Jerry Pournelle Reading Order

13 books (1971–2017)

Start with Analog Science Fiction And Fact, May 1971, the first of 13 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Analog Science Fiction And Fact, May 1971 1971Buy 🇺🇸
2	2020 Vision 1974Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Best From Galaxy, Volume IV 1976Buy 🇺🇸
4	Black Holes 1978Buy 🇺🇸
5	Destinies: The Paperback Magazine of Science Fiction and Speculative Fact 1979Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Endless Frontier 1979Buy 🇺🇸
7	Survival of Freedom 1981Buy 🇺🇸
8	Nebula Award Stories 16 / Sixteen 1982Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Science Fiction Yearbook 1985Buy 🇺🇸
10	Power 1991Buy 🇺🇸
11	Multiverse 2014Buy 🇺🇸
12	Riding the Red Horse 2014Buy 🇺🇸
13	Infinite Stars 2017Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1973–1977)

Start with King David's Spaceship and read in order.

#	Title
1	King David's Spaceship 1973Buy 🇺🇸
2	West Of Honor 1976Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Mercenary 1977Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1989–1993)

Start with Prince of Mercenaries, the first of 4 books in the Falkenberg's Legion series.

#	Title
1	Prince of Mercenaries 1989Buy 🇺🇸
2	Falkenberg's Legion 1990Buy 🇺🇸
3	Go Tell the Spartans 1993Buy 🇺🇸
4	Prince of Sparta(With: S.M. Stirling) 1993Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (1985–1986)

Start with Far Frontiers, the first of 7 books in the Far Frontiers series.

#	Title
1	Far Frontiers 1985Buy 🇺🇸
2	Far Frontiers 2 1985Buy 🇺🇸
3	Far Frontiers 3 1985Buy 🇺🇸
4	Far Frontiers 4 1986Buy 🇺🇸
5	Far Frontiers 5 1986Buy 🇺🇸
6	Far Frontiers 6 1986Buy 🇺🇸
7	Far Frontiers 7 1986Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2000–2005)

Start with The Burning City and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Burning City 2000Buy 🇺🇸
2	Burning Tower 2005Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1987–2020)

Start with The Legacy of Heorot, the first of 4 books in the Heorot series.

#	Title
1	The Legacy of Heorot 1987Buy 🇺🇸
2	Beowulf's Children / The Dragons of Heorot 1995Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Secret of Black Ship Island 2012Buy 🇺🇸
4	Starborn and Godsons 2020Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1986–1989)

Start with The Stars at War and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Stars at War 1986Buy 🇺🇸
2	Republic and Empire 1987Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Crash of Empire 1989Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1975–2009)

Start with Inferno and read in order.

#	Title
1	Inferno 1975Buy 🇺🇸
2	Escape from Hell 2009Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1979–2020)

Start with Janissaries, the first of 4 books in the Janissaries series.

#	Title
1	Janissaries 1979Buy 🇺🇸
2	Clan and Crown(With: Roland J. Green) 1982Buy 🇺🇸
3	Storms of Victory(With: Roland J. Green) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
4	Mamelukes(With: David Weber,Phillip Pournelle) 2020Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1996–1999)

Start with Higher Education(With: Charles Sheffield), the first of 6 books in the Jupiter series.

#	Title
1	Higher Education(With: Charles Sheffield) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
2	Putting Up Roots(By: Charles Sheffield) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Billion Dollar Boy(By: Charles Sheffield) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
4	Starswarm 1998Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Cyborg From Earth(By: Charles Sheffield) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
6	Outward Bound(By: James P. Hogan) 1999Buy 🇺🇸

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 🇺🇸

3 books (1977–2008)

Start with High Justice and read in order.

#	Title
1	High Justice 1977Buy 🇺🇸
2	Exiles to Glory 1978Buy 🇺🇸
3	Exile- and Glory 2008Buy 🇺🇸

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(With: Larry Niven,S.M. Stirling) 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(With: S.M. Stirling) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
6	Man-Kzin Wars V 1992Buy 🇺🇸
7	Man-Kzin Wars VI(By: Gregory Benford,Mark O. Martin) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
8	Man-Kzin Wars VII(By: Larry Niven,Gregory Benford,Paul Chafe) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
9	A Darker Geometry(By: Gregory Benford) 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 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 🇺🇸

3 books (1974–2010)

Start with The Mote in God's Eye and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Mote in God's Eye 1974Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Gripping Hand / The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye 1993Buy 🇺🇸
3	Outies(By: Jennifer R. Pournelle) 2010Buy 🇺🇸

11 books (1977–2020)

Start with That Buck Rogers Stuff, the first of 11 books in the Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	That Buck Rogers Stuff 1977Buy 🇺🇸
2	A Step Farther Out 1981Buy 🇺🇸
3	Mutual Assured Survival(With: Dean Ing) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Users' Guide to Small Computers 1984Buy 🇺🇸
5	Adventures in Microland 1985Buy 🇺🇸
6	Guide to Disc Operating System and Easy Computing 1989Buy 🇺🇸
7	PC Communications Bible 1992Buy 🇺🇸
8	Windows with an Attitude 1995Buy 🇺🇸
9	PC Hardware 2003Buy 🇺🇸
10	1001 Computer Words You Need to Know 2004Buy 🇺🇸
11	Step Further Out: Jerry Pournelle's Essays on Taking the Stars 2020Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1980–2012)

Start with Red Heroin and read in order.

#	Title
1	Red Heroin 1980Buy 🇺🇸
2	Red Dragon 2012Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1963–2001)

Start with Planet of the Apes(By: Pierre Boulle), the first of 5 books in the Planet of the Apes series.

#	Title
1	Planet of the Apes(By: Pierre Boulle) 1963Buy 🇺🇸
2	Beneath The Planet of The Apes(By: Michael Avallone) 1970Buy 🇺🇸
3	Escape from the Planet of the Apes 1973Buy 🇺🇸
4	Conquest of the Planet of the Apes(By: John Jakes) 1974Buy 🇺🇸
5	Planet of the Apes Movie Novelization(By: William T. Quick) 2001Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1984–1985)

Start with The User Guide to CP/M Systems(By: Tony Bove,Cheryl Rhodes) and read in order.

#	Title
1	The User Guide to CP/M Systems(By: Tony Bove,Cheryl Rhodes) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
2	Free Software: How to Get It, How to Use It(By: Tony Bove,Cheryl Rhodes,Kelly Smith,Dan Dugan,Bob Wolff) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Guidebook for Winning Adventures(By: Sandy Small) 1985Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2019–2019)

#	Title
1	The Best of Jerry Pournelle 2019Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1976–1991)

Start with Birth of Fire, the first of 6 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Birth of Fire 1976Buy 🇺🇸
2	Lucifer's Hammer(With: Larry Niven) 1977Buy 🇺🇸
3	Future History 1980Buy 🇺🇸
4	Oath of Fealty(With: Larry Niven) 1981Buy 🇺🇸
5	Footfall(With: Larry Niven) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
6	Fallen Angels(With: Larry Niven,Michael Flynn) 1991Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1982–1992)

Start with The Endless Frontier Vol. II(With: John F. Carr) and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Endless Frontier Vol. II(With: John F. Carr) 1982Buy 🇺🇸
2	Cities In Space(With: John F. Carr) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	Life Among Asteroids(With: John F. Carr) 1992Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (1983–1990)

Start with There Will Be War, the first of 9 books in the There Will Be War series.

#	Title
1	There Will Be War 1983Buy 🇺🇸
2	Blood and Iron(With: John F. Carr) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
3	Men of War 1984Buy 🇺🇸
4	Day of the Tyrant(With: John F. Carr) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
5	Warrior 1986Buy 🇺🇸
6	Guns of Darkness 1987Buy 🇺🇸
7	Call To Battle!(With: John F. Carr) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
8	Armageddon!(With: John F. Carr) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
9	After Armageddon 1990Buy 🇺🇸

20 books (1988–2023)

Start with The Burning Eye(With: John F. Carr), the first of 20 books in the War World series.

#	Title
1	The Burning Eye(With: John F. Carr) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	Death's Head Rebellion(With: John F. Carr) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
3	Sauron Dominion(With: John F. Carr) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
4	Blood Feuds(By: Harry Turtledove) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
5	Codominium(With: John F. Carr) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
6	Blood Vengeance(With: Harry Turtledove,S.M. Stirling,Judith Tarr,Susan Shwartz) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
7	Invasion 1994Buy 🇺🇸
8	Discovery(With: William Wu,Leslie Fish,Charles E. Gannon,E.R. Stewart,Don Hawthorne,John F. Carr) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
9	Takeover(With: Don Hawthorne,John F. Carr) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
10	Cyborg Revolt(By: John F. Carr) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
11	Jihad!(By: John F. Carr) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Battle of Sauron(With: Don Hawthorne,John F. Carr) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Lidless Eye(By: Don Hawthorne,John F. Carr) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Patriotic Wars(By: John F. Carr) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
15	Falkenberg's Regiment(By: John F. Carr) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Fall of the CoDominium(By: John F. Carr) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
17	Andromeda Flight(By: John F. Carr,Doug McElwain) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
18	Road Warrior(By: John F. Carr) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
19	War World Concordance(By: John F. Carr,Doug McElwain) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
20	The Falkenberg Protectorate(By: John F. Carr) 2023Buy 🇺🇸