Harlan Ellison was an American author who was best known for writing his brand of New Wave speculative fiction. In his career, he had more than 1700 works published in a variety of forms from short stories to screenplays to comic books.

He may be best known for writing a very popular Star Trek episode called “The City on the Edge of Forever”. He also won eight Hugo awards in his lifetime as well as four Nebula awards, five Bram Stoker awards, and two Edgar Awards. He earned numerous Lifetime Achievement awards and even was nominated for a Grammy award later in his life.

Publication Order of Vic and Blood Books

Vic and Blood(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Blood's a Rover(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Web of the City(1958)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Man with 9 Lives(1959)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Touch of Infinity(1959)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Spider Kiss(1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Doomsman(1972)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Phoenix Without Ashes(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman(1965)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Boy and His Dog(1969)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Region Between(1970)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Deathbird(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Jeffty Is Five(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
All the Lies That Are My Life(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Paladin of the Lost Hour (in Twilight Zone Magazine)(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Soft Monkey(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Function of Dream Sleep(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Function of Dream Sleep (in Asimov's)(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Chatting with Anubis(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
From A to Z, in the Sarsaparilla Alphabet(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
She's a Young Thing and Cannot Leave Her Mother(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Run for the Stars(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Harlan Ellison's Movie(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Li'l Harlan and His Sidekick Carl the Comet in Danger Land(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Deadly Streets(1958)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Getting in the Wind(1959)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sex Gang(1959)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Children of the Streets / The Juvies(1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gentleman Junkie(1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ellison Wonderland(1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Paingod and Other Delusions(1965)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
From the Land of Fear(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Love Ain't Nothing But Sex Misspelled(1968)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World(1968)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Over the Edge(1970)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Alone Against Tomorrow(1972)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
All the Sounds of Fear(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Approaching Oblivion(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Time of the Eye(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
No Doors, No Windows(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Deathbird Stories(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Illustrated Harlan Ellison(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Strange Wine(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Fantasies of Harlan Ellison(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Shatterday(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Stalking the Nightmare(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Essential Ellison(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mefisto in Onyx(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Night and the Enemy(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Angry Candy(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Footsteps(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Harlan Ellison Hornbook(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Spider Kiss / Stalking the Nightmare(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Slippage(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Troublemakers(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dreams with Sharp Teeth(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Phantom Chronicles, Volume 2(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pulling a Train(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rough Beasts(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Honorable Whoredom at a Penny a Word(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Again, Honorable Whoredom at a Penny a Word (With: Jason Davis)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Top of the Volcano(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Can & Can'tankerous(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Ephemeral Ellison(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Ellison Treatment(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dimensions of Harlan Ellison(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Greatest Hits(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Plays

The City on the Edge of Forever(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
None of the Above(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Graphic Novels

Harlan Ellison's 7 Against Chaos(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Contains contributions from other creators.

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

The Thinking Machine(1905)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Memos From Purgatory(1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Glass Teat(1970)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Other Glass Teat(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
An Edge in My Voice(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Harlan Ellison's Watching(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Harlan 101(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Working Without a Net(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Brain Movies Books

Brain Movies, Volume 1(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Brain Movies, Volume 2(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Brain Movies, Volume 3(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Brain Movies, Volume 4(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Brain Movies, Volume 5(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Brain Movies, Volume 6(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Brain Movies, Volume 7(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Brain Movies, Volume 8(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Dream Corridor Books

Dream Corridor Special(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dream Corridor Quarterly(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dream Corridor 1(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dream Corridor 2 (By: Gerard Jones)(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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Publication Order of Star Trek Fotonovel Books

Amok Time (By: Theodore Sturgeon)(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The City on the Edge of Forever(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Trouble with Tribbles (By: David Gerrold)(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
All Our Yesterdays (By: Jean Lissette Aroeste)(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Taste of Armageddon (By: Robert Hamner,Gene L. Coon)(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Metamorphosis (By: Gene L. Coon)(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Galileo 7 (By: Oliver Crawford,S. Bar-David)(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Piece of the Action (By: Gene L. Coon,David P. Harmon)(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Day of the Dove (By: Jerome Bixby)(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (By: Alan Dean Foster,Harold Livingston,Richard J. Anobile)(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (By: Richard J. Anobile)(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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Publication Order of Batman '66 Books

Batman '66 Vol. 1 (By: Jeff Parker)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Batman '66 Vol. 2 (By: Jeff Parker)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Batman '66, Vol. 3 (By: Jeff Parker)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Batman '66 Vol. 4(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Batman '66, Vol. 5 (By: Ray Fawkes,Jeff Parker,Gabe Soria)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Batman '66 Meets the Man From U.N.C.L.E. (By: Jeff Parker)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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Publication Order of The Dark Descent Books

Volume I: The Color of Evil (With: Stephen King,Robert Bloch,Shirley Jackson,Ray Bradbury,David G. Hartwell,J. Sheridan Le Fanu,E. Nesbit,Charles L. Grant,H.P. Lovecraft,Fritz Leiber,Nathaniel Hawthorne,M.R. James,Karl Edward Wagner,Manly Wade Wellman,Russell Kirk,John Collier,Robert Aickman,Lucy Clifford,Michael Shea)(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Volume II: The Medusa In The Shield (By: Stephen King,Flannery O'Connor,William Faulkner,Theodore Sturgeon,David G. Hartwell,Tanith Lee,J. Sheridan Le Fanu,Michael Bishop,Ramsey Campbell,Henry James,H.P. Lovecraft,Joanna Russ,Richard Matheson,Charlotte Perkins Gilman,D.H. Lawrence,Dennis Etchison,Thomas M. Disch,Clive Barker,Robert Aickman,Robert Hichens,Edgar Allen Poe)(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Volume III:A Fabulous, Formless Darkness (By: Stephen King,Joyce Carol Oates,David G. Hartwell,Algernon Blackwood,Edith Wharton,Thomas M. Disch,Robert Aickman)(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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Publication Order of Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Books

The Avengers, Vol. 1 (By: Jack Kirby,Don Heck,Stan Lee)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 2 (By: Jack Kirby,Don Heck,Dick Ayers,Stan Lee,Larry Lieber,Paul Laiken)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 3 (By: Jack Kirby,Don Heck,Stan Lee)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 4 (By: Roy Thomas,Don Heck,Stan Lee)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 5 (By: Roy Thomas,Don Heck,John Buscema,George Tuska)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 6 (By: Roy Thomas)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 7 (By: Barry Windsor-Smith)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 8 (By: Roy Thomas)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 9(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 10 (By: Roy Thomas,Neal Adams,Sal Buscema,John Buscema,Barry Windsor-Smith)(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 11 (By: Roy Thomas,Steve Englehart)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 12 (By: John Romita Sr.,Steve Englehart,Sal Buscema,Bob Brown)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 13 (By: Roy Thomas,Steve Englehart,Bob Brown,Jim Starlin,Gerry Conway)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 14 (By: Roy Thomas,Don Heck,Steve Englehart,Sal Buscema,George Tuska,Dave Cockrum,Ron Wilson)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 15 (By: Scott Edelman,George Pérez,Don Heck,Steve Englehart,George Tuska,Keith Pollard,Tony Isabella)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 16 (By: Jack Kirby,George Pérez,Steve Englehart,Stan Lee,Sal Buscema,John Buscema,Gerry Conway,Jim Shooter)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 17 (By: Roger Stern,Jim Starlin,Jim Shooter)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 18 (By: George Pérez)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 19 (By: Carmine Infantino,John Byrne,Steven Grant,George Pérez,David Michelinie,John Fuller,Sal Buscema,Tom DeFalco,Roger Stern,Jim Shooter,Arvell Jones,Mark Gruenwald,Bob Layton,Ron Wilson)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 20 (By: David Michelinie,Bill Mantlo,Chris Claremont,Roger Stern,J.M. DeMatteis,Jim Shooter,Danny Fingeroth)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 21 (By: J.M. DeMatteis)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 22 (By: John Romita Sr.,Dan Green,John Byrne,Al Milgrom,Bill Mantlo,Sal Buscema,Roger Stern,Bob Budiansky,Jackson Guice)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers,Vol. 23 (By: Jack Kirby,Don Heck,Stan Lee)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 24 (By: Al Milgrom,Roger Stern,Bob Harras,Luke McDonnell,Bob Hall)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avengers, Vol. 25 (By: John Byrne,David Michelinie,John Buscema,Roger Stern,Bob Hall,Tom Palmer)(2025)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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Publication Order of Anthologies

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If You Like Harlan Ellison Books, You’ll Love…

One of the best collections of Harlan Ellison stories is Shatterday: Stories. This book features a number of interesting science fiction stories including the Hugo and Nebula award-winning story, Jeffty is Five. That story features a five-year-old boy who never ages, stuck living in a past that no longer exists. Antoehr great story features an alien attack on Earth that puts the planet on the brink of Armageddon, but the humans who remain are unable to resist the sexual allure of the alien invaders. The book is filled with thought provoking stories that will leave you thinking.

Another popular collection is Paingod: And Other Delusions. This book has another eight stories from Ellson including the title story, “Paingod”. In this story, a minor deity has the ob of bringing pain to life forms across the universe. This book also includes “Repent, Harlequin, Said the Ticktockman” which is one of Ellison’s most famous works. That story follows a man disguised the Harlequin who rebels against the Ticktockman and tries to disrupt his perfectly scheduled society. The story is unique as it begins in the middle, then moves to the beginning, and then goes the end.

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