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Frederik Pohl Books in Order
Frederik Pohl is a renowned American science fiction writer, editor, and fan with a storied career spanning over seven decades. As a celebrated editor, Pohl helmed the helm of <i>Galaxy</i> magazine and its sister publication <i>IF</i> from approximately 1959 to 1969, earning the magazine three consecutive Hugo Awards. His own writing has garnered him three Hugo Awards and numerous Nebula Awards, solidifying his reputation as a master of the genre. In 1993, Pohl was distinguished with the prestigious Nebula Grand Master award, a testament to his enduring contributions to science fiction. Throughout his illustrious career, Pohl has left an indelible mark on the science fiction community.
Bibliography verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Frederik Pohl's book series? Frederik Pohl has written 14 book series. The most notable is the Best Science Fiction of the Year series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Frederik Pohl
- #1
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1(1972) - #2
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2(1973) - #3
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3(1974) - #4
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4(1975) - #5
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5(1976) - #6
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6(1977) - #7
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7(1978) - #8
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8(1979) - #9
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9(1980) - #10
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10(1981) - #11
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11(1982) - #12
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12(1983) - #13
Best Science Fiction of the Year 13(1984) - #14
Best Science Fiction of the Year 14(1984) - #15
Best Science Fiction of the Year 15(1986) - #16
Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16(1987)
- #1
Worlds Apart? Dualism and Transgression in Contemporary Female Dystopias (By: Dunja M. Mohr)(2005) - #2
Culture, Identities and Technology in the Star Wars Films (By: Tony M. Vinci,Carl Silvio)(2007) - #3
Tolkien and Shakespeare (By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Janet Brennan Croft)(2007) - #4
Hugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction (By: Gary Westfahl)(2007) - #5
The Influence of Star Trek on Television, Film and Culture (By: Lincoln Geraghty)(2007) - #6
Dreams and Nightmares (By: Mordecai Roshwald)(2008) - #7
H. Beam Piper (By: John F. Carr)(2008) - #8
Science Fiction and the Two Cultures (By: George Edgar Slusser,Gary Westfahl)(2009) - #9
The Inter-Galactic Playground (By: Farah Mendlesohn)(2009) - #10
Portals of Power (By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Lori M. Campbell)(2010) - #11
Illuminating Torchwood (By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Andrew Ireland)(2010) - #12
The Twilight Mystique (By: Donald E. Palumbo,Amy M. Clarke,Marijane Osborn)(2010) - #13
Apocalypse in Australian Fiction and Film (By: unknown author)(2011) - #14
The Mythic Fantasy of Robert Holdstock (By: Donald E. Morse,Kalman Matolcsy)(2011) - #15
British Science Fiction Film and Television (By: Derek Johnston,James Leggott,RebeccaWilliams,Tobias Hochscherf)(2011) - #16
The Postnational Fantasy (By: Masood Ashraf Raja,Donald M. Hassler,Jason W. Ellis,Swaralipi Nandi)(2011) - #17
Cult Telefantasy Series (By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Sue Short)(2011) - #18
Heinlein's Juvenile Novels (By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III)(2011) - #19
Welsh Mythology and Folklore in Popular Culture (By: Kristin Noone,Audrey Becker)(2011) - #20
I See You (By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Ellen Grabiner)(2012) - #21
Orbiting Ray Bradbury's Mars (By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Gloria McMillan)(2013) - #22
Girls Transforming (By: Sanna Lehtonen)(2013) - #23
The Worlds of Farscape (By: Sherry Ginn)(2013) - #24
Environments in Science Fiction (By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Susan M. Bernardo)(2014) - #25
Discworld and the Disciplines (By: Anne Hiebert Alton)(2014) - #26
The Monomyth in American Science Fiction Films (By: Donald E. Palumbo)(2014) - #27
The Fantastic in Holocaust Literature and Film (By: John Edgar Browning,Judith B. Kerman)(2015) - #28
Michael Moorcock (By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Mark Scroggins)(2015) - #29
An Asimov Companion (By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III)(2016) - #30
The Science Fiction Mythmakers (By: Jennifer Simkins)(2016) - #31
The Last Midnight (By: Mary F. Pharr,Leisa A. Clark,Amanda Firestone)(2016) - #32
Gender and the Quest in British Science Fiction Television (By: Tom Powers)(2016) - #33
Saving the World Through Science Fiction (By: )(2017) - #34
Science Fiction and Futurism (By: Ace G. Pilkington)(2017) - #35
Wells Meets Deleuze (By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Michael Starr)(2017) - #36
Science Fiction in Classic Rock (By: Robert McParland)(2017) - #37
A Dune Companion (By: Donald E. Palumbo)(2018) - #38
The Fabulous Journeys of Alice and Pinocchio (By: Donald E. Palumbo,Peter Hunt,Laura Tosi)(2018) - #39
Fantasy Literature and Christianity (By: )(2018) - #40
The Archive Incarnate (By: Joseph Hurtgen)(2018) - #41
The British Comic Book Invasion (By: Jochen Ecke)(2018) - #42
Hailing frequencies open: Communication in Star Trek (By: Thomas D. Parham)(2019) - #43
Women's Space (By: Melanie A Marotta)(2019) - #44
The Global Vampire (By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Cait Coker)(2020) - #45
The Fortean Influence on Science Fiction (By: Tanner F. Boyle)(2020) - #46
In Frankenstein's Wake (By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Alison Bedford)(2021) - #47
The Truths of Monsters (By: Ildikó Limpár)(2021) - #48
The Mythopoeic Code of Tolkien (By: Donald E. Palumbo,C.W. Sullivan III,Jyrki Korpua)(2021) - #49
English Magic and Imperial Madness (By: Peter D. Mathews)(2021) - #50
Speculative Modernism (By: William Gillard,James Reitter,Robert Stauffer)(2021) - #51
Arab and Muslim Science Fiction (By: Emad El-Din Aysha,Hosam A. Ibrahim Elzembely)(2022) - #52
The Self and Community in Star Trek (By: Susan M Bernardo)(2022) - #53
Magic Words, Magic Worlds (By: Matthew Oliver)(2022) - #54
Science, Technology and Magic in the Witcher (By: Donald E Palumbo,C W Sullivan III,Kristine Larsen)(2022) - #55
Nnedi Okorafor (By: Sandra J Lindow)(2022) - #56
Analyzing Adventure Time (By: Paul A.Thomas)(2023)
- #1
The Other End of Time(1996) - #2
The Siege of Eternity(1997) - #3
The Far Shore of Time(1999)
- #1
The Merchants of Venus(1986)
- #1
Gateway(1977) - #2
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon(1980) - #3
Heechee Rendezvous(1984) - #4
The Annals of the Heechee(1987) - #5
The Boy Who Would Live Forever(1990) - #6
The Gateway Trip(1990)
- #1
Isaac Asimov's Aliens (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)(1991) - #2
Isaac Asimov's Robots (By: Isaac Asimov,Rob Chilson)(1991) - #3
Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite (By: Isaac Asimov,John M. Ford)(1993) - #4
Isaac Asimov's War (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)(1993) - #5
Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)(1994) - #6
Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)(1995) - #7
Isaac Asimov's Ghosts (By: Isaac Asimov,Terry Bisson)(1995) - #8
Isaac Asimov's Christmas (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)(1997) - #9
Isaac Asimov's Camelot (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois,Eleanor Arnason)(1998) - #10
Isaac Asimov's Detectives (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)(1998) - #11
Isaac Asimov's Werewolves (By: Isaac Asimov,Suzy McKee Charnas,Gardner Dozois)(1999) - #12
Isaac Asimov's Solar System (By: Gardner Dozois)(1999) - #13
Isaac Asimov's Utopias (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)(2000) - #14
Isaac Asimov's Father Day (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)(2001) - #15
Isaac Asimov's Halloween (By: Isaac Asimov)(2001) - #16
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 1(1953) - #17
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2(1953) - #18
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 6(1953) - #19
Star Science Fiction Stories 3(1955) - #20
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4(1958) - #21
Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1963(1963) - #22
Connoisseur's Science Fiction(1964) - #23
New Writings In SF-3(1964) - #24
The Seventh Galaxy Reader(1964) - #25
The Eighth Galaxy Reader(1965) - #26Science Fiction Oddities(1966)
- #27
Dangerous Visions(1967) - #28
Backdrop of Stars(1968) - #29
Worlds of If, February 1969(1969) - #30
The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 3(1970) - #31
Orbit 11(1972) - #32
Alpha 3(1972) - #33
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 5(1972) - #34
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 20th Series(1973) - #35Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader(1973)
- #36
Wondermakers 2(1974) - #37Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology(1974)
- #38
Science Fiction Today and Tomorrow: A Discursive Symposium(1975) - #39
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22nd Series(1976) - #40Science Fiction Discoveries(1976)
- #41
The Late Great Future(1976) - #42
Algol The Magazine About Science Fiction - Winter 1977 / 1978(1977) - #43
Perilous Planets(1978) - #44
Galaxy Science Fiction, September-October 1979(1979) - #45
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century(1980) - #46
Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far(1981) - #47The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12(1983)
- #48
The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction(1985) - #49
Tales from the Planet Earth(1986) - #50
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1987(1987) - #51
The Monster Book of Monsters(1988) - #52
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1988(1988) - #53
Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories(1990) - #54The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories(1992)
- #55
Murasaki(1992) - #56
Inside the Funhouse(1992) - #57
Omni Visions Two(1994) - #58
The Necronomicon(1996) - #59The Williamson Effect(1996)
- #60
Far Horizons(1999) - #61
Bangs & Whimpers(1999) - #62
The SFWA Grand Masters 1(1999) - #63Armageddons(1999)
- #64
The Furthest Horizon(2000) - #65
American Body in Context(2001) - #66
The SFWA Grand Masters 3(2001) - #67
DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction(2002) - #68
DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthologies(2002) - #69
The Hard SF Renaissance(2003) - #70
The Best of the Best, Vol 2(2007) - #71The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction(2010)
- #72
Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, February 1955(2011) - #73
Arc 1.2: Post Human Conditions(2012) - #74
The Ninth Science Fiction Megapack(2014) - #75
Lieu: Science Fiction Short Stories(2015)
- #1
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1(1985) - #2
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 2(1986) - #3L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 3(1987)
- #4
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 4(1988) - #5
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 5(1989) - #6
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 6(1990) - #7
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 7(1991) - #8
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 8(1992) - #9
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future9(1993) - #10
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 10(1994) - #11
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 11(1995) - #12
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 12(1996) - #13
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 13(1997) - #14
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 14(1998) - #15
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 15(1999) - #16
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 16(2000) - #17
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 17(2001) - #18
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 18(2002) - #19
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 19(2002) - #20
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20(2004) - #21
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 21(2005) - #22
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 22(2006) - #23
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 23(2007) - #24
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 24(2008) - #25
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 25(2009) - #26
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 26(2010) - #27
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 27(2011) - #28
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 28(2012) - #29
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 29(2013) - #30
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 30(2014) - #31
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 31(2015) - #32
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 32(2016) - #33
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 33(2017) - #34
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 34(2018) - #35
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 35(2019) - #36
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 36(2020) - #37
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 37(2021) - #38
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 38(2022) - #39
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 39(2023) - #40
L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future 40(2024) - #41
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 41(2025)
- #1Man Plus(1976)
- #2
Mars Plus (By: Thomas T. Thomas)(1994)
- #1
Prince Henry Sinclair(1951) - #2
Practical Politics 1972(1971) - #3
The Viking settlements of North America(1972) - #4
The Way the Future Was(1978) - #5
Chasing Science(1980) - #6
Science Fiction Studies in Film (With: Frederik Pohl IV)(1981) - #7
The New Visions(1982) - #8
Galaxy Magazine: The Dark and the Light Years (By: David L. Rosheim)(1986) - #9
Our Angry Earth(1991) - #10
The Mindworm (By: C.M. Kornbluth)(1955) - #11
A Mile Beyond the Moon (By: C.M. Kornbluth)(1958) - #12
The Marching Morons (By: C.M. Kornbluth)(1959) - #13
The Wonder Effect (By: C.M. Kornbluth)(1962) - #14
Critical Mass (By: C.M. Kornbluth)(1962) - #15
The Explorers. (By: C.M. Kornbluth)(1963) - #16
Thirteen O'clock And Other Zero Hours (By: C.M. Kornbluth)(1970) - #17
The Best of C. M. Kornbluth (By: C.M. Kornbluth)(1976) - #18
Before the Universe (By: C.M. Kornbluth)(1980) - #19
Our Best (By: C.M. Kornbluth)(1987) - #20
His Share of Glory (By: C.M. Kornbluth)(1997) - #21
The Cosmic Expense Account (By: C.M. Kornbluth)(2009) - #22
Eight Worlds of C.M. Kornbluth (By: C.M. Kornbluth)(2010)
- #1
Farthest Star(1975) - #2
Wall Around a Star(1983)
- #1
The Space Merchants / Gravy Planet (With: C.M. Kornbluth)(1952) - #2
The Merchants' War(1981)
- #1
The Reefs of Space(1963) - #2
Starchild(1965) - #3
Rogue Star(1969)
- #1The Space Merchants / Gravy Planet (With: C.M. Kornbluth)(1952)
- #1
Undersea Quest(1954) - #2
Undersea Fleet(1956) - #3
Undersea City(1958)
About Frederik Pohl
Frederik Pohl is a renowned American science fiction writer, editor, and fan with a storied career spanning over seven decades. As a celebrated editor, Pohl helmed the helm of <i>Galaxy</i> magazine and its sister publication <i>IF</i> from approximately 1959 to 1969, earning the magazine three consecutive Hugo Awards. His own writing has garnered him three Hugo Awards and numerous Nebula Awards, solidifying his reputation as a master of the genre. In 1993, Pohl was distinguished with the prestigious Nebula Grand Master award, a testament to his enduring contributions to science fiction. Throughout his illustrious career, Pohl has left an indelible mark on the science fiction community.
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