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Edmund Cooper Books in Order

Edmund Cooper has written 31 books, published between 1954 and 1980. The first book is Ferry Rocket (1954) and the newest is A World of Difference (1980). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
31
Published
1954–1980
Pages on record
3,318 in 17 of 31 books
Reading time
55–83 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,318 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 31 titles with a page count on record.

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Edmund Cooper (1926-1982) was an English poet and a prolific writer of speculative fiction, romances, technical essays, detective stories and a children's book, published under his own name and several pen names. Ferry Rocket (1954) opens a catalogue of 31 titles that closes with A World of Difference in 1980. Post-apocalyptic and generation-starship stories run through the work, along with interstellar travel, gender and women in power. The Expendables is the one series, and the 1970s were Cooper's peak decade.

How many Edmund Cooper books are there?

Edmund Cooper has 31 books, released between 1954 and 1980. 4 of them belong to the Expendables series.

Edmund Cooper Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 31 Edmund Cooper 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 The Uncertain Midnight / Deadly Image by Edmund Cooper (1958)
  2. Cover of Seed of Light by Edmund Cooper (1959)
  3. Cover of Transit by Edmund Cooper (1964)
  4. Cover of Five To Twelve by Edmund Cooper (1968)
  5. Cover of Sea-Horse in the Sky by Edmund Cooper (1969)
  6. Cover of The Last Continent by Edmund Cooper (1969)
  7. Cover of The Square Root Of Tomorrow by Edmund Cooper (1970)
  8. Cover of Kronk / Son of Kronk by Edmund Cooper (1970)
  9. Cover of Unborn Tomorrow by Edmund Cooper (1971)
  10. Cover of The Overman Culture by Edmund Cooper (1971)
  11. Cover of Who Needs Men? / Gender Genocide by Edmund Cooper (1972)
  12. Cover of The Cloud Walker by Edmund Cooper (1973)
  13. Cover of The Tenth Planet by Edmund Cooper (1973)
  14. Cover of The Slaves of Heaven by Edmund Cooper (1974)
  15. Cover of The Deathworms of Kratos by Edmund Cooper, book 1 of the Expendables series (1975)
  16. Cover of The Rings of Tantalus by Edmund Cooper, book 2 of the Expendables series (1975)
  17. Cover of The Venom of Argus by Edmund Cooper, book 4 of the Expendables series (1976)
  18. Cover of Jupiter Laughs and Other Stories by Edmund Cooper (1979)
  1. 1
    Ferry Rocket1954 · confirmed 1/4
    1954–
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  2. 2
    Tomorrow's Gift1958 · confirmed 1/4
    1958–
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  3. 3
    The Uncertain Midnight / Deadly Image1958 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1958192
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  4. 4
    Seed of Light1959 · 158 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1959158
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  5. 5
    Voices in the Dark1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
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  6. 6
    Wish Goes to Slumberland1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
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  7. 7
    Tomorrow Came1963 · confirmed 1/4
    1963–
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  8. 8
    Transit1964 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1964224
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  9. 9
    All Fools' Day1966 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1966192
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  10. 10
    A Far Sunset1967 · confirmed 1/4
    1967–
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  11. 11
    Five To Twelve1968 · confirmed 1/4
    1968–
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  12. 12
    News From Elsewhere1969 · confirmed 1/4
    1969–
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  13. 13
    Sea-Horse in the Sky1969 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969191
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  14. 14
    The Last Continent1969 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969192
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  15. 15
    The Square Root Of Tomorrow1970 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1970192
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  16. 16
    Kronk / Son of Kronk1970 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1970192
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  17. 17
    Unborn Tomorrow1971 · 223 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1971223
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  18. 18
    Double Phoenix1971 · confirmed 1/4
    1971–
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  19. 19
    The Overman Culture1971 · confirmed 1/4
    1971–
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  20. 20
    Who Needs Men? / Gender Genocide1972 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972192
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  21. 21
    The Cloud Walker1973 · 223 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973223
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  22. 22
    The Tenth Planet1973 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973192
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  23. 23
    Prisoner of Fire1974 · confirmed 1/4
    1974–
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  24. 24
    The Slaves of Heaven1974 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974156
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  25. 25
    The Deathworms of KratosExpendables #11975 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975191
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  26. 26
    The Rings of TantalusExpendables #21975 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975192
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  27. 27
    The Wargames of ZelosExpendables #31975 · confirmed 1/4
    1975–
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  28. 28
    The Venom of ArgusExpendables #41976 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976192
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  29. 29
    Merry Christmas Ms Minerva1978 · confirmed 1/4
    1978–
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  30. 31
    A World of Difference1980 · confirmed 1/4
    1980–
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Edmund Cooper 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.

Expendables in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Deathworms of Kratos
  2. 2. The Rings of Tantalus
  3. 3. The Wargames of Zelos
  4. 4. The Venom of Argus

Standalone books

27 books

27 Edmund Cooper titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Edmund Cooper books in order?

You only need to read Edmund Cooper books in order within the Expendables series, which holds 4 of the 31 Edmund Cooper books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Edmund Cooper

Start with Ferry Rocket (1954), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Edmund Cooper book?

A World of Difference (1980) is the newest Edmund Cooper book released so far.

Is there a new Edmund Cooper book coming?

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

Award nominations for Edmund Cooper

Wikidata records 1 nomination for Edmund Cooper. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Edmund Cooper at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Edmund Cooper title on record dates from 1980, 46 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Edmund Cooper books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,318 pages across the 17 of 31 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Edmund Cooper books, 16 of 31, were published in the 1970s.

What the Edmund Cooper books are about

18 of the 31 Edmund Cooper 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 15 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.