Jeff Rovin Books in Order
Jeff Rovin has written 38 books, published between 1975 and 2023. The first book is A Pictorial History of Science Fiction Films (1975) and the newest is Fallout (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 38
- Published
- 1975–2023
- Confirmed
- 12 of 38 titles
- Pages on record
- 11,974 in 35 of 38 books
- Reading time
- 200–299 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 11,974 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 35 of 38 titles with a page count on record.
Jeff Rovin is an American author, magazine editor, freelance writer and columnist who has reached the New York Times bestseller list. The catalogue holds 38 books between 1975 and 2023 and crosses reference works, film books and thrillers: A Pictorial History of Science Fiction Films (1975), The Encyclopedia of Monsters (1990), Adventure Heroes (1994) and Aliens, Robots, and Spaceships (1995) sit beside titles such as April Fool's Day (1986) and Re-Animator (1987). Op-Center recurs as a grouping in the listing, and Tom Clancy carries a credit on one book in it. Zero-G / Samuel Lord is the series recorded for Rovin, and the listing is marked dormant.
How many Jeff Rovin books are there?
Jeff Rovin has 38 books, released between 1975 and 2023. 2 of them belong to the Zero-G / Samuel Lord series.
Jeff Rovin Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 38 Jeff Rovin 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.
- 1A Pictorial History of Science Fiction Films1975 · confirmed 1/41975–1/4
- 2The Transgalactic Guide to Solar System M-171981 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/419812881/4
- 3Joan Collins1984 · 223 pages · confirmed 1/419842231/4
- 4April Fool's Day1986 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419862241/4
- 51987–2/4
- 6The Encyclopedia of Monsters1990 · 390 pages · confirmed 1/419903901/4
- 7Adventure Heroes1994 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/419943201/4
- 8Conquering Sega Genesis Games1994 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/419942501/4
- 919954363/4
- 10Mortal Kombat1995 · 293 pages · confirmed 1/419952931/4
- 11Cat Angels1995 · 108 pages · confirmed 1/419951081/4
- 12The Complete Video Game Guide 19951995 · 390 pages · confirmed 1/419953901/4
- 13Aliens, Robots, and Spaceships1995 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/419953841/4
- 14Kelsey Grammar1995 · 196 pages · confirmed 1/419951961/4
- 1519965124/4
- 16The Game1997 · 217 pages · confirmed 1/419972171/4
- 17The Essential Jackie Chan Source Book1997 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/419972881/4
- 1819984503/4
- 19Return of The Wolf Man1998 · 339 pages · confirmed 1/419983391/4
- 20Vespers1998 · 309 pages · confirmed 1/419983091/4
- 2119993683/4
- 2220003723/4
- 23Stealth War2000 · 364 pages · confirmed 1/420003641/4
- 24Fatalis2000 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/420003681/4
- 2520014003/4
- 2620024183/4
- 2720033873/4
- 28Tempest Down2004 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/420043841/4
- 29Dead Rising2005 · 409 pages · confirmed 1/420054091/4
- 30Rogue Angel2005 · 407 pages · confirmed 1/420054071/4
- 3120054003/4
- 32Conversations with the Devil2007 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/420074321/4
- 33Coldwater2015 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420152721/4
- 3420163681/4
- 3520173681/4
- 3620213523/4
- 3720212883/4
- 382023–3/4
Jeff Rovin 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.
Tom Clancy's Op-Center in order
11 booksZero-G / Samuel Lord in order
2 booksEncyclopocalypse Movie Tie-In in order
1 book- 2. Re-Animator
Trail Drive in order
1 book- 31. The Empire Trail
Standalone books
23 books23 Jeff Rovin titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jeff Rovin books in order?
You only need to read Jeff Rovin books in order within the Zero-G / Samuel Lord series, which holds 2 of the 38 Jeff Rovin books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Jeff Rovin
Start with A Pictorial History of Science Fiction Films (1975), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jeff Rovin book?
Fallout (2023) is the newest Jeff Rovin book released so far.
Is there a new Jeff Rovin book coming?
No next Jeff Rovin book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jeff Rovin at a glance
- Paused
- No new Jeff Rovin title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Jeff Rovin books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 11,974 pages across the 35 of 38 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jeff Rovin books, 16 of 38, were published in the 1990s.
- Corroboration
- 1 of the 38 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 12 in at least three.
What the Jeff Rovin books are about
31 of the 38 Jeff Rovin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: crisis management in government is tagged on 7 of 31. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Crisis management in government 7 of 31 books
- Thrillers 7 of 31 books
- Horror 6 of 31 books
- Government investigators 4 of 31 books
- Action & adventure 3 of 31 books
- Biography 3 of 31 books
- Espionage 3 of 31 books
- American Spy fiction 2 of 31 books
- Dictionaries 2 of 31 books
- Film 2 of 31 books
- Games 2 of 31 books
- Intelligence service 2 of 31 books