Jean Lorrah Books in Order
Jean Lorrah has written 24 books, published between 1976 and 2015. The first book is Full Moon Rising (1976) and the newest is Fear and Courage (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 24
- Published
- 1976–2015
- Confirmed
- 4 of 24 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,315 in 9 of 24 books
Jean Lorrah, born in 1940, is an American science fiction and fantasy author who taught English at Murray State University from 1968 to 2008, the first woman outside nursing and home economics hired there with a doctorate; the Ph.D. came from Florida State University. Lorrah wrote several Star Trek novels, often with her writing and business partner Jacqueline Lichtenberg, and their later work together covers the Sime~Gen Universe. The Savage Empire, a 1980s fantasy series, is mostly solo work. The catalogue holds 24 books from Full Moon Rising (1976) to Fear and Courage (2015), with Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation in the character records.
How many Jean Lorrah books are there?
Jean Lorrah has 24 books, released between 1976 and 2015. They include 2 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.
Jean Lorrah Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 24 Jean Lorrah 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.
- 1Full Moon Rising1976 · confirmed 1/41976–1/4
- 2The Night of the Twin Moons1976 · confirmed 1/41976–1/4
- 31980–1/4
- 419812301/4
- 51982–1/4
- 61984–1/4
- 719842803/4
- 819862211/4
- 91986–1/4
- 101986–1/4
- 1119872061/4
- 1219882061/4
- 1319882783/4
- 1419892533/4
- 1519903713/4
- 16Blood Will Tell2001 · 270 pages · confirmed 1/420012701/4
- 172002–1/4
- 182003–1/4
- 192005–1/4
- 202009–1/4
- 212011–1/4
- 222011–1/4
- 232011–1/4
- 242015–1/4
Jean Lorrah 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.
Savage Empire in order
7 booksSime-Gen in order
7 booksNessie in order
3 booksStar Trek: TOS in order
2 booksStar Trek: The Next Generation (Original) in order
1 bookStar Trek: The Next Generation books in order
1 book by Jean Lorrah- 5. Survivors
Standalone books
3 books3 Jean Lorrah titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jean Lorrah books in order?
You only need to read Jean Lorrah 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 Jean Lorrah
Start with Full Moon Rising (1976), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jean Lorrah book?
Fear and Courage (2015) is the newest Jean Lorrah book released so far.
Is there a new Jean Lorrah book coming?
No next Jean Lorrah 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 Jean Lorrah
Wikidata records 1 nomination for Jean Lorrah. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1981Shortlistedfor First Channel
Jean Lorrah at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Jean Lorrah title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Jean Lorrah books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,315 pages across the 9 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 253 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jean Lorrah books, 12 of 24, were published in the 1980s.
What the Jean Lorrah books are about
9 of the 24 Jean Lorrah 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 6 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 6 of 9 books
- Interplanetary voyages 4 of 9 books
- CollectionID:ST# 2 of 9 books
- Data (fictitious character) 2 of 9 books
- James T. Kirk (Fictitious character) 2 of 9 books
- Leonard McCoy (Fictitious character) 2 of 9 books