L. Ron Hubbard Reading Order
8 series · 154 books · Born 13 March 1911
L. Ron Hubbard was a prolific American author, renowned for his contributions to science fiction and self-help literature. With an impressive catalog of 154 works spanning eight series, including notable titles like Mission Earth and the Western Short Stories Collection, he engaged readers from 1934 until 2026. His book *Dianetics* not only garnered a massive following but also laid the foundation for the Church of Scientology and its associated teachings.
Anthologies Series
Ongoing5 books (1941–2026)
Start with The Crossroads, the first of 5 books in the Anthologies series.
L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future Series
Ongoing41 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.
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| 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 🇺🇸 |
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| 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 🇺🇸 |
Mission Earth Series
Complete10 books (1985–1986)
Start with The Invaders Plan, the first of 10 books in the Mission Earth series.
Non-Fiction Series
Complete3 books (1956–2007)
Start with Scientology and read in order.
Short Story Collections Series
Complete56 books (1934–2014)
Start with Hurtling Wings, the first of 56 books in the Short Story Collections series.
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| 1 | Hurtling Wings 1934Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Sea Fangs 1934Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Twenty Fathoms Down 1934Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  The Sky Devil 1935Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Loot of the Shanung 1936Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  The Sky-Crasher 1936Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | All Frontiers Are Jealous 1937Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  The Devil—with Wings 1937Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  The Dive Bomber 1937Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  The Falcon Killer 1939Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Triton and Battle of Wizards 1949Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Yukon Madness 1949Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Greed 1950Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  Ole Doc Methuselah 1970Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Lives You Wished To Lead But Never Dared 1978Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  The Kingslayer 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  Brass Keys to Murder 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  When Shadows Fall 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | Cargo of Coffins 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  Danger in the Dark 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  Inky Odds 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  Man-Killers of the Air 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  The Professor Was a Thief 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  Under the Black Ensign 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | A Matter of Matter 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | Destiny's Drum 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  Golden Hell 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 |  One Was Stubborn 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 |  The Toughest Ranger 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 |  Trail of the Red Diamonds 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 |  On Blazing Wings 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 |  Sky Birds Dare! 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 |  The Phantom Patrol 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 |  The Tramp 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 |  Tomb of the Ten Thousand Dead 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 |  Beyond All Weapons 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 |  False Cargo 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 |  Gunman\'s Tally 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 |  Hell's Legionnaire 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 |  Killer's Law 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 |  Mouthpiece 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 42 |  Red Death Over China 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 43 |  The Red Dragon 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 44 |  Trouble on His Wings 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 45 |  While Bugles Blow! 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 46 |  Black Towers to Danger 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 47 |  The Black Sultan 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 48 |  The Green God 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 49 |  The Lieutenant Takes the Sky 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 50 |  Trick Soldier 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 51 |  Arctic Wings 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 52 |  Fifty-Fifty O'Brien 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 53 |  Forbidden Gold 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 54 | Mister Tidwell Gunner 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 55 |  The Bold Dare All 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 56 |  The Slickers 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
Slaves Of Sleep Series
Complete2 books (1948–1998)
Start with Slaves of Sleep and read in order.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete22 books (1934–2014)
Start with Dead Men Kill, the first of 22 books in the Standalone Novels series.
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| 1 | Dead Men Kill 1934Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  The Carnival of Death 1934Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Hostage to Death 1935Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Hurricane 1935Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Wind-Gone-Mad 1935Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  The Headhunters 1936Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  The Battling Pilot 1937Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Death's Deputy 1940Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Typewriter in the Sky 1942Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Slaves of Sleep 1948Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  Seven Steps to the Arbiter / The Kingslayer 1949Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | To the Stars / Return to Tomorrow 1950Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Fear 1952Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  Buckskin Brigades 1955Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Battlefield Earth 1982Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  A Very Strange Trip(With: Dave Wolverton) 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | The Automagic Horse 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  Ai! Pedrito!(With: Kevin J. Anderson) 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  Read & Listen Package 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  The Ultimate Adventure 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  Spy Killer 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  Final Blackout 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
Western Short Stories Collection Series
Complete15 books (2008–2014)
Start with Branded Outlaw, the first of 15 books in the Western Short Stories Collection series.
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| 1 | Branded Outlaw 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Six-Gun Caballero 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Under the Diehard Brand 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Cattle King for a Day 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Devil's Manhunt 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | The Toughest Ranger 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Shadows from Boot Hill 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Death Waits at Sundown 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Gun Boss of Tumbleweed 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Gunman\'s Tally 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | The Magic Quirt 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | King of the Gunmen 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | The Baron of Coyote River 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | The No-Gun Man 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Tinhorn's Daughter 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has L. Ron Hubbard written?
- L. Ron Hubbard has written 154 books across 8 series. Their published works span from 1934 to 2026.
- What is the first book in each L. Ron Hubbard series?
- Here are the first books in L. Ron Hubbard's series: Anthologies: The Crossroads; L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future: L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1; Mission Earth: The Invaders Plan; Non-Fiction: Scientology; Short Story Collections: Hurtling Wings.
- What order should I read L. Ron Hubbard's books?
- We recommend reading L. Ron Hubbard's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is L. Ron Hubbard still writing new books?
- Yes, L. Ron Hubbard has 2 ongoing series: Anthologies, L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future.