William R. Forstchen Reading Order

4 books (2009–2023)

Start with One Second After, the first of 4 books in the After/John Matherson series.

#	Title
1	One Second After 2009Buy 🇺🇸
2	One Year After 2015Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Final Day 2017Buy 🇺🇸
4	Five Years After 2023Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1996–1997)

Start with Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear and read in order.

#	Title
1	Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear 1996Buy 🇺🇸
2	Last Stand 1997Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2003–2011)

Start with Gettysburg, the first of 4 books in the Civil War/Gettysburg series.

#	Title
1	Gettysburg 2003Buy 🇺🇸
2	Grant Comes East 2004Buy 🇺🇸
3	Never Call Retreat 2005Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Battle of the Crater / To Make Men Free 2011Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1988–1991)

Start with The Crystal Warriors and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Crystal Warriors 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Crystal Sorcerers 1991Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1983–1985)

Start with Ice Prophet and read in order.

#	Title
1	Ice Prophet 1983Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Flame Upon the Ice 1984Buy 🇺🇸
3	A Darkness Upon the Ice 1985Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2001–2005)

Start with Honored Enemy(With: Raymond E. Feist) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Honored Enemy(With: Raymond E. Feist) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
2	Murder in LaMut(By: Joel Rosenberg,Raymond E. Feist) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
3	Jimmy the Hand(By: S.M. Stirling,Raymond E. Feist) 2005Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (1990–2000)

Start with Rally Cry, the first of 9 books in the Lost Regiment series.

#	Title
1	Rally Cry 1990Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Union Forever 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	Terrible Swift Sword 1992Buy 🇺🇸
4	Fateful Lightning 1993Buy 🇺🇸
5	Battle Hymn 1997Buy 🇺🇸
6	Never Sound Retreat 1998Buy 🇺🇸
7	A Band of Brothers 1999Buy 🇺🇸
8	Men of War 1999Buy 🇺🇸
9	Down to the Sea 2000Buy 🇺🇸

17 books (1994–2023)

Start with Arena, the first of 17 books in the Magic: The Gathering series.

#	Title
1	Arena 1994Buy 🇺🇸
2	Whispering Woods(By: Clayton Emery) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
3	Final Sacrifice(By: Clayton Emery) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
4	Shattered Chains(By: Clayton Emery) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Cursed Land(By: Teri McLaren) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Prodigal Sorcerer(By: Mark Sumner) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
7	And Peace Shall Sleep(By: Sonia Orin Lyris) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
8	Ashes of the Sun(By: Hanovi Braddock) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
9	Dark Legacy(By: Robert Vardeman) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
10	Song of Time(By: Teri McLaren) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Planeswalkers' Guide to Alara(By: Doug Beyer,Jenna Helland) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
12	Alara Unbroken(By: Doug Beyer) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
13	Zendikar: In the Teeth of Akoum(By: Brook Steingass) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
14	Scars of Mirrodin: The Quest for Karn(By: Robert B. Wintermute) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
15	Children of the Nameless(By: Brandon Sanderson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
16	Throne of Eldraine(By: Kate Elliott) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
17	Magic: The Gathering: The Official Cookbook(By: Jenna Helland,Victoria Rosenthal) 2023Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2002–2004)

Start with Hot Shots(With: Jennie E. Chancey) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Hot Shots(With: Jennie E. Chancey) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
2	Honor Untarnished 2004Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2007–2008)

Start with Pearl Harbor and read in order.

#	Title
1	Pearl Harbor 2007Buy 🇺🇸
2	Days of Infamy 2008Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2009–2012)

Start with To Try Men's Souls and read in order.

#	Title
1	To Try Men's Souls 2009Buy 🇺🇸
2	Valley Forge 2010Buy 🇺🇸
3	Victory at Yorktown 2012Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2011–2017)

Start with Doctors of the Night and read in order.

#	Title
1	Doctors of the Night 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	Day of Wrath 2014Buy 🇺🇸
3	Twin Flame 2017Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (1986–2019)

Start with Into the Sea of Stars, the first of 9 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Into the Sea of Stars 1986Buy 🇺🇸
2	1945(With: Newt Gingrich) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Four Magics 1996Buy 🇺🇸
4	We Look Like Men of War 2001Buy 🇺🇸
5	At the Water's Edge 2010Buy 🇺🇸
6	Firestorm 2010Buy 🇺🇸
7	Valley of the Shadow 2010Buy 🇺🇸
8	Pillar to the Sky 2014Buy 🇺🇸
9	48 Hours 2019Buy 🇺🇸

72 books (1987–2015)

Start with Encounter at Farpoint(By: David Gerrold), the first of 72 books in the Star Trek: The Next Generation series.

#	Title
1	Encounter at Farpoint(By: David Gerrold) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
2	Ghost Ship(By: Diane Carey) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Children of Hamlin(By: Carmen Carter) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Peacekeepers(By: Gene DeWeese) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
5	Masks(By: John Vornholt) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
6	Power Hungry(By: Howard Weinstein) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
7	Strike Zone(By: Peter David) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
8	Survivors(By: Jean Lorrah) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Captain's Honor(By: David Dvorkin,Daniel Dvorkin) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
10	A Rock and a Hard Place(By: Peter David) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
11	Doomsday World(By: Peter David,Carmen Carter,Robert Greenberger,Michael Jan Friedman) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
12	Exiles(By: Howard Weinstein) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
13	Gulliver's Fugitives(By: Keith Sharee) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Eyes of the Beholders(By: A.C. Crispin) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
15	Boogeymen(By: Mel Gilden) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
16	Contamination(By: John Vornholt) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
17	Perchance to Dream(By: Howard Weinstein) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
18	Q-in-Law(By: Peter David) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
19	Chains of Command(By: Bill McCay,Eloise Flood) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
20	Imbalance(By: V.E. Mitchell) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
21	Nightshade(By: Laurell K. Hamilton) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
22	Spartacus(By: Terry Mancour) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
23	War Drums(By: John Vornholt) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
24	Grounded(By: David Bischoff) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
25	Guises of the Mind(By: Rebecca Neason) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
26	Here There Be Dragons(By: John Peel) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
27	The Romulan Prize(By: Simon Hawke) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
28	Debtors' Planet(By: W.R. Thompson) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
29	Foreign Foes(By: Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
30	Requiem(By: Michael Jan Friedman,Kevin Ryan) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
31	Sins of Commission(By: Susan Wright) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
32	Balance of Power(By: Dafydd ab Hugh) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
33	Blaze of Glory(By: Simon Hawke) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
34	Into the Nebula(By: Gene DeWeese) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
35	The Last Stand(By: Brad Ferguson) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
36	The Romulan Stratagem(By: Robert Greenberger) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
37	A Fury Scorned(By: Pamela Sargent) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
38	Dragon's Honor(By: Greg Cox,Kij Johnson) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
39	Infiltrator(By: W.R. Thompson) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
40	Klingon(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
41	Possession(By: Kathleen O'Malley,J.M. Dillard) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
42	Rogue Saucer(By: John Vornholt) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
43	The Soldiers of Fear(By: Dean Wesley Smith) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
44	Intellivore(By: Diane Duane) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
45	The Death of Princes(By: John Peel) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
46	To Storm Heaven(By: Esther M. Friesner) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
47	Q-Strike(By: Greg Cox) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
48	Q-Zone(By: Greg Cox) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
49	Double or Nothing(By: Peter David) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
50	Dyson Sphere(By: George Zebrowski) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
51	I, Q(By: Peter David,John de Lancie) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
52	Infection(By: John Gregory Betancourt) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
53	Quarantine(By: John Vornholt) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
54	Red Sector(By: Michael Jan Friedman,Diane Carey) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
55	The First Virtue(By: Christie Golden,Michael Jan Friedman) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
56	The Forgotten War 1999Buy 🇺🇸
57	Vectors(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
58	Gemworld, Book One(By: John Vornholt) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
59	Gemworld, Book Two(By: John Vornholt) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
60	The Genesis Wave Book One(By: John Vornholt) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
61	Vectors: Double Helix #2(By: Dean Wesley Smith) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
62	Diplomatic Implausibility(By: Keith R.A. DeCandido) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
63	Maximum Warp: Book One(By: Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
64	Maximum Warp: Book Two(By: Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
65	The Genesis Wave, Book Two(By: John Vornholt) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
66	Tooth and Claw(By: Doranna Durgin) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
67	A Hard Rain(By: Dean Wesley Smith) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
68	The Genesis Wave, Book Three(By: John Vornholt) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
69	Genesis Force(By: John Vornholt) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
70	Sand and Stars(By: Diane Duane,A.C. Crispin) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
71	Engines of Destiny(By: Gene DeWeese) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
72	Takedown(By: John Jackson Miller) 2015Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1994–1999)

Start with Star Voyager Academy and read in order.

#	Title
1	Star Voyager Academy 1994Buy 🇺🇸
2	Article 23 1998Buy 🇺🇸
3	Prometheus 1999Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1987–1993)

Start with The Alexandrian Ring and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Alexandrian Ring 1987Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Assassin Gambit 1988Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Napoleon Wager 1993Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (1992–1999)

Start with Freedom Flight(By: Mercedes Lackey,Ellen Guon), the first of 10 books in the Wing Commander series.

#	Title
1	Freedom Flight(By: Mercedes Lackey,Ellen Guon) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	End Run(By: Christopher Stasheff) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
3	Fleet Action 1994Buy 🇺🇸
4	Heart Of The Tiger 1995Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Price of Freedom(With: Ben Ohlander) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
6	Action Stations 1997Buy 🇺🇸
7	False Colors 1998Buy 🇺🇸
8	Pilgrim Stars(By: Peter Telep) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
9	Wing Commander Junior Novelization(By: Peter Telep) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
10	Wing Commander Novelization(By: Peter Telep) 1999Buy 🇺🇸