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David Brin Books in Order
David Brin is a renowned author, scientist, and speaker whose novels have captivated global audiences, frequently topping the New York Times Bestseller list and earning multiple Hugo, Nebula, and other prestigious awards. His works, translated into more than twenty languages, have been widely acclaimed for their prophetic visions of the future. His ecological thriller, Earth, foreshadowed global warming, cyberwarfare, and the emergence of the World Wide Web, while his post-apocalyptic novel, The Postman, inspired a movie directed by Kevin Costner. Startide Rising and The Uplift War won the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel. Brin's non-fiction book, The Transparent Society, won the Freedom of Speech Prize from the American Library Association, exploring the intersection of technology, freedom, and privacy.
Bibliography verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of David Brin's book series? David Brin has written 15 book series. The most notable is the Colony High series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by David Brin
- #1
Sky Horizon(2007)
- #1
Tribes(1998)
- #1
Colony High(2021) - #2
Castaways of New Mojave (With: Jeff Carlson)(2021)
- #1The Life Eaters(2003)
- #1
Kiln People / Kil'n People(2002) - #2
Kil'n Time(2002)
- #1
The Transparent Society(1987) - #2
Extraterrestrial Civilization(1989) - #3
Through Stranger Eyes(2008) - #4
The Dark Side(2010) - #5
George Orwell and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy(2010) - #6The Lord of the Rings(2010)
- #7
The Matrix(2010) - #8
Disputation Arenas(2011) - #9
Polemical Judo(2019) - #10
Three Cheers for the Surveillance Society(2016) - #11
Singularity and Nightmares(2016) - #12
How Will the World End?(2016) - #13
Do We Really Want Immortality?(2016)
- #1
Yanked! (With: Nancy Kress)(1999) - #2
Tiger in the Sky (With: Sheila Finch)(1999) - #3
The Game of Worlds(1999) - #4
The Archimedes Gambit (By: Patrick Freivald)(2021) - #5
Boondoggle (With: Tom Easton,Torion Oey)(2025)
- #1
Ring of Fire I (By: Mercedes Lackey,Eric Flint,Dave Freer,K.D. Wentworth,S.L. Viehl,Mike Turner)(2004) - #2
1634: The Ram Rebellion (By: Eric Flint,Virginia DeMarce)(2006) - #3
Ring of Fire II (By: Eric Flint,Dave Freer,K.D. Wentworth,Andrew Dennis,David Carrico)(2008) - #4
1635: The Tangled Web (By: Eric Flint,Virginia DeMarce)(2009) - #5
Ring of Fire III (By: Mercedes Lackey,Eric Flint,Charles E. Gannon)(2011) - #6
1635: Music and Murder (By: David Carrico)(2013) - #7
1636: Seas of Fortune (By: Iver P. Cooper)(2013) - #8
1636: The Barbie Consortium (By: Gorg Huff,Paula Goodlett)(2014) - #9
Ring of Fire IV (With: Eric Flint,Charles E. Gannon,Virginia DeMarce,David Carrico)(2016) - #10
1635: The Wars for the Rhine (By: Anette Pedersen)(2016) - #11
1636: Flight of the Nightingale (By: David Carrico)(2019) - #12
1637: The Coast of Chaos (By: Eric Flint,Gorg Huff,Paula Goodlett)(2021)
- #1
Foundation's Fear (By: Gregory Benford)(1997) - #2
Foundation and Chaos (By: Greg Bear)(1998) - #3Foundation's Triumph(2000)
- #1
Seven Seasons of Buffy(2003) - #2
Taking the Red Pill (By: Glenn Yeffeth)(2003) - #3
Stepping through the Stargate (By: P.N. Elrod,Roxanne Conrad)(2004) - #4
Finding Serenity (By: Robert Brian Taylor)(2005) - #5
The War of the Worlds (By: Connie Willis,Mercedes Lackey,H.G. Wells,Mike Resnick,Stephen Baxter,Lawrence Watt-Evans)(2005) - #6
Navigating the Golden Compass (By: Glenn Yeffeth)(2005) - #7
Alias Assumed (By: Tracy S. Morris)(2005) - #8
Farscape Forever! Sex, Drugs and Killer Muppets (By: Glenn Yeffeth)(2005) - #9
Flirting With Pride And Prejudice (By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Crusie)(2005) - #10
Revisiting Narnia (By: Shanna Caughey)(2005) - #11
King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape!(2005) - #12
Totally Charmed (By: Maggie Shayne,Rebecca York,Jody Lynn Nye,Evelyn Vaughn,Tanya Huff,Vera Nazarian,Jennifer Crusie)(2005) - #13
The Unauthorized X-Men (By: Leah Wilson,Len Wein)(2006) - #14
This Is Chick-Lit (By: Lauren Baratz-Logsted)(2006) - #15
Welcome to Wisteria Lane (By: Leah Wilson)(2006) - #16
The Man from Krypton (By: Glenn Yeffeth)(2006) - #17
Getting Lost (By: Orson Scott Card)(2006) - #18
Boarding the Enterprise (By: Robert J. Sawyer,David Gerrold)(2006) - #19
So Say We All (By: Peter B. Lloyd,Richard Hatch)(2006) - #20
Investigating CSI (By: Leah Wilson,Donn Cortez)(2006) - #21
Coffee at Luke's (By: Leah Wilson,Jennifer Crusie)(2007) - #22
Webslinger (By: Leah Wilson,Gerry Conway)(2007) - #23
Halo Effect (By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Thomason)(2007) - #24
Neptune Noir (By: Rob Thomas)(2007) - #25
Perfectly Plum (By: Leah Wilson)(2007) - #26
Grey's Anatomy 101 (By: Leah Wilson)(2007) - #27
Serenity Found (By: Orson Scott Card,Jacob Clifton,Michael Marano,Jane Espenson,Natalie Haynes,Nathan Fillion)(2007) - #28
House Unauthorized (By: Leah Wilson)(2007) - #29
Batman Unauthorized (By: Leah Wilson)(2008) - #30
Secrets of the Dragon Riders (By: James A. Owen)(2008) - #31
In the Hunt (By: Leah Wilson)(2009) - #32
James Bond in the 21st Century (By: Leah Wilson,Glenn Yeffeth)(2009) - #33
Ardeur (By: Laurell K. Hamilton)(2010) - #34
A Taste of True Blood (By: Leah Wilson)(2010) - #35
You Do Not Talk About Fight Club (By: Chuck Palahniuk,Read Mercer Schuchardt)(2015)
- #1
The Practice Effect(1984) - #2The Postman(1985)
- #3
Heart of the Comet(1986) - #4Earth(1990)
- #5
Glory Season(1993) - #6
Existence(2012) - #7
Insistence of Vision(2018) - #8
The Ancient Ones(2020) - #9
Dr. Pak's Preschool(1989) - #10
Piecework(1992) - #11
The Crystal Spheres(2011) - #12
The Loom of Thessaly(2011) - #13
Stones of Significance(2011) - #14
Thor Meets Captain America(2011) - #15
Reality Check(2011) - #16
The Giving Plague(2011) - #17
Tank Farm Dynamo(2011) - #18The River of Time(1986)
- #19Otherness(1994)
- #20
Tomorrow Happens(2003) - #21
The Best of David Brin(2021) - #22
Mars Opposition(2013)
- #1
Forgiveness(2001) - #2
The Gorn Crisis (By: Kevin J. Anderson)(2002)
- #1
Amazing Stories, March 1990(1990) - #2
Tomorrow's Voices(1991) - #3The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories(1992)
- #4
Murasaki(1992) - #5
War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches(1996) - #6The Williamson Effect(1996)
- #7
Far Horizons(1999) - #8
Year's Best SF 4(1999) - #9
The Age of Wonders: Tales from the Near Future(2000) - #10
I Have This Nifty Idea(2001) - #11
Live Without a Net(2003) - #12Seven Seasons of Buffy(2003)
- #13
The Hard SF Renaissance(2003) - #14All Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories(2004)
- #15
Analog, January/February 2005(2005) - #16
Space Cadets(2006) - #17
Star Wars on Trial(2006) - #18The Space Opera Renaissance(2006)
- #19
This Is My Funniest(2006) - #20
The Best of Jim Baen's Universe(2007) - #21
Shadows of the New Sun(2013) - #22
Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror(2014) - #23
Multiverse(2014) - #24
Hieroglyph(2014) - #25Dragonwriter: A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey and Pern(2014)
- #26Visions of the Future(2015)
- #27
Future Visions(2015) - #28
Worst Contact(2016) - #29Ring of Fire IV(2016)
- #30
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One(2016) - #31
The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF 2015(2016) - #32
Futurescapes: Cities of Empowerment(2017)
- #1
Contacting Aliens(2002)
- #1Sundiver(1980)
- #2
Startide Rising(1983) - #3
The Uplift War(1987) - #4
Brightness Reef(1995) - #5
Infinity's Shore(1996) - #6
Heaven's Reach(1998) - #7
Gorilla, My Dreams(2011)
About David Brin
David Brin is a renowned author, scientist, and speaker whose novels have captivated global audiences, frequently topping the New York Times Bestseller list and earning multiple Hugo, Nebula, and other prestigious awards. His works, translated into more than twenty languages, have been widely acclaimed for their prophetic visions of the future. His ecological thriller, Earth, foreshadowed global warming, cyberwarfare, and the emergence of the World Wide Web, while his post-apocalyptic novel, The Postman, inspired a movie directed by Kevin Costner. Startide Rising and The Uplift War won the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel. Brin's non-fiction book, The Transparent Society, won the Freedom of Speech Prize from the American Library Association, exploring the intersection of technology, freedom, and privacy.
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