Frederik Pohl Books in Order

How many Frederik Pohl books are there?

Frederik Pohl has 96 books, released between 1951 and 2017. 2 of them were published after Frederik Pohl's death in 2013. They include 8 series and 70 titles listed outside any series.

Frederik Pohl Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 96 Frederik Pohl 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 November 2026.

Frederik Pohl series and characters in order

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

• Heechee books in order 6 books

Frederik Pohl 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.

Do you have to read Frederik Pohl books in order?

You only need to read Frederik Pohl 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 Frederik Pohl

Start with Gateway (1977), the first Heechee book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Prince Henry Sinclair (1951).

What is the newest Frederik Pohl book?

Virtual Nightmare (2017) is the newest Frederik Pohl book released so far.

Is there a new Frederik Pohl book coming?

No next Frederik Pohl 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 Frederik Pohl has won

Wikidata records 15 awards and 68 nominations for Frederik Pohl. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.

• Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame1998Won
• Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award1993Won
• Hugo Award for Best Short Story1986Wonfor Fermi and Frost
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1985Wonfor The Years of the City
• National Book Award1980Wonfor Jem
• Prix Tour-Apollo Award1979Wonfor Gateway
• Nebula Award for Best Novel1978Wonfor Gateway
• Hugo Award for Best Novel1978Wonfor Gateway
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1978Wonfor Gateway
• Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1978Wonfor Gateway
• Nebula Award for Best Novel1977Wonfor Man Plus
• Hugo Award for Best Short Story1973Wonfor The Meeting

Frederik Pohl at a glance

Died

Frederik Pohl died in 2013, according to Wikidata.

After death

Books credited to Frederik Pohl are still being published after Frederik Pohl's death in 2013; the newest appeared in 2017.

Release pace

Frederik Pohl books have appeared more than one a year on average.

Length

15,225 pages across the 59 of 96 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Frederik Pohl books, 29 of 96, were published in the 1980s.

When Frederik Pohl books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Frederik Pohl titles appeared. 1980s was the most productive decade with 29 titles.

What the Frederik Pohl books are about

66 of the 96 Frederik Pohl 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 40 of 66. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Science fiction 40 of 66 books
• Fiction in English 6 of 66 books
• History and criticism 3 of 66 books
• Science fiction, action & adventure 3 of 66 books
• Award:nebula_award=novel 2 of 66 books
• Short stories 2 of 66 books
• Human-alien encounters 2 of 66 books
• Life on other planets 2 of 66 books
• Space colonies 2 of 66 books