Greg Bear Books in Order

How many Greg Bear books are there?

Greg Bear has 52 books, released between 1979 and 2019. They include 7 series and 26 titles listed outside any series.

Greg Bear Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 52 Greg Bear 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.

Greg Bear 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.

Do you have to read Greg Bear books in order?

You only need to read Greg Bear books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Greg Bear

Start with Psychlone (1979), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Greg Bear book?

The Unfinished Land (2019) is the newest Greg Bear book released so far.

Is there a new Greg Bear book coming?

No next Greg Bear 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 Greg Bear has won

Wikidata records 11 awards and 52 nominations for Greg Bear. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

• Nebula Award for Best Novel2001Wonfor Darwin's Radio
• Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel1996Wonfor Moving Mars
• Nebula Award for Best Novel1995Wonfor Moving Mars
• Tähtivaeltaja Award1988Wonfor Blood Music
• Nebula Award for Best Short Story1987Wonfor Tangents
• Hugo Award for Best Short Story1987Wonfor Tangents
• Prix Tour-Apollo Award1986Wonfor Blood Music
• Inkpot Award1984Won
• Nebula Award for Best Novella1984Wonfor Hardfought
• Nebula Award for Best Novelette1984Wonfor Blood Music
• Hugo Award for Best Novelette1984Wonfor Blood Music
• Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2017Shortlistedfor Take Back the Sky

Greg Bear at a glance

Died

Greg Bear died in 2022, according to Wikidata.

Last book

The newest book credited to Greg Bear on record dates from 2019.

Release pace

Greg Bear books have appeared about one a year on average.

Length

15,635 pages across the 45 of 52 books with a recorded length, a median of 326 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Greg Bear books, 18 of 52, were published in the 1980s.

What the Greg Bear books are about

47 of the 52 Greg Bear 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 30 of 47. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Science fiction 30 of 47 books
• Fantasy 6 of 47 books
• Life on other planets 6 of 47 books
• Imaginary wars and battles 5 of 47 books
• California 4 of 47 books
• Los Angeles (Calif.) 4 of 47 books
• Perrin, michael (fictitious character) 4 of 47 books
• Science fiction, action & adventure 4 of 47 books
• Extraterrestrial beings 3 of 47 books