Greg Bear Reading Order

21 books (1975–2016)

Start with Tomorrow: New Worlds of Science Fiction, the first of 21 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Tomorrow: New Worlds of Science Fiction 1975Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dragons of Light 1980Buy 🇺🇸
3	The First Omni Book of Science Fiction 1983Buy 🇺🇸
4	Mirrorshades 1986Buy 🇺🇸
5	Mississippi Review 47 / 48 1988Buy 🇺🇸
6	Third Annual Collection 1989Buy 🇺🇸
7	Murasaki 1992Buy 🇺🇸
8	Omni Visions Two 1994Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Ascent of Wonder 1994Buy 🇺🇸
10	New Legends 1995Buy 🇺🇸
11	Hackers 1996Buy 🇺🇸
12	Paragons 1996Buy 🇺🇸
13	New Skies: An Anthology of Today's Science Fiction 2003Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels 2005Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction 2006Buy 🇺🇸
16	Year's Best SF 11 2006Buy 🇺🇸
17	Like Water for Quarks 2011Buy 🇺🇸
18	Telling Tales: The Clarion West 30th Anniversary Anthology 2013Buy 🇺🇸
19	Multiverse 2014Buy 🇺🇸
20	Visions of the Future 2015Buy 🇺🇸
21	Grave Predictions 2016Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2014–2016)

Start with War Dogs and read in order.

#	Title
1	War Dogs 2014Buy 🇺🇸
2	Killing Titan 2015Buy 🇺🇸
3	Take Back the Sky 2016Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1999–2002)

Start with Darwin's Radio and read in order.

#	Title
1	Darwin's Radio 1999Buy 🇺🇸
2	Darwin's Children 2002Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1984–1994)

Start with Eon and read in order.

#	Title
1	Eon 1984Buy 🇺🇸
2	Eternity 1988Buy 🇺🇸
3	Legacy 1994Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1987–1992)

Start with The Forge of God and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Forge of God 1987Buy 🇺🇸
2	Anvil of Stars 1992Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2011–2013)

Start with Cryptum and read in order.

#	Title
1	Cryptum 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	Primordium 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	Silentium 2013Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (1993–2014)

Start with Classic Jurassic Park(By: Walter Simonson), the first of 10 books in the Jurassic Park Graphic Novels series.

#	Title
1	Classic Jurassic Park(By: Walter Simonson) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
2	Amazon Adventure(By: Steve Englehart) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	Raptor's Revenge(By: Walter Simonson) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Devils in the Desert(By: John Byrne) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
5	Dangerous Games 2012Buy 🇺🇸
6	Return to Jurassic Park Part Two(By: Keith Giffen,Tom Bierbaum,Mary Bierbaum,Renee Witterstaetter) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
7	Return to Jurassic Park(By: Steve Englehart) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
8	Aftershocks!(By: Steve Englehart) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
9	Raptors Attack!(By: Steve Englehart) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Lost World(By: Claude St. Aubin,Don McGregor,Jeff Butler) 2014Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2007–2009)

Start with Quantico and read in order.

#	Title
1	Quantico 2007Buy 🇺🇸
2	Mariposa 2009Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1990–1997)

Start with Heads, the first of 4 books in the Queen of Angels series.

#	Title
1	Heads 1990Buy 🇺🇸
2	Queen of Angels 1990Buy 🇺🇸
3	Moving Mars 1993Buy 🇺🇸
4	Slant 1997Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1997–2000)

Start with Foundation's Fear(By: Gregory Benford) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Foundation's Fear(By: Gregory Benford) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
2	Foundation and Chaos 1998Buy 🇺🇸
3	Foundation's Triumph(By: David Brin) 2000Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1982–1992)

Start with Petra and read in order.

#	Title
1	Petra 1982Buy 🇺🇸
2	Hardfought 1988Buy 🇺🇸
3	Sisters 1992Buy 🇺🇸

11 books (1983–2016)

Start with The Venging, the first of 11 books in the Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	The Venging 1983Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Wind from a Burning Woman 1983Buy 🇺🇸
3	Bear's Fantasies 1988Buy 🇺🇸
4	Early Harvest 1988Buy 🇺🇸
5	Sleepside 1988Buy 🇺🇸
6	Tangents 1989Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Collected Stories of Greg Bear 2002Buy 🇺🇸
8	Women in Deep Time 2003Buy 🇺🇸
9	Beyond the Farthest Suns 2016Buy 🇺🇸
10	Far Thoughts and Pale Gods 2016Buy 🇺🇸
11	Just Over the Horizon 2016Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1984–1984)

Start with Infinity Concerto and read in order.

#	Title
1	Infinity Concerto 1984Buy 🇺🇸
2	Songs of Earth and Power 1984Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Serpent Mage 1984Buy 🇺🇸

13 books (1953–2019)

Start with Hegira, the first of 13 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Hegira 1953Buy 🇺🇸
2	Psychlone 1979Buy 🇺🇸
3	Beyond Heaven's River 1980Buy 🇺🇸
4	Strength of Stones 1981Buy 🇺🇸
5	Lost Souls 1982Buy 🇺🇸
6	Blood Music 1985Buy 🇺🇸
7	Country Of The Mind 1998Buy 🇺🇸
8	Dinosaur Summer 1998Buy 🇺🇸
9	Dead Lines 2001Buy 🇺🇸
10	Vitals 2002Buy 🇺🇸
11	City at the End of Time 2008Buy 🇺🇸
12	Hull Zero Three 2010Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Unfinished Land 2019Buy 🇺🇸

61 books (1982–2013)

Start with The Abode of Life(By: Lee Correy), the first of 61 books in the Star Trek: TOS series.

#	Title
1	The Abode of Life(By: Lee Correy) 1982Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Prometheus Design(By: Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath) 1982Buy 🇺🇸
3	Black Fire(By: Sonni Cooper) 1983Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Wounded Sky(By: Diane Duane) 1983Buy 🇺🇸
5	Triangle(By: Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath) 1983Buy 🇺🇸
6	Web of the Romulans(By: Leonard Nimoy,M.S. Murdock) 1983Buy 🇺🇸
7	Corona 1984Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Tears of the Singers(By: Melinda M. Snodgrass) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Vulcan Academy Murders(By: Jean Lorrah) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
10	Dwellers in the Crucible(By: Margaret Wander Bonanno) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
11	Ishmael(By: Barbara Hambly) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
12	Killing Time(By: Della Van Hise) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
13	Pawns and Symbols(By: Majliss Larson) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
14	Shadow Lord(By: Laurence Yep) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
15	Uhura's Song(By: Janet Kagan) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
16	Bloodthirst(By: J.M. Dillard) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
17	Chain of Attack(By: Gene DeWeese) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Final Nexus(By: Gene DeWeese) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
19	The IDIC Epidemic(By: Jean Lorrah) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
20	The Three-Minute Universe(By: Barbara Paul) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
21	Double, Double(By: Michael Jan Friedman) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
22	The Lost Years(By: J.M. Dillard) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
23	Vulcan's Glory(By: D.C. Fontana) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
24	Home Is the Hunter(By: Dana Kramer-Rolls) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
25	A Flag Full of Stars(By: Brad Ferguson) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
26	Ghost-Walker(By: Barbara Hambly) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
27	Renegade(By: Gene DeWeese) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
28	The Rift(By: Peter David) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
29	Death Count(By: L.A. Graf) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
30	Faces of Fire(By: Michael Jan Friedman) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
31	Ice Trap(By: L.A. Graf) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
32	Sanctuary(By: John Vornholt) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
33	From the Depths(By: Victor Milán) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
34	Shell Game(By: Melissa Crandall) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
35	The Great Starship Race(By: Diane Carey) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
36	The Starship Trap(By: Mel Gilden) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
37	Crossroad(By: Barbara Hambly) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
38	Firestorm(By: L.A. Graf) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
39	The Better Man(By: Howard Weinstein) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
40	The Patrian Transgression(By: Simon Hawke) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
41	Traitor Winds(By: L.A. Graf) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
42	First Frontier(By: Diane Carey,James I. Kirkland) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
43	Recovery(By: J.M. Dillard) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
44	The Captain's Daughter(By: Peter David) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
45	The Fearful Summons(By: Denny Martin Flinn) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
46	The Joy Machine(By: Theodore Sturgeon,James Edwin Gunn) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
47	The Rings of Tautee(By: Dean Wesley Smith) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
48	Twilight's End(By: Jerry Oltion) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
49	Mind Meld(By: John Vornholt) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
50	Mudd in Your Eye(By: Jerry Oltion) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
51	Assignment: Eternity(By: Greg Cox) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
52	Across the Universe(By: Pamela Sargent) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
53	Vulcan's Heart(By: Josepha Sherman,Susan Shwartz) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
54	In the Name of Honor(By: Dayton Ward) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
55	Ex Machina(By: Christopher L. Bennett) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
56	Federation(By: Judith Reeves-Stevens) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
57	Excelsior: Forged in Fire(By: Andy Mangels,Michael A. Martin) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
58	The Disinherited(By: Peter David,Robert Greenberger,Michael Jan Friedman) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
59	The Children of Kings(By: Dave Stern) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
60	Cast No Shadow(By: James Swallow,Dayton Ward) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
61	Allegiance in Exile(By: David R. George III) 2013Buy 🇺🇸

65 books (1978–2013)

Start with Splinter of the Mind's Eye(By: Alan Dean Foster), the first of 65 books in the Star Wars Legends series.

#	Title
1	Splinter of the Mind's Eye(By: Alan Dean Foster) 1978Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Han Solo Adventures(By: Brian Daley) 1979Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Adventures of Lando Calrissian(By: L. Neil Smith) 1983Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Courtship of Princess Leia(By: Dave Wolverton) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Crystal Star(By: Vonda N. McIntyre) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Truce at Bakura(By: Kathy Tyers) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
7	Children of the Jedi(By: Barbara Hambly) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
8	Darksaber(By: Kevin J. Anderson) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
9	Hammertong: The Tale of the "Tonnika Sisters"(By: Timothy Zahn) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
10	Mist Encounter(By: Timothy Zahn) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
11	We Don't Do Weddings(By: Kathy Tyers) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
12	The New Rebellion(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
13	Planet of Twilight(By: Barbara Hambly) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
14	I, Jedi(By: Michael A. Stackpole) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
15	General Jar Jar(By: Lara Bergen) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
16	Obi-Wan's Bongo Adventure(By: Gail Herman) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
17	Podrace!(By: Lara Bergen) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
18	Star Wars: Episode I - Dangers of the Core(By: Jim Thomas) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
19	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace(By: John Whitman) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
20	Cloak of Deception(By: James Luceno) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
21	Droid to the Rescue(By: Gail Herman) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
22	Meet the Jedi High Council(By: Laura Dower) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
23	Rogue Planet 2000Buy 🇺🇸
24	Save Naboo!(By: Gail Herman) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
25	Sith Attack(By: Lara Bergen) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
26	Star Wars: Episode I - Anakin's Pit Droid(By: Justine Korman Fontes) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
27	Darth Maul Shadow Hunter(By: Michael Reaves) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
28	The Approaching Storm(By: Alan Dean Foster) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
29	A Forest Apart(By: Troy Denning) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
30	Shatterpoint(By: Matthew Woodring Stover) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
31	Tatooine Ghost(By: Troy Denning) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
32	The Ruins of Dantooine(By: Voronica Whitney-Robinson,W. Haden Blackman) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
33	Fool's Bargain(By: Timothy Zahn) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
34	Jedi Trial(By: David Sherman,Dan Cragg) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
35	Survivor's Quest(By: Timothy Zahn) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
36	The Cestus Deception(By: Steven Barnes) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
37	Yoda: Dark Rendezvous(By: Sean Stewart) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
38	Labyrinth of Evil(By: James Luceno) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
39	Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil(By: James Luceno) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
40	The Cestus Deception(By: Steven Barnes) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
41	Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader(By: James Luceno) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
42	Outbound Flight(By: Timothy Zahn) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
43	Allegiance(By: Timothy Zahn) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
44	Death Star(By: Steve Perry,Michael Reaves) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
45	Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor(By: Matthew Woodring Stover) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
46	Millennium Falcon(By: James Luceno) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
47	Death Troopers(By: Joe Schreiber) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
48	Crosscurrent(By: Paul S. Kemp) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
49	Red Harvest(By: Joe Schreiber) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
50	Choices of One(By: Timothy Zahn) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
51	Judge's Call(By: Timothy Zahn) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
52	Knight Errant(By: John Jackson Miller) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
53	Riptide(By: Paul S. Kemp) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
54	Shadow Games(By: Michael Reaves,Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
55	Shadows of the Empire(By: Steve Perry) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
56	Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire(By: Steve Perry) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
57	Darth Plagueis(By: James Luceno) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
58	Lost Tribe of the Sith(By: John Jackson Miller) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
59	Maul: Lockdown(By: Joe Schreiber) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
60	Scourge(By: Jeff Grubb) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
61	Winner Lose All(By: Timothy Zahn) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
62	Crucible(By: Troy Denning) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
63	Into the Void: Dawn of the Jedi(By: Tim Lebbon) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
64	Kenobi(By: John Jackson Miller) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
65	Scoundrels(By: Timothy Zahn) 2013Buy 🇺🇸

18 books (1996–2013)

Start with Year's Best SF, the first of 18 books in the Year's Best SF Anthology series.

#	Title
1	Year's Best SF 1996Buy 🇺🇸
2	Year's Best SF 2 1997Buy 🇺🇸
3	Year's Best SF 3 1998Buy 🇺🇸
4	Year's Best SF 4 1999Buy 🇺🇸
5	Year's Best SF 5 2000Buy 🇺🇸
6	Year's Best SF 6 2001Buy 🇺🇸
7	Year's Best SF 7 2002Buy 🇺🇸
8	Year's Best SF 8 2003Buy 🇺🇸
9	Year's Best SF 9 2004Buy 🇺🇸
10	Year's Best SF 10 2005Buy 🇺🇸
11	Year's Best SF 11 2006Buy 🇺🇸
12	Year's Best SF 12 2007Buy 🇺🇸
13	Year's Best SF 13 2008Buy 🇺🇸
14	Year's Best SF 14 2009Buy 🇺🇸
15	Year's Best SF 15 2010Buy 🇺🇸
16	Year's Best SF 16 2011Buy 🇺🇸
17	Year's Best SF 17 2012Buy 🇺🇸
18	Year's Best SF 18 2013Buy 🇺🇸