Robert Reed Books in Order

How many Robert Reed books are there?

Robert Reed has 149 books, released between 1987 and 2024. They include 4 series and 100 titles listed outside any series.

Robert Reed Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 149 Robert Reed 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 November 2026.

Robert Reed 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.

Do you have to read Robert Reed books in order?

You only need to read Robert Reed books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Robert Reed

Start with The Leeshore (1987), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Robert Reed book?

Retrograde Tests (2024) is the newest Robert Reed book released so far.

Is there a new Robert Reed book coming?

No next Robert Reed 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 Robert Reed has won

Wikidata records 2 awards and 85 nominations for Robert Reed. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.

• Hugo Award for Best Novella2007Wonfor A Billion Eves
• Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel1995Wonfor Down the Bright Way
• Locus Award for Best Novelette2016Shortlistedfor Empty
• Locus Award for Best Short Story2016Shortlistedfor The Empress in Her Glory
• Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2015Shortlistedfor The Memory of Sky
• Locus Award for Best Novelette2015Shortlistedfor The Cryptic Age
• Locus Award for Best Short Story2015Shortlistedfor Pernicious Romance
• Theodore Sturgeon Award2015Shortlistedfor The Cryptic Age
• Locus Award for Best Novella2014Shortlistedfor Precious Mental
• Locus Award for Best Novelette2014Shortlistedfor Grizzled Veterans of Many and Much
• Locus Award for Best Short Story2014Shortlistedfor Among Us
• Locus Award for Best Collection2014Shortlistedfor The Greatship

Robert Reed at a glance

Still publishing

Robert Reed published a book as recently as 2024.

Release pace

Robert Reed books have appeared more than one a year on average.

Length

5,416 pages across the 16 of 149 books with a recorded length, a median of 322 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Robert Reed books, 103 of 149, were published in the 2010s.

When Robert Reed books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Robert Reed titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 103 titles.

What the Robert Reed books are about

14 of the 149 Robert Reed 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 5 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Science fiction 5 of 14 books
• Life on other planets 3 of 14 books
• Space ships 3 of 14 books
• Space opera 2 of 14 books