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Murray Leinster Books in Order

64 books are credited to Murray Leinster, published between 1919 and 2023; 9 of them appeared after Murray Leinster's death in 1975. The first book is A Thousand Degrees Below Zero (1919) and the newest is Murray Leinster: The Ultimate Sci-fi & Fantasy Collection (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
64
Published
1919–2023
Pages on record
5,239 in 30 of 64 books
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William Fitzgerald Jenkins, born June 16, 1896 and died June 8, 1975, wrote American genre fiction, chiefly science fiction, under the pen name Murray Leinster. Over 1,500 short stories and articles appeared under Jenkins's hand. Catalogue subjects include life on other planets, human-alien encounters and time travel. The earliest listed titles are A Thousand Degrees Below Zero and Juju (both 1919), and First Contacts (1945) appears later. Med Service and Burl are the series credited to Leinster.

How many Murray Leinster books are there?

Murray Leinster has 64 books, released between 1919 and 2023. 9 of them were published after Murray Leinster's death in 1975. They include 3 series and 55 titles listed outside any series.

Murray Leinster Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 64 Murray Leinster 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 The Fifth-Dimension Tube by Murray Leinster (1933)
  2. Cover of The Murder of the U.S.A. (As: Will F. Jenkins) by Murray Leinster (1936)
  3. Cover of First Contacts by Murray Leinster (1945)
  4. Cover of A Logic Named Joe by Murray Leinster (1946)
  5. Cover of The Last Spaceship by Murray Leinster (1949)
  6. Cover of Planet of the Small Men by Murray Leinster (1950)
  7. Cover of Space Platform by Murray Leinster (1953)
  8. Cover of The Brain Stealers by Murray Leinster (1954)
  9. Cover of The Forgotten Planet by Murray Leinster (1954)
  10. Cover of Operation: Outer Space by Murray Leinster (1954)
  11. Cover of The Black Galaxy by Murray Leinster (1954)
  12. Cover of Colonial Survey / The Planet Explorer by Murray Leinster (1956)
  13. Cover of The Mutant Weapon by Murray Leinster, book 1 of the Med Service series (1959)
  14. Cover of The Monster from Earth's End by Murray Leinster (1959)
  15. Cover of The Pirates of Zan / The Pirates of Ersatz by Murray Leinster (1959)
  16. Cover of Four From Planet 5 by Murray Leinster (1959)
  17. Cover of Four From Planet Five by Murray Leinster (1959)
  18. Cover of The Wailing Asteroid by Murray Leinster (1961)
  19. Cover of Operation Terror by Murray Leinster (1962)
  20. Cover of Doctor to the Stars by Murray Leinster, book 3 of the Med Service series (1964)
  21. Cover of The Duplicators by Murray Leinster (1964)
  22. Cover of The Greks Bring Gifts by Murray Leinster (1964)
  23. Cover of Time Tunnel by Murray Leinster, book 1 of the Time Tunnel series (1966)
  24. Cover of Miners In The Sky by Murray Leinster (1967)
  1. 1
    A Thousand Degrees Below Zero1919 · confirmed 1/4
    1919–
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  2. 2
    Juju1919 · confirmed 1/4
    1919–
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  3. 3
    Scalps1929 · confirmed 1/4
    1929–
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  4. 4
    Astounding Stories of Super-Science: Volume 6, June 1930Astounding Stories of Super-Science #61930 · confirmed 1/4
    1930–
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  5. 5
    Astounding Stories of Super-Science: Volume 8, August 1930Astounding Stories of Super-Science #81930 · confirmed 1/4
    1930–
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  6. 6
    Murder Madness1931 · confirmed 1/4
    1931–
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  7. 7
    Murder Will Out1931 · confirmed 1/4
    1931–
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  8. 8
    The Fifth-Dimension Tube1933 · 66 pages · confirmed 1/4
    193366
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  9. 9
    The Murder of the U.S.A. (As: Will F. Jenkins)1936 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1936176
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  10. 10
    First Contacts1945 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1945464
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  11. 11
    A Logic Named Joe1946 · 608 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1946608
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  12. 12
    Two-Gun Showdown / The Gamblin' Kid (As: Will F. Jenkins)1946 · confirmed 1/4
    1946–
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  13. 13
    Fight for Life1949 · confirmed 1/4
    1949–
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  14. 14
    The Last Spaceship1949 · 132 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1949132
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  15. 15
    Planet of the Small Men1950 · 232 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1950232
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  16. 16
    Wanted Dead or Alive1950 · confirmed 1/4
    1950–
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  17. 17
    Fighting Horse Valley (As: Will F. Jenkins)1951 · confirmed 1/4
    1951–
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  18. 18
    Kid Deputy (As: Will F. Jenkins)1951 · confirmed 1/4
    1951–
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  19. 19
    Space Platform1953 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1953192
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  20. 20
    Space Tug1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
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  21. 21
    The Brain Stealers1954 · 140 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1954140
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  22. 22
    The Forgotten Planet1954 · 209 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1954209
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  23. 23
    Gateway to Elsewhere1954 · confirmed 1/4
    1954–
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  24. 24
    Operation: Outer Space1954 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1954144
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  25. 25
    Outlaw Deputy1954 · confirmed 1/4
    1954–
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  26. 26
    The Black Galaxy1954 · 132 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1954132
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  27. 27
    The Other Side of Here1955 · confirmed 1/4
    1955–
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  28. 28
    Colonial Survey / The Planet Explorer1956 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1956160
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  29. 29
    City on the Moon1957 · confirmed 1/4
    1957–
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  30. 30
    War with the Gizmos1958 · confirmed 1/4
    1958–
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Murray Leinster 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.

Med Service in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Mutant Weapon
  2. 2. This World Is Taboo
  3. 3. Doctor to the Stars
  4. 4. S.O.S. From Three Worlds.

Time Tunnel in order

2 books
  1. 1. Time Tunnel
  2. 2. Timeslip!

Astounding Stories of Super-Science in order

2 books
  1. 6. Astounding Stories of Super-Science: Volume 6, June 1930
  2. 8. Astounding Stories of Super-Science: Volume 8, August 1930

Burl in order

1 book
  1. 1. Nightmare Planet

Standalone books

55 books

55 Murray Leinster titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Murray Leinster books in order?

You only need to read Murray Leinster books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Murray Leinster

Start with A Thousand Degrees Below Zero (1919), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Murray Leinster book?

Murray Leinster: The Ultimate Sci-fi & Fantasy Collection (2023) is the newest Murray Leinster book released so far.

Is there a new Murray Leinster book coming?

No next Murray Leinster 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 Murray Leinster has won

Wikidata records 2 awards and 2 nominations for Murray Leinster. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Retro Hugo Award for Best Novelette1996Wonfor First Contact
  • Hugo Award for Best Novelette1956Wonfor Exploration Team
  • Locus Award for Best Collection1999Shortlistedfor First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster
  • Hugo Award for Best Novel1960Shortlistedfor The Pirates of Zan

Murray Leinster at a glance

Died
Murray Leinster died in 1975, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Murray Leinster are still being published after Murray Leinster's death in 1975; the newest appeared in 2023.
Release pace
Murray Leinster books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
5,239 pages across the 30 of 64 books with a recorded length, a median of 152 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Murray Leinster books, 21 of 64, were published in the 1950s.

What the Murray Leinster books are about

19 of the 64 Murray Leinster 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 13 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.