Spider Robinson Reading Order

17 books (1974–2019)

Start with Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 1974, the first of 17 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 1974 1974Buy 🇺🇸
2	Analog Annual 1976Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Best From Galaxy, Volume IV 1976Buy 🇺🇸
4	Chrysalis 1 1977Buy 🇺🇸
5	Chrysalis 4 1979Buy 🇺🇸
6	Destinies: The Paperback Magazine of Science Fiction and Speculative Fact 1979Buy 🇺🇸
7	Nebula Awards 13 1980Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Best of All Possible Worlds 1980Buy 🇺🇸
9	The First Omni Book of Science Fiction 1983Buy 🇺🇸
10	Tesseracts 1985Buy 🇺🇸
11	Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 1986 1986Buy 🇺🇸
12	Tales from the Planet Earth 1986Buy 🇺🇸
13	Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July 1993 1993Buy 🇺🇸
14	Northern Stars 1994Buy 🇺🇸
15	New Skies: An Anthology of Today's Science Fiction 2003Buy 🇺🇸
16	Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian 2003Buy 🇺🇸
17	Across the Universe 2019Buy 🇺🇸

13 books (1989–1991)

Start with Daily Voices(By: Lisa Goldstein), the first of 13 books in the Author's Choice Monthly series.

#	Title
1	Daily Voices(By: Lisa Goldstein) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Old Funny Stuff(By: George Alec Effinger) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
3	Heroines(By: James Patrick Kelly) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
4	Neon Twilight(By: Edward Bryant) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
5	Peripheral Vision(By: Karen Joy Fowler) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
6	Swatting at the Cosmos(By: James K. Morrow) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
7	Tales from a Vanished Country(By: Elizabeth Lynn) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
8	True Minds 1990Buy 🇺🇸
9	Hedgework & Guessery(By: Charles de Lint) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
10	It's Been Fun(By: Esther M. Friesner) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
11	Nine Hard Questions About the Nature of the Universe(By: Lewis Shiner) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
12	Stories by Mama Lansdales Youngest Boy(By: Joe R. Lansdale) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
13	Unthreatened by the Morning Light(By: Karl Edward Wagner) 1991Buy 🇺🇸

11 books (1977–2003)

Start with Callahan's Crosstime Saloon, the first of 11 books in the Callahan's series.

#	Title
1	Callahan's Crosstime Saloon 1977Buy 🇺🇸
2	Time Travellers Strictly Cash 1981Buy 🇺🇸
3	Callahan's Secret 1986Buy 🇺🇸
4	Callahan's Crazy Crosstime Bar 1989Buy 🇺🇸
5	Callahan's Lady 1989Buy 🇺🇸
6	Lady Slings the Booze 1992Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Callahan Touch 1993Buy 🇺🇸
8	Off the Wall at Callahan's 1994Buy 🇺🇸
9	Callahan's Legacy 1996Buy 🇺🇸
10	Callahan's Key 2000Buy 🇺🇸
11	Callahan's Con 2003Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1980–2016)

Start with Antinomy, the first of 6 books in the Collections series.

#	Title
1	Antinomy 1980Buy 🇺🇸
2	Melancholy Elephants 1984Buy 🇺🇸
3	User Friendly 1998Buy 🇺🇸
4	By Any Other Name 2001Buy 🇺🇸
5	God is an Iron and Other Stories 2002Buy 🇺🇸
6	My Favorite Shorts 2016Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1989–1992)

Start with Callahan's Lady and read in order.

#	Title
1	Callahan's Lady 1989Buy 🇺🇸
2	Lady Slings the Booze 1992Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1982–1997)

Start with Mindkiller and read in order.

#	Title
1	Mindkiller 1982Buy 🇺🇸
2	Time Pressure 1987Buy 🇺🇸
3	Lifehouse 1997Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2004–2004)

#	Title
1	The Crazy Years 2004Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2002–2008)

Start with Very Bad Deaths and read in order.

#	Title
1	Very Bad Deaths 2002Buy 🇺🇸
2	Very Hard Choices 2008Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1976–2006)

Start with Telempath, the first of 4 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Telempath 1976Buy 🇺🇸
2	Night of Power 1985Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Free Lunch 2001Buy 🇺🇸
4	Variable Star(With: Robert A. Heinlein) 2006Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1977–1995)

Start with Stardance and read in order.

#	Title
1	Stardance 1977Buy 🇺🇸
2	Starseed 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	Starmind 1995Buy 🇺🇸