Gregory Benford Reading Order

71 books (1976–2023)

Start with Nebula Award Stories Ten, the first of 71 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Nebula Award Stories Ten 1976Buy 🇺🇸
2	Threads Of Time 1976Buy 🇺🇸
3	Destinies: The Paperback Magazine of Science Fiction and Speculative Fact 1979Buy 🇺🇸
4	Science Fiction Digest, October-November 1981 1981Buy 🇺🇸
5	Isaac Asimov's Wonders of the World 1982Buy 🇺🇸
6	Perpetual Light 1982Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12 1983Buy 🇺🇸
8	Fourth Planet from the Sun 1984Buy 🇺🇸
9	Great Science Fiction Stories by the World's Greatest Scientists 1985Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction 1985Buy 🇺🇸
11	Hitler Victorious 1986Buy 🇺🇸
12	Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1987 1987Buy 🇺🇸
13	Terry's Universe: Science fiction's finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr 1987Buy 🇺🇸
14	Amazing Stories, January 1988 1988Buy 🇺🇸
15	Full Spectrum 1 1988Buy 🇺🇸
16	Mississippi Review 47 / 48 1988Buy 🇺🇸
17	Amazing Stories, March 1990 1990Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Best Fantasy Stories of the Year, 1989 1990Buy 🇺🇸
19	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection 1990Buy 🇺🇸
20	After the King 1991Buy 🇺🇸
21	The Jupiter War 1991Buy 🇺🇸
22	Alternate Americas 1992Buy 🇺🇸
23	Murasaki 1992Buy 🇺🇸
24	Under African Skies 1993Buy 🇺🇸
25	Far Futures 1995Buy 🇺🇸
26	War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches 1996Buy 🇺🇸
27	The New Hugo Winners, Volume IV, 1992-1994 1997Buy 🇺🇸
28	Year's Best SF 2 1997Buy 🇺🇸
29	More Amazing Stories 1998Buy 🇺🇸
30	Far Horizons 1999Buy 🇺🇸
31	We Could Do Worse: A Millennial Collection of Alternate Histories 1999Buy 🇺🇸
32	Year's Best SF 4 1999Buy 🇺🇸
33	Explorers 2000Buy 🇺🇸
34	Nebula Awards 34 (2000) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
35	Analog, October 2003 2003Buy 🇺🇸
36	Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian 2003Buy 🇺🇸
37	Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe II 2003Buy 🇺🇸
38	The Hard SF Renaissance 2003Buy 🇺🇸
39	The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 16 2003Buy 🇺🇸
40	A.I.s 2004Buy 🇺🇸
41	Microcosms 2004Buy 🇺🇸
42	Space Cadets 2006Buy 🇺🇸
43	The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction 2006Buy 🇺🇸
44	The Space Opera Renaissance 2006Buy 🇺🇸
45	Year's Best SF 11 2006Buy 🇺🇸
46	The 2007 Rhysling Anthology 2007Buy 🇺🇸
47	The Best of Jim Baen's Universe 2007Buy 🇺🇸
48	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection 2007Buy 🇺🇸
49	This Is My Funniest 2 2007Buy 🇺🇸
50	The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21 2008Buy 🇺🇸
51	The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF 2009Buy 🇺🇸
52	Skiffy and Mimesis: More Best of Asfr: Australian SF Review 2010Buy 🇺🇸
53	The Palencar Project 2012Buy 🇺🇸
54	Starship Century: Toward the Grandest Horizon 2013Buy 🇺🇸
55	The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF 2013Buy 🇺🇸
56	Carbide Tipped Pens 2014Buy 🇺🇸
57	Galaxy's Edge Magazine Issue 11, November 2014 2014Buy 🇺🇸
58	Hieroglyph 2014Buy 🇺🇸
59	Multiverse 2014Buy 🇺🇸
60	Dark Discoveries - Issue #31 2015Buy 🇺🇸
61	Lightspeed Magazine, October 2015 2015Buy 🇺🇸
62	Loosed Upon the World 2015Buy 🇺🇸
63	The Best of Gregory Benford 2015Buy 🇺🇸
64	Visions of the Future 2015Buy 🇺🇸
65	Bridging Infinity 2016Buy 🇺🇸
66	Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore 2017Buy 🇺🇸
67	The Best Science Fiction of the Year Volume Three 2017Buy 🇺🇸
68	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection 2017Buy 🇺🇸
69	Across the Universe 2019Buy 🇺🇸
70	The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Five 2020Buy 🇺🇸
71	Life Beyond Us 2023Buy 🇺🇸

16 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
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 🇺🇸

3 books (2012–2020)

Start with Bowl of Heaven and read in order.

#	Title
1	Bowl of Heaven 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	Shipstar 2014Buy 🇺🇸
3	Glorious 2020Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (1977–2014)

Start with In the Ocean of Night, the first of 8 books in the Galactic Center series.

#	Title
1	In the Ocean of Night 1977Buy 🇺🇸
2	Across the Sea of Suns 1984Buy 🇺🇸
3	Great Sky River 1987Buy 🇺🇸
4	Tides of Light 1989Buy 🇺🇸
5	Furious Gulf 1994Buy 🇺🇸
6	Sailing Bright Eternity 1995Buy 🇺🇸
7	A Hunger for the Infinite 1999Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Galactic Center Companion 2014Buy 🇺🇸

26 books (1986–2024)

Start with Heroes in Hell, the first of 26 books in the Heroes in Hell series.

#	Title
1	Heroes in Hell 1986Buy 🇺🇸
2	Rebels In Hell(By: Janet Morris) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Gates of Hell(By: C.J. Cherryh,Janet Morris) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
4	Angels in Hell(By: Janet Morris) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
5	Crusaders in Hell 1987Buy 🇺🇸
6	Kings in Hell(By: C.J. Cherryh,Janet Morris) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
7	Legions of Hell(By: C.J. Cherryh) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
8	Masters in Hell(By: C.J. Cherryh,David Drake) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Little Helliad(By: Janet Morris,Chris Morris) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
10	War in Hell(By: Janet Morris) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
11	Explorers in Hell(By: David Drake) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
12	Prophets in Hell(By: C.J. Cherryh,George Alec Effinger,Robert Sheckley,David Drake,Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Brad Miner,Bill Kerby,Richard Groller) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
13	Bridge Over Hell(By: Janet Morris,Michael A. Armstrong) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
14	Lawyers in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,David L. Burkhead,Jason Cordova,Bruce Durham,Sarah Hulcy,Larry Atchley Jr.,John Manning,Richard Groller) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
15	Rogues in Hell(By: Bradley H. Sinor,Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Shirley Meier,Michael Z. Williamson,Michael H. Hanson,Julie Cochrane,David L. Burkhead,H. David Blalock,Bruce Durham,Sarah Hulcy,Larry Atchley Jr.,John Manning,Richard Groller,Michael A. Armstrong,Bill Snider,Deborah Koren,Jack William Finley,Edward McKeown,Allan Gibreath) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
16	Dreamers in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Ed McKeown,Sara M. Harvey,David L. Burkhead,Jason Cordova,Sarah Hulcy,Larry Atchley Jr.,John Manning,Richard Groller,Tom Barczak,Yelle Hughes,Bill Snider,Deborah Koren,Shebat Legion,Jack William Finley,Michael A. Ventrella,Bettina Meister,Petra Jorns) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
17	Poets in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Joe Bonadonna,pdmac,Bruce Durham,Larry Atchley Jr.,Richard Groller,Michael A. Armstrong,Tom Barczak,Matthew Kirshenblatt,Beth W. Patterson,Yelle Hughes,Bill Snider,Deborah Koren,Shebat Legion,Bill Barnhill,Jack William Finley) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
18	Doctors in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Joe Bonadonna,Matthew Kirshenblatt,Bill Snider,Deborah Koren,ChrisMorris,Andrew P. Weston,Rob Hinkle,Paul Freeman) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
19	Hell Bound(By: Janet Morris,Andrew P. Weston) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
20	Hell Hounds(By: Andrew P. Weston) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
21	Pirates in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Joe Bonadonna,S.E. Lindberg,Paul Freeman,Andrew P. Weston,Rob Hinkle) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
22	Lovers in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Nancy Asire,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,A.L. Butcher,Joe Bonadonna,S.E. Lindberg,Andrew P. Weston,Michael E. Dellert) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
23	Hell Gate(By: Andrew P. Weston) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
24	Mystics in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Gustavo Bondoni,A.L. Butcher,Joe Bonadonna,S.E. Lindberg,Andrew P. Weston) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
25	Liars in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Chris Morris,Michael H. Hanson,Joe Bonadonna,Richard Groller,S.E. Lindberg,Andrew P. Weston) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
26	Monsters in Hell(By: Janet Morris,Joe Bonadonna,S.E. Lindberg,Chris Morris,A. L. Butcher) 2024Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1987–2004)

Start with Under the Wheel(With: John M. Ford,Nancy Springer,Elizabeth Mitchell), the first of 4 books in the John M. Ford Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	Under the Wheel(With: John M. Ford,Nancy Springer,Elizabeth Mitchell) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
2	Casting Fortune(By: John M. Ford) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
3	From the End of the Twentieth Century(By: John M. Ford) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
4	Heat of Fusion and Other Stories(By: John M. Ford) 2004Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1975–1983)

Start with Jupiter Project and read in order.

#	Title
1	Jupiter Project 1975Buy 🇺🇸
2	Against Infinity 1983Buy 🇺🇸

41 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
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 🇺🇸

21 books (1988–2019)

Start with The Man-Kzin Wars(By: Larry Niven), the first of 21 books in the Man-Kzin Wars series.

#	Title
1	The Man-Kzin Wars(By: Larry Niven) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	Man-Kzin Wars II(By: Larry Niven,S.M. Stirling,Jerry Pournelle) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
3	Man-Kzin Wars III(By: Larry Niven) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
4	Man-Kzin Wars IV(By: S.M. Stirling) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Children's Hour(By: S.M. Stirling,Jerry Pournelle) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
6	Man-Kzin Wars V(By: Jerry Pournelle) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
7	Man-Kzin Wars VI(With: Mark O. Martin) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
8	Man-Kzin Wars VII(With: Larry Niven,Paul Chafe) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
9	A Darker Geometry 1996Buy 🇺🇸
10	Man-Kzin Wars VIII: Choosing Names(By: Larry Niven) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Best of All Possible Wars(By: S.M. Stirling,Robert Sheckley) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
12	Man-Kzin Wars IX(By: Jim Baen) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
13	The House of the Kzinti(By: Jerry Pournelle) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
14	Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War(By: Larry Niven) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
15	Man-Kzin Wars XI(By: Matthew Harrington) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
16	Destiny's Forge(By: Paul Chafe) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
17	Man-Kzin Wars XII(By: Larry Niven) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
18	Man-Kzin Wars XIII(By: Larry Niven) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
19	Man-Kzin Wars XIV(By: Larry Niven) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
20	Treasure Planet(By: Larry Niven,Hal Colebatch,Jessica Q. Fox) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
21	Man-Kzin Wars XV(By: Larry Niven) 2019Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1999–2005)

Start with The Martian Race and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Martian Race 1999Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Sunborn 2005Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1998–2010)

Start with Habitats in Space, the first of 5 books in the Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	Habitats in Space 1998Buy 🇺🇸
2	Deep Time 1999Buy 🇺🇸
3	Skylife 2000Buy 🇺🇸
4	Beyond Human 2003Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Wonderful Future That Never Was: Flying Cars, Mail Delivery by Parachute, and Other Predictions from the Past 2010Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1997–2000)

Start with Foundation's Fear and read in order.

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

5 books (2011–2015)

Start with Grace Immaculate, the first of 5 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

#	Title
1	Grace Immaculate 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Final Now 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	Down The River Road 2012Buy 🇺🇸
4	Backscatter 2013Buy 🇺🇸
5	Mammoth Dawn(With: Kevin J. Anderson) 2015Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1986–2018)

Start with In Alien Flesh, the first of 6 books in the Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	In Alien Flesh 1986Buy 🇺🇸
2	Matter's End 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	Worlds Vast and Various 2000Buy 🇺🇸
4	Immersion & Other Short Novels 2002Buy 🇺🇸
5	Anomalies 2012Buy 🇺🇸
6	New Ball Games for the Future(With: Gordon Eklund) 2018Buy 🇺🇸

13 books (1969–2021)

Start with The Stars in Shroud / Deeper than the Darkness, the first of 13 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Stars in Shroud / Deeper than the Darkness 1969Buy 🇺🇸
2	If the Stars Are Gods 1974Buy 🇺🇸
3	Find the Changeling 1980Buy 🇺🇸
4	Shiva Descending 1980Buy 🇺🇸
5	Time's Rub 1984Buy 🇺🇸
6	Artifact 1985Buy 🇺🇸
7	Beyond the Fall of Night(With: Arthur C. Clarke) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
8	Chiller 1993Buy 🇺🇸
9	Cosm 1993Buy 🇺🇸
10	Eater 2000Buy 🇺🇸
11	Beyond Infinity 2004Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Berlin Project 2017Buy 🇺🇸
13	Shadows of Eternity 2021Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2012–2012)

Start with Dormanna(By: Gene Wolfe), the first of 5 books in the The Palencar Project series.

2 books (1980–2018)

Start with Timescape and read in order.

#	Title
1	Timescape 1980Buy 🇺🇸
2	Rewrite 2018Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1989–1992)

Start with Alternate Empires(With: Martin H. Greenberg), the first of 4 books in the What Might Have Been series.

#	Title
1	Alternate Empires(With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
2	Alternate Heroes 1989Buy 🇺🇸
3	Alternate Wars 1991Buy 🇺🇸
4	Alternate Americas(With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1992Buy 🇺🇸

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 🇺🇸