Order of Alan Dean Foster Books
Alan Dean Foster stands as a prominent figure in American science fiction and fantasy literature. He has built an impressive literary legacy through his creation of the expansive Humanx Commonwealth universe and the beloved Spellsinger series. Beyond his original works, Foster has earned recognition as a master of novelizations, bringing major film franchises to life on the page including Star Wars, Star Trek, Alien, Transformers, and The Thing, among numerous others. He makes his home in Prescott, Arizona, where he resides with his wife.
Foster launched his publishing career in 1972 with The Tar-Aiym Krang, which marked the beginning of his popular Pip & Flinx series within the Humanx Commonwealth universe. The following list presents Alan Dean Foster's complete bibliography arranged by original publication date:
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  For Love of Mother-Not | 1983 | |
| 1 |  Nor Crystal Tears | 1982 | |
| 2 |  The Tar-Aiym Krang | 1972 | |
| 2 |  Voyage to the City of the Dead | 1984 | |
| 3 |  Orphan Star | 1977 | |
| 3 |  Midworld | 1975 | |
| 4 |  The End of the Matter | 1977 | |
| 4 |  Drowning World | 2003 | |
| 5 |  Flinx in Flux | 1988 | |
| 5 |  Quofum | 2008 | |
| 6 |  Mid-Flinx | 1995 | |
| 6 |  The Howling Stones | 1997 | |
| 7 |  Reunion | 2001 | |
| 7 |  Sentenced to Prism | 1985 | |
| 8 |  Flinx's Folly | 2002 | |
| 8 |  Cachalot | 1980 | |
| 9 |  Sliding Scales | 2004 | |
| 10 |  Running from the Deity | 2005 | |
| 11 |  Bloodhype | 1973 | |
| 12 |  Trouble Magnet | 2006 | |
| 13 |  Patrimony | 2007 | |
| 14 |  Flinx Transcendent | 2009 | |
| 15 |  Strange Music | 2018 |
Chronological Order of Humanx Commonwealth Books
Chronological Order of Pip & Flinx Books
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | For Love of Mother-Not | 1983 | |
| 2 | The Tar-Aiym Krang | 1972 | |
| 3 | Orphan Star | 1977 | |
| 4 | The End of the Matter | 1977 | |
| 5 | Flinx in Flux | 1988 | |
| 6 | Mid-Flinx | 1995 | |
| 7 | Reunion | 2001 | |
| 8 | Flinx's Folly | 2002 | |
| 9 | Sliding Scales | 2004 | |
| 10 | Running from the Deity | 2005 | |
| 11 | Bloodhype | 1973 | |
| 12 | Trouble Magnet | 2006 | |
| 13 | Patrimony | 2007 | |
| 14 | Flinx Transcendent | 2009 | |
| 15 | Strange Music | 2018 |
Publication Order of Alien Books
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Alien | 1979 | |
| 2 |  Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual | 1995 | |
| 3 |  Aliens: The Set Photography | 2016 | |
| 4 |  Aliens: Bug Hunt | 2017 | |
| 5 |  Alien: Covenant | 2017 | |
| 6 |  Alien: Covenant Origins - The Official Prequel to the Blockbuster Film | 2017 | |
| 7 |  The Cold Forge | 2018 | |
| 8 |  Echo | 2019 | |
| 9 |  The Making of Alien | 2019 | |
| 10 |  Isolation | 2019 | |
| 11 |  Prototype | 2019 | |
| 12 |  Phalanx | 2020 | |
| 13 |  Into Charybdis | 2021 | |
| 14 |  Infiltrator | 2021 | |
| 15 |  Alien: Colony War | 2022 | |
| 16 |  Alien - Inferno's Fall | 2022 | |
| 17 |  Vasquez | 2022 | |
| 18 |  Alien: Enemy of My Enemy | 2023 | |
| 19 |  Aliens: Bishop | 2023 | |
| 20 |  Alien: Seventh Circle | 2025 |
Publication Order of Alien Movie Books
Publication Order of Alien Nation Books
Publication Order of Angel Cardenas Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 1971 | 1971 | |
| 2 |  The Alien Condition | 1973 | |
| 3 |  Beyond Time | 1976 | |
| 4 |  Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction | 1980 | |
| 5 |  Perpetual Light | 1982 | |
| 6 |  Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves | 1991 | |
| 7 |  Destination Unknown | 1991 | |
| 8 |  The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1992 | 1992 | |
| 9 |  Christmas Forever | 1993 | |
| 10 |  Betcha Can't Read Just One | 1993 | |
| 11 |  Superheroes | 1995 | |
| 12 |  The Book of Kings | 1995 | |
| 13 |  The Children of Cthulhu | 2003 | |
| 14 |  Masters of Fantasy | 2004 | |
| 15 |  Firebirds Rising | 2005 | |
| 16 |  High Seas Cthulhu | 2007 | |
| 17 |  The Best of Jim Baen's Universe | 2007 | |
| 18 |  Untold Adventures | 2011 | |
| 19 |  Resistance Front | 2011 | |
| 20 |  The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination | 2013 | |
| 21 |  Robot Uprisings | 2014 | |
| 22 |  Dead Man's Hand | 2014 | |
| 23 |  Fantasy For Good: A Charitable Anthology | 2014 | |
| 24 |  Loosed Upon the World | 2015 | |
| 25 |  Visions of the Future | 2015 | |
| 26 |  Straight Outta Tombstone | 2017 | |
| 27 |  Unidentified Funny Objects 6 | 2017 | |
| 28 |  Infinite Stars | 2019 | |
| 29 |  Gilded Glass: Twisted Myths and Shattered Fairy Tales | 2022 |
Publication Order of Countless Worlds Books
Publication Order of Dinotopia Books
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dinotopia Pop-Up Book | 1992 | |
| 2 |  A Land Apart from Time | 1992 | |
| 3 |  The World Beneath | 1995 | |
| 4 |  River Quest | 1995 | |
| 5 |  Dinotopia Lost | 1996 | |
| 6 |  Sabertooth Mountain | 1996 | |
| 7 |  Lost City | 1996 | |
| 8 |  Thunder Falls | 1996 | |
| 9 |  Firestorm | 1997 | |
| 10 |  The Maze | 1998 | |
| 11 |  The Hand of Dinotopia | 1999 | |
| 12 |  Sky Dance | 1999 | |
| 13 |  First Flight | 1999 | |
| 14 |  Chomper | 2000 | |
| 15 |  Return to Lost City | 2000 | |
| 16 |  The Explorers | 2001 | |
| 17 |  Oasis | 2002 | |
| 18 |  Dolphin Watch | 2002 | |
| 19 |  Journey to Chandara | 2007 | |
| 20 |  Dinotopia: Windchaser | 2019 |
Publication Order of Founding of the Commonwealth Books
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
Publication Order of Humanx Commonwealth Books
Publication Order of Icerigger Books
Publication Order of Isaac Asimov's Anthology Books
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction | 1980 | |
| 2 |  Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far | 1981 | |
| 3 |  Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own | 1983 | |
| 4 |  Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | 1989 | |
| 5 |  Isaac Asimov's Aliens | 1991 | |
| 6 |  Isaac Asimov's Robots | 1991 | |
| 7 |  Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite | 1993 | |
| 8 |  Isaac Asimov's War | 1993 | |
| 9 |  Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams | 1994 | |
| 10 |  Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep | 1995 | |
| 11 |  Isaac Asimov's Ghosts | 1995 | |
| 12 |  Isaac Asimov's Christmas | 1997 | |
| 13 |  Isaac Asimov's Camelot | 1998 | |
| 14 |  Isaac Asimov's Detectives | 1998 | |
| 15 |  Isaac Asimov's Werewolves | 1999 | |
| 16 |  Isaac Asimov's Solar System | 1999 | |
| 17 |  Isaac Asimov's Utopias | 2000 | |
| 18 |  Isaac Asimov's Father Day | 2001 | |
| 19 |  Isaac Asimov's Halloween | 2001 |
Publication Order of Journeys of the Catechist Books
Publication Order of L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future Books
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1 | 1985 | |
| 2 |  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 2 | 1986 | |
| 3 |  L. 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 |
Publication Order of Laksa Anthology: Speculative Fiction Books
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Publication Order of Pip & Flinx Books
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Tar-Aiym Krang | 1972 | |
| 2 | Bloodhype | 1973 | |
| 3 | The End of the Matter | 1977 | |
| 4 | Orphan Star | 1977 | |
| 5 | For Love of Mother-Not | 1983 | |
| 6 | Flinx in Flux | 1988 | |
| 7 | Mid-Flinx | 1995 | |
| 8 | Reunion | 2001 | |
| 9 | Flinx's Folly | 2002 | |
| 10 | Sliding Scales | 2004 | |
| 11 | Running from the Deity | 2005 | |
| 12 | Trouble Magnet | 2006 | |
| 13 | Patrimony | 2007 | |
| 14 | Flinx Transcendent | 2009 | |
| 15 | Strange Music | 2018 |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Publication Order of Spellsinger Books
Publication Order of Star Trek Books
Publication Order of Star Trek Fotonovel Books
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Amok Time | 1967 | |
| 2 |  The City on the Edge of Forever | 1977 | |
| 3 |  The Trouble with Tribbles | 1977 | |
| 4 |  All Our Yesterdays | 1978 | |
| 5 |  A Taste of Armageddon | 1978 | |
| 6 |  Metamorphosis | 1978 | |
| 7 |  The Galileo 7 | 1978 | |
| 8 |  A Piece of the Action | 1978 | |
| 9 |  Day of the Dove | 1978 | |
| 10 |  Star Trek: The Motion Picture | 1980 | |
| 11 |  Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan | 1982 |
Publication Order of Star Trek: Movie Novelization Books
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | 1980 | |
| 2 |  The Wrath Of Khan | 1982 | |
| 3 |  Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | 1984 | |
| 4 |  The Voyage Home | 1986 | |
| 5 |  Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | 1989 | |
| 6 |  Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | 1992 | |
| 7 |  Star Trek Movie Tie-In | 2009 | |
| 8 |  Star Trek Into Darkness | 2013 |
Publication Order of Star Trek: The Animated Books
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Star Trek Log One | 1974 | |
| 2 |  Star Trek Log Two | 1974 | |
| 3 |  Star Trek Log Three | 1974 | |
| 4 |  Star Trek Log Four | 1975 | |
| 5 |  Star Trek Log Five | 1975 | |
| 6 |  Star Trek Log Six | 1976 | |
| 7 |  Star Trek Log Seven | 1976 | |
| 8 |  Star Trek Log Eight | 1976 | |
| 9 |  Star Trek Log Nine | 1977 | |
| 10 |  Star Trek Log Ten | 1978 |
Publication Order of Star Wars Books
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker | 1976 |
Publication Order of Star Wars Legends Books
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Splinter of the Mind's Eye | 1978 | |
| 2 |  The Han Solo Adventures | 1979 | |
| 3 |  The Adventures of Lando Calrissian | 1983 | |
| 4 |  The Courtship of Princess Leia | 1994 | |
| 5 |  The Truce at Bakura | 1994 | |
| 6 |  The Crystal Star | 1994 | |
| 7 |  Children of the Jedi | 1995 | |
| 8 |  We Don't Do Weddings | 1995 | |
| 9 |  Hammertong: The Tale of the "Tonnika Sisters" | 1995 | |
| 10 |  Mist Encounter | 1995 | |
| 11 |  Darksaber | 1995 | |
| 12 |  The New Rebellion | 1996 | |
| 13 |  Planet of Twilight | 1997 | |
| 14 |  I, Jedi | 1998 | |
| 15 |  Podrace! | 1999 | |
| 16 |  General Jar Jar | 1999 | |
| 17 |  Obi-Wan's Bongo Adventure | 1999 | |
| 18 |  Star Wars: Episode I - Dangers of the Core | 1999 | |
| 19 |  Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | 1999 | |
| 20 |  Rogue Planet | 2000 | |
| 21 |  Sith Attack | 2000 | |
| 22 |  Save Naboo! | 2000 | |
| 23 |  Droid to the Rescue | 2000 | |
| 24 |  Star Wars: Episode I - Anakin's Pit Droid | 2000 | |
| 25 |  Cloak of Deception | 2000 | |
| 26 |  Meet the Jedi High Council | 2000 | |
| 27 |  Darth Maul Shadow Hunter | 2001 | |
| 28 |  The Approaching Storm | 2002 | |
| 29 |  A Forest Apart | 2003 | |
| 30 |  Tatooine Ghost | 2003 | |
| 31 |  Shatterpoint | 2003 | |
| 32 |  The Ruins of Dantooine | 2003 | |
| 34 |  Survivor's Quest | 2004 | |
| 35 |  Fool's Bargain | 2004 | |
| 36 |  Jedi Trial | 2004 | |
| 37 |  Yoda: Dark Rendezvous | 2004 | |
| 38 |  Labyrinth of Evil | 2005 | |
| 39 |  Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil | 2005 | |
| 40 |  The Cestus Deception | 2005 | |
| 41 |  Outbound Flight | 2006 | |
| 42 |  Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader | 2006 | |
| 43 |  Allegiance | 2007 | |
| 44 |  Death Star | 2007 | |
| 45 |  Millennium Falcon | 2008 | |
| 46 |  Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor | 2008 | |
| 47 |  Death Troopers | 2009 | |
| 48 |  Crosscurrent | 2010 | |
| 49 |  Red Harvest | 2010 | |
| 50 |  Shadow Games | 2011 | |
| 51 |  Riptide | 2011 | |
| 52 |  Choices of One | 2011 | |
| 53 |  Knight Errant | 2011 | |
| 54 | Judge's Call | 2011 | |
| 55 |  Shadows of the Empire | 2011 | |
| 56 | Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire | 2011 | |
| 57 |  Lost Tribe of the Sith | 2012 | |
| 58 |  Winner Lose All | 2012 | |
| 59 |  Scourge | 2012 | |
| 60 |  Maul: Lockdown | 2012 | |
| 61 |  Darth Plagueis | 2012 | |
| 62 |  Kenobi | 2013 | |
| 63 |  Scoundrels | 2013 | |
| 64 |  Crucible | 2013 | |
| 65 |  Into the Void: Dawn of the Jedi | 2013 |
Publication Order of Star Wars: Movie Novelizations Books
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  A New Hope | 1976 | |
| 2 |  The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 | |
| 3 |  Return of the Jedi | 1983 | |
| 4 |  The Phantom Menace | 1999 | |
| 5 |  Attack of the Clones | 2002 | |
| 6 |  Revenge of the Sith | 2005 | |
| 7 |  The Force Awakens | 2015 | |
| 8 |  Rogue One | 2016 | |
| 9 |  The Last Jedi | 2018 | |
| 10 |  Solo | 2018 | |
| 11 |  The Rise of Skywalker | 2020 |
Publication Order of Taken Trilogy Books
Publication Order of The Damned Books
Publication Order of Tipping Point Books
Publication Order of Transformers Books
Publication Order of Unidentified Funny Objects Annual Anthology Books
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Unidentified Funny Objects | 2012 | |
| 2 |  Unidentified Funny Objects 2 | 2013 | |
| 3 |  Unidentified Funny Objects 3 | 2014 | |
| 4 |  Funny Science Fiction | 2015 | |
| 5 |  Unidentified Funny Objects 4 | 2015 | |
| 6 |  Funny Fantasy | 2016 | |
| 7 |  Unidentified Funny Objects 5 | 2016 | |
| 8 |  Funny Horror | 2017 | |
| 9 | Unidentified Funny Objects 6 | 2017 | |
| 10 |  Unidentified Funny Objects 7 | 2018 | |
| 11 |  Unidentified Funny Objects 8 | 2020 | |
| 12 |  Unidentified Funny Objects 9 | 2022 |
Publication Order of With Friends...Books
Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Luana | 1974 | |
| 2 |  Dark Star | 1974 | |
| 3 |  The Black Hole | 1979 | |
| 4 |  Outland | 1981 | |
| 5 |  Clash of the Titans | 1981 | |
| 6 |  The Thing | 1982 | |
| 7 |  The Man Who Used the Universe | 1983 | |
| 8 |  Krull | 1983 | |
| 9 |  The I Inside | 1984 | |
| 10 |  Shadowkeep | 1984 | |
| 11 |  Starman | 1984 | |
| 12 |  The Last Starfighter | 1984 | |
| 13 |  Slipt | 1984 | |
| 14 |  Pale Rider | 1985 | |
| 15 |  Into the Out of | 1986 | |
| 16 |  Glory Lane | 1987 | |
| 17 |  Maori | 1988 | |
| 18 |  Outer Heat | 1988 | |
| 19 |  To the Vanishing Point | 1988 | |
| 20 |  Codgerspace | 1989 | |
| 21 |  Quozl | 1989 | |
| 22 |  Cyber Way | 1990 | |
| 23 |  Cat-a-Lyst | 1991 | |
| 24 |  Greenthieves | 1994 | |
| 25 |  Design for Great-Day | 1995 | |
| 26 |  The Dig | 1995 | |
| 27 |  Parallelities | 1995 | |
| 28 |  Life Form | 1995 | |
| 29 |  Voyage of the Basset | 1996 | |
| 30 |  Jed the Dead | 1997 | |
| 31 |  Kingdoms of Light | 2001 | |
| 32 |  Interlopers | 2001 | |
| 33 |  Primal Shadows | 2001 | |
| 34 |  The Chronicles of Riddick | 2004 | |
| 35 |  Sagramanda | 2006 | |
| 36 |  Terminator Salvation | 2009 | |
| 37 |  The Deavys | 2016 | |
| 38 |  Relic | 2018 | |
| 39 |  Madrenga | 2020 | |
| 40 |  Prodigals | 2022 | |
| 41 |  Stuart | 2024 |