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Samuel R. Delany Books in Order
Every Samuel R. Delany book in publication order — 60 in total, spanning 1962–2019.
Publication Order of The Fall of the Towers Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Captives of the Flame aka Out of the Dead City | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The Towers of Toron | 1964 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  City of a Thousand Suns | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Return to Nev竪r耽on Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tales of Nev竪r耽on | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Nevery坦na | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Flight from Nev竪r耽on | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  The Bridge of Lost Desire aka Return to Neveryon | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Ballad of Beta-2 | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Babel-17 | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Einstein Intersection | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Nova | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  The Tides of Lust | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Dhalgren | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Trit坦n aka Trouble on Triton | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Empire | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  They Fly At �iron | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  Hogg | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 |  The Mad Man | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 |  Dark Reflections | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 |  Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 |  Voyage, Orestes! | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Jewels of Aptor | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Empire Star | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Home Is the Hangman/We, in Some Strange Power's Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Bread and Wine | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Phallos | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Aye, and Gomorrah | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Driftglass | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Distant Stars | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  The Complete Nebula Award-Winning Fiction | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Driftglass/Starshards | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Atlantis | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  A, B, C | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Novels of Samuel R. Delany Volume One | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Jewel-Hinged Jaw | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The American Shore | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Heavenly Breakfast | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Starboard Wine | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  The Motion Of Light In Water | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Wagner Artaud | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  The Straits of Messina | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Silent Interviews | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  Longer Views | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  Times Square Red, Times Square Blue | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  1984 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 |  Shorter Views | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 |  Black Gay Man | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 |  About Writing | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 |  Conversations with Samuel R. Delany | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 |  The Atheist in the Attic | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 |  Letters from Amherst | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Quark Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Quark/3 (By:) | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dangerous Visions | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Quark 1 | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Quark/ 4 | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Wondermakers 2 | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Nebula Awards 13 | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk & Postmodern Science Fiction | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 60, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Jewels of Aptor | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Captives of the Flame aka Out of the Dead City | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Towers of Toron | 1964 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | City of a Thousand Suns | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Ballad of Beta-2 | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Babel-17 | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Empire Star | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Einstein Intersection | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Aye, and Gomorrah | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Dangerous Visions | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Nova | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Quark 1 | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Driftglass | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Quark/3 (By:) | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Quark/ 4 | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The Tides of Lust | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Wondermakers 2 | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Dhalgren | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Trit坦n aka Trouble on Triton | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | The Jewel-Hinged Jaw | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Empire | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | The American Shore | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Tales of Nev竪r耽on | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Heavenly Breakfast | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Nebula Awards 13 | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Distant Stars | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Nevery坦na | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Starboard Wine | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Flight from Nev竪r耽on | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | The Complete Nebula Award-Winning Fiction | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | The Bridge of Lost Desire aka Return to Neveryon | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | The Motion Of Light In Water | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Wagner Artaud | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | The Straits of Messina | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | Home Is the Hangman/We, in Some Strange Power's Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Driftglass/Starshards | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk & Postmodern Science Fiction | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | They Fly At �iron | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | Hogg | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | The Mad Man | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | Silent Interviews | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | Atlantis | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | Longer Views | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | Bread and Wine | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | Times Square Red, Times Square Blue | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | 1984 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | Shorter Views | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | Black Gay Man | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | Phallos | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | About Writing | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | Dark Reflections | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | Conversations with Samuel R. Delany | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 56 | A, B, C | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 57 | The Novels of Samuel R. Delany Volume One | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 58 | The Atheist in the Attic | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 59 | Voyage, Orestes! | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 60 | Letters from Amherst | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
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