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David Brin Books in Order
Every David Brin book in publication order — 51 in total, spanning 1980–2020.
Publication Order of The Uplift Saga Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sundiver | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Startide Rising | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Uplift War | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Brightness Reef | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Infinity's Shore | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Heaven's Reach | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Gorilla, My Dreams | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Uplift Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Contacting Aliens | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of David Brin's Out Of Time Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yanked! | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Tiger in the Sky | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Game of Worlds | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Second Foundation Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foundation's Triumph | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Kiln Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiln People | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Kil'n Time | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Colony High Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sky Horizon | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Practice Effect | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Postman | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Heart of the Comet | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Earth | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Glory Season | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Existence | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Ancient Ones | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Pak's Preschool | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Piecework | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Crystal Spheres | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Loom of Thessaly | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Stones of Significance | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Thor Meets Captain America | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Reality Check | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Giving Plague | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Tank Farm Dynamo | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The River of Time | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Otherness | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Tomorrow Happens | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Life Eaters | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Star Trek: The Next Generation Graphic Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Star Trek | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Game Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tribes | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Transparent Society | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Extraterrestrial Civilization | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape! | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Star Wars on Trial | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Through Stranger Eyes | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Dark Side | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | George Orwell and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Lord of the Rings | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Matrix | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Disputation Arenas | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Murasaki | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Future Visions | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 51, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sundiver | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Startide Rising | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Practice Effect | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Postman | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Heart of the Comet | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The River of Time | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Uplift War | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Transparent Society | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Dr. Pak's Preschool | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Extraterrestrial Civilization | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Earth | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Piecework | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Murasaki | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Glory Season | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Otherness | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Brightness Reef | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Infinity's Shore | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Heaven's Reach | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Tribes | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Yanked! | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Tiger in the Sky | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | The Game of Worlds | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Foundation's Triumph | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Star Trek | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Contacting Aliens | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Kiln People | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Kil'n Time | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Tomorrow Happens | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | The Life Eaters | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape! | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Star Wars on Trial | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Sky Horizon | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Through Stranger Eyes | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | The Dark Side | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | George Orwell and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | The Lord of the Rings | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | The Matrix | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | Gorilla, My Dreams | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | The Crystal Spheres | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | The Loom of Thessaly | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | Stones of Significance | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | Thor Meets Captain America | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | Reality Check | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | The Giving Plague | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | Tank Farm Dynamo | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | Disputation Arenas | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | Existence | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | Future Visions | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | The Ancient Ones | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
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