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Eric Brown Books in Order

Eric Brown has written 85 books, published between 1990 and 2022. The first book is The Time Lapsed Man And Other Stories (1990) and the newest is Shoreline of Infinity 30 (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
85
Published
1990–2022
Confirmed
3 of 85 titles
Pages on record
12,020 in 53 of 85 books
Reading time
200–301 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 12,020 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 53 of 85 titles with a page count on record.

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Eric Brown was a British science fiction author and a critic for The Guardian, born on 24 May 1960 and died on 21 March 2023. Catalogue subjects include space opera, human-alien encounters, space colonies and mystery. The earliest listed book is The Time Lapsed Man And Other Stories (1990), followed by Meridian Days (1992) and Engineman (1994). Series credited to Brown include Langham and Dupré Mystery, Starship Seasons, Telemass Quartet, Virex Trilogy and Bengal Station.

How many Eric Brown books are there?

Eric Brown has 85 books, released between 1990 and 2022. They include 10 series and 38 titles listed outside any series.

Eric Brown Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 85 Eric Brown 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 Time Lapsed Man And Other Stories by Eric Brown (1990)
  2. Cover of Meridian Days by Eric Brown (1992)
  3. Cover of Engineman by Eric Brown (1994)
  4. Cover of Blue Shifting by Eric Brown (1995)
  5. Cover of Untouchable by Eric Brown, book 3 of the Web - 2027 series (1997)
  6. Cover of Walkabout by Eric Brown, book 6 of the Web - 2028 series (1998)
  7. Cover of Penumbra by Eric Brown (1999)
  8. Cover of New York Nights by Eric Brown, book 1 of the Virex Trilogy (2000)
  9. Cover of Parallax View by Eric Brown (2000)
  10. Cover of Deep Future by Eric Brown (2001)
  11. Cover of Twocking by Eric Brown (2001)
  12. Cover of New York Blues by Eric Brown, book 2 of the Virex Trilogy (2002)
  13. Cover of Fire Bug by Eric Brown (2003)
  14. Cover of Approaching Omega by Eric Brown (2004)
  15. Cover of New York Dreams by Eric Brown, book 3 of the Virex Trilogy (2004)
  16. Cover of The Fall Of Tartarus by Eric Brown (2004)
  17. Cover of Bengal Station by Eric Brown (2004)
  18. Cover of The Extraordinary Voyage of Jules Verne by Eric Brown (2005)
  19. Cover of British Front by Eric Brown (2005)
  20. Cover of Space Ace by Eric Brown (2005)
  21. Cover of Crazy Love by Eric Brown (2006)
  22. Cover of Helix by Eric Brown, book 1 of the Helix series (2007)
  23. Cover of Starship Summer by Eric Brown, book 1 of the Starship Seasons series (2007)
  24. Cover of Revenge by Eric Brown, book 4 of the Most Wanted series (2007)
  1. 2
    Meridian Days1992 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992176
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  2. 3
    Engineman1994 · confirmed 2/4
    1994–
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  3. 4
    Blue Shifting1995 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995320
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  4. 5
    UntouchableWeb - 2027 #31997 · 103 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997103
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  5. 6
    WalkaboutWeb - 2028 #61998 · 117 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998117
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  6. 7
    Penumbra1999 · 346 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999346
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  7. 8
    New York NightsVirex Trilogy #12000 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000272
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  8. 9
    Parallax View2000 · 262 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000262
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  9. 10
    A Writer's Life2001 · 84 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200184
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  10. 11
    Deep Future2001 · 180 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001180
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  11. 12
    Twocking2001 · 60 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200160
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  12. 13
    New York BluesVirex Trilogy #22002 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002320
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  13. 14
    Fire Bug2003 · 76 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200376
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  14. 15
    Approaching Omega2004 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004128
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  15. 16
    New York DreamsVirex Trilogy #32004 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004336
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  16. 17
    The Fall Of Tartarus2004 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004320
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  17. 18
    Bengal Station2004 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004280
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  18. 19
    The Extraordinary Voyage of Jules Verne2005 · 150 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005150
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  19. 20
    British Front2005 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200596
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  20. 21
    Space Ace2005 · 71 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200571
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  21. 22
    The Memory of Joy2006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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  22. 23
    Threshold Shift2006 · 218 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006218
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  23. 24
    Crazy Love2006 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200696
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  24. 25
    HelixHelix #12007 · 528 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007528
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  25. 26
    Starship SummerStarship Seasons #12007 · 120 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007120
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  26. 27
    RevengeMost Wanted #42007 · 115 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007115
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  27. 28
    An Alien Ate Me for Breakfast2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  28. 29
    NecropathBengal Station #12008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  29. 30
    Race Against Time2008 · 76 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200876
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Eric Brown 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.

Langham and Dupré Mystery in order

9 books
  1. 1. Murder By the Book
  2. 2. Murder at the Chase
  3. 3. Murder at the Loch
  4. 4. Murder Take Three
  5. 5. Murder Takes a Turn
  6. 6. Murder Served Cold
  7. 7. Murder by Numbers
  8. 8. Murder at Standing Stone Manor
  9. 9. Murder Most Vile

Starship Seasons in order

6 books
  1. 1. Starship Summer
  2. 2. Starship Fall
  3. 3. Starship Winter
  4. 4. Starship Seasons
  5. 5. Starship Coda
  6. 6. Starship Spring

Telemass Quartet in order

5 books
  1. 1. Famadihana on Fomalhaut IV
  2. 2. Sacrifice on Spica III
  3. 3. Reunion on Alpha Reticuli II
  4. 4. Exalted on Bellatrix 1
  5. 5. Telemass Coda

Virex Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. New York Nights
  2. 2. New York Blues
  3. 3. New York Dreams

Bengal Station in order

3 books
  1. 1. Necropath
  2. 2. Xenopath
  3. 3. Cosmopath

Weirdspace in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Devil's Nebula
  2. 2. Satan's Reach
  3. 3. The Baba Yaga

Kon-Tiki in order

3 books
  1. 1. Dislocations
  2. 2. Parasites
  3. 3. Insights

Helix in order

2 books
  1. 1. Helix
  2. 2. Helix Wars

Jani and the Greater Game in order

2 books
  1. 1. Jani and the Greater Game
  2. 2. Jani and the Great Pursuit

Binary/System in order

2 books
  1. 1. Binary
  2. 2. System

Chapter in order

1 book
  1. 1. Monster Ate My Marmite

Web - 2027 in order

1 book
  1. 3. Untouchable

Most Wanted in order

1 book
  1. 4. Revenge

Stephen Baxter in order

1 book
  1. 5. The Spacetime Pit Plus Two

Web - 2028 in order

1 book
  1. 6. Walkabout

NP Novella

1 book

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

Imaginings in order

1 book
  1. 8. Strange Visitors

Shoreline of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine in order

1 book
  1. 31. Shoreline of Infinity 30

Further Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes in order

1 book
  1. 32. The Martian Menace

Standalone books

38 books

38 Eric Brown titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Eric Brown books in order?

You only need to read Eric Brown books in order within each series: the books listed here span 10 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Eric Brown

Start with The Time Lapsed Man And Other Stories (1990), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Eric Brown book?

Shoreline of Infinity 30 (2022) is the newest Eric Brown book released so far.

Is there a new Eric Brown book coming?

No next Eric Brown 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 Eric Brown has won

Wikidata records 2 awards and 10 nominations for Eric Brown. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction2001Wonfor The Children of Winter
  • BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction1999Wonfor Hunting the Slarque
  • Philip K. Dick Award2013Shortlistedfor Helix Wars
  • British Fantasy Award for Best Novella2008Shortlistedfor Starship Summer
  • British Fantasy Award for Best Novella2007Shortlistedfor The Memory of Joy
  • BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction2000Shortlistedfor Destiny on Tartarus
  • BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction1998Shortlistedfor Vulpheous
  • Locus Award for Best Short Story1997Shortlistedfor The Spacetime Pit
  • Locus Award for Best Collection1996Shortlistedfor Blue Shifting
  • BSFA Award for Best Novel1994Shortlistedfor Engineman
  • BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction1990Shortlistedfor The Pharagean Effect
  • BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction1990Shortlistedfor The Death of Cassandra Quebec

Eric Brown at a glance

Paused
No new Eric Brown title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Eric Brown books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
12,020 pages across the 53 of 85 books with a recorded length, a median of 208 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Eric Brown books, 41 of 85, were published in the 2010s.

What the Eric Brown books are about

50 of the 85 Eric Brown 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 14 of 50. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.