John W. Campbell Reading Order
1 series · 186 books
John W. Campbell Jr. was a legendary science fiction editor and writer who shaped the genre during its formative years in the mid-twentieth century. Best known for editing Astounding Science Fiction magazine for over two decades, he championed hard science fiction and influenced countless authors who defined the Golden Age. Campbell's editorial vision emphasized scientific plausibility and inventive problem-solving, making Astounding the premier venue for innovative speculative fiction during an era that transformed science fiction from pulp entertainment into serious literature.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete186 books
Start with The Book of Great Books, the first of 186 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | A New Dawn |
| 2 | AMRA, Vol. 2, No. 2 (1959) |
| 3 | Analog |
| 4 | Analog |
| 5 | Analog 1 |
| 6 | Analog 2 |
| 7 | Analog 3 |
| 8 | Analog 3 |
| 9 | Analog 3 |
| 10 | Analog 3. |
| 11 | Analog 5 |
| 12 | Analog 6 |
| 13 | Analog 6 |
| 14 | Analog 6 |
| 15 | Analog 6 |
| 16 | Analog 7 |
| 17 | Analog 7 |
| 18 | Analog 8 |
| 19 | Analog Anthology |
| 20 | Analog Feb 1964 |
| 21 | Analog I |
| 22 | Analog II |
| 23 | Analog One |
| 24 | Analog Science Fiction & Fact, April 1962, Featuring H. Beam Piper *A Slave Is a Slave* |
| 25 | Analog Science Fiction & Fact, October 1960 (Volume LXVI, No. 2) |
| 26 | Analog Science Fiction & Science Fact, Vol. 76, No.2, October 1965 |
| 27 | Analog Science Fiction - April 1969 |
| 28 | Analog Science Fiction - July 1962 |
| 29 | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 1971 Part 1 of The Unreachable Stars (Volume LXXXVII No. 2) |
| 30 | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, August 1971 Schmitz LION GAME Part 1 (Volume LXXXVII No. 6) |
| 31 | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July 1968 |
| 32 | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July 1971 (Volume LXXXVII No. 5) |
| 33 | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 1971 Schmitz's GLORY DAY (Volume LXXXVII No. 4) |
| 34 | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 1964 |
| 35 | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 1965, Featuring H. Beam Piper *Down Styphon!* |
| 36 | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 1971 (Volume LXXXVIII No. 3) |
| 37 | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 1969 |
| 38 | Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1969 |
| 39 | Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Volume LXXXIII, No. 5, July 1969 |
| 40 | Analog Science Ficton & Science Fact, Vol. 76, No. 4, December 1965 |
| 41 | Arcot, Morey & Wade: the Complete, Classic Space Opera Series-The Black Star Passes, Islands of Space, Invaders from the Infinite |
| 42 | Arcot, Morey, and Wade Omnibus |
| 43 | Aristophanes' Lysistrata ; The birds ; The clouds ; The frogs |
| 44 | Astounding |
| 45 | Astounding Science Fiction |
| 46 | Astounding Science Fiction |
| 47 | Astounding Science Fiction Volume LXI, No. 6 |
| 48 | Astounding Science Fiction - April 1959 |
| 49 | Astounding Science Fiction - December 1958 |
| 50 | Astounding Science Fiction Magazine, February 1954 |
| 51 | Astounding Science Fiction Magazine, June 1957 |
| 52 | Astounding Science Fiction, August 1953 |
| 53 | Astounding Science Fiction, June 1956 |
| 54 | Astounding Science Fiction, November 1956 |
| 55 | Astounding Science Fiction, November 1958 |
| 56 | Astounding Science Fiction, Vol. 52, No. 3 |
| 57 | Astounding Science Fiction, Vol. 56, No. 3 |
| 58 | Astounding tales of space and time |
| 59 | Astounding/Analog Science Fact & Fiction, September 1960 |
| 60 | Baker's dozen -- 13 short science fiction novels |
| 61 | Before the Golden Age |
| 62 | Before the Golden Age (Book 4 of 4) |
| 63 | Before the Golden Age, Book 3 |
| 64 | Black Infinity |
| 65 | Black Star Passes |
| 66 | Black Star Passes |
| 67 | Black Star Passes : (Annotated) |
| 68 | Black Stars Passes |
| 69 | CliffsNotes on Sartre's No Exit and the Flies |
| 70 | Cloak of Aesir |
| 71 | Collected Editorials from Analog |
| 72 | Conquest of the Planets & The Man Who Annexed the Moon |
| 73 | Cosmic Junkman, The, & The Ultimate Weapon |
| 74 | Cosmic Kill & Beyond the End of Space |
| 75 | Cosmos |
| 76 | Crane's Red Badge of Courage |
| 77 | Cross Examined |
| 78 | Cross Examined |
| 79 | Definitions |
| 80 | F. Scott Fitzgerald's the great Gatsby |
| 81 | Frozen Hell |
| 82 | Frozen Hell |
| 83 | Henry VI, parts 1, 2, 3 |
| 84 | Henry VIII |
| 85 | Incredible Planet |
| 86 | Invaders from the Infinite |
| 87 | Isaac Asimov presents the great science fiction stories -- Volume 1, 1939 |
| 88 | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury (The Future in Question / Space Mail) |
| 89 | Islands of Space |
| 90 | John W. Campbell Anthology |
| 91 | John W. Campbell Anthology |
| 92 | John W. Campbell Letters |
| 93 | John W. Campbell Omnibus |
| 94 | John W. Campbell, 4 SciFi Novels, The Mightiest Machine, Islands of Space, The Ultimate Weapon and Planeteers, and Invaders from the Infinite |
| 95 | John W. Campbell, Collected Editorials from Analog |
| 96 | John Wood Campbell, Science Fiction Collection |
| 97 | La chose |
| 98 | La cosa |
| 99 | Last Evolution |
| 100 | Last Evolution |
| 101 | Last Evolution |
| 102 | Last Evolution and the Ultimate Weapon |
| 103 | Le ciel est mort |
| 104 | London's Call of the Wind |
| 105 | Medical school admission interviews |
| 106 | Monarch Notes on Shakespeare's Richard Third |
| 107 | Monarch Notes on Steinbeck's of Mice and Men |
| 108 | Moon is Hell |
| 109 | No exit ; &, The flies |
| 110 | Oops, We Lost Our Values |
| 111 | Pearl s Buck's the Good Earth (Quick and Easy Notes) |
| 112 | Private Spud Tamson |
| 113 | Prologue to Analog |
| 114 | Quick and Easy Monarch Notes on Salinger's Catcher in the Rye |
| 115 | Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front" |
| 116 | Science Fiction Gems |
| 117 | Science Fiction Hall of Fame |
| 118 | Shakespeare's Julius Caesar |
| 119 | Space Beyond |
| 120 | Space Mail, Volume II |
| 121 | Space Opera Megapack |
| 122 | Sparknotes Barbara Kingsolver |
| 123 | The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology |
| 124 | The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology |
| 125 | The Astounding science fiction anthology |
| 126 | The Astounding science fiction anthology |
| 127 | The Atomic Story |
| 128 | The Battery of Hate & Treasure of the Golden God |
| 129 | The Best of John Campbell |
| 130 | The Best of John W. Campbell |
| 131 | The Best of John W. Campbell |
| 132 | The Black Star Passes |
| 133 | The Black Star Passes |
| 134 | The Black Star Passes: Arcot, Wade and Morey Book 1 |
| 135 | The Book of Great Books |
| 136 | The Complete Collection of the John W. Campbell Letters |
| 137 | The Essential |
| 138 | The Essential Hieronymus Bosch |
| 139 | The Essential Surrealism |
| 140 | The Future in Question |
| 141 | The Incredible Planet |
| 142 | The John W. Campbell Letters |
| 143 | The John W. Campbell Letters with Isaac Asimov and A. E. van Vogt |
| 144 | The Last Evolution |
| 145 | The Last Evolution |
| 146 | The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction |
| 147 | The Mightiest Machine |
| 148 | The Mightiest Machine |
| 149 | The Mightiest Machine |
| 150 | The Mightiest Machine |
| 151 | The Mightiest Machine |
| 152 | The Mightiest Machine: Aarn Munro Book 1 |
| 153 | The Moon Is Hell! |
| 154 | The Moon is Hell |
| 155 | The Moon is Hell |
| 156 | The Planeteers |
| 157 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame -- Volume Two A |
| 158 | The Science Fiction Roll of Honor |
| 159 | The Space Beyond |
| 160 | The Space Beyond |
| 161 | The Space Beyond |
| 162 | The Ultimate Weapon |
| 163 | The Ultimate Weapon |
| 164 | The Ultimate Weapon |
| 165 | The Ultimate Weapon |
| 166 | The Ultimate Weapon |
| 167 | The Ultimate Weapon |
| 168 | The book of great books |
| 169 | The thing |
| 170 | Toni Morrison |
| 171 | Ultimate Weapon |
| 172 | Ultimate Weapon |
| 173 | Venus Equilateral |
| 174 | When the Atoms Failed & Dragons of Space |
| 175 | Where do we go from here? |
| 176 | Who Goes There |
| 177 | Who Goes There? |
| 178 | Who Goes There? |
| 179 | Why Christians Are Wrong about Jesus |
| 180 | William Shakespeare's Hamlet |
| 181 | William Shakespeare's Macbeth |
| 182 | William Shakespeare's the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet |
| 183 | Works of John W. Campbell (Black Star Passes, Etc. ) |
| 184 | the astounding science fiction anthology |
| 185 | the second astounding science fiction anthology |
| 186 | The Book of Great Books 2000 |
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