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Ray Bradbury Books in Order

132 books are credited to Ray Bradbury, published between 1940 and 2023; 9 of them appeared after Ray Bradbury's death in 2012. The first book is Kaleidoscope (1940) and the newest is Across the Sullen Void (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Ray Bradbury also publishes as William Elliot.

Books
132
Published
1940–2023
Confirmed
130 of 132 titles
Pages on record
15,005 in 79 of 132 books
Reading time
250–375 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 15,005 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 79 of 132 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Ray Bradbury, author

Fahrenheit 451 (1953) is the novel Ray Bradbury is best known for, alongside the short-story collections The Martian Chronicles (1950), The Illustrated Man (1951) and The October Country (1955). Bradbury (22 August 1920 – 5 June 2012) was an American author and screenwriter whose work covered fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery and realistic fiction. Dandelion Wine (1957) is a coming-of-age novel, Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962) a dark fantasy, and Green Shadows, White Whale (1992) a fictionalized memoir. The catalogue reaches back to Kaleidoscope (1940) and Dark Carnival (1947), and Green Town and Crumley Mysteries are among the series.

How many Ray Bradbury books are there?

Ray Bradbury has 132 books, released between 1940 and 2023. 9 of them were published after Ray Bradbury's death in 2012. They include 7 separate series.

Ray Bradbury Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 132 Ray Bradbury 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 Homecoming by Ray Bradbury, book 4 of the Ray Bradbury Short Stories/Novellas series (1946)
  2. Cover of Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury, book 1 of the Ray Bradbury Short Story series (1947)
  3. Cover of The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, book 2 of the Ray Bradbury Short Story series (1950)
  4. Cover of There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury, book 9 of the Ray Bradbury Short Stories/Novellas series (1950)
  5. Cover of The Veldt by Ray Bradbury, book 10 of the Ray Bradbury Short Stories/Novellas series (1950)
  6. Cover of A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury, book 11 of the Ray Bradbury Short Stories/Novellas series (1951)
  7. Cover of A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories by Ray Bradbury, book 4 of the Ray Bradbury Short Story series (1952)
  8. Cover of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, book 1 of the Ray Bradbury Standalone Novels series (1953)
  9. Cover of The October Country by Ray Bradbury, book 6 of the Ray Bradbury Short Story series (1955)
  10. Cover of Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury, book 1 of the Green Town series (1957)
  11. Cover of The Day It Rained Forever by Ray Bradbury, book 7 of the Ray Bradbury Short Story series (1959)
  12. Cover of Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, book 2 of the Green Town series (1962)
  13. Cover of The Small Assassin by Ray Bradbury, book 9 of the Ray Bradbury Short Story series (1962)
  14. Cover of The Vintage Bradbury by Ray Bradbury, book 12 of the Ray Bradbury Short Story series (1965)
  15. Cover of S is for Space by Ray Bradbury, book 16 of the Ray Bradbury Short Story series (1966)
  16. Cover of I Sing the Body Electric by Ray Bradbury, book 18 of the Ray Bradbury Short Story series (1969)
  17. Cover of The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury, book 2 of the Ray Bradbury Standalone Novels series (1972)
  18. Cover of The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit by Ray Bradbury, book 16 of the Ray Bradbury Short Stories/Novellas series (1972)
  19. Cover of When Elephants Last In The Dooryard Bloomed by Ray Bradbury, book 1 of the Ray Bradbury Poetry series (1973)
  20. Cover of Long After Midnight by Ray Bradbury, book 20 of the Ray Bradbury Short Story series (1976)
  21. Cover of Why Man Explores by Ray Bradbury, book 1 of the Ray Bradbury Non-Fiction series (1977)
  22. Cover of Where Robot Mice & Robot Men Run Round in Robot Towns by Ray Bradbury, book 2 of the Ray Bradbury Poetry series
  23. Cover of The Stories of Ray Bradbury by Ray Bradbury, book 22 of the Ray Bradbury Short Story series (1980)
  24. Cover of The Last Circus and the Electrocution by Ray Bradbury, book 23 of the Ray Bradbury Short Story series (1980)
  1. 1
    KaleidoscopeScreenplays/Plays #11940 · confirmed 3/4
    1940–
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  2. 2
    The Poems (Short Story)Ray Bradbury Short Stories/Novellas #11945 · confirmed 1/4
    1945–
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  3. 3
    SkeletonsRay Bradbury Short Stories/Novellas #21945 · confirmed 3/4
    1945–
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  4. 4
    Frost and Fire / The Creatures That Time ForgotRay Bradbury Short Stories/Novellas #31946 · confirmed 3/4
    1946–
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  5. 5
    The HomecomingRay Bradbury Short Stories/Novellas #41946 · 56 pages · confirmed 3/4
    194656
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  6. 6
    Dark CarnivalRay Bradbury Short Story #11947 · 276 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1947276
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  7. 7
    The CrowdRay Bradbury Short Stories/Novellas #51947 · confirmed 3/4
    1947–
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  8. 8
    Zero HourRay Bradbury Short Stories/Novellas #61947 · confirmed 3/4
    1947–
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  9. 9
    The Black Ferris (Short Story)Ray Bradbury Short Stories/Novellas #71948 · confirmed 1/4
    1948–
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  10. 10
    The Martian ChroniclesRay Bradbury Short Story #21950 · 309 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1950309
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  11. 11
    The Blue Bottle / Death-WishRay Bradbury Short Stories/Novellas #81950 · confirmed 3/4
    1950–
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  12. 12
    There Will Come Soft RainsRay Bradbury Short Stories/Novellas #91950 · 30 pages · confirmed 3/4
    195030
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  13. 13
    The VeldtRay Bradbury Short Stories/Novellas #101950 · 42 pages · confirmed 3/4
    195042
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  14. 14
    The Illustrated ManRay Bradbury Short Story #31951 · 275 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1951275
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  15. 15
    A Sound of ThunderRay Bradbury Short Stories/Novellas #111951 · 41 pages · confirmed 3/4
    195141
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  16. 16
    The Fog HornRay Bradbury Short Stories/Novellas #121951 · confirmed 3/4
    1951–
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  17. 17
    The Golden Apples of the SunRay Bradbury Short Stories/Novellas #131951 · 338 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1951338
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  18. 19
    Fahrenheit 451Ray Bradbury Standalone Novels #11953 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1953256
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  19. 20
    The PlaygroundRay Bradbury Short Stories/Novellas #141953 · confirmed 3/4
    1953–
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  20. 21
    All Summer in a DayRay Bradbury Short Stories/Novellas #151954 · confirmed 3/4
    1954–
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  21. 22
    The October CountryRay Bradbury Short Story #61955 · 306 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1955306
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  22. 23
    Dandelion WineGreen Town #11957 · 239 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1957239
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  23. 24
    The Day It Rained ForeverRay Bradbury Short Story #71959 · confirmed 3/4
    1959–
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  24. 25
    A Medicine for MelancholyRay Bradbury Short Story #81959 · 307 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1959307
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  25. 26
    Something Wicked This Way ComesGreen Town #21962 · 293 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1962293
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  26. 27
    The Small AssassinRay Bradbury Short Story #91962 · 174 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1962174
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  27. 28
    R Is for RocketRay Bradbury Short Story #101962 · confirmed 3/4
    1962–
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  28. 29
    The Anthem Sprinters and Other AnticsScreenplays/Plays #21963 · confirmed 3/4
    1963–
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  29. 30
    The Machineries of JoyRay Bradbury Short Story #111964 · confirmed 3/4
    1964–
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Ray Bradbury 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.

Ray Bradbury Short Story

42 books

42 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Ray Bradbury Short Stories/Novellas

28 books

28 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Selected Shorts in order

17 books
  1. 1. For Better and for Worse
  2. 2. Even More Laughs
  3. 3. Timeless Classics
  4. 4. Falling in Love
  5. 5. Food Fictions
  6. 6. Travel Tales
  7. 7. Edith Wharton
  8. 8. Pets!
  9. 9. Tales of Betrayal
  10. 10. Family Matters
  11. 11. Are We There Yet?
  12. 12. A Touch of Magic
  13. and 5 more in the table above

Ray Bradbury Non-Fiction

10 books

10 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Ray Bradbury Chronicles in order

7 books
  1. 1. Ray Bradbury Chronicles 1
  2. 2. Ray Bradbury Chronicles 2
  3. 3. Ray Bradbury Chronicles 3
  4. 4. Ray Bradbury Chronicles 4
  5. 5. Ray Bradbury Chronicles 5
  6. 6. Ray Bradbury Chronicles 6
  7. 7. Ray Bradbury Chronicles 7

Ray Bradbury Standalone Novels

5 books

5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Ray Bradbury Poetry in order

5 books
  1. 1. When Elephants Last In The Dooryard Bloomed
  2. 2. Where Robot Mice & Robot Men Run Round in Robot Towns
  3. 3. This Attic Where the Meadow Greens
  4. 4. The Haunted Computer and the Android Pope
  5. 5. The Complete Poems of Ray Bradbury

Screenplays/Plays in order

4 books
  1. 1. Kaleidoscope
  2. 2. The Anthem Sprinters and Other Antics
  3. 3. Pillar of Fire and Other Plays for Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond Tomorrow
  4. 4. Nemo!

Green Town in order

4 books
  1. 1. Dandelion Wine
  2. 2. Something Wicked This Way Comes
  3. 3. Farewell Summer
  4. 4. Summer Morning, Summer Night

Ray Bradbury Graphic Novels Series in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Best of Ray Bradbury, The Graphic Novel
  2. 2. Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation
  3. 3. Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles: The Authorized Adaptation
  4. 5. Something Wicked This Way Comes: The Authorized Adaptation

Crumley Mysteries in order

3 books
  1. 1. Death is a Lonely Business
  2. 2. A Graveyard for Lunatics
  3. 3. Let's All Kill Constance

Last Interview in order

2 books
  1. 8. Ray Bradbury
  2. 39. Kurt Cobain

Weird Tales in order

1 book
  1. 4. Weird Tales 4

Ray Bradbury Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Ray Bradbury books run from Kaleidoscope (1940) to Across the Sullen Void (2023), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Ray Bradbury in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Ray Bradbury books in order?

You only need to read Ray Bradbury books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Ray Bradbury

Start with Kaleidoscope (1940), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ray Bradbury book?

Across the Sullen Void (2023) is the newest Ray Bradbury book released so far.

Is there a new Ray Bradbury book coming?

No next Ray Bradbury 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 Ray Bradbury has won

Wikidata records 15 awards and 18 nominations for Ray Bradbury. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Retro Hugo Award for Best Short Story2019Wonfor R Is for Rocket
  • Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards2007Won
  • Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel2004Wonfor Fahrenheit 451
  • Ross Macdonald Literary Award2002Won
  • Geffen Award2002Won
  • Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection2002Wonfor One More for the Road
  • World Horror Convention Grand Master Award2001Won
  • Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame1999Won
  • First Fandom Hall of Fame award1996Won
  • Helmerich Award1994Won
  • Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award1989Won
  • Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement1988Won

Ray Bradbury at a glance

Died
Ray Bradbury died in 2012, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Ray Bradbury are still being published after Ray Bradbury's death in 2012; the newest appeared in 2023.
Release pace
Ray Bradbury books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
15,005 pages across the 79 of 132 books with a recorded length, a median of 176 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ray Bradbury books, 30 of 132, were published in the 2000s.

What the Ray Bradbury books are about

76 of the 132 Ray Bradbury 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 20 of 76. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.