Roger Zelazny Reading Order

48 books (1967–2023)

Roger Zelazny appears in 48 anthologies spanning from 1967 to 2023, making this a comprehensive collection of his contributions to various science fiction and fantasy compilations. These appearances should be read in publication order, beginning with Dangerous Visions and progressing through collections like Nebula Awards 3, Great Short Novels of Science Fiction, and numerous others. The series documents Zelazny's work across multiple decades and showcases his stories alongside those of other notable authors in the speculative fiction field. The series is likely complete as of 2023.

Start with Dangerous Visions, the first of 48 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Dangerous Visions 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Dangerous Visions 3 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	New Worlds of Fantasy / Step Outside Your Mind 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Nebula Awards 3 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Great Short Novels of Science Fiction 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	On Our Way to the Future 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Shores Beneath 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	A Day in the Life 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	This Side of Infinity 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Wondermakers 2 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Fantastic Stories Special - 1975 Sword & Sorcery Annual 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Beyond Tomorrow 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Nebula Award Stories Ten 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Science Fiction Discoveries 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Best From Galaxy, Volume IV 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Other Worlds 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Other Worlds Volume 2 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Chrysalis 10 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Nebula Award Stories 3 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Age of Wonders: Exploring the World of Science Fiction 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Berserker Base 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Terry's Universe: Science fiction's finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Robert Adams' Book of Soldiers 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	The Monster Book of Monsters 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Hidden Turnings 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	The Best of the Nebulas 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	The Seventh Omni Book of Science Fiction 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Drabble II: Double Century 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Modern Classics of Science Fiction 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Christmas Forever 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Black Thorn, White Rose 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Omni Visions Two 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Sea-Cursed 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Angels! 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Cthulhu 2000 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Forever After 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Superheroes 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Warriors of Blood and Dreams 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	The Williamson Effect 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	Modern Classics of Fantasy 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	Explorers 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	Supermen 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	A.I.s 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	Fantasy For Good: A Charitable Anthology 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	Robots Through the Ages 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1980–1989)

The Changeling Saga is a three-book fantasy series by Roger Zelazny consisting of Changeling, Madwand, and Wizard World, published between 1980 and 1989. This completed series should be read in publication order to follow the narrative as intended. The books blend fantasy and science fiction elements throughout their arc.

Start with Changeling and read in order.

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1	Changeling 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Madwand 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Wizard World 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

10 books (1970–1991)

Roger Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber is a complete fantasy and science fiction series comprising ten books published between 1970 and 1991. The sequence should be read in publication order, beginning with Nine Princes in Amber and concluding with Prince of Chaos. This epic saga follows the royal family of Amber and their struggles across multiple worlds and realities, blending high fantasy with science fiction elements across its interconnected narrative arc.

Start with Nine Princes in Amber, the first of 10 books in the Chronicles Of Amber series.

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1	Nine Princes in Amber 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Guns of Avalon 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Sign of the Unicorn 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Hand of Oberon 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Courts of Chaos 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Trumps of Doom 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Blood of Amber 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Sign of Chaos 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Knight of Shadows 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Prince of Chaos 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1978–2019)

Roger Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber Collections comprises three complete volumes published across four decades, from 1978 through 2019. These fantasy and science fiction works should be read in publication order, beginning with The Chronicles of Amber, followed by The Chronicles of Amber: Volume II, and concluding with Seven Tales in Amber. The series blends Zelazny's signature imaginative worldbuilding with interconnected narratives spanning multiple dimensions and realities.

Start with The Chronicles of Amber and read in order.

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1	The Chronicles of Amber 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Chronicles of Amber: Volume II 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Seven Tales in Amber 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

7 books (2009–2010)

The Collected Stories of Collections is a seven-book series of compiled works by Roger Zelazny, published between 2009 and 2010. The series collects previously published fantasy and science fiction stories along with non-fiction material, presented in publication order beginning with Last Exit to Babylon. The complete series concludes with The Ides of Octember, a pictorial bibliography created in collaboration with multiple editors. These volumes serve as a comprehensive retrospective of Zelazny's shorter fiction and critical materials.

Start with Last Exit to Babylon, the first of 7 books in the Collected Stories Of Collections series.

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1	Last Exit to Babylon 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Nine Black Doves 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Power & Light 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Road to Amber 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	This Mortal Mountain 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Threshold 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Ides of Octember: A Pictorial Bibliography of Roger Zelazny(With: David G. Grubbs,Christopher S. Kovacs,Ann Crimmins,Alice N.S. Lewis) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1981–1982)

Roger Zelazny's Dilvish Stories consist of two fantasy novels published in the early 1980s. The series follows publication order, beginning with The Changing Land in 1981 and concluding with Dilvish, the Damned in 1982. This complete series is best experienced sequentially as written, with each book building on the previous narrative.

Start with The Changing Land and read in order.

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1	The Changing Land 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Dilvish, the Damned 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1969–1973)

Roger Zelazny's Francis Sandow series consists of two science fiction novels published between 1969 and 1973. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Isle of the Dead followed by To Die in Italbar. Both books feature the mysterious immortal protagonist Francis Sandow navigating intricate plots across exotic worlds.

Start with Isle of the Dead and read in order.

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1	Isle of the Dead 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	To Die in Italbar 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

41 books (1985–2025)

The L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future series is an ongoing annual anthology collection that has been published continuously since 1985, now spanning 41 volumes through 2025. Each installment features fantasy and science fiction stories selected through the Writers of the Future Contest, showcasing both established and emerging authors in the genre. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with the first volume and progressing through subsequent years to follow the evolution of the contest's selections over four decades.

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 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 2 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 3 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 4 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 5 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 6 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 7 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 8 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future9 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 10 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 11 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 12 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 13 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 14 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 15 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 16 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 17 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 18 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 19 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 21 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 22 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 23 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 24 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 25 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 26 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 27 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 28 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 29 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 30 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 31 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 32 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 33 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 34 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 35 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 36 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 37 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 38 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 39 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future 40 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 41 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

9 books (1986–1989)

The Millennium series is a complete nine-book science fiction anthology published between 1986 and 1989, with each entry written by a different author including Katherine Kurtz, David Gerrold, Robert Silverberg, and Poul Anderson. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Legacy of Lehr and concluding with The Homecoming. Each standalone novel contributes to an overarching narrative while maintaining its own narrative focus and authorship.

Start with The Legacy of Lehr(By: Katherine Kurtz), the first of 9 books in the Millenium series.

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1	The Legacy of Lehr(By: Katherine Kurtz) 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	A Dark Traveling 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Chess With A Dragon(By: David Gerrold) 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Project Pendulum(By: Robert Silverberg) 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	A Place of Silver Silence(By: Ardath Mayhar) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Joe Gosh(By: Tom De Haven) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Forever City(By: Richard A. Lupoff) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Year of the Ransom(By: Poul Anderson) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Homecoming(By: Barry B. Longyear) 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1991–1995)

The Millennial Contest is a three-book fantasy series by Roger Zelazny published between 1991 and 1995. The complete series consists of Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming, If at Faust You Don't Succeed, and A Farce to Be Reckoned With, and should be read in publication order. This concluded series follows a connected narrative across all three installments.

Start with Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming and read in order.

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1	Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	If at Faust You Don't Succeed 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	A Farce to Be Reckoned With 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (1988–1988)

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1	Roger Zelazny's Visual Guide to Castle Amber(With: Neil Randall) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (1966–2024)

This is an ongoing series of five science fiction and fantasy short stories and novellas by Roger Zelazny, spanning from 1966 to 2024. The collection should be read in publication order, beginning with For a Breath I Tarry and continuing through Home is the Hangman, 24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai, Permafrost, and concluding with The Eve of RUMOKO. Each entry stands as a complete work while contributing to the broader scope of Zelazny's shorter fiction.

Start with For a Breath I Tarry, the first of 5 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

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1	For a Breath I Tarry 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Home is the Hangman 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Permafrost 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Eve of RUMOKO 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

12 books (1965–2018)

Roger Zelazny's short story collections span from 1965 to 2018 across twelve complete volumes that should be read in publication order. The series includes fiction collections alongside volumes of poetry and illustrated selections that showcase Zelazny's distinctive voice in both science fiction and fantasy. Begin with Four for Tomorrow and proceed chronologically through the final collection, The Magic, to experience the full range of this master storyteller's work across five decades.

Start with Four for Tomorrow, the first of 12 books in the Short Story Collections series.

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1	Four for Tomorrow 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Poems 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	My Name is Legion 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Illustrated Roger Zelazny 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Last Defender of Camelot 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Unicorn Variation 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	When Pussywillows Last in the Catyard Bloomed and Other Poems 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Frost and Fire 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Here There Be Dragons & Way Up High 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Manna From Heaven 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Magic 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

27 books (1966–2025)

Roger Zelazny's standalone novels span from 1966 to 2009, comprising 23 complete works that blend fantasy and science fiction across diverse imaginative worlds. Each novel stands independently and requires no prior reading, though following publication order provides a chronological view of the author's evolving style. The collection includes solo works alongside collaborations with Philip K. Dick and Fred Saberhagen, offering readers a comprehensive survey of Zelazny's versatile storytelling across nearly five decades.

Start with The Dream Master / He Who Shapes, the first of 23 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	The Dream Master / He Who Shapes 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	This Immortal / …And Call Me Conrad 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Lord of Light 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Damnation Alley 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Creatures of Light and Darkness 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Jack of Shadows 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Today We Choose Faces 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Bridge of Ashes 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Deus Irae(With: Philip K. Dick) 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Doorways in the Sand 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Roadmarks 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	To Spin is Miracle Cat 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Coils(With: Fred Saberhagen) 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Eye of Cat 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Black Throne(With: Fred Saberhagen) 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Mask of Loki(With: Thomas T. Thomas) 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Flare(With: Thomas T. Thomas) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	A Night in the Lonesome October 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Wilderness(With: Gerald Hausman) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Donnerjack(With: Jane Lindskold) 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Psychoshop(With: Alfred Bester) 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Lord Demon(With: Jane Lindskold) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	The Dead Man's Brother 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	A Thing Of Terrible Beauty 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Horseman! 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Mr. Fuller's Revolt 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	The Stainless Steel Leech 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible