Henry H. Beam Piper Books in Order
Henry H. Beam Piper has written 40 books, published between 1947 and 2022. The first book is The Other Worlds of H. Beam Piper (1947) and the newest is The Cosmic Computer (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 40
- Published
- 1947–2022
- Pages on record
- 3,568 in 30 of 40 books
- Reading time
- 59–89 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,568 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 30 of 40 titles with a page count on record.
Henry H. Beam Piper's catalogue subjects list science fiction, collections and anthologies, private investigators and mystery. Paratime Police and Terro-Human Future History are the two series credited to Piper. Titles include Time and Time Again (1947), He Walked Around the Horses (1948), Police Operation (1948), Last Enemy (1950), Temple Trouble (1951) and Ullr Uprising (1952), and The Cosmic Computer appears among the 40 listed books.
How many Henry H. Beam Piper books are there?
Henry H. Beam Piper has 40 books, released between 1947 and 2022. They include 2 series and 24 titles listed outside any series.
Henry H. Beam Piper Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 40 Henry H. Beam Piper 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.
- 1The Other Worlds of H. Beam Piper1947 · 306 pages · confirmed 1/419473061/4
- 2Time and Time Again1947 · 26 pages · confirmed 1/41947261/4
- 31948–1/4
- 41948561/4
- 5Rebel Raider1950 · 52 pages · confirmed 1/41950521/4
- 619501241/4
- 7Day of the Moron1951 · 24 pages · confirmed 1/41951241/4
- 8Operation R.S.V.P1951 · 24 pages · confirmed 1/41951241/4
- 91951561/4
- 101952–1/4
- 11Murder in the Gunroom1953 · 168 pages · confirmed 1/419531681/4
- 12Null-ABC1953 · 130 pages · confirmed 1/419531301/4
- 1319551161/4
- 14A Planet for Texans1957 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/419571281/4
- 15The Edge Of The Knife1957 · 56 pages · confirmed 1/41957561/4
- 16Omnilingual1957 · 52 pages · confirmed 1/41957521/4
- 17The Keeper1957 · 30 pages · confirmed 1/41957301/4
- 18Graveyard of Dreams: Science Fiction Stories1958 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419581601/4
- 19Crossroads of Destiny1959 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/419591281/4
- 20Hunter Patrol1959 · 56 pages · confirmed 1/41959561/4
- 21Oomphel in the Sky1960 · 56 pages · confirmed 1/41960561/4
- 2219611401/4
- 231962–1/4
- 2419631681/4
- 251963–1/4
- 261965–1/4
- 271981–1/4
- 281981–1/4
- 29Flight from Tomorrow2006 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/420061121/4
- 30Naudsonce and Other Science Fiction by H. Beam Piper, Adventure2006 · 108 pages · confirmed 1/420061081/4
- 31Time and Time Again and Other SF2007 · 120 pages · confirmed 1/420071201/4
- 32Ministry Of Disturbance And Other Stories2007 · 138 pages · confirmed 1/420071381/4
- 33A Slave Is a Slave2008 · 68 pages · confirmed 1/42008681/4
- 3420092601/4
- 35Omnilingual and Other Stories2009 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/420091121/4
- 36Federation and Empire2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 3720162741/4
- 3820193201/4
- 39Crisis in 21402021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 40The Cosmic Computer2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
Henry H. Beam Piper series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Paratime Police books in order 9 books
Henry H. Beam Piper 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.
Terro-Human Future History in order
7 booksLord Kalvan in order
1 bookStandalone books
24 books24 Henry H. Beam Piper titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Henry H. Beam Piper books in order?
You only need to read Henry H. Beam Piper 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 Henry H. Beam Piper
Start with He Walked Around the Horses (1948), the first Paratime Police book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Other Worlds of H. Beam Piper (1947).
What is the newest Henry H. Beam Piper book?
The Cosmic Computer (2022) is the newest Henry H. Beam Piper book released so far.
Is there a new Henry H. Beam Piper book coming?
No next Henry H. Beam Piper book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Henry H. Beam Piper at a glance
- Paused
- No new Henry H. Beam Piper title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Henry H. Beam Piper books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,568 pages across the 30 of 40 books with a recorded length, a median of 114 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Henry H. Beam Piper books, 16 of 40, were published in the 1950s.
What the Henry H. Beam Piper books are about
20 of the 40 Henry H. Beam Piper 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 15 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 15 of 20 books
- Science fiction & fantasy 5 of 20 books
- Science fiction, collections & anthologies 5 of 20 books
- Children's fiction 3 of 20 books
- Fantasy 2 of 20 books
- Fiction in English 2 of 20 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 20 books
- Scientists 2 of 20 books