Reading Order
11 series · 96 books| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Misfit | 1939 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Methuselah's Children | 1941 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | The Man Who Sold the Moon | 1950 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | The Green Hills of Earth | 1951 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Revolt in 2100 | 1953 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Orphans of the Sky | 1963 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | The Past Through Tomorrow | 1967 | Buy from Amazon |
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocket Ship Galileo | 1947 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Space Cadet | 1948 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Red Planet | 1949 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Farmer in the Sky / Satellite Scout | 1950 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Between Planets / Planets in Combat | 1951 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | The Rolling Stones / Tramp Space Ship / Space Family Stone | 1952 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Starman Jones | 1953 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | The Star Beast / Star Lummox | 1954 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Tunnel in the Sky | 1955 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Time for the Stars | 1956 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | Citizen of the Galaxy | 1957 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | Have Space Suit—Will Travel | 1958 | Buy from Amazon |
The Road to Science Fiction Series by James Edwin Gunn
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Road to Science Fiction 4: From Here to Forever ( By: James Edwin Gunn) | 1982 | Buy from Amazon |
World As Myth Series
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Time Enough for Love | 1973 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Number of the Beast | 1980 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | The Cat Who Walks Through Walls | 1985 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | To Sail Beyond the Sunset | 1987 | Buy from Amazon |
Robert A. Heinlein Other Novels
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sixth Column / The Day After Tomorrow (As: Anson MacDonald) | 1941 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Beyond This Horizon (As: Anson MacDonald) | 1948 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | The Puppet Masters | 1951 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Double Star | 1956 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | The Door into Summer | 1957 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Starship Troopers / Starship Soldier | 1959 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Stranger in a Strange Land | 1961 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Podkayne of Mars | 1963 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Glory Road | 1963 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Farnham's Freehold | 1964 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | The Moon is a Harsh Mistress | 1966 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | I Will Fear No Evil | 1970 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | Friday | 1982 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | Job | 1984 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | For Us, the Living | 2003 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 16 | Variable Star ( With: Spider Robinson) | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 17 | The Pursuit of the Pankera | 2020 | Buy from Amazon |
Robert A. Heinlein Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universe (Short Story) | 1941 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Destination Moon | 1950 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | The Year of the Jackpot (Short Story) | 1952 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | 'All You Zombies--' (Short Story) | 1959 | Buy from Amazon |
Robert A. Heinlein Chapbooks
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Notebooks of Lazarus Long (Short Story) | 1975 | Buy from Amazon |
Robert A. Heinlein Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Life Line | 1939 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Ordeal in Space | 1948 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Waldo & Magic, Inc. (Short Story) | 1950 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Assignment in Eternity | 1953 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag | 1959 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | The Menace from Earth | 1959 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Lost Legacy | 1960 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Three by Heinlein / Heinlein Triad | 1965 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein | 1972 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | The Best of Robert Heinlein, 1947-1959 (Short Story) | 1973 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein | 1986 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | Off the Main Sequence | 2005 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | Outward Bound | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | Project Moonbase and Others | 2008 | Buy from Amazon |
Robert A. Heinlein Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Science Fiction Novel ( With: Robert Bloch, C.M. Kornbluth, Alfred Bester, Basil Davenport) | 1959 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Cliffsnotes Heinlein's Works (Short Story) ( With: CliffsNotes, Baird Searles) | 1969 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Expanded Universe | 1980 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Grumbles from the Grave | 1989 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Tramp Royale | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Take Back Your Government | 1992 | Buy from Amazon |
Robert A. Heinlein Collections
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Virginia Edition (46 Volume Collectors Set) | 2010 | Buy from Amazon |
Robert A. Heinlein Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Street & Smith's Unknown, Vol 4. No. 6 | 1941 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space | 1946 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Tomorrow, the Stars | 1952 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction - May 1954 - Vol. 6, No. 5 | 1954 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | 6 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction | 1954 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Ninth Series | 1958 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | 50 Short Science Fiction Tales | 1963 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Worlds to Come: New Science Fiction Adventures | 1967 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Galaxy Science Fiction, October-November 1970 | 1970 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A | 1973 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... | 1974 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | Other Dimensions | 1974 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | Rod Serling's Other Worlds | 1978 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century | 1980 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | The Best of All Possible Worlds | 1980 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 16 | Analog: Writers' Choice Volume II | 1984 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 17 | Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow | 1987 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 18 | New Destinies Vol. 6: Winter 1988 | 1988 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 19 | A Separate Star: A Tribute to Rudyard Kipling | 1989 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 20 | Requiem: Collected Works and Tributes to the Grand Master | 1991 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 21 | Cats in Space... and Other Places | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 22 | Bangs & Whimpers | 1999 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 23 | The SFWA Grand Masters 1 | 1999 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 24 | The World Turned Upside Down | 2005 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 25 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 26 | Science Fiction Super Pack # 1 | 2013 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 27 | Red Sky | 2014 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 28 | Space Pioneers | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 29 | Infinite Stars | 2019 | Buy from Amazon |
Robert Anson Heinlein (1907-1988) was an American science fiction author known for his contributions to the genre's "Golden Age." Heinlein graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1929 and served as a naval officer until 1934. He began writing science fiction in the late 1930s and quickly gained recognition for his innovative stories and thought-provoking ideas. Some of Heinlein's most notable works include "Stranger in a Strange Land" (1961), "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" (1966), and "Starship Troopers" (1959). He won numerous awards for his writing, including the Hugo Award five times and the Nebula Award four times. Heinlein's work explored themes of individuality, freedom, and social responsibility. His stories often featured strong female characters and libertarian ideals. His writing had a profound influence on the development of science fiction and continues to be widely read and enjoyed today.