Order of Ben Bova Books
Ben Bova is an American author of science fiction and non-fiction books. He is the author of the Exiles Trilogy, Grand Tour, Sam Gunn, Chet Kinsman, Voyagers, Orion and Watchmen series. He is a six-time Hugo Award winning author. In 1972, he took over for John W. Campbell as editor of Analog Science Fiction. Following that run, he went on to work as the editor for Omni magazine for four years.
Ben Bova became a published author with his debut novel, The Star Conquerors (published in 1959). Since then, he has written well over 100 books. Below is a list of Ben Bova’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Watchmen/The Others Books
The Star Conquerors | (1959) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Star Watchman | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Dueling Machine | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Exiles Books
Exiled from Earth | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Flight of Exiles | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
End of Exile | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Kinsman Books
Millennium | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Kinsman | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Chronological Order of Kinsman Books
Kinsman | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Millennium | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Voyagers Books
Voyagers | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Alien Within | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Star Brothers | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Return | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Orion Books
Orion | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Vengeance of Orion | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Orion In The Dying Time | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Orion and the Conqueror | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Orion Among the Stars | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Orion and King Arthur | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Grand Tour Books
Privateers | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Mars | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Empire Builders | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Return to Mars | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Venus | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Jupiter | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Saturn | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Mercury | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Powersat | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Titan | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Mars Life | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Leviathans of Jupiter | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Farside | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
New Earth | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Earth | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Star Quest Trilogy Books
Death Wave | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Apes and Angels | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Survival | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Outer Planets Books
Uranus | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Neptune | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Sam Gunn Books
Sam Gunn Unlimited | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Sam Gunn Forever | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Sam Gunn Omnibus: New Stories | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Sam Gunn Jr. | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Moonbase Saga Books
Moonrise | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Moonwar | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Asteroid Wars Books
The Precipice | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Rock Rats | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Silent War | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Aftermath | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Billionaire's Club Books
Mars, Inc. | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Jake Ross Books
Power Play | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Power Surge | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Power Failure | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Power Challenges | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
The Next Logical Step | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Answer, Please Answer | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
The Milky Way Galaxy | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Giants of the Animal World | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Reptiles Since the World Began | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Uses of Space | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Planets, Life & Lgm | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
In Quest of Quasars | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Amazing Laser | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Man Changes the Weather | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Weather Changes Man | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The New Astronomies | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Starflight and Other Improbabilities | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Fourth State of Matter | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Analog Science Fact Reader | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Workshops in Space | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Through Eyes of Wonder | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Notes to a Science Fiction Writer | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Science--Who Needs It? | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Closeup, New Worlds | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Viewpoint | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Seeds of Tomorrow | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
High Road | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Vision of the Future | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Assured Survival | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Star Peace | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Welcome to Moon Base | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Interactions | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Beauty of Light | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Immortality | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
First Contact | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Are We Alone In The Cosmos? The Guide To The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Craft of Writing Science Fiction That Sells | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Space Travel: A Writer's Guide to the Science of Interplanetary and Interstellar Travel | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Are We Alone in the Cosmos? The Search for Alien Contact in the New Millenium | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Story of Light | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Living Universe | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Faint Echoes, Distant Stars | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Science Fiction Writing Books
Aliens and Alien Societies | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Time Travel | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Space Travel: A Writer's Guide to the Science of Interplanetary and Interstellar Travel | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Best of Science Fiction: No. 10 | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 1968 | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Many Worlds of Science Fiction | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Science Fiction Hall Of Fame: The Novellas Book 2 | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Analog 9 | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Cosmic Laughter; Science Fiction for the Fun of It | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Science Fiction Hall of Fame: The Novellas Book 1 | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Science Fiction Today and Tomorrow: A Discursive Symposium | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Analog Annual | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Aliens: 3 Novellas | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Aliens | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Study War No More | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Weird Heroes Volume 6 | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Analog Yearbook | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Novella 3 | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Rod Serling's Other Worlds | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Alien Encounters | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Laughing Space: An Anthology of Science Fiction Humor | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Analog: Writers' Choice Volume II | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Best of the Nebulas | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Power | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1997 | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 2001 | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Best Of Analog | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Hard SF Renaissance | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Analog, January/February 2005 | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Nebula Awards Showcase 2007 | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Nebula Awards 42 (2008) | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2 | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Going Interstellar | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Science Fiction Gems, Volume Four, Jack Sharkey and Others | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Callahan Kids | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Writers for Relief | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Carbide Tipped Pens | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Science Fiction Gems, Volume 9 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Visions of the Future | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume XV | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Notes: The To Save the Sun series is co-authored by A.J. Austin. Gremlins, Go Home! is co-authored with Gordon R. Dickson. The Trikon Deception is co-authored with Bill Pogue. Rescue Mode is co-authored by Les Johnson. The anthology Carbide Tipped Pens was edited with Eric Choi.
The Future Quartet: Earth in the Year 2042 also contains stories by Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle and Charles Sheffield. The Callahan Kids: Tales of Life on Mars also contains stories by Michael Carroll, Jim Denney, Marianne Dyson, Brian Enke, Tom Hill and Rebecca Rowe.
Closeup: New Worlds is co-authored with Trudy E. Bell. Physicist and the Matter of This World is co-authored by Sheldon Glashow. First Contact: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence is co-authored by Byron Preiss. Faint Echoes, Distant Stars was also published as The Living Universe.
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