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Clifford D. Simak Books in Order

76 books are credited to Clifford D. Simak, published between 1932 and 2024; 24 of them appeared after Clifford D. Simak's death in 1988. The first book is Empire (1932) and the newest is The Thing in the Stone: And Other Stories (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
76
Published
1932–2024
Confirmed
1 of 76 titles
Pages on record
9,702 in 43 of 76 books
Reading time
162–243 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,702 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 43 of 76 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Clifford D. Simak, author of the Complete Short Fiction Of Clifford D. Simak series

Clifford D. Simak (1904–1988) was an American science fiction writer who also worked as a journalist. Simak won three Hugo Awards and one Nebula Award, became the third SFWA Grand Master, and was among the first three recipients of the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. The catalogue records 76 books, from Empire (1932) through City (1952) to the collection The Thing in the Stone: And Other Stories (2024). Subjects include robots, telepathy, time travel and space travel, and the pastoral science fiction subgenre is linked to Simak's name.

How many Clifford D. Simak books are there?

Clifford D. Simak has 76 books, released between 1932 and 2024. 24 of them were published after Clifford D. Simak's death in 1988. 12 of them belong to the Complete Short Fiction Of Clifford D. Simak series.

Clifford D. Simak Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 76 Clifford D. Simak 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 Empire by Clifford D. Simak (1932)
  2. Cover of The Street That Wasn't There by Clifford D. Simak (1941)
  3. Cover of Cosmic Engineers by Clifford D. Simak (1950)
  4. Cover of Time and Again / First He Died by Clifford D. Simak (1950)
  5. Cover of Ring Around the Sun by Clifford D. Simak (1952)
  6. Cover of Strangers in the Universe by Clifford D. Simak (1956)
  7. Cover of The Night of the Puudly by Clifford D. Simak (1960)
  8. Cover of Time is the Simplest Thing / The Fisherman by Clifford D. Simak (1961)
  9. Cover of Trouble with Tycho by Clifford D. Simak (1961)
  10. Cover of They Walked Like Men by Clifford D. Simak (1962)
  11. Cover of All the Traps of Earth by Clifford D. Simak (1963)
  12. Cover of Way Station / Here Gather the Stars by Clifford D. Simak (1963)
  13. Cover of All Flesh Is Grass by Clifford D. Simak (1965)
  14. Cover of Best Science Fiction Stories of Clifford D. Simak by Clifford D. Simak (1965)
  15. Cover of Over the River and Through the Woods by Clifford D. Simak (1965)
  16. Cover of The Werewolf Principle by Clifford D. Simak (1967)
  17. Cover of So Bright the Vision by Clifford D. Simak (1968)
  18. Cover of Out of Their Minds by Clifford D. Simak (1970)
  19. Cover of Destiny Doll by Clifford D. Simak (1972)
  20. Cover of A Choice of Gods by Clifford D. Simak (1972)
  21. Cover of Cemetery World by Clifford D. Simak (1972)
  22. Cover of Our Children's Children by Clifford D. Simak (1974)
  23. Cover of Enchanted Pilgrimage by Clifford D. Simak (1975)
  24. Cover of Shakespeare's Planet by Clifford D. Simak (1976)
  1. 1
    Empire1932 · 164 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1932164
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  2. 2
    Hellhounds of the Cosmos1932 · confirmed 2/4
    1932–
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  3. 3
    Rule 181938 · confirmed 2/4
    1938–
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  4. 4
    The Street That Wasn't There1941 · 26 pages · confirmed 2/4
    194126
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  5. 5
    Mr. Meek Plays Polo1944 · confirmed 2/4
    1944–
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  6. 6
    Cosmic Engineers1950 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1950160
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  7. 7
    Time and Again / First He Died1950 · 255 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1950255
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  8. 8
    City1952 · confirmed 2/4
    1952–
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  9. 9
    Ring Around the Sun1952 · 205 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1952205
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  10. 10
    The Worlds of Clifford Simak1954 · confirmed 2/4
    1954–
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  11. 11
    Project Mastodon1955 · confirmed 2/4
    1955–
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  12. 12
    Strangers in the Universe1956 · confirmed 2/4
    1956–
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  13. 13
    The World That Couldn't Be1958 · confirmed 2/4
    1958–
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  14. 14
    The Night of the Puudly1960 · 143 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1960143
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  15. 15
    Time is the Simplest Thing / The Fisherman1961 · 250 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1961250
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  16. 16
    Trouble with Tycho1961 · confirmed 2/4
    1961–
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  17. 17
    Other Worlds of Clifford Simak1962 · confirmed 2/4
    1962–
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  18. 19
    They Walked Like Men1962 · 373 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1962373
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  19. 20
    Aliens for Neighbours1963 · confirmed 2/4
    1963–
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  20. 21
    All the Traps of Earth1963 · confirmed 2/4
    1963–
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  21. 22
    Way Station / Here Gather the Stars1963 · 210 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1963210
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  22. 23
    Worlds Without End1964 · confirmed 2/4
    1964–
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  23. 24
    All Flesh Is Grass1965 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1965224
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  24. 25
    Best Science Fiction Stories of Clifford D. Simak1965 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1965224
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  25. 26
    Over the River and Through the Woods1965 · 217 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1965217
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  26. 27
    The Werewolf Principle1967 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1967216
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  27. 28
    Why Call Them Back From Heaven?1967 · confirmed 2/4
    1967–
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  28. 29
    So Bright the Vision1968 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1968160
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  29. 30
    The Goblin Reservation1968 · confirmed 2/4
    1968–
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Clifford D. Simak 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.

Complete Short Fiction Of Clifford D. Simak in order

12 books
  1. 1. I Am Crying All Inside and Other Stories
  2. 2. The Big Front Yard and Other Stories
  3. 3. The Ghost of a Model T and Other Stories
  4. 4. No Life of Their Own and Other Stories
  5. 5. Grotto of the Dancing Deer and Other Stories
  6. 6. New Folks' Home and Other Stories
  7. 7. A Death in the House and Other Stories
  8. 8. Good Night, Mr. James and Other Stories
  9. 9. Earth for Inspiration and Other Stories
  10. 10. The Shipshape Miracle and Other Stories
  11. 11. Dusty Zebra and Other Stories
  12. 12. The Thing in the Stone and Other Stories

Pulp Writers in order

1 book
  1. 18. Anthology of Sci-Fi V21, the Pulp Writers

Standalone books

63 books

63 Clifford D. Simak titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Clifford D. Simak books in order?

You only need to read Clifford D. Simak books in order within the Complete Short Fiction Of Clifford D. Simak series, which holds 12 of the 76 Clifford D. Simak books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Clifford D. Simak

Start with Empire (1932), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Clifford D. Simak book?

The Thing in the Stone: And Other Stories (2024) is the newest Clifford D. Simak book released so far.

Is there a new Clifford D. Simak book coming?

No next Clifford D. Simak 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 Clifford D. Simak has won

Wikidata records 12 awards and 20 nominations for Clifford D. Simak. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Retro Hugo Award for Best Novelette2020Wonfor City
  • Retro Hugo Award for Best Novelette2014Wonfor Rule 18
  • Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement1987Won
  • Nebula Award for Best Short Story1981Wonfor Grotto of the Dancing Deer
  • Hugo Award for Best Short Story1981Wonfor Grotto of the Dancing Deer
  • Locus Award for Best Short Story1981Wonfor Grotto of the Dancing Deer
  • Jupiter Award1978Won
  • Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award1977Won
  • First Fandom Hall of Fame award1973Won
  • Hugo Award for Best Novel1964Wonfor Way Station
  • Hugo Award for Best Novelette1959Wonfor The Big Front Yard
  • International Fantasy Award for Best Fiction1953Wonfor City

Clifford D. Simak at a glance

Died
Clifford D. Simak died in 1988, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Clifford D. Simak are still being published after Clifford D. Simak's death in 1988; the newest appeared in 2024.
Release pace
Clifford D. Simak books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
9,702 pages across the 43 of 76 books with a recorded length, a median of 218 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Clifford D. Simak books, 17 of 76, were published in the 2010s.

What the Clifford D. Simak books are about

45 of the 76 Clifford D. Simak 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 26 of 45. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.