Fred Saberhagen Books in Order

75 books are credited to Fred Saberhagen, published between 1964 and 2019; 7 of them appeared after Fred Saberhagen's death in 2007. The first book is The Golden People (1964) and the newest is Saberhagen The Vampire Tales (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books: 75
Published: 1964–2019
Pages on record: 15,983 in 52 of 75 books
Reading time: 266–400 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 15,983 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 52 of 75 titles with a page count on record.

See all 75 books in order Printable Fred Saberhagen checklist

Fred Saberhagen (Fred Thomas Saberhagen, May 18, 1930 to June 29, 2007) was an American science fiction and fantasy author, most famous for the Berserker stories and novels. Saberhagen also wrote vampire novels with Dracula as protagonist, and a post-apocalyptic sequence that opens with Empire of the East and continues through the Swords and Lost Swords books. The site lists 75 books from The Golden People (1964) onward, including Berserker (1967) and The Dracula Tape (1975). Subjects include robots, artificial intelligence and space warfare.

How many Fred Saberhagen books are there?

Fred Saberhagen has 75 books, released between 1964 and 2019. 7 of them were published after Fred Saberhagen's death in 2007. They include 8 series and 22 titles listed outside any series.

Fred Saberhagen series and characters in order

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

Fred Saberhagen 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.

Books Of Lost Swords in order

8 books

1. Woundhealer's Story
2. Sightblinder's Story
3. Stonecutter's Story
4. Farslayer's Story
5. Coinspinner's Story
6. Mindsword's Story
7. Wayspinner's Story
8. Shieldbreaker's Story

Book Of The Gods in order

5 books

1. The Face of Apollo
2. Ariadne's Web
3. The Arms of Hercules
4. God of the Golden Fleece
5. Gods of Fire and Thunder

Empire Of The East in order

4 books

1. The Broken Lands
2. The Black Mountains
3. Ardneh's World / Changeling Earth
4. Ardneh's Sword

Books Of Swords in order

4 books

1. The First Book of Swords
2. The Second Book of Swords
3. The Third Book of Swords
4. Blind Man's Blade

Boris Brazil in order

2 books

1. The Golden People
2. The Water of Thought

Pilgrim, The Flying Dutchman Of Time in order

2 books

1. Pyramids
2. After the Fact

Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict in order

1 book

1. The Arrival

Further Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes in order

1 book

10. Seance for a Vampire

Standalone books

22 books

22 Fred Saberhagen titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Fred Saberhagen books in order?

You only need to read Fred Saberhagen books in order within each series: the books listed here span 8 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Fred Saberhagen

Start with the first book of the Fred Saberhagen series you want to read: Berserker starts with Berserker (1967), Dracula starts with The Dracula Tape (1975) and Ardneh starts with The Broken Lands (1968). The earliest catalogued title overall is The Golden People (1964).

What is the newest Fred Saberhagen book?

Saberhagen The Vampire Tales (2019) is the newest Fred Saberhagen book released so far.

Is there a new Fred Saberhagen book coming?

No next Fred Saberhagen 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 Fred Saberhagen

Wikidata records 8 nominations for Fred Saberhagen. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Locus Award for Best Anthology1986Shortlistedfor Berserker Base
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1985Shortlistedfor The Third Book of Swords
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1983Shortlistedfor Coils
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1981Shortlistedfor Thorn
Locus Award for Best Novelette1980Shortlistedfor Some Events at the Templar Radiant
Locus Award for Best Novella1977Shortlistedfor Birthdays
Hugo Award for Best Short Story1967Shortlistedfor Mr. Jester
Nebula Award for Best Novelette1966Shortlistedfor Masque of the Red Shift

Fred Saberhagen at a glance

Died: Fred Saberhagen died in 2007, according to Wikidata.
After death: Books credited to Fred Saberhagen are still being published after Fred Saberhagen's death in 2007; the newest appeared in 2019.
Release pace: Fred Saberhagen books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length: 15,983 pages across the 52 of 75 books with a recorded length, a median of 307 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Fred Saberhagen books, 25 of 75, were published in the 1980s.

What the Fred Saberhagen books are about

62 of the 75 Fred Saberhagen 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 22 of 62. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Science fiction 22 of 62 books
Fantasy 16 of 62 books
Horror 10 of 62 books
Men's adventure 9 of 62 books
Science fiction, hard science fiction 9 of 62 books
Vampires 9 of 62 books
Dracula, count (fictitious character) 7 of 62 books
Space warfare 6 of 62 books
Artificial intelligence 3 of 62 books
Fantasy, historical 3 of 62 books
Robots 3 of 62 books