Durgin,Bill Fawcett,Mel White,James John Bell,James M. Ward,Scott Cuthbertson,Nancy Berman,Jerry Jackson,Chris McCubbin,Maressa Hecht Orzack,Nancy Durgin) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	The Man from Krypton(By: Glenn Yeffeth) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	The Unauthorized X-Men(By: Leah Wilson,Len Wein) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	This Is Chick-Lit(By: Lauren Baratz-Logsted) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Welcome to Wisteria Lane(By: Leah Wilson) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Coffee at Luke's(By: Leah Wilson,Jennifer Crusie) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Grey's Anatomy 101(By: Leah Wilson) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Halo Effect(By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Thomason) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	House Unauthorized(By: Leah Wilson) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Jack Bauer for President(By: Leah Wilson,Richard Miniter) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Neptune Noir(By: Rob Thomas) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Perfectly Plum(By: Leah Wilson) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Serenity Found(By: Orson Scott Card,Jacob Clifton,Michael Marano,Jane Espenson,Natalie Haynes,Nathan Fillion) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Webslinger(By: Leah Wilson,Gerry Conway) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Batman Unauthorized(By: Leah Wilson) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Batman Unauthorized(By: Leah Wilson,Alan J. Porter) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Secrets of the Dragon Riders(By: James A. Owen) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	In the Hunt(By: Leah Wilson) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	James Bond in the 21st Century(By: Leah Wilson,Glenn Yeffeth) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	A Taste of True Blood(By: Leah Wilson) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Ardeur(By: Laurell K. Hamilton) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	You Do Not Talk About Fight Club(By: Chuck Palahniuk,Read Mercer Schuchardt) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

14 books (1970–2025)

David Gerrold has published 14 standalone novels across science fiction, young adult, and non-fiction genres from 1970 to 2025, with the series still ongoing. These works should be read in publication order, beginning with The Flying Sorcerers, co-written with Larry Niven. The collection spans diverse themes including artificial intelligence, time travel, space exploration, and speculative fiction across nearly six decades of the author's career.

Start with The Flying Sorcerers(With: Larry Niven), the first of 14 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	The Flying Sorcerers(With: Larry Niven) 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Space Skimmer 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	When HARLIE Was One 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Man Who Folded Himself 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Moonstar Odyssey 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Deathbeast 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One 2.0 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Martian Child 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The World of Star Trek 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Afternoon with a Dead Bus 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Jacob 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen O'Clock 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Here There Be Lawyers 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Boy Who Was Girl 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2013–2013)

17 books (1970–1981)

Star Trek Adventures is a 17-book science fiction series published between 1970 and 1981 featuring stories set in the Star Trek universe. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Spock Must Die! by James Blish. Each novel was written by different authors and explores various adventures across the galaxy within the established Star Trek canon.

Start with Spock Must Die!(By: James Blish), the first of 17 books in the Star Trek Adventures series.

#	Title
1	Spock Must Die!(By: James Blish) 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Spock, Messiah!(By: Theodore R. Cogswell) 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Star Trek: The New Voyages(By: Eleanor Arnason,Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath) 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Planet of Judgment(By: Joe Haldeman) 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Star Trek 12(By: J.A. Lawrence) 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Star Trek: The New Voyages 2(By: Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath) 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Price of the Phoenix(By: Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath) 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Mudd's Angels(By: J.A. Lawrence) 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Starless World(By: Gordon Eklund) 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Vulcan!(By: Kathleen Sky) 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Devil World(By: Gordon Eklund) 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Fate of the Phoenix(By: Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath) 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Trek to Madworld(By: Stephen Goldin) 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	World Without End(By: Joe Haldeman) 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Perry's Planet(By: Jack C. Haldeman II) 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Galactic Whirlpool 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Death's Angel(By: Kathleen Sky) 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

11 books (1967–1982)

The Star Trek Fotonovel series adapts eleven episodes and films from the original Star Trek franchise into photo-narrative format, with each book featuring stills from the television episodes or movies. Published between 1967 and 1982, the complete series includes classic storylines such as "The Trouble with Tribbles" and "The City on the Edge of Forever" alongside adaptations of the first two feature films. These books should be read in publication order, beginning with Amok Time and progressing through to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, to follow the intended presentation of the adapted material.

Start with Amok Time(By: Theodore Sturgeon), the first of 11 books in the Star Trek Fotonovel series.

#	Title
1	Amok Time(By: Theodore Sturgeon) 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The City on the Edge of Forever(By: Harlan Ellison) 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Trouble with Tribbles 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	A Piece of the Action(By: Gene L. Coon,David P. Harmon) 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	A Taste of Armageddon(By: Robert Hamner,Gene L. Coon) 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	All Our Yesterdays(By: Jean Lissette Aroeste) 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Day of the Dove(By: Jerome Bixby) 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Metamorphosis(By: Gene L. Coon) 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Galileo 7(By: Oliver Crawford,S. Bar-David) 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Star Trek: The Motion Picture(By: Alan Dean Foster,Harold Livingston,Richard J. Anobile) 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan(By: Richard J. Anobile) 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

73 books (1987–2015)

The Star Trek: The Next Generation book series comprises 72 novels published between 1987 and 2015, following the adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise-D. Written by various authors including David Gerrold, Peter David, and many others, these books should be read in publication order, beginning with Encounter at Farpoint. The series is complete and offers fans extensive supplementary stories that expand the universe established by the television show.

Start with Encounter at Farpoint, the first of 72 books in the Star Trek: The Next Generation series.

#	Title
1	Encounter at Farpoint 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Ghost Ship(By: Diane Carey) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Children of Hamlin(By: Carmen Carter) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Peacekeepers(By: Gene DeWeese) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Masks(By: John Vornholt) 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Power Hungry(By: Howard Weinstein) 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Strike Zone(By: Peter David) 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Survivors(By: Jean Lorrah) 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Captain's Honor(By: David Dvorkin,Daniel Dvorkin) 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	A Rock and a Hard Place(By: Peter David) 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Doomsday World(By: Peter David,Carmen Carter,Robert Greenberger,Michael Jan Friedman) 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Exiles(By: Howard Weinstein) 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Gulliver's Fugitives(By: Keith Sharee) 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Eyes of the Beholders(By: A.C. Crispin) 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Boogeymen(By: Mel Gilden) 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Contamination(By: John Vornholt) 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Perchance to Dream(By: Howard Weinstein) 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Q-in-Law(By: Peter David) 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Chains of Command(By: Bill McCay,Eloise Flood) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Imbalance(By: V.E. Mitchell) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Nightshade(By: Laurell K. Hamilton) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Spartacus(By: Terry Mancour) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	War Drums(By: John Vornholt) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Grounded(By: David Bischoff) 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Guises of the Mind(By: Rebecca Neason) 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Here There Be Dragons(By: John Peel) 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	The Romulan Prize(By: Simon Hawke) 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Debtors' Planet(By: W.R. Thompson) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Foreign Foes(By: Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Requiem(By: Michael Jan Friedman,Kevin Ryan) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Sins of Commission(By: Susan Wright) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Balance of Power(By: Dafydd ab Hugh) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Blaze of Glory(By: Simon Hawke) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Into the Nebula(By: Gene DeWeese) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	The Last Stand(By: Brad Ferguson) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	The Romulan Stratagem(By: Robert Greenberger) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	A Fury Scorned(By: Pamela Sargent) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Dragon's Honor(By: Greg Cox,Kij Johnson) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Infiltrator(By: W.R. Thompson) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Klingon(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Possession(By: Kathleen O'Malley,J.M. Dillard) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	Rogue Saucer(By: John Vornholt) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	The Soldiers of Fear(By: Dean Wesley Smith) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	Intellivore(By: Diane Duane) 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	The Death of Princes(By: John Peel) 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	To Storm Heaven(By: Esther M. Friesner) 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	Planet X(By: Michael Jan Friedman) 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	Q-Strike(By: Greg Cox) 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	Q-Zone(By: Greg Cox) 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	Double or Nothing(By: Peter David) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
51	Dyson Sphere(By: George Zebrowski) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
52	I, Q(By: Peter David,John de Lancie) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
53	Infection(By: John Gregory Betancourt) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
54	Quarantine(By: John Vornholt) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
55	Red Sector(By: Michael Jan Friedman,Diane Carey) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
56	The First Virtue(By: Christie Golden,Michael Jan Friedman) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
57	The Forgotten War(By: William R. Forstchen) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
58	Vectors(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
59	Gemworld, Book One(By: John Vornholt) 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
60	Gemworld, Book Two(By: John Vornholt) 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
61	The Genesis Wave Book One(By: John Vornholt) 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
62	Vectors: Double Helix #2(By: Dean Wesley Smith) 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
63	Diplomatic Implausibility(By: Keith R.A. DeCandido) 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
64	Maximum Warp: Book One(By: Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur) 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
65	Maximum Warp: Book Two(By: Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur) 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
66	The Genesis Wave, Book Two(By: John Vornholt) 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
67	Tooth and Claw(By: Doranna Durgin) 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
68	A Hard Rain(By: Dean Wesley Smith) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
69	The Genesis Wave, Book Three(By: John Vornholt) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
70	Genesis Force(By: John Vornholt) 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
71	Sand and Stars(By: Diane Duane,A.C. Crispin) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
72	Engines of Destiny(By: Gene DeWeese) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
73	Takedown(By: John Jackson Miller) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (1987–1994)

This completed series contains four novelizations of Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes, published between 1987 and 1994 by various authors including David Gerrold, Jeri Taylor, Diane Carey, and Ronald D. Moore with co-authors. Each book adapts a significant episode from the television series and should be read in publication order, beginning with Encounter at Farpoint. The series spans from the show's premiere through its finale, offering expanded prose versions of these pivotal moments in Next Generation's run.

Start with Encounter at Farpoint, the first of 4 books in the Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode Novelizations series.

#	Title
1	Encounter at Farpoint 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Unification(By: Jeri Taylor) 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Descent(By: Diane Carey) 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	All Good Things...(By: Ronald D. Moore,Michael Jan Friedman,Brannon Braga) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2012–2014)

Starcraft: Frontline is a four-volume science fiction and action series published between 2012 and 2014, now complete. The anthology features multiple writers including Simon Furman, Richard A. Knaak, Kieron Gillen, and Grace Randolph, with each volume containing stories set in the Starcraft universe. Readers should follow the series in publication order, beginning with Volume 1 and progressing through Volume 4 to experience the full collection of interconnected tales.

Start with Starcraft: Frontline Vol. 1(By: Simon Furman,Richard A. Knaak,Paul Benjamin,Dave Shramek,Josh Elder), the first of 4 books in the Starcraft: Frontline series.

5 books (1983–2015)

The War Against the Chtorr is a five-book science fiction series by David Gerrold that spans from 1983 to 2015. This complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with A Matter for Men and concluding with Method for Madness. The novels follow humanity's struggle against an alien invasion threat across an action-packed narrative that blends hard science fiction with military adventure.

Start with A Matter for Men, the first of 5 books in the The War Against the Chtorr series.

#	Title
1	A Matter for Men 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	A Day for Damnation 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	A Rage for Revenge 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	A Season for Slaughter 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Method for Madness 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1993–1994)

David Gerrold's Trackers series consists of two science fiction adventure novels published in 1993 and 1994. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Under the Eye of God followed by A Covenant of Justice. This action-packed science fiction duology combines elements appealing to young adult and adventure audiences and concluded with its second installment.

Start with Under the Eye of God and read in order.

13 books (2012–2026)

The Unidentified Funny Objects Annual Anthology is an ongoing series of humorous short fiction collections edited by David Gerrold, spanning 13 books published from 2012 to 2026. The series follows publication order, with most volumes numbered sequentially, though some entries focus on specific genres including science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Each annual installment showcases comedy across multiple speculative fiction subgenres, making it ideal for readers seeking lighthearted stories within the science fiction and fantasy traditions.

Start with Unidentified Funny Objects, the first of 13 books in the Unidentified Funny Objects Annual Anthology series.

#	Title
1	Unidentified Funny Objects 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Unidentified Funny Objects 2 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Unidentified Funny Objects 3 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Funny Science Fiction 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Unidentified Funny Objects 4 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Funny Fantasy 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Unidentified Funny Objects 5 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Funny Horror 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Unidentified Funny Objects 6 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Unidentified Funny Objects 7 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Unidentified Funny Objects 8 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Unidentified Funny Objects 9 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Unidentified Funny Objects 10 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (1972–2000)

David Gerrold's Yesterday's Children/Star Wolf series comprises four science fiction novels published between 1972 and 2000, with the sequence complete and closed. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with Yesterday's Children (also titled Star Hunt), followed by The Voyage of the Star Wolf, The Middle of Nowhere, and Blood and Fire. This series blends action and adventure with science fiction storytelling across its standalone yet interconnected installments.

Start with Yesterday's Children / Star Hunt, the first of 4 books in the Yesterday's Children/Star Wolf series.

#	Title
1	Yesterday's Children / Star Hunt 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Voyage of the Star Wolf 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Middle of Nowhere 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Blood and Fire 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible