Theodore Sturgeon Reading Order
1 series · 164 books
Theodore Sturgeon was an influential American science fiction and fantasy writer known for his imaginative storytelling and exploration of human themes within speculative settings. Over his career spanning from 1948 to 2006, he produced more than 120 short stories and numerous novels that demonstrated his versatility across multiple genres including horror and literary science fiction. Beyond his fiction work, Sturgeon contributed significantly to the field as a critic and wrote two memorable episodes for Star Trek: The Original Series, helping shape the franchise's philosophical approach to science fiction.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete164 books
Start with Without sorcery; thirteen tales, the first of 164 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 to the Highest Power |
| 2 | 4 for the future |
| 3 | Amok time |
| 4 | And my fear is great |
| 5 | Assignment in Tomorrow |
| 6 | Auf dem Floß der Zeit |
| 7 | BEYOND THE CURTAIN OF DARK |
| 8 | Bakers Dozen. 13 Short Horror Novels |
| 9 | Best detective stories of the year |
| 10 | Blutige Küsse |
| 11 | Dark Forces |
| 12 | Der Bonsai-Mensch und andere Nebula-Preis-Stories 3 |
| 13 | Die Ersten Ihrer Art. |
| 14 | E Pluribus Unicorn |
| 15 | Een Beetje Bloed van Jou |
| 16 | Fantastic Stories Presents Science Fiction Super Pack #1 |
| 17 | Fantastic Stories Presents the Weird Tales Super Pack #1 |
| 18 | Faszination der Science Fiction |
| 19 | Fifty short science fiction tales |
| 20 | Flying Saucers |
| 21 | Galaxy |
| 22 | Galaxy Science Fiction |
| 23 | Galaxy Science Fiction, March 1954 |
| 24 | Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1950 |
| 25 | Galaxy Science Fiction, Vol. 16, No. 4 |
| 26 | Giants |
| 27 | Giants Unleashed |
| 28 | Girl Had Guts |
| 29 | Great Tales of the Golden Age of Science Fiction [9 stories] |
| 30 | HORROR HUNTERS |
| 31 | Horror Gems, Volume Fourteen, Manly Banister and Others (Volume 14) |
| 32 | I, Libertine |
| 33 | Isaac Asimov Präsentiert Sagenwelt Der Fantasy |
| 34 | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) |
| 35 | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) |
| 36 | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) |
| 37 | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 21 (1959) |
| 38 | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 24 (1962) |
| 39 | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) |
| 40 | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) |
| 41 | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) |
| 42 | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) |
| 43 | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great science fiction stories--volume 11, 1949 |
| 44 | Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 15 (1953) |
| 45 | Isaac Asimov presents the golden age of science fiction. Sixth Series |
| 46 | Isaac Asimov presents the great science fiction stories -- Volume 1, 1939 |
| 47 | Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy, Volume 6 |
| 48 | Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy, Volume 8 |
| 49 | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury (The Future in Question / Space Mail) |
| 50 | LE PROFESSEUR ET L OURS EN PELUCHE |
| 51 | Laughing Space |
| 52 | Livre d'or de la science fiction |
| 53 | Magic |
| 54 | Meer dan Menselijk |
| 55 | Memory |
| 56 | Mystery Cats |
| 57 | Méduse |
| 58 | New Soviet science fiction |
| 59 | New voices II |
| 60 | One and Wonder |
| 61 | Partners in Wonder |
| 62 | Romans et nouvelles |
| 63 | S/trek Vol 80 |
| 64 | Science Fiction A to Z |
| 65 | Science Fiction Hall of Fame, The Novellas. Book 3 |
| 66 | Science Fiction Super Pack #1 |
| 67 | Science Fiction Today and Tomorrow |
| 68 | Science Fiction Voices #1 |
| 69 | Science Fiction of the forties |
| 70 | Shock #3 |
| 71 | Slow sculpture |
| 72 | Star Short Novels (Little Men / For I Am a Jealous People! / To Here and the Easel) |
| 73 | Strange Tomorrows |
| 74 | Sturgeon in orbit |
| 75 | THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION NOVEMBER 1953 |
| 76 | TV 2000 |
| 77 | The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural |
| 78 | The Best of Galaxy 2 |
| 79 | The Fantasy Hall of Fame [22 stories] |
| 80 | The Fourth Science Fiction MEGAPACK |
| 81 | The Future Makers |
| 82 | The Future in Question |
| 83 | The Golden Years of Science Fiction |
| 84 | The Golden Years of Science Fiction -- Fifth Series |
| 85 | The Golden Years of Science Fiction -- Second Series |
| 86 | The Golden Years of Science Fiction -- Third Series |
| 87 | The Hugo Winners, Volume 3, Book 1 |
| 88 | The Hugo Winners, Volume Three |
| 89 | The Hugo Winners, Volume Three, Part One (1970-1972) |
| 90 | The Magazine of fantasy and science fiction. A 30-year retrospective |
| 91 | The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction |
| 92 | The Mammoth Book of Vintage Science Fiction |
| 93 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame -- Volume Two A |
| 94 | The Science Fiction Roll of Honor |
| 95 | The Seven Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction |
| 96 | The Seven Deadly Sins and Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction (Seven Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction / Seven Deadly Sins of Science Fiction) |
| 97 | The Synthetic Man |
| 98 | The Ugly Little Boy by Isaac Asimov / The [Widget], The [Wadget], and Boff by Theodore Sturgeon |
| 99 | The Worlds of Theodore Sturgeon |
| 100 | The golden years of science fiction -- fourth series |
| 101 | The joyous invasions |
| 102 | Theodore Sturgeon |
| 103 | Theodore Sturgeon SF Gateway Omnibus |
| 104 | These Will Chill You |
| 105 | Three To The Highest Power |
| 106 | Three in one |
| 107 | Time Untamed |
| 108 | Time Waits For Winthrop |
| 109 | Time untamed |
| 110 | Visions and venturers |
| 111 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea |
| 112 | Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! |
| 113 | the dreaming jawels the cosmic rape venus plus x |
| 114 | ʻAl adam |
| 115 | Without sorcery; thirteen tales 1948 |
| 116 | Caviar 1955 |
| 117 | The king and four queens 1956 |
| 118 | The Cosmic Rape 1958 |
| 119 | Aliens 4 (Avon SF, T-304) 1959 |
| 120 | Venus plus x 1960 |
| 121 | Starshine 1968 |
| 122 | The witchcraft reader 1969 |
| 123 | Sturgeon Alive / Well 1971 |
| 124 | The worlds of Theodore Sturgeon 1972 |
| 125 | Sturgeon's West 1973 |
| 126 | To here and theeasel 1973 |
| 127 | Case and the Dreamer, and other stories 1974 |
| 128 | Not Without Sorcery 1975 |
| 129 | Some of Your Blood 1977 |
| 130 | The cosmic rape and "To marry Medusa" 1977 |
| 131 | Star Trek - Fotonovel - Amok Time 1978 |
| 132 | Maturity 1979 |
| 133 | More Than Human 1979 |
| 134 | New Voices II 1979 |
| 135 | The Golden Helix 1979 |
| 136 | The stars are the Styx 1979 |
| 137 | Beyond 1980 |
| 138 | Alien cargo 1984 |
| 139 | A Touch of Sturgeon 1987 |
| 140 | The Dark Descent 1990 |
| 141 | The Dreaming Jewels, the Cosmic Rape, Venus Plus X 1991 |
| 142 | Argyll 1993 |
| 143 | The Frankenstein Omnibus 1994 |
| 144 | The complete stories of Theodore Sturgeon 1994 |
| 145 | Los Cristales Sonadores 1995 |
| 146 | Microcosmic God 1995 |
| 147 | Killdozer! 1996 |
| 148 | The perfect host 1998 |
| 149 | Ultimate Egoist: Volume I 1998 |
| 150 | Baby is three 1999 |
| 151 | La fuente del unicornio 1999 |
| 152 | Les Talents de Xanadu 1999 |
| 153 | Thunder and roses 1999 |
| 154 | To marry Medusa / Theodore Sturgeon 1999 |
| 155 | A saucer of loneliness 2000 |
| 156 | Cuerpodivino 2000 |
| 157 | Selected stories 2000 |
| 158 | Bright Segment: Vol. VIII 2002 |
| 159 | The Fantasy Hall of Fame [30 stories] 2002 |
| 160 | And now the news-- 2003 |
| 161 | Killdozer - le viol cosmique 2003 |
| 162 | Regreso 2005 |
| 163 | The man who lost the sea 2005 |
| 164 | The nail and the oracle 2006 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Theodore Sturgeon written?
- Theodore Sturgeon has written 164 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1948 to 2006.
- Are Theodore Sturgeon's series complete?
- Theodore Sturgeon has 1 completed series.

