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Algis Budrys Books in Order

40 books are credited to Algis Budrys, published between 1954 and 2022; 14 of them appeared after Algis Budrys's death in 2008. The first book is Desire No More (1954) and the newest is Firegod And Three More Stories (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
40
Published
1954–2022
Pages on record
1,980 in 11 of 40 books
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Algis Budrys, born Algirdas Jonas Budrys (9 January 1931 to 9 June 2008), was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor and critic. Budrys also wrote as Frank Mason, John A. Sentry, William Scarff and Paul Janvier, and as Alger Rome together with Jerome Bixby. During the 1990s Budrys published and edited the magazine Tomorrow Speculative Fiction. The catalogue lists 40 titles from Desire No More (1954) to Firegod And Three More Stories (2022), including Who? (1958) and Rogue Moon (1960).

How many Algis Budrys books are there?

Algis Budrys has 40 books, released between 1954 and 2022. 14 of them were published after Algis Budrys's death in 2008.

Algis Budrys Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 40 Algis Budrys books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Falling Torch by Algis Budrys (1959)
  2. Cover of The Furious Future / Budrys' Inferno by Algis Budrys (1963)
  3. Cover of Blood & Burning by Algis Budrys (1979)
  4. Cover of Over My Shoulder: Reflections on a Science Fiction Era by Algis Budrys (1983)
  5. Cover of Benchmarks by Algis Budrys (1985)
  6. Cover of Non-Literary Influences on Science Fiction by Algis Budrys (1988)
  7. Cover of Hard Landing by Algis Budrys (1993)
  8. Cover of Writing to the Point by Algis Budrys (1994)
  9. Cover of Entertainment by Algis Budrys (1997)
  10. Cover of The Death Machine by Algis Budrys (2001)
  1. 1
    Desire No More1954 · confirmed 1/4
    1954–
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  2. 2
    False Night1954 · confirmed 1/4
    1954–
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  3. 3
    The Barbarians1958 · confirmed 1/4
    1958–
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  4. 4
    Who?1958 · confirmed 1/4
    1958–
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  5. 5
    Man of Earth1958 · confirmed 1/4
    1958–
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  6. 6
    The Edge Of The Sea1958 · confirmed 1/4
    1958–
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  7. 7
    Between The Dark And The Daylight1958 · confirmed 1/4
    1958–
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  8. 8
    The Stoker and the Stars1959 · confirmed 1/4
    1959–
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  9. 9
    Falling Torch1959 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1959211
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  10. 10
    The Unexpected Dimension1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
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  11. 11
    Rogue Moon1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
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  12. 12
    Wall Of Crystal, Eye Of Night1961 · 36 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196136
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  13. 13
    Some Will Not Die1961 · confirmed 1/4
    1961–
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  14. 14
    The Furious Future / Budrys' Inferno1963 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1963191
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  15. 15
    The Iron Thorn / The Amsirs and The Iron Thorn1967 · confirmed 1/4
    1967–
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  16. 16
    Michaelmas1977 · 247 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977247
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  17. 17
    Blood & Burning1979 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979192
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  18. 18
    Over My Shoulder: Reflections on a Science Fiction Era1983 · 417 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983417
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  19. 19
    Benchmarks1985 · 349 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985349
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  20. 20
    Non-Literary Influences on Science Fiction1988 · 30 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198830
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  21. 21
    Cerberus1989 · confirmed 1/4
    1989–
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  22. 22
    Hard Landing1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993–
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  23. 23
    Writing to the Point1994 · 63 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199463
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  24. 24
    Outposts1996 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996144
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  25. 25
    Entertainment1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  26. 26
    The Death Machine2001 · 100 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001100
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  27. 27
    Blood On My Jets and Others2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  28. 28
    Citadel2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  29. 29
    The Barbarians, Citadel, The Stoker and The Stars2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  30. 31
    Riya's Foundling2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  31. 32
    In Clouds Of Glory2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  32. 33
    The Rag And Bone Men2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  33. 34
    Blood on My Jets2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  34. 35
    Die, Shadow!2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  35. 36
    Underestimation2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  36. 37
    Star Descending2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  37. 38
    Never Meet Again2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  38. 39
    The Burning World2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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Algis Budrys books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Standalone books

40 books

40 Algis Budrys titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Algis Budrys books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 40 Algis Budrys books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Algis Budrys

Start with Desire No More (1954), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Algis Budrys book?

Firegod And Three More Stories (2022) is the newest Algis Budrys book released so far.

Is there a new Algis Budrys book coming?

No next Algis Budrys book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Algis Budrys has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 25 nominations for Algis Budrys. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Pilgrim Award2007Won
  • Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine1995Shortlistedfor Tomorrow Speculative Fiction
  • Nebula Award for Best Novel1994Shortlistedfor Hard Landing
  • Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine1994Shortlistedfor Tomorrow Speculative Fiction
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1994Shortlistedfor Hard Landing
  • Locus Award for Best Anthology1992Shortlistedfor L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume VII
  • Locus Award for Best Anthology1991Shortlistedfor L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume VI
  • Locus Award for Best Short Story1990Shortlistedfor What Befell Mairiam
  • Locus Award for Best Anthology1990Shortlistedfor L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume V
  • Locus Award for Best Anthology1989Shortlistedfor L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume IV
  • Locus Award for Best Anthology1988Shortlistedfor L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume III
  • Locus Award for Best Anthology1987Shortlistedfor L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume II

Algis Budrys at a glance

Died
Algis Budrys died in 2008, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Algis Budrys are still being published after Algis Budrys's death in 2008; the newest appeared in 2022.
Release pace
Algis Budrys books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,980 pages across the 11 of 40 books with a recorded length, a median of 191 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Algis Budrys books, 9 of 40, were published in the 1950s.

What the Algis Budrys books are about

11 of the 40 Algis Budrys books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 10 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Science fiction 10 of 11 books
  • Science fiction, history and criticism 3 of 11 books
  • History and criticism 2 of 11 books