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Edgar Rice Burroughs Books in Order

81 books are credited to Edgar Rice Burroughs, published between 1912 and 2012; 9 of them appeared after Edgar Rice Burroughs's death in 1950. The first book is A Princess of Mars (1912) and the newest is John Carter: The Movie Novelization (2012). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
81
Published
1912–2012
Confirmed
81 of 81 titles
Pages on record
11,134 in 52 of 81 books
Reading time
186–278 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 11,134 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 52 of 81 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Edgar Rice Burroughs, author

Edgar Rice Burroughs (1 September 1875 to 19 March 1950) was an American writer of adventure, science fiction and fantasy, and the creator of Tarzan and John Carter. Burroughs wrote twenty-four Tarzan books and eleven books with John Carter as a recurring character, along with the Pellucidar and Amtor series and the Caspak trilogy. Tarzan also became a syndicated comic strip, films and merchandise. Catalogued titles begin in 1912 with A Princess of Mars and Tarzan of the Apes, followed by The Gods of Mars (1913), The Return of Tarzan (1913) and At the Earth's Core (1914). Subjects include extraterrestrial beings, Africa and Dejah Thoris.

How many Edgar Rice Burroughs books are there?

Edgar Rice Burroughs has 81 books, released between 1912 and 2012. 9 of them were published after Edgar Rice Burroughs's death in 1950. They include 9 separate series.

Edgar Rice Burroughs Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 81 Edgar Rice Burroughs 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 Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 1 of the Tarzan series (1912)
  2. Cover of The Monster Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 1 of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Standalone Novels series (1913)
  3. Cover of The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 2 of the Tarzan series (1913)
  4. Cover of At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 1 of the Pellucidar series (1914)
  5. Cover of The Eternal Savage / The Eternal Lover by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 1 of the Custer Siblings series (1914)
  6. Cover of The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 1 of the Mucker series (1914)
  7. Cover of The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 3 of the John Carter Of Mars series (1914)
  8. Cover of The Return of the Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 2 of the Mucker series (1916)
  9. Cover of The Girl From Farris's by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 3 of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Standalone Novels series (1916)
  10. Cover of Beyond Thirty / The Lost Continent by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1916)
  11. Cover of The Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 4 of the Tarzan series (1916)
  12. Cover of The Oakdale Affair by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 3 of the Mucker series (1917)
  13. Cover of The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 1 of the Caspak series (1918)
  14. Cover of The People That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 2 of the Caspak series (1918)
  15. Cover of Out of Time's Abyss by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 3 of the Caspak series (1918)
  16. Cover of Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 7 of the Tarzan series (1919)
  17. Cover of The Efficiency Expert by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 7 of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Standalone Novels series (1921)
  18. Cover of Tarzan the Terrible by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 8 of the Tarzan series (1921)
  19. Cover of The Moon Maid by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 1 of the Moon series (1923)
  20. Cover of The Bandit of Hell's Bend by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 9 of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Standalone Novels series
  21. Cover of Marcia of the Doorstep by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 10 of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Standalone Novels series (1924)
  22. Cover of The Moon Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 2 of the Moon series (1925)
  23. Cover of The Red Hawk by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 3 of the Moon series (1925)
  24. Cover of The Cave Girl by Edgar Rice Burroughs, book 11 of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Standalone Novels series (1925)
  1. 1
    A Princess of MarsJohn Carter Of Mars #11912 · 186 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1912186
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  2. 2
    Tarzan of the ApesTarzan #11912 · 245 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1912245
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  3. 3
    The Monster MenEdgar Rice Burroughs Standalone Novels #11913 · 204 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1913204
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  4. 4
    The Gods of MarsJohn Carter Of Mars #21913 · 190 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1913190
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  5. 5
    The Return of TarzanTarzan #21913 · confirmed 3/4
    1913–
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  6. 6
    At the Earth's CorePellucidar #11914 · 112 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1914112
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  7. 7
    The Eternal Savage / The Eternal LoverCuster Siblings #11914 · 204 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1914204
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  8. 8
    The MuckerMucker #11914 · 308 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1914308
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  9. 9
    The Outlaw of TornEdgar Rice Burroughs Standalone Novels #21914 · confirmed 3/4
    1914–
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  10. 10
    The Beasts of TarzanTarzan #31914 · confirmed 3/4
    1914–
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  11. 11
    The Warlord of MarsJohn Carter Of Mars #31914 · 158 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1914158
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  12. 12
    PellucidarPellucidar #21915 · confirmed 3/4
    1915–
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  13. 13
    The Return of the MuckerMucker #21916 · 244 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1916244
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  14. 14
    The Girl From Farris'sEdgar Rice Burroughs Standalone Novels #31916 · 164 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1916164
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  15. 15
    Beyond Thirty / The Lost ContinentEdgar Rice Burroughs Standalone Novels #41916 · 144 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1916144
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  16. 16
    The Son of TarzanTarzan #41916 · 280 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1916280
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  17. 17
    Thuvia, Maid of MarsJohn Carter Of Mars #41916 · 106 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1916106
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  18. 18
    Tarzan and the Jewels of OparTarzan #51916 · confirmed 3/4
    1916–
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  19. 19
    The Oakdale AffairMucker #31917 · 104 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1917104
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  20. 20
    The Lad and The LionEdgar Rice Burroughs Standalone Novels #51917 · confirmed 3/4
    1917–
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  21. 21
    The Land That Time ForgotCaspak #11918 · 126 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1918126
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  22. 22
    The People That Time ForgotCaspak #21918 · 100 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1918100
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  23. 23
    Out of Time's AbyssCaspak #31918 · 136 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1918136
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  24. 24
    The RiderEdgar Rice Burroughs Standalone Novels #61918 · confirmed 3/4
    1918–
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  25. 25
    Jungle Tales of TarzanTarzan #61919 · confirmed 3/4
    1919–
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  26. 26
    Tarzan the UntamedTarzan #71919 · 444 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1919444
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  27. 27
    The Efficiency ExpertEdgar Rice Burroughs Standalone Novels #71921 · 220 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1921220
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  28. 28
    Tarzan the TerribleTarzan #81921 · 316 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1921316
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  29. 29
    The Chessmen of MarsJohn Carter Of Mars #51922 · 190 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1922190
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  30. 30
    The Girl from HollywoodEdgar Rice Burroughs Standalone Novels #81922 · confirmed 3/4
    1922–
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Edgar Rice Burroughs series and characters in order

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.

Edgar Rice Burroughs books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.

Edgar Rice Burroughs Standalone Novels

16 books

16 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

John Carter Of Mars books in order

14 books by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  1. 1. A Princess of Mars
  2. 2. The Gods of Mars
  3. 3. The Warlord of Mars
  4. 4. Thuvia, Maid of Mars
  5. 5. The Chessmen of Mars
  6. 6. The Mastermind of Mars
  7. 7. A Fighting Man of Mars
  8. 8. Swords of Mars
  9. 9. Synthetic Men of Mars
  10. 10. John Carter and the Giant of Mars
  11. 11. Llana of Gathol
  12. 12. John Carter of Mars
  13. and 2 more in the table above

Venus in order

5 books
  1. 1. Pirates of Venus
  2. 2. Lost on Venus
  3. 3. Carson of Venus
  4. 4. Escape on Venus
  5. 5. The Wizard of Venus

Mucker in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Mucker
  2. 2. The Return of the Mucker
  3. 3. The Oakdale Affair

Caspak in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Land That Time Forgot
  2. 2. The People That Time Forgot
  3. 3. Out of Time's Abyss

Moon in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Moon Maid
  2. 2. The Moon Men
  3. 3. The Red Hawk

Custer Siblings in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Eternal Savage / The Eternal Lover
  2. 2. The Mad King

Apache Novels in order

2 books
  1. 1. The War Chief
  2. 2. Apache Devil

Edgar Rice Burroughs Non-Fiction

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Edgar Rice Burroughs Short Stories/Novellas

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Edgar Rice Burroughs Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Edgar Rice Burroughs books run from A Princess of Mars (1912) to John Carter: The Movie Novelization (2012), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Edgar Rice Burroughs in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Edgar Rice Burroughs books in order?

You only need to read Edgar Rice Burroughs books in order within each series: the books listed here span 9 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Edgar Rice Burroughs

Start with the first book of the Edgar Rice Burroughs series you want to read: Tarzan starts with Tarzan of the Apes (1912), Pellucidar starts with At the Earth's Core (1914) and John Carter of Mars starts with A Princess of Mars (1912). The earliest catalogued title overall is A Princess of Mars (1912).

What is the newest Edgar Rice Burroughs book?

John Carter: The Movie Novelization (2012) is the newest Edgar Rice Burroughs book released so far.

Is there a new Edgar Rice Burroughs book coming?

No next Edgar Rice Burroughs 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 Edgar Rice Burroughs has won

Wikidata records 2 awards and 1 nomination for Edgar Rice Burroughs. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame2003Won
  • Inkpot Award1975Won
  • Hugo Award for Best Short Story1964Shortlistedfor Savage Pellucidar

Edgar Rice Burroughs at a glance

Died
Edgar Rice Burroughs died in 1950, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Edgar Rice Burroughs are still being published after Edgar Rice Burroughs's death in 1950; the newest appeared in 2012.
Release pace
Edgar Rice Burroughs books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
11,134 pages across the 52 of 81 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Edgar Rice Burroughs books, 26 of 81, were published in the 1910s.

What the Edgar Rice Burroughs books are about

64 of the 81 Edgar Rice Burroughs 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 33 of 64. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.