Arkady & Boris Strugatsky Books in Order

Arkady & Boris Strugatsky has written 27 books, published between 1959 and 2023. The first book is The Country of Crimson Clouds (1959) and the newest is The Waves Extinguish the Wind (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
27
Published
1959–2023
Pages on record
4,510 in 17 of 27 books
Reading time
75–113 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,510 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 27 titles with a page count on record.

Arkady & Boris Strugatsky is the joint byline behind a body of Russian science fiction that reaches English readers in translation. The catalogue holds 27 books, from The Country of Crimson Clouds (1959) to The Waves Extinguish the Wind (2023). Noon Universe is the named series, and titles include Space Apprentice, Far Rainbow, Prisoners of Power and The Inhabited Island. Murder, police investigation and a ski resort setting also appear among the subjects, next to The Dead Mountaineer's Inn (1970).

Source: composed

How many Arkady & Boris Strugatsky books are there?

Arkady & Boris Strugatsky has 27 books, released between 1959 and 2023. They include 2 separate series.

Arkady & Boris Strugatsky Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 27 Arkady & Boris Strugatsky 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 November 2026.

  1. 1
    The Country of Crimson CloudsArkady & Boris Strugatsky Standalone Novels #11959 · confirmed 1/4
    1959–
  2. 2
    Six MatchesArkady & Boris Strugatsky Standalone Novels #21960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
  3. 3
    NoonNoon Universe #11961 · 319 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1961319
  4. 4
    Space ApprenticeArkady & Boris Strugatsky Standalone Novels #31962 · 231 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1962231
  5. 5
    The Inhabited IslandNoon Universe #21967 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1967416
  6. 6
    Prisoners of PowerNoon Universe #31967 · 287 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1967287
  7. 7
    Far RainbowNoon Universe #41967 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1967240
  8. 8
    The Time WanderersNoon Universe #51968 · 213 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1968213
  9. 9
    The Dead Mountaineer's InnArkady & Boris Strugatsky Standalone Novels #41970 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1970238
  10. 10
    Ugly SwansArkady & Boris Strugatsky Standalone Novels #51972 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972400
  11. 11
    Hard to Be a GodNoon Universe #61973 · 219 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973219
  12. 12
    The Gigantic FluctuationArkady & Boris Strugatsky Standalone Novels #61973 · confirmed 1/4
    1973–
  13. 13
    Space Mowgli / The KidNoon Universe #71973 · confirmed 1/4
    1973–
  14. 14
    Definitely Maybe / One Billion Years to the End of the WorldArkady & Boris Strugatsky Standalone Novels #71974 · confirmed 1/4
    1974–
  15. 15
    The Doomed CityArkady & Boris Strugatsky Standalone Novels #81975 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975416
  16. 16
    The Final Circle of ParadiseArkady & Boris Strugatsky Standalone Novels #91976 · confirmed 1/4
    1976–
  17. 17
    Monday Starts on SaturdayArkady & Boris Strugatsky Standalone Novels #101977 · 282 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977282
  18. 18
    Roadside Picnic / Tale Of The TroikaArkady & Boris Strugatsky Standalone Novels #111977 · confirmed 1/4
    1977–
  19. 19
    Definitely Maybe / One Billion Years to the End of the WorldArkady & Boris Strugatsky Standalone Novels #121978 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978144
  20. 20
    The Snail on the SlopeNoon Universe #81980 · 243 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980243
  21. 21
    Beetle in the AnthillNoon Universe #91981 · 217 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981217
  22. 22
    Escape AttemptNoon Universe #101982 · 321 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982321
  23. 23
    Aliens, Travelers, and Other StrangersArkady & Boris Strugatsky #11984 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984220
  24. 24
    Inspector Glebsky's PuzzleArkady & Boris Strugatsky Standalone Novels #131988 · confirmed 1/4
    1988–
  25. 25
    The Second Marxian Invasion: The Dialectical Fables of Arkady and Boris StrugatskyArkady & Boris Strugatsky #21991 · 104 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991104
  26. 261997–
  27. 27
    The Waves Extinguish the WindNoon Universe #112023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–

Arkady & Boris Strugatsky 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.

Do you have to read Arkady & Boris Strugatsky books in order?

You only need to read Arkady & Boris Strugatsky books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Arkady & Boris Strugatsky

Start with The Country of Crimson Clouds (1959), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Arkady & Boris Strugatsky book?

The Waves Extinguish the Wind (2023) is the newest Arkady & Boris Strugatsky book released so far.

Is there a new Arkady & Boris Strugatsky book coming?

No next Arkady & Boris Strugatsky book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Arkady & Boris Strugatsky at a glance

Paused
No new Arkady & Boris Strugatsky title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Arkady & Boris Strugatsky books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
4,510 pages across the 17 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 240 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Arkady & Boris Strugatsky books, 11 of 27, were published in the 1970s.

When Arkady & Boris Strugatsky books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Arkady & Boris Strugatsky titles appeared. 1970s was the most productive decade with 11 titles.

1950s
1
1960s
7
1970s
11
1980s
5
1990s
2
2020s
1

27 books total across 6 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Arkady & Boris Strugatsky books are about

15 of the 27 Arkady & Boris Strugatsky books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: russian science fiction is tagged on 6 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Russian Science fiction 6 of 15 books
  • Science fiction 4 of 15 books
  • Slavic philology 4 of 15 books
  • Science fiction, Russian 3 of 15 books
  • Russian fiction 2 of 15 books