Philip José Farmer Reading Order

25 books (1965–2010)

Start with The Microcosmic God, the first of 25 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	The Microcosmic God 1965Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dangerous Visions 1967Buy 🇺🇸
3	Orbit 3 1967Buy 🇺🇸
4	Backdrop of Stars 1968Buy 🇺🇸
5	Alpha 3 1972Buy 🇺🇸
6	Orbit 11 1972Buy 🇺🇸
7	Demon Kind 1973Buy 🇺🇸
8	Bug-Eyed Monsters 1974Buy 🇺🇸
9	Continuum 1 1974Buy 🇺🇸
10	Jack the Knife: Tales of Jack the Ripper 1975Buy 🇺🇸
11	Weird Heroes Volume 1 1975Buy 🇺🇸
12	Weird Heroes Volume 2 1975Buy 🇺🇸
13	Nebula Award Stories Ten 1976Buy 🇺🇸
14	Weird Heroes Volume 6 1977Buy 🇺🇸
15	Weird Heroes Volume 8 1977Buy 🇺🇸
16	Chrysalis Volume 2 1978Buy 🇺🇸
17	The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century 1980Buy 🇺🇸
18	Shadows of Sanctuary 1981Buy 🇺🇸
19	The Monster Book of Monsters 1988Buy 🇺🇸
20	The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes 1989Buy 🇺🇸
21	Semiotext SF 1991Buy 🇺🇸
22	Tales Of Riverworld 1993Buy 🇺🇸
23	The Science Fiction Century 1997Buy 🇺🇸
24	Naked Came the Farmer 1998Buy 🇺🇸
25	The Worlds of Philip José Farmer: Protean Dimensions 2010Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1985–1990)

Start with Dayworld and read in order.

#	Title
1	Dayworld 1985Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dayworld Rebel 1987Buy 🇺🇸
3	Dayworld Breakup 1990Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1995–2013)

Start with A Feast Unknown and read in order.

#	Title
1	A Feast Unknown 1995Buy 🇺🇸
2	Lord of the Trees 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Mad Goblin 2013Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1968–1973)

Start with Image of the Beast and read in order.

#	Title
1	Image of the Beast 1968Buy 🇺🇸
2	Blown 1969Buy 🇺🇸
3	Traitor to the Living 1973Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2020–2020)

#	Title
1	A Rough Knight for the Queen 2020Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1974–1976)

Start with Hadon of Ancient Opar and read in order.

#	Title
1	Hadon of Ancient Opar 1974Buy 🇺🇸
2	Flight to Opar 1976Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (1988–2017)

Start with Philip José Farmer's The Dungeon(By: Richard A. Lupoff), the first of 9 books in the Philip Jose Farmer's The Dungeon series.

#	Title
1	Philip José Farmer's The Dungeon(By: Richard A. Lupoff) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Black Tower(By: Richard A. Lupoff) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Lake of Fire(By: Robin Wayne Bailey) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Valley of Thunder(By: Charles de Lint) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Final Battle(By: Richard A. Lupoff) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Hidden City(By: Charles de Lint) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Dungeon 2003Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Dark Abyss(By: Bruce Coville) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
9	Philip José Farmer's The Dungeon Vol. 6, The Final Battle(By: Richard A. Lupoff) 2017Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1954–2021)

Start with Queen of the Deep, the first of 4 books in the Philip José Farmer Short Stories/Novellas series.

#	Title
1	Queen of the Deep 1954Buy 🇺🇸
2	How Deep the Grooves 1963Buy 🇺🇸
3	Heel & The Wounded 2009Buy 🇺🇸
4	Rastignac the Devil 2021Buy 🇺🇸

21 books (1954–2021)

Start with They Twinkled Like Jewels, the first of 21 books in the Philip José Farmer Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	They Twinkled Like Jewels 1954Buy 🇺🇸
2	Alley God 1959Buy 🇺🇸
3	Strange Relations 1960Buy 🇺🇸
4	Down in the Black Gang 1971Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Book of Philip José Farmer 1973Buy 🇺🇸
6	Riverworld War 1980Buy 🇺🇸
7	Father to the Stars 1981Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Cache 1981Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Purple Book 1982Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Classic Philip Jose Farmer 1952-1964 1984Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Classic Philip Jose Farmer 1964-1973 1984Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Grand Adventure 1984Buy 🇺🇸
13	Riders of the Purple Wage 1992Buy 🇺🇸
14	Pearls from Peoria 2006Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Best of Philip José Farmer 2006Buy 🇺🇸
16	Up From The Bottomless Pit And Other Stories 2007Buy 🇺🇸
17	Venus on the Half-Shell and Others 2008Buy 🇺🇸
18	Tales of the Wold Newton Universe 2013Buy 🇺🇸
19	Riverworld and Other Stories 2017Buy 🇺🇸
20	Greatheart Silver and Other Pulp Heroes 2019Buy 🇺🇸
21	The Man Who Met Tarzan 2021Buy 🇺🇸

31 books (1957–2020)

Start with The Green Odyssey, the first of 31 books in the Philip José Farmer Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Green Odyssey 1957Buy 🇺🇸
2	A Woman a Day / The Day of Timestop / Timestop! 1960Buy 🇺🇸
3	Flesh 1960Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Lovers 1961Buy 🇺🇸
5	Cache from Outer Space 1962Buy 🇺🇸
6	Fire and the Night 1962Buy 🇺🇸
7	Inside Outside 1964Buy 🇺🇸
8	Tongues of the Moon 1964Buy 🇺🇸
9	Dare 1965Buy 🇺🇸
10	Night Of Light 1966Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Gate of Time / Two Hawks from Earth 1966Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Day of Timestop 1968Buy 🇺🇸
13	Lord Tyger 1970Buy 🇺🇸
14	Love Song 1970Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Stone God Awakens 1970Buy 🇺🇸
16	Time's Last Gift 1972Buy 🇺🇸
17	The Other Log of Phileas Fogg 1973Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Wind Whales of Ishmael 1973Buy 🇺🇸
19	Venus on the Half-Shell 1975Buy 🇺🇸
20	Ironcastle(With: J.H. Rosny Aîné) 1976Buy 🇺🇸
21	Dark is the Sun 1979Buy 🇺🇸
22	Jesus on Mars 1979Buy 🇺🇸
23	The Unreasoning Mask 1981Buy 🇺🇸
24	A Barnstormer in Oz 1982Buy 🇺🇸
25	Greatheart Silver 1982Buy 🇺🇸
26	Stations of the Nightmare 1982Buy 🇺🇸
27	Nothing Burns in Hell 1988Buy 🇺🇸
28	The Caterpillar's Question(With: Piers Anthony) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
29	The City Beyond Play 2007Buy 🇺🇸
30	The Evil in Pemberley House 2009Buy 🇺🇸
31	Up From The Bottomless Pit 2020Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (1971–1992)

Start with The Fabulous Riverboat, the first of 8 books in the Riverworld series.

#	Title
1	The Fabulous Riverboat 1971Buy 🇺🇸
2	To Your Scattered Bodies Go 1971Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Dark Design 1977Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Magic Labyrinth 1980Buy 🇺🇸
5	Gods of Riverworld 1983Buy 🇺🇸
6	River of Eternity 1983Buy 🇺🇸
7	Human Spirit, Beetle Spirit(By: John Gregory Betancourt) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Merry Men of the Riverworld(By: John Gregory Betancourt) 1992Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1972–1999)

Start with Tarzan Alive and read in order.

#	Title
1	Tarzan Alive 1972Buy 🇺🇸
2	Doc Savage 1973Buy 🇺🇸
3	Tarzan and the Dark Heart of Time 1999Buy 🇺🇸

38 books (1974–2024)

Start with The Adventure of the Peerless Peer, the first of 38 books in the The Further Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes series.

#	Title
1	The Adventure of the Peerless Peer 1974Buy 🇺🇸
2	War of the Worlds(By: Manly Wade Wellman,Wade Wellman) 1975Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Giant Rat of Sumatra(By: Richard L. Boyer) 1976Buy 🇺🇸
4	Sherlock vs Dracula(By: Loren D. Estleman) 1978Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Stalwart Companions(By: H. Paul Jeffers) 1978Buy 🇺🇸
6	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes(By: Loren D. Estleman) 1979Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Ectoplasmic Man(By: Daniel Stashower) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Seventh Bullet(By: Daniel D. Victor) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Whitechapel Horrors(By: Edward B. Hanna) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
10	Seance for a Vampire(By: Fred Saberhagen) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
11	Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac(By: Barrie Roberts) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Angel of the Opera(By: Sam Siciliano) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Titanic Tragedy(By: William Seil) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Star of India(By: Carole Buggé) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Haunting of Torre Abbey(By: Carole Buggé) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Man from Hell(By: Barrie Roberts) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
17	The Veiled Detective(By: David Stuart Davies) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
18	Between the Thames and the Tiber(By: Ted Riccardi) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
19	The Web Weaver(By: Sam Siciliano) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
20	The Grimswell Curse(By: Sam Siciliano) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
21	The Devil's Promise(By: David Stuart Davies) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
22	The Albino's Treasure(By: Stuart Douglas) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
23	Murder at Sorrow's Crown(By: Steven Savile,Robert Greenberger) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
24	The Counterfeit Detective(By: Stuart Douglas) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
25	The Ripper Legacy(By: David Stuart Davies) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
26	The White Worm(By: Sam Siciliano) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
27	Imagination Theatre's Sherlock Holmes of Scripts From The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes(By: David Marcum) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
28	The Moonstone's Curse(By: Sam Siciliano) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
29	The Devil and the Four(By: Sam Siciliano) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
30	The Improbable Prisoner(By: Stuart Douglas) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
31	The Instrument of Death(By: David Stuart Davies) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
32	The Crusader's Curse(By: Stuart Douglas) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
33	The Martian Menace(By: Eric Brown) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
34	The Venerable Tiger(By: Sam Siciliano) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
35	Sherlock Holmes and the Four Kings of Sweden(By: Steven Savile) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
36	Revenge from the Grave(By: David Stuart Davies) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
37	Deathly Relics(By: Sam Siciliano) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
38	The Gentleman Burglar(By: Sam Siciliano) 2024Buy 🇺🇸

19 books (1979–2013)

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

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

22 books (1991–2018)

Start with Escape from Loki, the first of 22 books in the Wild Adventures Of Doc Savage series.

#	Title
1	Escape from Loki 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	Python Isle(By: Kenneth Robeson) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Frightened Fish(By: Kenneth Robeson) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Jade Ogre(By: Kenneth Robeson) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
5	White Eyes(By: Kenneth Robeson) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
6	Flight into Fear(By: Kenneth Robeson) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Forgotten Realm(By: Kenneth Robeson) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Whistling Wraith(By: Kenneth Robeson) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
9	Horror in Gold(By: Kenneth Robeson) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Desert Demons(By: Kenneth Robeson) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
11	Death's Dark Domain(By: Kenneth Robeson) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Infernal Buddha(By: Kenneth Robeson) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
13	Phantom Lagoon(By: Kenneth Robeson) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
14	Skull Island(By: Will Murray) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Miracle Menace(By: Kenneth Robeson) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Ice Genius(By: Kenneth Robeson) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
17	The War Makers(By: Kenneth Robeson) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Secret of Satan's Spine(By: Kenneth Robeson) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
19	The Sinister Shadow(By: Kenneth Robeson) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
20	Glare of the Gorgon(By: Kenneth Robeson) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
21	Empire of Doom(By: Kenneth Robeson) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
22	Mr. Calamity(By: Kenneth Robeson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (1965–1993)

Start with The Maker of Universes, the first of 7 books in the World Of Tiers series.

#	Title
1	The Maker of Universes 1965Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Gates of Creation 1966Buy 🇺🇸
3	A Private Cosmos 1967Buy 🇺🇸
4	Behind the Walls of Terra 1970Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Lavalite World 1977Buy 🇺🇸
6	Red Orc's Rage 1991Buy 🇺🇸
7	More Than Fire 1993Buy 🇺🇸