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Ray Bradbury

4 series 28 books in order 21 standalone books

Ray Bradbury was an American author and screenwriter who lived from 1920 to 2012. He is known for his extensive body of work, which includes more than five hundred published pieces such as short stories, novels, plays, screenplays, television scripts, and verse. His writings are celebrated for reflecting the American imagination at its most creative. Bradbury's most famous books are The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Fahrenheit 451, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. These works are considered masterpieces and have left a lasting impression on readers. He was honored with the National Book Foundation's 2000 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters and the National Medal of Arts in 2004.

Born
1920
Known for
Green Town, Pocketbook, The Martian Chronicles, Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories

Series by Ray Bradbury

Green Town

2 books in order · 1950–1957 · Publication order

  1. Cover of Dandelion Wine

    Dandelion Wine

    1957 · Ray Bradbury

    Dandelion Wine is a 1957 novel by Ray Bradbury that follows the experiences of a twelve-year-old boy named Douglas Spaulding during the summer of…

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Pocketbook

14 books in order · 1953–1997

  1. Cover of Basketball

    Basketball

    1953 · Auerbach, Arnold

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    Under the net

    1954 · Iris Murdoch

    Iris Murdoch's first novel, published in 1954, is set in a part of London where struggling writers, successful bookies, film starlets, and frantic…

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  4. Cover of An unofficial rose

    An unofficial rose

    1962 · Iris Murdoch

    The nine characters in this novel are all looking for love, and the actions and passions of each are constantly affecting the others. Impelled by…

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    The red and the green

    1965 · Iris Murdoch

    As the title suggests, the novel centers on Easter Day 1916 in Dublin, during the Irish rebellion. Two generations clash within a family torn apart…

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    Expensive people

    1968 · Joyce Carol Oates

    Part of Joyce Carol Oates's Wonderland Quartet exploring social class and the inner lives of young Americans, this novel examines the secrets of…

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    An accidental man

    1971 · Iris Murdoch

    This is the story of the comic and relentless struggle for survival of Austin Gibson Grey, who needs to survive through the destruction of others,…

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    The Black Prince

    1973 · Iris Murdoch

    Bradley Pearson, an unsuccessful novelist in his late fifties, has finally left his dull office job as an Inspector of Taxes. Bradley hopes to retire…

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    The Sacred and Profane Love Machine

    1974 · Iris Murdoch

    This is a story of different loves, and of how a man may need two women in such a way that he can be happy with neither. Sacred and profane love are…

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    A word child

    1975 · Iris Murdoch

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The Martian Chronicles

2 books in order · 1950

  1. The Green Morning

    1950 · Ray Bradbury

    The Green Morning is a 1950 book by Ray Bradbury. It is part of the series The Martian Chronicles.

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  2. There Will Come Soft Rains

    1950 · Ray Bradbury

    "There Will Come Soft Rains" is a 1950 science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury, chronicling a lone house left intact in a California city…

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Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories

25 books in order · 1979–1992

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  4. Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 4

    Year unknown · Fredric Brown, Lester del Rey, Isaac Asimov, A. E. van Vogt, Hal Clement, Anthony Boucher, C. L. Moore and George Oliver Smith

    Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) is a science fiction anthology edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg. It is the fourth…

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  5. Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 5

    1981

    Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) is a short story anthology edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg. It is the fifth volume…

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  6. Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 6

    1981 · A. E. van Vogt, Cleve Cartmill, Leigh Brackett, Fritz Leiber, Clifford D. Simak and Lester del Rey

    Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) is the sixth volume in a series of science fiction short story collections edited by Isaac Asimov…

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  7. Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 7

    Year unknown · Fredric Brown, Fritz Leiber, Isaac Asimov, Raymond F. Jones, Murray Leinster, Leigh Brackett, Lester del Rey and Henry Kuttner

    Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) is an English-language science fiction short story collection edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin…

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  8. Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8

    1982 · Theodore Sturgeon, Arthur C. Clarke, Fredric Brown, Nelson Slade Bond, Leigh Brackett and Ray Bradbury

    Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) is a science fiction short story anthology edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg. It is…

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  9. Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 9

    1983 · Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg

    Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) is a science fiction anthology edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg. It is the ninth…

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  10. Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 10

    1983

    Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) is a short story anthology edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg. It is the tenth…

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Standalone books

  1. Cover of Farewell Summer
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  2. Cover of Let's All Kill Constance
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  3. Cover of From the Dust Returned
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  4. Cover of Something Wicked This Way Comes
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  5. Cover of Green Shadows, White Whale
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  6. Cover of The Illustrated Man
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  7. Cover of A graveyard for lunatics
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  8. Cover of Zen in the art of writing
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  9. Cover of The Toynbee Convector
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  10. Cover of The veldt
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  11. Cover of The October Country
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  12. Cover of A Memory of Murder
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  13. Cover of The Halloween Tree
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  14. Cover of Long After Midnight
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  15. Cover of S is for space
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  16. Cover of R is for Rocket
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  17. Cover of Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories
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  18. Cover of Fahrenheit 451
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  19. Cover of The Golden Apples of the Sun
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  20. Cover of Dark Carnival
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  21. Cover of A Sound of Thunder
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Frequently asked questions

How many books has Ray Bradbury written?

We list 28 books by Ray Bradbury across 4 series, published between 1948–2006 — each shown in full reading order.

What order should I read Ray Bradbury's books?

Read each series in publication order. A good place to start is “Dandelion Wine.” Open any series above for its complete numbered reading order.

Where can I buy Ray Bradbury's books?

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Reading order compiled from author/publisher guidance and verified bibliographic data. Spotted a wrong order, a missing book, or any other mistake? and we'll correct it.