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Harry Harrison Books in Order
Harry Harrison is an American science fiction author renowned for his iconic character, Slippery Jim diGriz, also known as the Stainless Steel Rat. His notable works include the influential novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966), which served as the basis for the 1973 film Soylent Green. As a prominent figure in the science fiction community, Harrison co-founded the Birmingham Science Fiction Group with renowned author Brian W. Aldiss. Throughout his illustrious career, Harrison has captivated readers with his unique blend of satire, social commentary, and adventure, cementing his place as a master of the science fiction genre.
Bibliography verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Harry Harrison's book series? Harry Harrison has written 17 book series. The most notable is the Best SF series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Harry Harrison
- #1
Best SF: 1968 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 2(1969) - #2
Best SF: 1969 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 3(1970) - #3
Best SF: 1970 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 4(1971) - #4
Best SF: 1971 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 5(1972) - #5
Best SF: 1973 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 7(1973) - #6
Best SF: 1975 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 9(1976)
- #1
Bill, the Galactic Hero(1965) - #2
The Planet of the Robot Slaves(1989) - #3
On the Planet of Bottled Brains (With: Robert Sheckley)(1990) - #4
On the Planet of Tasteless Pleasure (With: David Bischoff)(1990) - #5
On the Planet of Zombie Vampires (With: Jack C. Haldeman II)(1991) - #6
The Planet of the Hippies from Hell / On the Planet of Ten Thousand Bars (With: David Bischoff)(1991) - #7
The Final Incoherent Adventure! (With: David Harris)(1992)
- #1
Planet of the Damned / A Sense of Obligation(1962) - #2
Planet of No Return(1981)
- #1
Deathworld(1960) - #2
Deathworld II: The Ethical Engineer(1964) - #3
Deathworld 3(1968)
- #1
West of Eden(1984) - #2
Winter in Eden(1986) - #3
Return to Eden(1988)
- #1
The Hammer and the Cross(1993) - #2
One King's Way(1994) - #3
King and Emperor (With: John Holm)(1996)
- #1
Great Balls of Fire(1977) - #2
Spacecraft In Fact and Fiction (With: Malcolm Edwards)(1979) - #3
Harry Harrison! Harry Harrison!(2014)
- #1
Nova One(1971) - #2
Nova 2(1972) - #3
Nova 3 / The Outdated Man(1973) - #4
Nova IV (With: Robert Sheckley)(1974)
- #1
SF: Authors' Choice 4(1974) - #2
The Eighth Galaxy Reader(1965) - #3
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1965(1965) - #4
Nebula Award Stories #2(1966) - #5
Analog Science Fiction And Fact, March 1967(1967) - #6
Farewell, Fantastic Venus / All About Venus(1968) - #7
SF: Author's Choice(1968) - #8Apeman, Spaceman(1968)
- #9
Backdrop of Stars(1968) - #10
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1969(1969) - #11
Analog 6(1969) - #12
Four for the Future(1969) - #13
Blast Off(1969) - #14
Worlds of If, February 1969(1969) - #15
The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 3(1970) - #16
Nova 1(1970) - #17
The Year 2000(1970) - #18
SF Authors' Choice 2(1970) - #19
Science Against Man(1970) - #20
The Light Fantastic(1971) - #21
The Astounding Analog Reader(1972) - #22
The Astounding-Analog Reader, Book Two(1973) - #23
The Year's Best Science Fiction(1973) - #24A Science Fiction Reader(1973)
- #25
Best From Fantasy And Science Fiction: 18th Series(1973) - #26
SF Authors' Choice 3(1973) - #27
The John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology / Astounding(1973) - #28
Wondermakers 2(1974) - #29Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology(1974)
- #30
Decade: The 1940's(1975) - #31
Hell's Cartographers(1975) - #32
Antigrav(1975) - #33
Decade: The 1950s(1976) - #34
Study War No More(1977) - #35
Decade: The 1960s(1977) - #36
Weekend Book of Science Fiction(1981) - #37
Tales from the Planet Earth(1986) - #38
Tales From the Forbidden Planet(1987) - #39
The Monster Book of Monsters(1988) - #40
The Drabble Project(1988) - #41
There Won't Be War(1991) - #42
100 Astounding Little Alien Stories(1996) - #43
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens(1999) - #44
Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2(2010) - #45
Beyond the Moons of Fomalhaut(2010) - #46
The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack(2012) - #47
Fantastic Stories Presents the Fantastic Universe Super Pack #2(2016) - #48
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume XIV(2018) - #49
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X(2018) - #50
Epic Sci-Fi Odyssey(2025)
- #1
Stainless Steel Rat(1961) - #2
The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge(1970) - #3
The Stainless Steel Rat Saves The World(1971) - #4The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You!(1978)
- #5
The Stainless Steel Rat for President(1982) - #6
A Stainless Steel Rat is Born(1985) - #7The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted(1987)
- #8Stainless Steel Visions(1992)
- #9
The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues(1994) - #10
The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell(1996) - #11
The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus(1999) - #12
The Stainless Steel Rat Returns(2010)
- #1
You Can Be the Stainless Steel Rat(1985)
- #1
Plague from Space(1965) - #2
The Jupiter Plague(1965) - #3
Make Room! Make Room!(1966) - #4The Technicolor Time Machine(1967)
- #5
The Man from P.I.G.(1968) - #6
Captive Universe(1969) - #7
In Our Hands, the Stars / The Daleth Effect(1970) - #8
Spaceship Medic(1970) - #9
The Jupiter Legacy(1970) - #10
Tunnel Through the Deeps / A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!(1972) - #11
Stonehenge: Where Atlantis Died (With: Leon E. Stover)(1972) - #12
The Men from P.I.G. and R.O.B.O.T.(1974) - #13
Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers(1974) - #14
The Lifeship / Lifeboat (With: Gordon R. Dickson)(1975) - #15
The California Iceberg (With: James E. Barry)(1975) - #16Skyfall(1976)
- #17
Mechanismo(1978) - #18
Planet Story(1979) - #19
The QEII is Missing(1980) - #20
Invasion: Earth(1982) - #21
A Rebel in Time(1983) - #22
The Turing Option (With: Marvin Minsky)(1992) - #23
The Web of the Worlds (With: Katherine MacLean)(1953) - #24
Navy Day(1954) - #25The Velvet Glove(1956)
- #26The Repairman(1958)
- #27Arm of the Law(1958)
- #28The Misplaced Battleship(1960)
- #29
The K-Factor(1960) - #30Toy Shop(2010)
- #31
War with the Robots(1962) - #32
Two Tales and Eight Tomorrows(1965) - #33Prime Number(1970)
- #34
One Step from Earth(1970) - #35
The Best of Harry Harrison(1977) - #36Galactic Dreams(1995)
- #37
50 in 50(2001) - #38
Toy Shop and Two Others(2009) - #39
The Idols of Wuld & Planet of the Damned (With: Milton Lesser)(2016)
- #1
Stars and Stripes Forever(1998) - #2
Stars and Stripes in Peril(2000) - #3
Stars and Stripes Triumphant(2001)
- #1
Weird Science Volume 1 (With: Gardner F. Fox,Jack Kamen,Wallace Wood,Harvey Kurtzman,Al Feldstein)(2006) - #2
Two-Fisted Tales Volume 1 (By: Wallace Wood,Harvey Kurtzman,Jack Davis)(2007) - #3
Weird Science, Vol. 2 (By: Al Feldstein)(2007) - #4
Two-Fisted Tales, Vol. 2 (By: Harvey Kurtzman)(2007) - #5
The EC Archives: Crime SuspenStories, Vol. 1 (By: Al Feldstein)(2008) - #6
The EC Archives: Weird Science, Vol. 3 (By: Al Feldstein)(2008) - #7
Frontline Combat, Vol. 1 (By: Harvey Kurtzman,Giorgio Cavazzano,Jerry DeFuccio,Wally Wood)(2008) - #8
The Vault of Horror Volume 3 (By: Daniel Chabon,Al Feldstein,William M. Gaines,Jerry De Fuccio)(2016) - #9
Two-Fisted Tales Volume 3 (By: Harvey Kurtzman)(2016) - #10
The Haunt of Fear Volume 4 (By: Otto Binder,Al Feldstein,William M. Gaines)(2017) - #11
The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear Volume 3 (By: Al Feldstein)(2017) - #12
Weird Fantasy Volume 3 (By: William M. Gaines)(2018) - #13
Panic Volume 2 (By: Al Feldstein,William M. Gaines,Jack Mendelsohn)(2018) - #14
The Haunt of Fear Volume 5 (By: Jack Davis,Otto Binder,Carl Wessler,William M. Gaines,Al Felstein)(2018) - #15
The Vault of Horror Volume 5 (By: Vivian Ng,Irene Koh,William M. Gaines)(2019) - #16
The EC Archives: Piracy (By: Al Feldstein)(2019) - #17
Frontline Combat Volume 2 (By: Jack Davis,Alex Toth,Harvey Kurtzman)(2019) - #18
The EC Archives: Modern Love (By: Al Feldstein)(2019) - #19
Psychoanalysis (By: Daniel Keyes,Robert Bernstein)(2020) - #20
The EC Archives: Impact (By: Al Feldstein)(2020) - #21
The EC Archives: War Against Crime Volume 2 (By: Al Feldstein)(2020) - #22
The EC Archives: Shock Illustrated (By: Al Feldstein)(2020) - #23
The EC Archives: Saddle Justice (By: Al Feldstein)(2021) - #24
The EC Archives: MD (By: Al Feldstein)(2021) - #25
Frontline Combat Volume 3 (By: Jack Davis,Alex Toth,Harvey Kurtzman,Wally Wood)(2021) - #26
The EC Archives: Crime Illustrated (By: Al Feldstein)(2022) - #27
The EC Archives: Terror Illustrated (By: Al Feldstein)(2022) - #28
Confessions Illustrated (By: Daniel Keyes)(2022) - #29
Tales from the Crypt Volume 3 (By: Jack Davis,Jack Kamen,Al Feldstein,Graham Ingels,William Gaines)(2023) - #30
The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt Volume 3 (By: Al Feldstein)(2023) - #31
The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear Volume 4 (By: Al Feldstein)(2024) - #32
The EC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales Volume 3 (By: Jack Davis,Reed Crandall,Harvey Kurtzman,Carlos Badilla,Wally Wood)(2025)
- #1
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume VI (By: Robert Sheckley)(2016) - #2
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume IV (By: Robert Sheckley)(2018)
- #1
Montezuma's Revenge(1972) - #2
Queen Victoria's Revenge(1974)
- #1
Homeworld(1980) - #2Wheelworld(1981)
- #3Starworld(1981)
About Harry Harrison
Harry Harrison is an American science fiction author renowned for his iconic character, Slippery Jim diGriz, also known as the Stainless Steel Rat. His notable works include the influential novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966), which served as the basis for the 1973 film Soylent Green. As a prominent figure in the science fiction community, Harrison co-founded the Birmingham Science Fiction Group with renowned author Brian W. Aldiss. Throughout his illustrious career, Harrison has captivated readers with his unique blend of satire, social commentary, and adventure, cementing his place as a master of the science fiction genre.
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