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Edward M. Lerner Books in Order

Edward M. Lerner has written 25 books, published between 1991 and 2023. The first book is Probe (1991) and the newest is Life and Death on Mars (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
25
Published
1991–2023
Pages on record
1,304 in 5 of 25 books
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Edward M. Lerner, born in 1949, is an American writer of science fiction, techno-thrillers and popular science. The InterstellarNet universe hosts three of Lerner's solo novels, and five further novels were co-written with Larry Niven in the Known Space universe. Lerner's short fiction appeared mainly in Analog, The Grantville Gazette and Jim Baen's Universe. The 2001 story "Grandpa?" became the short film The Grandfather Paradox, which won Best Film at Balticon in 2006. The 25 catalogued books run from Probe (1991) to Life and Death on Mars (2023).

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How many Edward M. Lerner books are there?

Edward M. Lerner has 25 books, released between 1991 and 2023. They include 2 series and 17 titles listed outside any series.

Edward M. Lerner Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 25 Edward M. Lerner 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 October 2026.

  1. Cover of Small Miracles by Edward M. Lerner (2009)
  2. Cover of Origins by Edward M. Lerner, book 1 of the InterstellarNet series (2010)
  3. Cover of Frontiers of Space, Time and Thought by Edward M. Lerner (2012)
  4. Cover of A Time Foreclosed by Edward M. Lerner (2013)
  5. Cover of Muses & Musings by Edward M. Lerner (2019)
  6. Cover of Déjà Doomed by Edward M. Lerner (2021)
  1. 1
    Probe1991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  2. 2
    Creative Destruction2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
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  3. 3
    Moonstruck2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  4. 4
    Fools' Experiments2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  5. 5
    Small Miracles2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  6. 6
    OriginsInterstellarNet #12010 · 290 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010290
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  7. 7
    New OrderInterstellarNet #22010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  8. 8
    Countdown to Armageddon2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  9. 9
    Frontiers of Space, Time and Thought2012 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012264
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  10. 10
    Energized2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  11. 11
    A Time Foreclosed2013 · 82 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201382
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  12. 12
    The Matthews ConundrumInterstellarNet: Enigma #12015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  13. 13
    Championship B'tokInterstellarNet: Enigma #22015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  14. 14
    The Xool ResistanceInterstellarNet: Enigma #32015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  15. 15
    The Xool EmergenceInterstellarNet: Enigma #42015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  16. 16
    War Against the XoolInterstellarNet: Enigma #52015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  17. 17
    Dark Secret2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  18. 18
    Muses & Musings2019 · 268 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019268
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  19. 19
    The Company Man2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  20. 20
    The Sherlock Chronicles & The Paradise Quartet2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  21. 21
    Déjà Doomed2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  22. 22
    The Best of Edward M. Lerner2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  23. 23
    Countdown to Armageddon / A Stranger in Paradise2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  24. 24
    EnigmaInterstellarNet #32023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  25. 25
    Life and Death on Mars2023 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2023400
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Edward M. Lerner 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.

InterstellarNet: Enigma in order

5 books
  1. 1. The Matthews Conundrum
  2. 2. Championship B'tok
  3. 3. The Xool Resistance
  4. 4. The Xool Emergence
  5. 5. War Against the Xool

InterstellarNet in order

3 books
  1. 1. Origins
  2. 2. New Order
  3. 3. Enigma

Standalone books

17 books

17 Edward M. Lerner titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Edward M. Lerner books in order?

You only need to read Edward M. Lerner 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 Edward M. Lerner

Start with Probe (1991), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Edward M. Lerner book?

Life and Death on Mars (2023) is the newest Edward M. Lerner book released so far.

Is there a new Edward M. Lerner book coming?

No next Edward M. Lerner 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 Edward M. Lerner

Wikidata records 2 nominations for Edward M. Lerner. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.

Edward M. Lerner at a glance

Paused
No new Edward M. Lerner title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Edward M. Lerner books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,304 pages across the 5 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 268 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Edward M. Lerner books, 14 of 25, were published in the 2010s.

When Edward M. Lerner books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Edward M. Lerner titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 14 titles.

1990s
1
2000s
4
2010s
14
2020s
6

25 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Edward M. Lerner books are about

3 of the 25 Edward M. Lerner books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

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