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Jacques F. Vallée Books in Order

Jacques F. Vallée has written 24 books, published between 1965 and 2021. The first book is UFO's in Space: Anatomy of a Phenomenon (1965) and the newest is Trinity: The Best-Kept Secret (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
24
Published
1965–2021
Pages on record
4,398 in 16 of 24 books
Reading time
73–110 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,398 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 24 titles with a page count on record.

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Unidentified flying objects are the main subject of Jacques F. Vallee's catalogue, which records sightings and encounters, research, parapsychology and the sociology of the phenomenon. Vallee also has books on computer networks and computer message systems, and the subject list names computer scientists. The listing holds 24 books published between 1965 and 2021, from UFO's in Space: Anatomy of a Phenomenon (1965) to Trinity: The Best-Kept Secret (2021), with Alien Contact as the one series.

How many Jacques F. Vallée books are there?

Jacques F. Vallée has 24 books, released between 1965 and 2021. 3 of them belong to the Alien Contact series.

Jacques F. Vallée Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Jacques F. Vallée 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 UFO's in Space: Anatomy of a Phenomenon by Jacques F. Vallée (1965)
  2. Cover of Passport to Magonia by Jacques F. Vallée (1969)
  3. Cover of The Invisible College by Jacques F. Vallée (1975)
  4. Cover of The Edge of Reality: A Progress Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Jacques F. Vallée (1975)
  5. Cover of Unidentified Flying Objects by Jacques F. Vallée (1977)
  6. Cover of Messengers of Deception by Jacques F. Vallée (1979)
  7. Cover of Computer Message Systems by Jacques F. Vallée (1984)
  8. Cover of Dimensions by Jacques F. Vallée, book 1 of the Alien Contact series (1988)
  9. Cover of UFO Chronicles of the Soviet Union by Jacques F. Vallée (1992)
  10. Cover of Forbidden Science by Jacques F. Vallée (1993)
  11. Cover of The Network Revolution by Jacques F. Vallée (1993)
  12. Cover of Fastwalker by Jacques F. Vallée (1996)
  13. Cover of The Four Elements of Financial Alchemy by Jacques F. Vallée (2001)
  14. Cover of The Heart of the Internet by Jacques F. Vallée (2003)
  15. Cover of Stratagem by Jacques F. Vallée (2007)
  16. Cover of Forbidden Science 2 by Jacques F. Vallée (2008)
  17. Cover of Wonders in the Sky by Jacques F. Vallée (2010)
  1. 1
    UFO's in Space: Anatomy of a Phenomenon1965 · confirmed 1/4
    1965–
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  2. 2
    Challenge to Science: The UFO Enigma1966 · confirmed 1/4
    1966–
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  3. 3
    Passport to Magonia1969 · 372 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969372
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  4. 4
    The Invisible College1975 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975216
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  5. 5
    The Edge of Reality: A Progress Report on Unidentified Flying Objects1975 · 301 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975301
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  6. 6
    Unidentified Flying Objects1977 · 221 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977221
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  7. 7
    Messengers of Deception1979 · 243 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979243
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  8. 8
    Computer Message Systems1984 · 163 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984163
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  9. 9
    DimensionsAlien Contact #11988 · confirmed 1/4
    1988–
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  10. 10
    ConfrontationsAlien Contact #21990 · 95 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199095
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  11. 11
    RevelationsAlien Contact #31991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  12. 12
    UFO Chronicles of the Soviet Union1992 · 212 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992212
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  13. 13
    Forbidden Science1993 · 466 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993466
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  14. 14
    The Network Revolution1993 · 213 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993213
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  15. 15
    Fastwalker1996 · 221 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996221
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  16. 16
    The Four Elements of Financial Alchemy2001 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001192
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  17. 17
    The Heart of the Internet2003 · 201 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003201
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  18. 18
    Stratagem2007 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007224
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  19. 19
    Forbidden Science 22008 · 550 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008550
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  20. 20
    Wonders in the Sky2010 · 508 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010508
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  21. 21
    Ufos And Close EncountersBest of FATE Magazine #22014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  22. 22
    Forbidden Science 32017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  23. 23
    Forbidden Science 42019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  24. 24
    Trinity: The Best-Kept Secret2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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Jacques F. Vallée 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.

Alien Contact in order

3 books
  1. 1. Dimensions
  2. 2. Confrontations
  3. 3. Revelations

Best of FATE Magazine in order

1 book
  1. 2. Ufos And Close Encounters

Standalone books

20 books

20 Jacques F. Vallée titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jacques F. Vallée books in order?

You only need to read Jacques F. Vallée books in order within the Alien Contact series, which holds 3 of the 24 Jacques F. Vallée books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Jacques F. Vallée

Start with UFO's in Space: Anatomy of a Phenomenon (1965), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jacques F. Vallée book?

Trinity: The Best-Kept Secret (2021) is the newest Jacques F. Vallée book released so far.

Is there a new Jacques F. Vallée book coming?

No next Jacques F. Vallée book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Jacques F. Vallée at a glance

Paused
No new Jacques F. Vallée title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Jacques F. Vallée books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,398 pages across the 16 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 221 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jacques F. Vallée books, 6 of 24, were published in the 1990s.

What the Jacques F. Vallée books are about

18 of the 24 Jacques F. Vallée books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: unidentified flying objects is tagged on 15 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Unidentified flying objects 15 of 18 books
  • Sightings and encounters 6 of 18 books
  • Computer scientists 2 of 18 books
  • Diaries 2 of 18 books
  • History 2 of 18 books
  • Research 2 of 18 books
  • Social aspects 2 of 18 books