Order of Larry Niven Books
Larry Niven is an American author of hard science fiction, best known for his Ringworld series, which is part of the largely Known Space universe. Much like Isaac Asimov, his books follow a set of rules, which include:
- Never fire a laser at a mirror.
- Giving up freedom for security is beginning to look naive.
- It is easier to destroy than to create.
- Ethics change with technology.
- The only universal message in science fiction: There exist minds that think as well as you do, but differently.
Larry Niven became a published author in 1966 with the novel World of Ptavvs – part of the Known Space universe. Below is a list of Larry Niven’s books in order of when they were originally published (and in chronological order):
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Publication Order of Bowl Of Heaven Books
(with Gregory Benford)
| Bowl of Heaven | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shipstar | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Glorious | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Dream Park Books
(with Steven Barnes)
| Dream Park | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Barsoom Project | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| California Voodoo Game / The Voodoo Game | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Moon Maze Game | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Golden Road Books
(with Jerry Pournelle)
| The Burning City | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Burning Tower | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Heorot Books
(with Jerry Pournelle, Steven Barnes)
| The Legacy of Heorot | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Beowulf's Children / The Dragons of Heorot | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Secret of Black Ship Island | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Starborn and Godsons | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Chronological Order of Heorot Books
(with Jerry Pournelle, Steven Barnes)
| The Legacy of Heorot | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Secret of Black Ship Island | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Beowulf's Children / The Dragons of Heorot | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Starborn and Godsons | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Inferno Books
(with Jerry Pournelle)
| Inferno | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Escape from Hell | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Known Space Books
| World of Ptavvs | (1966) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Gift from Earth | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Neutron Star | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Protector | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales of Known Space | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Patchwork Girl | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Crashlander | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Flatlander | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Magic Goes Away Books
| The Magic Goes Away | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Magic May Return | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Time of the Warlock | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| More Magic | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Seascape Tattoo | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Moties Books
(with Jerry Pournelle, Jennifer R. Pournelle)
| The Mote in God's Eye | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Gripping Hand / The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Outies | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Ringworld Prequel / Fleet of the Worlds Books
| Fleet of Worlds | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Juggler of Worlds | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Destroyer of Worlds | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Betrayer of Worlds | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fate of Worlds | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Ringworld Books
(with Edward M. Lerner)
| Ringworld | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Ringworld Engineers | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Ringworld Throne | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ringworld's Children | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fate of Worlds | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Ringworld Graphic Novels
| Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part One | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part Two | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The State Books
| A World Out of Time | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Integral Trees | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Smoke Ring | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| All the Myriad Ways | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Shape of Space | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Inconstant Moon | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Flight of the Horse | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Hole in Space | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Convergent Series | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Limits | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| N-Space | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Playgrounds of the Mind | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Green Lantern: Ganthet's Tale | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Three Books of Known Space | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Scatterbrain | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Magic Goes Away Collection | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Draco Tavern | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Stars and Gods | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best of Larry Niven | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Madness from the Inconstant Moon | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
(with Steven Barnes)
| A Relic of the Empire | (1966) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Locusts | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Return of William Proxmire | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Flying Sorcerers | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lucifer's Hammer | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Oath of Fealty | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Descent of Anansi | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Footfall | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fallen Angels | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Achilles' Choice | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Destiny's Road | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Rainbow Mars | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Saturn's Race | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Building Harlequin's Moon | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Goliath Stone | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Steven Barnes Short Stories/Novellas
(with Steven Barnes)
| The Locusts | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Star Wars Saved My Life | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Man-Kzin Wars Books
Publication Order of Star Trek The Newspaper Strip Books
| Star Trek: The Newspaper Comics, Volume 1: 1979-1981 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Star Trek: The Newspaper Strip Volume 2 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Stellar Books
| Stellar #1 | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Stellar Short Novels | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Stellar #2 | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Stellar #3 | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Stellar #4 | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Stellar #5 | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Stellar #6 | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Stellar #7 | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Stellar Guild Books
| Tau Ceti | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| On the Train | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| When the Blue Shift Comes | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| New Under the Sun | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Aethers of Mars | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Red Tide | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Inci | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Wishing on a Star | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Isaac Asimov's Anthology Books
| Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Aliens | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Robots | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's War | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Ghosts | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Christmas | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Camelot | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Detectives | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Werewolves | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Solar System | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Utopias | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Father Day | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Halloween | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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Notes: The Ringworld Prequel series was co-authored by Edward M. Lerner. The Heorot books were co-authored by Steven Barnes and Jerry Pournelle. The Bowl of Heaven series is co-authored by Gregory Benford. The Goliath Stone was co-authored by Matthew Joseph Harrington.
Inferno, Lucifer’s Hammer, Oath of Fealty, Footfall, Escape From Hell, the Moties series and the Golden Road series were co-authored by Jerry Pournelle.
The Dream Park series, the Magic Goes Away series, The Descent of Anansi, Achilles’ Choice and Saturn’s Race were co-authored by Steven Barnes.
The Flying Sorcerers was co-authored by David Gerrold. Building Harlequin’s Moon was co-authored by Brenda Cooper.
The California Voodoo Game is known as The Voodoo Game in the UK. The Gripping Hand is known as The Moat Around Murcheson’s Eye in the UK. Beowulf’s Children is known as The Dragons of Heorot in the UK.
Red Tide is based on an earlier novella entitled Flash Crowd and is co-authored with Matthew Joseph Harrington and Brad R. Torgersen.
Destiny’s Road is a standalone novel.