Order of Robert A. Heinlein Books

Robert A. Heinlein was an American science fiction author, recognized as one of the “Big Three” in the genre alongside Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke. Some of his works also fall within the fantasy genre. Heinlein portrayed space exploration as a tangible possibility, and his writing often explored themes of individualism, non-conformity, and free love. Given that much of his work was produced during the Civil Rights Movement, he frequently suggested that a major character was non-white or employed aliens as metaphors for different human races in a positive light. Heinlein's first short story, "Life Line," was initially written for a contest but was sold to Astounding Science-Fiction in 1939 for a sum greater than the contest's first prize. Below is a list of Robert A. Heinlein’s books in the order of their original publication:

Robert A. Heinlein became a published novelist in 1939 with the novel Misfit. Below is a list of Robert A. Heinlein's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Future History/Heinlein Timeline Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Misfit	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Let There Be Light	(1940)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Blowups Happen	(1940)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Methuselah's Children	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
We Also Walk Dogs	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Long Watch	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Man Who Sold the Moon	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Green Hills of Earth	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Revolt in 2100	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Orphans of the Sky	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Past Through Tomorrow	(1967)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Heinlein's Juveniles Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Rocket Ship Galileo	(1947)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Space Cadet	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Red Planet	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Farmer in the Sky / Satellite Scout	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Between Planets / Planets in Combat	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Rolling Stones / Tramp Space Ship / Space Family Stone	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Starman Jones	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Star Beast / Star Lummox	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tunnel in the Sky	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Time for the Stars	(1956)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Citizen of the Galaxy	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Have Space Suit—Will Travel	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of The Road to Science Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Road to Science Fiction 4: From Here to Forever (By: James Edwin Gunn)	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of World As Myth Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Time Enough for Love	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Number of the Beast	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
To Sail Beyond the Sunset	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Sixth Column / The Day After Tomorrow (As: Anson MacDonald)	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Beyond This Horizon (As: Anson MacDonald)	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Puppet Masters	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Double Star	(1956)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Door into Summer	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Starship Troopers / Starship Soldier	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Stranger in a Strange Land	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Podkayne of Mars	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Glory Road	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Farnham's Freehold	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
I Will Fear No Evil	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Friday	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Job	(1984)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
For Us, the Living	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Variable Star (With: Spider Robinson)	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Pursuit of the Pankera	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Universe	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Destination Moon	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Year of the Jackpot	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
All You Zombies--'	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Chapbooks Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Notebooks of Lazarus Long	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Life Line	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ordeal in Space	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Waldo & Magic, Inc.	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Assignment in Eternity	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Menace from Earth	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lost Legacy	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Three by Heinlein / Heinlein Triad	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
6 x H	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best of Robert Heinlein, 1947-1959	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein	(1986)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Off the Main Sequence	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Outward Bound	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Project Moonbase and Others	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Science Fiction Novel (With: Robert Bloch,C.M. Kornbluth,Alfred Bester,Basil Davenport)	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cliffsnotes Heinlein's Works (With: CliffsNotes,Baird Searles)	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Expanded Universe	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Grumbles from the Grave	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tramp Royale	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Take Back Your Government	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Virginia Edition (46 Volume Collectors Set)	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Street & Smith's Unknown, Vol 4. No. 6	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction	(1943)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space	(1946)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tomorrow, the Stars	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction - May 1954 - Vol. 6, No. 5	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
6 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Ninth Series	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
50 Short Science Fiction Tales	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Worlds to Come: New Science Fiction Adventures	(1967)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Galaxy Science Fiction, October-November 1970	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Other Dimensions	(1974)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rod Serling's Other Worlds	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best of All Possible Worlds	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Analog: Writers' Choice Volume II	(1984)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Age of Wonders: Exploring the World of Science Fiction	(1984)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Destinies Vol. 6: Winter 1988	(1988)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Separate Star: A Tribute to Rudyard Kipling	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Requiem: Collected Works and Tributes to the Grand Master	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cats in Space... and Other Places	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
An Exploration of Horror: Foundations of Fear	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Foundations of Fear: Volume I: Shadows of Fear	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bangs & Whimpers	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The SFWA Grand Masters 1	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The World Turned Upside Down	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Science Fiction Super Pack #1	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Red Sky	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Space Pioneers	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Infinite Stars	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Foundations of Fear Anthology Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
An Exploration of Horror: Foundations of Fear (With: George R.R. Martin,David G. Hartwell,Peter Straub,Richard Matheson,Daphne du Maurier,Clive Barker,Carlos Fuentes,Arthur Machen,Gerald Durrell)	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Foundations of Fear: Volume I: Shadows of Fear (With: David G. Hartwell,Peter Straub,H.P. Lovecraft,Daphne du Maurier,Arthur Machen,Jean Ray,Harriet Prescott Spofford)	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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