Robert Buettner Books in Order
Robert Buettner has written 10 books, published between 2004 and 2019. The first book is Orphanage (2004) and the newest is My Enemy's Enemy (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2004–2019
- Pages on record
- 2,919 in 8 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 49–73 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,919 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Robert Buettner is an American author of military science fiction, a former military intelligence officer and a National Science Foundation Fellow in Paleontology, and has published in the field of natural resources law. Buettner lives in Georgia. Five volumes of the Jason Wander series and three of Orphan's Legacy carry the name, along with the standalone novel The Golden Gate, short stories and novellas, and the afterword to an anthology of stories by Robert Heinlein. The catalogue lists 10 books from Orphanage (2004) to My Enemy's Enemy (2019), with space warfare, life on other planets and hard science fiction among the subjects.
How many Robert Buettner books are there?
Robert Buettner has 10 books, released between 2004 and 2019. They include 2 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.
Robert Buettner Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Robert Buettner 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.
- 120043021/4
- 220053071/4
- 320084161/4
- 420083081/4
- 520093681/4
- 62011–1/4
- 72011–1/4
- 820142901/4
- 9The Golden Gate2017 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/420174801/4
- 10My Enemy's Enemy2019 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/420194481/4
Robert Buettner 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.
Jason Wander in order
5 booksOrphan's Legacy in order
3 books- 1. Overkill
- 2. Undercurrents
- 3. Balance Point
Standalone books
2 books2 Robert Buettner titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Robert Buettner books in order?
You only need to read Robert Buettner 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 Robert Buettner
Start with Orphanage (2004), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Robert Buettner book?
My Enemy's Enemy (2019) is the newest Robert Buettner book released so far.
Is there a new Robert Buettner book coming?
No next Robert Buettner book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Robert Buettner at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Robert Buettner title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Robert Buettner books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,919 pages across the 8 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 338 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Robert Buettner books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
What the Robert Buettner books are about
All 10 Robert Buettner 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 7 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 7 of 10 books
- Space warfare 6 of 10 books
- Life on other planets 4 of 10 books
- Space opera 3 of 10 books
- Science fiction, action & adventure 2 of 10 books
- Jason Wander (Fictitious character) 2 of 10 books