R. A. Lafferty Reading Order
1 series · 172 books
R.A. Lafferty was an American speculative fiction writer whose wildly inventive and offbeat narratives blended science fiction, fantasy, and historical elements into something entirely his own. Working primarily from the 1960s through early 2000s, he built a distinctive voice through densely layered plots, unusual wordplay, and deeply imaginative world-building that challenged conventional storytelling. His prolific output of standalone novels and short fiction established him as a cult figure in speculative literature for readers seeking unconventional narratives and thought-provoking speculative ideas.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete172 books
Start with Past Master (Ace Sceince Fiction Special, H-54), the first of 172 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | ARGO |
| 2 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIE D'UNE MACHINE KTISTEQUE |
| 3 | Adam Had Three Brothers |
| 4 | Alaric: The Day the World Ended |
| 5 | All the People |
| 6 | Aloys |
| 7 | Annales de Klepsis |
| 8 | Annals of Klepsis (eBook) |
| 9 | Apocalypses (eBook) |
| 10 | Arrive at Easterwine |
| 11 | Arrive at Easterwine (eBook) |
| 12 | Astrobe, der goldene Planet |
| 13 | Best of R. A. Lafferty |
| 14 | Dagen van gras, dagen van stro |
| 15 | Day of the Glacier |
| 16 | Devil Is Dead (eBook) |
| 17 | Die Odyssee Des Captain Roadstrum |
| 18 | Dream World |
| 19 | East of Laughter |
| 20 | East of Laughter (eBook) |
| 21 | Election day 2084 |
| 22 | FOURTH MANSIONS |
| 23 | Fantastic Stories Presents Science Fiction Super Pack #1 |
| 24 | Fantastic Stories Presents the Worlds of If Super Pack #2 |
| 25 | Four futures |
| 26 | Fourth Mansions |
| 27 | Fourth Mansions |
| 28 | Fourth Mansions (eBook) |
| 29 | Galaxy |
| 30 | Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack #2 |
| 31 | Have Something Further to Add (eBk) |
| 32 | IF Worlds of Science Fiction, September 1960 |
| 33 | In the Garden |
| 34 | Iron Tears |
| 35 | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 23 (1961) |
| 36 | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 24 (1962) |
| 37 | Lafferty in Orbit |
| 38 | Lieux secrets et vilains messieurs |
| 39 | Los Misterios de Udolfo |
| 40 | Man Through the Cracks |
| 41 | Man Who Made Models |
| 42 | McGonigal's Worm |
| 43 | More Fantastic Stories |
| 44 | New Dimensions 1 Fourteen Original Science Fiction Stories |
| 45 | New Dimensions II |
| 46 | Nine Hundred Grandmothers |
| 47 | Nine Hundred Grandmothers (eBook) |
| 48 | Not to Mention Camels (eBook) |
| 49 | Not to mention camels |
| 50 | Okla Hannali |
| 51 | One Hundred |
| 52 | Orbit 10 |
| 53 | Other Side of the Moon |
| 54 | Pandemic in Paradise |
| 55 | Past Master |
| 56 | Past Master |
| 57 | Past Master (Ace SF, 65301) |
| 58 | Past Master (eBook) |
| 59 | Polite People of Pudibundia |
| 60 | R. A. Lafferty Super Pack |
| 61 | Reefs of Earth |
| 62 | Reefs of Earth (eBook) |
| 63 | Saturday You Die |
| 64 | Serpents Egg (eBook) |
| 65 | Short Fiction |
| 66 | Sindbad Thirteenth Voyage (eBook) |
| 67 | Six Fingers of Time |
| 68 | Sodom and Gamorrah, Texas |
| 69 | Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas |
| 70 | Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas |
| 71 | Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas, Texas by R. A. Lafferty, Science Fiction, Fantasy |
| 72 | Space Chantey |
| 73 | Space Chantey (eBook) |
| 74 | Space Mail, Volume II |
| 75 | Speculations |
| 76 | The 7th Ghost Story MEGAPACK® |
| 77 | The Best of Galaxy 2 |
| 78 | The Best of R. A. Lafferty |
| 79 | The Best of R. A. Lafferty |
| 80 | The Hugo Winners, Volume Three |
| 81 | The Hugo Winners, Volume Three, Part Two (1973) |
| 82 | The Hugo Winners. Volume 3, Book 2 |
| 83 | The Man Underneath: The Collected Short Fiction, Volume Three |
| 84 | The Man Who Made Models: The Collected Short Fiction |
| 85 | The Man with the Aura: The Collected Short Fiction, Volume Two |
| 86 | The Man with the Speckled Eyes (The Collected Short Fiction, Volume Four) |
| 87 | The R.A. Lafferty Fantastic MEGAPACK® |
| 88 | The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book |
| 89 | The Seventh Galaxy Reader |
| 90 | The Six Fingers of Time by R. A. Lafferty, Science Fiction, Adventure |
| 91 | The fall of Rome |
| 92 | Third Annual Best Fantasy Stories of the Year |
| 93 | Through Other Eyes |
| 94 | Ugly Sea |
| 95 | Univers 05 |
| 96 | Univers 12 |
| 97 | Univers 1985 |
| 98 | Univers 1986 |
| 99 | Wagons |
| 100 | Weirdest World |
| 101 | Who done it? |
| 102 | Worlds of If Super Pack #1 |
| 103 | Worlds of If Super Pack #2 |
| 104 | Worlds of If Super Pack #3 |
| 105 | Yesterday's Tomorrows |
| 106 | Young extraterrestrials |
| 107 | galaxie # 53 |
| 108 | the reefs of earth |
| 109 | Past Master (Ace Sceince Fiction Special, H-54) 1968 |
| 110 | Past master 1968 |
| 111 | The Reefs of Earth 1968 |
| 112 | Fourth Mansions 1969 |
| 113 | Fourth Mansions (Ace SF Special, 24590) 1969 |
| 114 | Nine Hundred Grandmothers 1970 |
| 115 | Arrive at Easterwine 1971 |
| 116 | Flame Is Green 1971 |
| 117 | The devil is dead 1971 |
| 118 | The fall of Rome 1971 |
| 119 | Okla Hannali 1972 |
| 120 | Strange doings 1972 |
| 121 | Does anyone else have something further to add? 1974 |
| 122 | In the wake of man 1975 |
| 123 | Funnyfingers & Cabrito 1976 |
| 124 | Horns on their heads 1976 |
| 125 | Not to Mention Camels 1976 |
| 126 | Apocalypses 1977 |
| 127 | Shadows 1978 |
| 128 | Archipelago 1979 |
| 129 | Archipelago 1979 |
| 130 | Aurelia 1982 |
| 131 | Golden Gate and other stories 1982 |
| 132 | Annals of Klepsis 1983 |
| 133 | Aurelia (Starblaze Editions) 1983 |
| 134 | Four Stories (Booklet Ser.: No. 7) 1983 |
| 135 | Heart of Stone: Dear and Other Stories (Booklet Series : No. 12) 1983 |
| 136 | Laughing Kelly and Other Verses (Booklet Ser No 11) 1983 |
| 137 | Snake in His Bosom and Other Stories (Booklet Ser No 13) 1983 |
| 138 | Through elegant eyes 1983 |
| 139 | Half a sky 1984 |
| 140 | It's down the slippery cellar stairs 1984 |
| 141 | More than Melchisedech 1984 |
| 142 | Ringing changes 1984 |
| 143 | The man who made models and other stories 1984 |
| 144 | Slippery and other stories 1985 |
| 145 | My Heart Leaps Up (Chapters 1 and 2 Booklet Series No 24) 1986 |
| 146 | My Heart Leaps Up (Chapter 5 and 6 Booklet Series No. 28) 1987 |
| 147 | My Heart Leaps Up (Chapters 3 and 4 Booklet Series No 26) 1987 |
| 148 | My Heart Leaps Up (Chapters 5 and 6, Booklet Series No. 28) 1987 |
| 149 | Serpent's Egg 1987 |
| 150 | East of Laughter 1988 |
| 151 | My Heart Leaps Up (In a Green Tree Part 1) 1988 |
| 152 | Promontory goats 1988 |
| 153 | Strange skies 1988 |
| 154 | The back door of history 1988 |
| 155 | The early Lafferty 1988 |
| 156 | True believers 1988 |
| 157 | How many miles to Babylon 1989 |
| 158 | Sinbad 1989 |
| 159 | Sindbad 1989 |
| 160 | The elliptical grave 1989 |
| 161 | Cranky old man from Tulsa 1990 |
| 162 | Dotty 1990 |
| 163 | Episodes of the Argo 1990 |
| 164 | My Heart Leaps Up (Chapter 9 & 10, Booklet Series No 35) 1990 |
| 165 | The early Lafferty II 1990 |
| 166 | Lafferty in Orbit 1991 |
| 167 | Mischief malicious 1991 |
| 168 | Iron tears 1992 |
| 169 | Tales of Chicago 1992 |
| 170 | Tales of midnight 1992 |
| 171 | Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder 1993 |
| 172 | The Fantasy Hall of Fame [30 stories] 2002 |
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