Joe Haldeman Reading Order

61 books (1972–2023)

Joe Haldeman edited or contributed to 56 science fiction anthologies between 1972 and 2022, spanning five decades of the genre. These collections range from themed anthologies like Study War No More and Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow to appearances in major annual best-of volumes and periodicals such as The Year's Best Science Fiction and Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. The series should be read in publication order beginning with Orbit 11 in 1972. The series appears to be complete as of 2022.

Start with Orbit 11, the first of 56 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Orbit 11 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Year's Best Science Fiction 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Year's Best Science Fiction, Volume 6 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Cosmic Laughter; Science Fiction for the Fun of It 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Study War No More 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Rod Serling's Other Worlds 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Shadows of Sanctuary 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Analog 3 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Nebula Awards 17 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Alien Stars 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Body Armor 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1986 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Supertanks 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Demons & Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	First Annual Collection 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Spacefighters 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	A Separate Star: A Tribute to Rudyard Kipling 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Third Annual Collection 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Drabble II: Double Century 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1990 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1990 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 1990 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Asimov's Science Fiction, November 1994 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	South From Midnight 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	The New Hugo Winners, Vol. 3 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Paragons 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Year's Best SF 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Far Horizons 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Nebula Awards 34 (2000) 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	The Furthest Horizon 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Vanishing Acts 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	I Have This Nifty Idea 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Space Soldiers 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Supermen 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	The Best of Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine: Joe Haldeman and Others 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	The Hard SF Renaissance 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Future Washington 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	Escape from Earth 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2006 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	Year's Best SF 11 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	Future Weapons of War 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	Nebula Awards 41 (2007) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	Nebula Awards Showcase 2007 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
51	The Best of the Best, Vol 2 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
52	Warriors 1 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
53	Crucified Dreams 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
54	Lightspeed: Year One 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
55	The Mammoth Book of SF Wars 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
56	You're Not Alone 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
57	Visions of the Future 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
58	Blood Is Not Enough 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
59	Galaxy's Edge Magazine: Issue 40, September 2019 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
60	Bullet Points 2 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
61	Unrivalled 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1975–1975)

This complete science fiction series by Joe Haldeman consists of two books published in 1975. The novels should be read in publication order, beginning with Attar's Revenge followed by War of Nerves. Both entries blend action and adventure within a science fiction framework.

Start with Attar's Revenge and read in order.

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1	Attar's Revenge 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	War of Nerves 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2008–2011)

Joe Haldeman's complete Marsbound trilogy spans from 2008 to 2011 and should be read in publication order beginning with Marsbound. The three-book science fiction series follows a linear narrative across Marsbound, Starbound, and Earthbound, with each installment building directly on the events of its predecessor. This finished trilogy offers readers a complete story arc without any gaps or ongoing storylines.

Start with Marsbound and read in order.

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1	Marsbound 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Starbound 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Earthbound 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1972–2005)

Joe Haldeman's two-book non-fiction series documents military experiences across decades, spanning from 1972 to 2005. The collection should be read in publication order, beginning with War Year followed by War Stories. This complete series combines the author's firsthand accounts with reflections on conflict and service, offering perspectives grounded in both science fiction and action-oriented narratives.

Start with War Year and read in order.

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1	War Year 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	War Stories 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1992–2003)

Joe Haldeman's collection of short stories and novellas spans from 1992 to 2003 across two volumes that should be read in publication order. The series comprises Graves followed by Four Short Novels, presenting Haldeman's shorter science fiction works across the complete two-book collection. These standalone entries showcase the author's versatility in the action and adventure science fiction genre within a more compact narrative format.

Start with Graves and read in order.

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1	Graves 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Four Short Novels 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

9 books (1977–2013)

Joe Haldeman's Short Story Collections series comprises nine books published between 1977 and 2013, presenting a complete collection of his science fiction short fiction and poetry. These stories and poems span themes of war, alien encounters, and philosophical speculation, drawing from Haldeman's background as both a science fiction author and Vietnam War veteran. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with All My Sins Remembered and concluding with The Best of Joe Haldeman, which serves as a retrospective of his shorter works.

Start with All My Sins Remembered, the first of 9 books in the Short Story Collections series.

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1	All My Sins Remembered 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Infinite Dreams 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	There Is No Darkness(With: Jack C. Haldeman II) 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Dealing in Futures 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Vietnam and Other Alien Worlds 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	None So Blind 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Saul's Death and Other Poems 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	A Separate War and Other Stories 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Best of Joe Haldeman 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

11 books (1976–2014)

Joe Haldeman's collection of eleven standalone science fiction novels spans from 1976 to 2014, offering independent stories that need not be read in any particular sequence. These works, including Mindbridge, The Hemingway Hoax, Camouflage, and The Accidental Time Machine, represent the author's explorations across speculative fiction across nearly four decades. While each novel stands alone with its own narrative and characters, readers who wish to experience them in the order they were written can begin with Mindbridge and proceed through the complete series in publication order. The series is now complete, with the final entry, Work Done for Hire, published in 2014.

Start with Mindbridge, the first of 11 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Mindbridge 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Tool of the Trade 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Long Habit of Living / Buying Time 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Hemingway Hoax 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	1968 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Coming 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Guardian 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Camouflage 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Old Twentieth 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Accidental Time Machine 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Work Done for Hire 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

17 books (1970–1981)

The Star Trek Adventures series comprises 17 books published between 1970 and 1981, featuring contributions from various science fiction authors including James Blish, Theodore R. Cogswell, Sondra Marshak, and Myrna Culbreath. These novels expand on the original Star Trek universe with standalone and interconnected stories following the crew of the USS Enterprise. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Spock Must Die! Each book can generally be enjoyed independently while contributing to the broader Star Trek literary canon.

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

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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 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 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Perry's Planet(By: Jack C. Haldeman II) 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Galactic Whirlpool(By: David Gerrold) 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Death's Angel(By: Kathleen Sky) 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1974–1999)

Joe Haldeman's complete science fiction trilogy spans from 1974 to 1999 and should be read in publication order, beginning with The Forever War. The three-book series comprises The Forever War, Forever Peace, and Forever Free, each exploring different aspects of humanity's relationship with conflict and technology across vast stretches of time and space. This finished series combines action, speculative philosophy, and Haldeman's signature blend of military science fiction with deeper thematic concerns about warfare and society.

Start with The Forever War and read in order.

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1	The Forever War 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Forever Peace 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Forever Free 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2017–2017)

The Forever War (2017) is a complete science fiction series consisting of six books published in 2017. This action-oriented series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Forever War #1 and continuing through to the sixth and final installment. Joe Haldeman's finished saga combines science fiction with adventure storytelling across its full run.

Start with The Forever War #1, the first of 6 books in the The Forever War (2017) series.

3 books (2018–2018)

The Forever War: Forever Free is a three-book science fiction comic series by Joe Haldeman, completed in 2018. These graphic novels continue the acclaimed Forever War universe and should be read in publication order beginning with the first installment. The series combines action and adventure with the speculative science fiction elements characteristic of Haldeman's work.

Start with The Forever War: Forever Free #1 and read in order.

2 books (2002–2002)

Joe Haldeman's Forever War graphic novel series consists of two complete science fiction volumes published in 2002, presenting an adaptation of his acclaimed military science fiction work. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Forever War 2: Lieutenant Mandella followed by The Forever War, Vol. 1: Private Mandella. These graphic novels combine action-driven storytelling with Haldeman's exploration of warfare and military experience, delivering the author's vision of interstellar conflict through sequential art.

Start with The Forever War 2: Lieutenant Mandella and read in order.

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1	The Forever War 2: Lieutenant Mandella 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Forever War, Vol. 1: Private Mandella 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2004–2008)

The James Tiptree Award Anthology is a completed four-book collection series published between 2004 and 2008, featuring science fiction stories selected for the prestigious James Tiptree Award. Each volume was edited by different editors, with Matt Ruff helming the first installment and Jeffrey D. Smith overseeing volumes three and four. These anthologies should be read in publication order to follow the award's progression and editorial vision across the series.

Start with The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1(By: Matt Ruff), the first of 4 books in the The James Tiptree Award Anthology series.

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1	The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1(By: Matt Ruff) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The James Tiptree Award Anthology 2 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3(By: Jeffrey D. Smith) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The James Tiptree Award Anthology 4(By: Jeffrey D. Smith) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

19 books (1979–2013)

Thieves' World is a completed 19-book fantasy anthology series edited and developed by Robert Lynn Asprin and Lynn Abbey, with contributions from multiple science fiction and fantasy authors including Philip Jose Farmer and John Brunner. Published between 1979 and 2013, the series should be read in publication order to follow the interconnected stories and world-building across its volumes. The collection features a shared setting where various authors contribute tales involving thieves, assassins, and adventurers, creating a rich tapestry of interconnected narratives within the same fictional universe.

Start with Thieves' World(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin), the first of 19 books in the Thieves' World series.

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1	Thieves' World(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Shadows of Sanctuary(With: Philip Jose Farmer,John Brunner,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Storm Season(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Face of Chaos(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Wings of Omen(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Dead of Winter(By: Robert Lynn Asprin) 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Blood Ties(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Soul of the City(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Aftermath(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Shadowspawn(By: Andrew J. Offutt) 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Uneasy Alliances(By: Robert Lynn Asprin) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Stealers' Sky(By: Lynn Abbey,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Shadow of Sorcery(By: Andrew J. Offutt) 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Sanctuary(By: Lynn Abbey) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Turning Points(By: Dennis L. McKiernan,Mickey Zucker Reichert,Lynn Abbey,Raymond E. Feist,Diana Paxson) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Enemies of Fortune(By: C.J. Cherryh,Jody Lynn Nye,Mickey Zucker Reichert,Lynn Abbey,Robin Wayne Bailey,Andrew J. Offutt,Jeff Grubb,Selina Rosen,Diana Paxson) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Thieves' World: Player's Manual(By: James Ryman) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Secret of the Blue Star(By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1981–1992)

Joe Haldeman's Worlds trilogy is a complete science fiction series consisting of three books published between 1981 and 1992. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Worlds, followed by Worlds Apart, and concluding with Worlds Enough and Time. This action-packed science fiction sequence takes readers through an expansive narrative spanning the eleven-year publication period.

Start with Worlds and read in order.

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1	Worlds 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Worlds Apart 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Worlds Enough and Time 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

18 books (1996–2013)

The Year's Best SF Anthology is a complete 18-book series of science fiction collections edited by Joe Haldeman, spanning from 1996 to 2013. Each volume gathers outstanding short stories and novellas selected from the year's science fiction publications, making this an ideal series for readers seeking curated genre work across multiple decades. The volumes should be read in publication order to experience how science fiction evolved throughout this period. This comprehensive anthology series showcases the breadth and quality of short science fiction during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

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

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