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Larry Niven bibliography

A list of works by, or about, the American science fiction author Larry Niven.

Novels

Tales of Known Space

  • World of Ptavvs (1966)
  • A Gift from Earth (1968)
  • Neutron Star (1968 collection)
  • The Shape of Space (1969 collection)
  • Protector (1973)—Hugo and Locus SF Awards nominee, 1974
  • Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven (1975 collection)
  • Three Books of Known Space (1996 reprint of Tales of Known Space, with "Madness Has Its Place" in place of "The Borderland of Sol", bundled with World of Ptavvs and A Gift from Earth)
  • The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton (1976 collection, reprinted as Flatlander in 1995 with additional content including The Patchwork Girl)
  • The Patchwork Girl (1980)
  • World of Ptavvs / A Gift From Earth / Neutron Star (1991 omnibus)
  • Crashlander: The Collected Tales of Beowulf Shaeffer (1994 collection)

Ringworld

  1. Ringworld (1970)—Nebula Award, 1970 Hugo and Locus SF Awards winner, 1971
  2. The Ringworld Engineers (1979)—Hugo and Locus SF Awards nominee, 1981
  3. The Ringworld Throne (1996)
  4. Ringworld's Children (2004)
* Guide to Larry Niven's Ringworld (1994, with Kevin Stein)

Worlds series (with Edward M. Lerner)

  1. Fleet of Worlds (2007)
  2. Juggler of Worlds (2008)
  3. Destroyer of Worlds (2009)
  4. Betrayer of Worlds (2010)
  5. Fate of Worlds (2012)—Also serves as conclusion to Ringworld series

Man-Kzin Wars

Niven opened up the Man–Kzin Wars part of Known Space to other writers as a shared universe. He wrote six of the stories in the anthologies, but aside from these the Man–Kzin Wars books were written by other authors.

  • Anthologies
  1. The Man-Kzin Wars (1988)
  2. Man-Kzin Wars II (1989)
  3. Man-Kzin Wars III (1990)
  4. Man-Kzin Wars IV (1991)
  5. Man-Kzin Wars V (1992)
  6. Man-Kzin Wars VI (1994)
  7. Man-Kzin Wars VII (1995)
  8. Man-Kzin Wars VIII: Choosing Names (1998)
  9. * The Best of All Possible Wars: The Best of the Man-Kzin Wars (1998)
  10. Man-Kzin Wars IX (2002)
  11. Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War (2003)
  12. Man-Kzin Wars XI (2005)
  13. Man-Kzin Wars XII (2009)
  14. Man-Kzin Wars XIII (2012)
  15. Man-Kzin Wars XIV (2013)
  16. Man-Kzin Wars XV (2019)
  • Novels
  1. ' (1990, by Dean Ing)
  2. * Cathouse compiles two stories from the first two "Man-Kzin Wars" books and contains no new material.
  3. ' (1991, by Jerry Pournelle and S. M. Stirling)
  4. * The Children's Hour contains some material previously published in "Man-Kzin Wars" volumes II and III.
  5. Inconstant Star (1991, by Poul Anderson)
  6. * Inconstant Star compiles two stories from "Man-Kzin Wars" volumes I and III and contains no new material.
  7. A Darker Geometry (1996, by Mark O. Martin and Gregory Benford)
  8. * A Darker Geometry contains some material previously published in "Man-Kzin Wars" volume VII.
  9. The Houses of the Kzinti (2002, by Dean Ing, Jerry Pournelle, S. M. Stirling)
  10. * Houses of the Kzinti is a compiled edition of the previously published Cathouse and The Children's Hour and contains no new material.
  11. Destiny's Forge: A Man-Kzin Wars Novel (2007, by Paul Chafe)

The State

  1. A World Out of Time (1976)—Locus SF Award nominee, 1977
  2. The Integral Trees (1984)—Nebula Award nominee, 1984; Locus SF Award winner, and Hugo nominee, 1985
  3. The Smoke Ring (1987)

Magic Goes Away

Heorot

  1. The Legacy of Heorot (1987) (with Steven Barnes and Jerry Pournelle) (release order book 1)
  2. Beowulf's Children (1995, UK: The Dragons of Heorot) (with Barnes and Pournelle) (book 2)
  3. The Dragons of Heorot (1996) (with Steven Barnes and Jerry Pournelle) (UK version of book 2)
  4. Destiny's Road (1997) (by Niven alone; not precisely a continuation of the Heorot series: located in the same universe, events from the first two novels are briefly mentioned) (book 3)
  5. The Secret of Black Ship Island (2012) (novella; with Steven Barnes and Jerry Pournelle) (release order book 4) (stated book “1.5” in series ie. should be read between books 1 and 2 in series)
  6. Starborn & Godsons (2020) (with Barnes and Pournelle) (release order book 5) (stated book 3 in series)

With Jerry Pournelle

  • Lucifer's Hammer (1977)—Hugo Award nominee, 1978
  • Oath of Fealty (1981)
  • Footfall (1985)—Hugo and Locus SF Awards nominee, 1986
  • Lucifer's Anvil or Samael's Forge (in-progress as of 2013) (not a sequel to Lucifer's Hammer)

Dante series

  1. Inferno (1976)—Hugo and Nebula Awards nominee, 1976
  2. Escape from Hell (2009)

Moties—part of Pournelle's CoDominium fictional universe

  1. The Mote in God's Eye (1974)—Hugo, Nebula and Locus SF Awards nominee, 1975
  2. The Gripping Hand (1993, UK: The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye)

Golden Road (set in the same "Magic Universe" as The Magic Goes Away)

  1. The Burning City (2000)
  2. Burning Tower (2005)
  3. Burning Mountain (in progress)

With Steven Barnes

Dream Park

  1. Dream Park (1981)—Locus SF Award nominee, 1982
  2. The Barsoom Project (1989)
  3. The California Voodoo Game (1992, UK: The Voodoo Game)
  4. The Moon Maze Game (2011)

With Gregory Benford

Bowl of Heaven

  • Bowl of Heaven (2012)
  • Shipstar (2014)
  • Glorious (2020)

Other novels

Short fiction

Collections

Graphic novels and comics adaptations

References