
Frederik Pohl Reading Order
20 series · 328 books · Born 26 November 1919
Frederik Pohl was a prolific American science fiction author known for his imaginative storytelling and complex themes. With a staggering portfolio of 328 works spanning 20 series, his most acclaimed titles include the Heechee Saga and Space Merchants. Active from 1951 to 2025, Pohl's contributions have left a lasting impact on the genre, making him a standout figure in speculative fiction history.
Anthologies Series
Complete62 books (1953–2015)
Start with Star Science Fiction Stories No. 1, the first of 62 books in the Anthologies series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 | Star Science Fiction Stories No. 1 1953Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 1953Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Star Science Fiction Stories No. 6 1953Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Star Science Fiction Stories 3 1955Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4 1958Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1963 1963Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Connoisseur's Science Fiction 1964Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | New Writings In SF-3 1964Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | The Seventh Galaxy Reader 1964Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | The Eighth Galaxy Reader 1965Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Science Fiction Oddities 1966Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | Dangerous Visions 1967Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Backdrop of Stars 1968Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Worlds of If, February 1969 1969Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 3 1970Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | Alpha 3 1972Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | Orbit 11 1972Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | Star Science Fiction Stories No. 5 1972Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 20th Series 1973Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader 1973Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology 1974Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | Wondermakers 2 1974Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | Science Fiction Today and Tomorrow: A Discursive Symposium 1975Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | Science Fiction Discoveries 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22nd Series 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | The Late Great Future 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 | Algol The Magazine About Science Fiction - Winter 1977 / 1978 1977Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | Perilous Planets 1978Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | Destinies: The Paperback Magazine of Science Fiction and Speculative Fact 1979Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 | Galaxy Science Fiction, September-October 1979 1979Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century 1980Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 | Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far 1981Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 | The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 | Tales from the Planet Earth 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1987 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1988 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 | Mississippi Review 47 / 48 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 | The Monster Book of Monsters 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 | Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 | Inside the Funhouse 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 42 | Murasaki 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 43 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 44 | Omni Visions Two 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 45 | The Necronomicon 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 46 | The Williamson Effect 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 47 | Armageddons 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 48 | Bangs & Whimpers 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 49 | Far Horizons 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 50 | The SFWA Grand Masters 1 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 51 | The Furthest Horizon 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 52 | American Body in Context 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 53 | The SFWA Grand Masters 3 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 54 | DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 55 | DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthologies 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 56 | The Hard SF Renaissance 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 57 | The Best of the Best, Vol 2 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 58 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 59 | Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, February 1955 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 60 | Arc 1.2: Post Human Conditions 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 61 | The Ninth Science Fiction Megapack 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 62 | Lieu: Science Fiction Short Stories 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
Best Science Fiction of the Year Series
Complete16 books (1972–1987)
Start with The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1, the first of 16 books in the Best Science Fiction of the Year series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1 1972Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2 1973Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3 1974Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4 1975Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6 1977Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7 1978Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8 1979Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 1980Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10 1981Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 1982Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Best Science Fiction of the Year 13 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Best Science Fiction of the Year 15 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
C.M. Kornbluth Collections Series
Complete13 books (1955–2010)
Start with The Mindworm(By: C.M. Kornbluth), the first of 13 books in the C.M. Kornbluth Collections series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 | The Mindworm(By: C.M. Kornbluth) 1955Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | A Mile Beyond the Moon(By: C.M. Kornbluth) 1958Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | The Marching Morons(By: C.M. Kornbluth) 1959Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Critical Mass(By: C.M. Kornbluth) 1962Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | The Wonder Effect(By: C.M. Kornbluth) 1962Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | The Explorers.(By: C.M. Kornbluth) 1963Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Thirteen O'clock And Other Zero Hours(By: C.M. Kornbluth) 1970Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | The Best of C. M. Kornbluth(By: C.M. Kornbluth) 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Before the Universe(By: C.M. Kornbluth) 1980Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Our Best(By: C.M. Kornbluth) 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | His Share of Glory(By: C.M. Kornbluth) 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | The Cosmic Expense Account(By: C.M. Kornbluth) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Eight Worlds of C.M. Kornbluth(By: C.M. Kornbluth) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy Series
Likely Complete80 books (2005–2023)
Start with Worlds Apart? Dualism and Transgression in Contemporary Female Dystopias(By: Dunja M. Mohr), the first of 80 books in the Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 | Worlds Apart? Dualism and Transgression in Contemporary Female Dystopias(By: Dunja M. Mohr) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Culture, Identities and Technology in the Star Wars Films(By: Tony M. Vinci,Carl Silvio) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Hugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction(By: Gary Westfahl) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | The Evolution of Tolkien's Mythology(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Elizabeth A. Whittingham) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | The Influence of Star Trek on Television, Film and Culture(By: Lincoln Geraghty) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Tolkien and Shakespeare(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Janet Brennan Croft) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Dreams and Nightmares(By: Mordecai Roshwald) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | H. Beam Piper(By: John F. Carr) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Science Fiction and the Two Cultures(By: George Edgar Slusser,Gary Westfahl) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Stephen R. Donaldson and the Modern Epic Vision(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Christine Barkley) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | The Inter-Galactic Playground(By: Farah Mendlesohn) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | The Science of Fiction and the Fiction of Science(By: Neil Gaiman,Frank McConnell,Gary Westfahl,Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Comics as a Nexus of Cultures(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Jochen Ecke,Mark Berninger,Gideon Haberkorn) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Illuminating Torchwood(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Andrew Ireland) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Portals of Power(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Lori M. Campbell) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | The Animal Fable in Science Fiction and Fantasy(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Bruce Shaw) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | The Anticipation Novelists of 1950s French Science Fiction(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Bradford Lyau) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | The Twilight Mystique(By: Donald E. Palumbo,Amy M. Clarke,Marijane Osborn) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | Apocalypse in Australian Fiction and Film(By: unknown author) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | British Science Fiction Film and Television(By: Derek Johnston,James Leggott,RebeccaWilliams,Tobias Hochscherf) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | Cult Telefantasy Series(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Sue Short) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | Heinlein's Juvenile Novels(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future(By: Gary Westfahl,Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Wong Kin Yuen,Amy Kit-sze Chan) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | The Mythic Fantasy of Robert Holdstock(By: Donald E. Morse,Kalman Matolcsy) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | The Postnational Fantasy(By: Masood Ashraf Raja,Donald M. Hassler,Jason W. Ellis,Swaralipi Nandi) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | Welsh Mythology and Folklore in Popular Culture(By: Kristin Noone,Audrey Becker) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 | I See You(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Ellen Grabiner) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | Of Bread, Blood and the Hunger Games(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Mary F. Pharr,Leisa A. Clark) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | The Sex Is Out of This World(By: Michael G. Cornelius,Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Sherry Ginn) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 | The Sex Is Out of This World: Essays on the Carnal Side of Science Fiction(By: Michael G. Cornelius,Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Sherry Ginn) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 | Doctor Who in Time and Space(By: Racheline Maltese,J.M. Frey,Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Janet Brennan Croft,Gillian I. Leitch,Dunja M. Mohr) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 | Girls Transforming(By: Sanna Lehtonen) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 | Lois McMaster Bujold(By: Sylvia Kelso,Linda Wight,Amy H. Sturgis,Shannan Palma,Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Regina Yung Lee,Sandra J. Lindow,Janet Brennan Croft,David D. Oberhelman,Virginia Bemis,Andrew Hallam,John Lennard) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 | Orbiting Ray Bradbury's Mars(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Gloria McMillan) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 | The Heritage of Heinlein(With: Thomas D. Clareson,Joe Sanders,Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 | The Past That Might Have Been, the Future That May Come(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Lauren J. Lacey) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 | The Worlds of Farscape(By: Sherry Ginn) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 | Discworld and the Disciplines(By: Anne Hiebert Alton) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 | Environments in Science Fiction(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Susan M. Bernardo) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 | J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert E. Howard and the Birth of Modern Fantasy(By: ) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 | Nature and the Numinous in Mythopoeic Fantasy Literature(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Chris Brawley) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 42 | Stephen R. Donaldson and the modern epic vision : a critical study of the "Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" novels(By: Christine Barkley) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 43 | The Monomyth in American Science Fiction Films(By: Donald E. Palumbo) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 44 | Michael Moorcock(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Mark Scroggins) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 45 | The Fantastic in Holocaust Literature and Film(By: John Edgar Browning,Judith B. Kerman) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 46 | An Asimov Companion(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 47 | An Asimov Companion: Characters, Places and Terms in the Robot/Empire/Foundation Metaseries(By: Donald E. Palumbo) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 48 | Gender and the Quest in British Science Fiction Television(By: Tom Powers) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 49 | Star Wars in the Public Square(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Derek R. Sweet) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 50 | The Last Midnight(By: Mary F. Pharr,Leisa A. Clark,Amanda Firestone) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 51 | The Science Fiction Mythmakers(By: Jennifer Simkins) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 52 | The Science Fiction Mythmakers: Religion, Science and Philosophy in Wells, Clarke, Dick and Herbert(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Jennifer Simkins) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 53 | Patricia A. McKillip and the Art of Fantasy World-Building(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Audrey Isabel Taylor) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 54 | Saving the World Through Science Fiction(By: ) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 55 | Science Fiction and Futurism(By: Ace G. Pilkington) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 56 | Science Fiction in Classic Rock(By: Robert McParland) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 57 | Wells Meets Deleuze(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Michael Starr) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 58 | A Dune Companion(By: Donald E. Palumbo) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 59 | Fantasy Literature and Christianity(By: ) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 60 | The Archive Incarnate(By: Joseph Hurtgen) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 61 | The British Comic Book Invasion(By: Jochen Ecke) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 62 | The Fabulous Journeys of Alice and Pinocchio(By: Donald E. Palumbo,Peter Hunt,Laura Tosi) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 63 | Hailing frequencies open: Communication in Star Trek(By: Thomas D. Parham) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 64 | Women's Space(By: Melanie A Marotta) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 65 | Caitlín R. Kiernan: A Critical Study of Her Dark Fiction(By: James Goho,Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 66 | Philip K. Dick: Essays of the Here and Now(By: David Sandner,Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 67 | The Fortean Influence on Science Fiction(By: Tanner F. Boyle) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 68 | The Global Vampire(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Cait Coker) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 69 | English Magic and Imperial Madness(By: Peter D. Mathews) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 70 | In Frankenstein's Wake(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Alison Bedford) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 71 | Michael Bishop and the Persistence of Wonder(By: Joe Sanders,Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 72 | Speculative Modernism(By: William Gillard,James Reitter,Robert Stauffer) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 73 | The Mythopoeic Code of Tolkien(By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Jyrki Korpua) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 74 | The Truths of Monsters(By: Ildikó Limpár) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 75 | Arab and Muslim Science Fiction(By: Emad El-Din Aysha,Hosam A. Ibrahim Elzembely) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 76 | Magic Words, Magic Worlds(By: Matthew Oliver) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 77 | Nnedi Okorafor(By: Sandra J Lindow) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 78 | Science, Technology and Magic in the Witcher(By: Donald E Palumbo,C W Sullivan III,Kristine Larsen) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 79 | The Self and Community in Star Trek(By: Susan M Bernardo) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 80 | Analyzing Adventure Time(By: Paul A.Thomas) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
Eschaton Sequence Series
Complete3 books (1996–1999)
Start with The Other End of Time and read in order.
Graphic Novels Series
Complete1 book (1986–1986)
| # | Title |
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| 1 | The Merchants of Venus 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
Heechee Collections Series
Complete1 book (1990–1990)
| # | Title |
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| 1 | The Gateway Trip 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
Heechee Saga Series
Complete5 books (1977–1990)
Start with Gateway, the first of 5 books in the Heechee Saga series.
Isaac Asimov's Anthology Series
Complete19 books (1980–2001)
Start with Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction(By: Isaac Asimov,Tanith Lee,Phyllis Eisenstein,Gene Wolfe,Barry B. Longyear,John M. Ford,Arnie Bateman,Alan Dean Foster,Martin Gardner,Randall Garrett,Rob Chilson,Ted Reynolds,George Scithers,Richard S. McEnroe,Jeff Duntemann,R.N. Bracewell,K.W. MacAnn,G. Richard Bozarth), the first of 19 books in the Isaac Asimov's Anthology series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 | Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction(By: Isaac Asimov,Tanith Lee,Phyllis Eisenstein,Gene Wolfe,Barry B. Longyear,John M. Ford,Arnie Bateman,Alan Dean Foster,Martin Gardner,Randall Garrett,Rob Chilson,Ted Reynolds,George Scithers,Richard S. McEnroe,Jeff Duntemann,R.N. Bracewell,K.W. MacAnn,G. Richard Bozarth) 1980Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far(With: Isaac Asimov,Carter Scholz,Barry B. Longyear,John M. Ford,Jack Williamson,Darrell Schweitzer,John Brunner,Juleen Brantingham,Martin Gardner,Richard Wilson,Milton A. Rothman,Elizabeth Anne Hull,Sharon Webb,Somtow Sucharitkul,Lee Weinstein,Ted Reynolds,George Scithers,F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre,William Tuning,Francis E. Izzo,Paul David Novitski,Lee Russell,Seth S. Horowitz,Tol E. Rant,S. Dale,Julie Flores,Tony Sarowitz) 1981Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own(By: Connie Willis,Ursula K. Le Guin,Pat Cadigan,Joan D. Vinge,Tanith Lee,Pamela Sargent,Lee Killough,Mary Gentle,Mildred Downey Broxon,Shawna McCarthy,Sharon Webb,Leigh Kennedy,Stephanie A. Smith,Cherie Wilkerson,Julie Stevens,Sydney J. Van Scyoc,Cyn Mason,P.A. Kagan,P.J. MacQuarrie,Janet O. Jeppson,Beverly Grant,Hope Athearn) 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Isaac Asimov's Fantasy!(By: Connie Willis,George R.R. Martin,Ron Goulart,John Kessel,George Alec Effinger,Robert Thurston,Tanith Lee,Lucius Shepard,Scott Baker,Lillian Carl,Juleen Brantingham,Lee Killough,Ian McDowell,Daphne Castell,Sharon N. Farber,Richard Kearns,Shawna McCarthy,Leigh Kennedy,Gregg Keizer,Kristi Olesen) 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Isaac Asimov's Aliens(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Isaac Asimov's Robots(By: Isaac Asimov,Rob Chilson) 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite(By: Isaac Asimov,John M. Ford) 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Isaac Asimov's War(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Isaac Asimov's Ghosts(By: Isaac Asimov,Terry Bisson) 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | Isaac Asimov's Christmas(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Isaac Asimov's Camelot(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois,Eleanor Arnason) 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Isaac Asimov's Detectives(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Isaac Asimov's Solar System(By: Gardner Dozois) 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | Isaac Asimov's Werewolves(By: Isaac Asimov,Suzy McKee Charnas,Gardner Dozois) 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | Isaac Asimov's Utopias(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | Isaac Asimov's Father Day(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | Isaac Asimov's Halloween(By: Isaac Asimov) 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
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.
| # | Title |
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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 🇺🇸 |
Man Plus Series
Complete2 books (1976–1994)
Start with Man Plus and read in order.
Non-Fiction Series
Complete9 books (1951–1991)
Start with Prince Henry Sinclair, the first of 9 books in the Non-Fiction series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 | Prince Henry Sinclair 1951Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Practical Politics 1972 1971Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | The Viking settlements of North America 1972Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | The Way the Future Was 1978Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Chasing Science 1980Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Science Fiction Studies in Film(With: Frederik Pohl IV) 1981Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | The New Visions 1982Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Galaxy Magazine: The Dark and the Light Years(By: David L. Rosheim) 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Our Angry Earth 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
Saga Of Cuckoo Series
Complete2 books (1975–1983)
Start with Farthest Star and read in order.
Short Stories/Novellas Series
Complete8 books (1955–2011)
Start with The Tunnel Under the World, the first of 8 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.
Short Story Collections Series
Complete23 books (1956–2015)
Start with Alternating Currents, the first of 23 books in the Short Story Collections series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 | Alternating Currents 1956Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | The Case against Tomorrow 1956Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Tomorrow Times Seven 1959Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | The Man Who Ate the World 1960Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | The Wonder Effect(By: C.M. Kornbluth) 1962Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | The Abominable Earthman 1963Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Digits and Dastards 1966Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Turn Left at Thursday 1969Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Day Million 1970Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | The Gold at the Starbow's End 1972Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | The Best of Frederik Pohl 1975Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | In the Problem Pit 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | The Early Pohl 1976Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Survival Kit 1979Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | BIPOHL 1982Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | Planets Three 1982Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | Midas World 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | Pohlstars 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | Platinum Pohl 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | The Hated and Other Stories 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | Works of Frederik Pohl[Illustrated] 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | The Works of Frederik Pohl 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | Adventures in Time and Space 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
Space Merchants Series
Complete2 books (1952–1981)
Start with The Space Merchants / Gravy Planet(With: C.M. Kornbluth) and read in order.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete34 books (1954–2017)
Start with Search the Sky(With: C.M. Kornbluth), the first of 34 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Search the Sky(With: C.M. Kornbluth) 1954Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | A Town is Drowning(With: C.M. Kornbluth) 1955Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Gladiator-at-Law(With: C.M. Kornbluth) 1955Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Preferred Risk(With: Lester del Rey) 1955Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Presidential Year(With: C.M. Kornbluth) 1956Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Slave Ship 1957Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Wolfbane(With: C.M. Kornbluth) 1957Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Drunkard's Walk 1960Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | A Plague of Pythons 1965Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | The Age of the Pussyfoot 1969Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Jem 1979Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | The Cool War 1981Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Starburst 1982Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Syzygy 1982Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Demon in the Skull 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | The Years of the City 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | Black Star Rising 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | Terror 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | The Coming of the Quantum Cats 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | Chernobyl 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | Land's End(With: Jack Williamson) 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | Narabedla Ltd. 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | The Day The Martians Came 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | Homegoing 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | Outnumbering the Dead 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | The World at the End of Time 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 | The Singers of Time(With: Jack Williamson) 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | Mining the Oort 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | Stopping at Slowyear 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 | The Voices of Heaven 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 | O Pioneer! 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 | The Last Theorem(With: Arthur C. Clarke) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 | All the Lives He Led 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 | Virtual Nightmare 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
Starchild Series
Complete3 books (1963–1969)
Start with The Reefs of Space and read in order.
The Space Merchants Series
Complete1 book (1952–1952)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Space Merchants / Gravy Planet(With: C.M. Kornbluth) 1952Buy 🇺🇸 |
Undersea Eden Series
Complete3 books (1954–1958)
Start with Undersea Quest and read in order.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Frederik Pohl written?
- Frederik Pohl has written 328 books across 20 series. Their published works span from 1951 to 2025.
- What is the first book in each Frederik Pohl series?
- Here are the first books in Frederik Pohl's series: Anthologies: Star Science Fiction Stories No. 1; Best Science Fiction of the Year: The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1; C.M. Kornbluth Collections: The Mindworm(By: C.M. Kornbluth); Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy: Worlds Apart? Dualism and Transgression in Contemporary Female Dystopias(By: Dunja M. Mohr); Eschaton Sequence: The Other End of Time.
- What order should I read Frederik Pohl's books?
- We recommend reading Frederik Pohl's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is Frederik Pohl still writing new books?
- Yes, Frederik Pohl has 1 ongoing series: L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future.

