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Robert A. Heinlein Books in Order

10 series including Heinlein's Juveniles, Future History/Heinlein Timeline and more

★ 4 NYT bestsellers 10 series 95 books Latest: The Pursuit of the Pankera (2020)

Robert A. Heinlein's writing career reaches back to 1939 and spans 95 books. The catalogue splits into 10 series, with Heinlein's Juveniles the most substantial at 12 books. The Pursuit of the Pankera (2020) is the most recent addition we've catalogued.

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1 Future History/Heinlein Timeline 2 Heinlein's Juveniles 3 World As Myth 4 Robert A. Heinlein Other Novels 5 Robert A. Heinlein Short Stories/Novellas 6 Robert A. Heinlein Chapbooks 7 Robert A. Heinlein Short Story Collections 8 Robert A. Heinlein Non-Fiction Books 9 Robert A. Heinlein Collections 10 Robert A. Heinlein Anthologies

New York Times Bestsellers

4 books

Robert A. Heinlein has placed 4 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 37 weeks on the charts.

Cover of JOB: A Comedy of Justice
JOB: A Comedy of Justice
Robert A. Heinlein Other Novels

11 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #6 · debuted Sep 1984

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The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
World As Myth Series

11 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #8 · debuted Nov 1985

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Reading Order

10 series · 95 books

Heinlein's Juveniles Series

0 of 12 read
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1 Rocket Ship Galileo 1947 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Space Cadet 1948 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Red Planet 1949 🏆 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award 1996Full award history → 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Farmer in the Sky / Satellite Scout 1950 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Between Planets / Planets in Combat 1951 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 The Rolling Stones / Tramp Space Ship / Space Family Stone 1952 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Starman Jones 1953 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 The Star Beast / Star Lummox 1954 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Tunnel in the Sky 1955 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 Time for the Stars 1956 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 Citizen of the Galaxy 1957 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 Have Space Suit—Will Travel 1958 🏆 Oklahoma Sequoyah Award 1961British Science Fiction Association Award 2007Locus Award 1998Hugo Award 1959Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

World As Myth Series

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1 Time Enough for Love 1973 Hugo Award 1974Locus Award 1974Nebula Award 1974Nebula Award 1973Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Number of the Beast 1980 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Cat Who Walks Through Walls 1985 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 To Sail Beyond the Sunset 1987 Prometheus Award 1989Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Robert A. Heinlein Other Novels

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1 Sixth Column / The Day After Tomorrow (As: Anson MacDonald) 1941 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Beyond This Horizon (As: Anson MacDonald) 1948 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Puppet Masters 1951 🎬 2 adaptations → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Double Star 1956 🏆 Hugo Award 1956Locus Award 1987Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 The Door into Summer 1957 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Starship Troopers / Starship Soldier 1959 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Stranger in a Strange Land 1961 🏆 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award 1987🏆 Hugo Award 1962Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Podkayne of Mars 1963 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Glory Road 1963 Hugo Award 1964Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 Farnham's Freehold 1964 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress 1966 🏆 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award 1983🏆 Hugo Award 1967Nebula Award 1967Nebula Award 1966Hugo Award 1966Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 I Will Fear No Evil 1970 Locus Award 1971Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Friday 1982 🏆 Prometheus Award 1983Hugo Award 1983Nebula Award 1983Locus Award 1983Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 Job 1984 🏆 Locus Award 1985Hugo Award 1985Nebula Award 1985Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15 For Us, the Living 2003 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
16 Variable Star ( With: Spider Robinson) 2006 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
17 The Pursuit of the Pankera 2020 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Robert A. Heinlein Short Stories/Novellas

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1 Universe (Short Story) 1941 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Destination Moon 1950 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Year of the Jackpot (Short Story) 1952 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 'All You Zombies--' (Short Story) 1959 Balrog Award 1980Full award history → 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Robert A. Heinlein Chapbooks

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1 The Notebooks of Lazarus Long (Short Story) 1975 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Robert A. Heinlein Short Story Collections

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1 Life Line 1939 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Ordeal in Space 1948 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Waldo & Magic, Inc. (Short Story) 1950 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Assignment in Eternity 1953 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag 1959 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 The Menace from Earth 1959 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Lost Legacy 1960 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Three by Heinlein / Heinlein Triad 1965 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein 1972 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 The Best of Robert Heinlein, 1947-1959 (Short Story) 1973 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein 1986 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 Off the Main Sequence 2005 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Outward Bound 2006 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 Project Moonbase and Others 2008 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Robert A. Heinlein Non-Fiction Books

0 of 6 read
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1 The Science Fiction Novel ( With: Robert Bloch, C.M. Kornbluth, Alfred Bester, Basil Davenport) 1959 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Cliffsnotes Heinlein's Works (Short Story) ( With: CliffsNotes, Baird Searles) 1969 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Expanded Universe 1980 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Grumbles from the Grave 1989 🏆 Locus Award 1990Hugo Award 1990Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Tramp Royale 1992 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Take Back Your Government 1992 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Robert A. Heinlein Collections

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1 The Virginia Edition (46 Volume Collectors Set) 2010 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Robert A. Heinlein Anthologies

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1 Street & Smith's Unknown, Vol 4. No. 6 1941 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space 1946 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Tomorrow, the Stars 1952 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction - May 1954 - Vol. 6, No. 5 1954 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 6 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction 1954 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Ninth Series 1958 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 50 Short Science Fiction Tales 1963 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Worlds to Come: New Science Fiction Adventures 1967 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Galaxy Science Fiction, October-November 1970 1970 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A 1973 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... 1974 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 Other Dimensions 1974 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Rod Serling's Other Worlds 1978 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century 1980 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15 The Best of All Possible Worlds 1980 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
16 Analog: Writers' Choice Volume II 1984 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
17 Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow 1987 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
18 New Destinies Vol. 6: Winter 1988 1988 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
19 A Separate Star: A Tribute to Rudyard Kipling 1989 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
20 Requiem: Collected Works and Tributes to the Grand Master 1991 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
21 Cats in Space... and Other Places 1992 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
22 Bangs & Whimpers 1999 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
23 The SFWA Grand Masters 1 1999 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
24 The World Turned Upside Down 2005 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
25 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction 2010 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
26 Science Fiction Super Pack # 1 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
27 Red Sky 2014 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
28 Space Pioneers 2018 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
29 Infinite Stars 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
About the Author

Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction writer. Often called "the dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of the genre. He set a high standard for science and engineering plausibility and helped to raise the genre's standards of literary quality. He was one of the first writers to break into mainstream, general magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, in the late 1940s, with unvarnished science fiction.

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