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Babylon 5 Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Babylon 5 books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Babylon 5 series? Start with "Personal Agendas" (1997) and follow publication order through all 38 books.
The complete Babylon 5 reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

Personal Agendas
1997

Chrysalis 7
1980

Shadows 4
1981

Death
1982

Laughing Space: An Anthology of Science Fiction Humor
1982

Chrysalis 9
1982
Shadows 5
1982

Whispers VI
1983

Fears
1983

The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XI
1983

The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XII
1984

Shadows 8
1985

The First Chronicles of Greystone Bay
1985

Shadows 6
1986

Fireside Treasury of Great Humor
1987

The Fireside Treasury of New Humor
1989

The Seaharp Hotel
1990

The National Lampoon Treasury of Humor
1991

100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories
1993

100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories
1993

Night Screams
1996

Treasury of Great Humor
1996

Dangerous Vegetables
1998

The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy
1998

999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense
1999

Children of the Night
1999

Bruce Coville's Ufos
2000

Trick or Treat
2001

Redshift
2001

Shivers II
2003

Flights
2004

Retro Pulp Tales
2006

Best New Horror 18
2007

Shivers VI
2010

Stories: All-New Tales
2010

Tales From the Crossroad
2011

The Crane House
2012

10 Halloween Haunts
2015
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