Order of Philip José Farmer Books
Philip José Farmer is an American author best know for writing the World of Tiers series of books and the Riverworld series. His work focused on pulp heroes while also pioneering use of sexual and religious themes in the genre.
Farmer is a three-time Hugo Award winner and he was also awarded as a Nebula Grand Master. He is one of the foremost writers of science fiction and fantasy that wrote characters like Tarzan and Doc Savage. One of his best known works is The Lovers that introduced sex to the world of science fiction. Farmer grew up in Peoria, Illinois and wanted to write from fourth grade on. He washed out of flight training in World War II and eventually attended Bradley University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in English in 1950. Two years later, he would publish The Lovers.
Publication Order of World Of Tiers Books
| The Maker of Universes | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Gates of Creation | (1966) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Private Cosmos | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Behind the Walls of Terra | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lavalite World | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Red Orc's Rage | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| More Than Fire | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Herald Childe Books
| Image of the Beast | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Blown | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Traitor to the Living | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Doc Caliban and Lord Grandrith Books
| A Feast Unknown | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lord of the Trees | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mad Goblin | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Opar Books
| Hadon of Ancient Opar | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Flight to Opar | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Dayworld Books
| Dayworld | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dayworld Rebel | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dayworld Breakup | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Riverworld Books
| To Your Scattered Bodies Go | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Fabulous Riverboat | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dark Design | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Magic Labyrinth | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Gods of Riverworld | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| River of Eternity | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Human Spirit, Beetle Spirit | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Merry Men of the Riverworld | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Tarzan Books
| Tarzan Alive | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Doc Savage | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Philip Jose Farmer's The Dungeon Books
(with Richard A. Lupoff, Charles de Lint, Robin Wayne Bailey)
| Philip José Farmer's The Dungeon | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Black Tower | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lake of Fire | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Valley of Thunder | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Final Battle | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Hidden City | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dungeon | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Philip José Farmer's The Dungeon Vol. 6, The Final Battle | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Further Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes Books
Publication Order of Thieves' World Books
Publication Order of Philip José Farmer Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Philip José Farmer Short Stories/Novellas
| Queen of the Deep | (1954) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| How Deep the Grooves | (1963) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Heel & The Wounded | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Rastignac the Devil | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Philip José Farmer Short Story Collections
| They Twinkled Like Jewels | (1954) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Strange Relations | (1960) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Alley God | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Down in the Black Gang | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Book of Philip José Farmer | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Riverworld War | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Father to the Stars | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Cache | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Purple Book | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Grand Adventure | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Classic Philip Jose Farmer 1952-1964 | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Classic Philip Jose Farmer 1964-1973 | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Riders of the Purple Wage | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best of Philip José Farmer | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pearls from Peoria | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Up From The Bottomless Pit And Other Stories | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Venus on the Half-Shell and Others | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales of the Wold Newton Universe | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Riverworld and Other Stories | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Greatheart Silver and Other Pulp Heroes | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Man Who Met Tarzan | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| A Rough Knight for the Queen | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Doc Savage Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
If You Like Philip José Farmer Books, You’ll Love…
To Your Scattered Bodies Go is the first book in the Riverworld series. The Riverworld is a place where every human who ever lived, from the earliest days of humanity to the present day, is resurrected after death on the banks of a river in an unknown world. They are provided with food, but no clue to the meaning of their afterlife and no idea of what they are meant to do. Billions of people from history have to start living again.
The World of Tiers starts with The Maker of Universes. The book focuses on a man named Robert Wolff who is trying to buy a new house in Arizona. One day, he finds a secret doorway through space and time that sends him into the World of Tiers. The world is populated by fantastical creatures and ascending levels that is anything beyond anything that Wolff has ever experienced.