Roger Zelazny Books in Order

72 books are credited to Roger Zelazny, published between 1965 and 2024; 15 of them appeared after Roger Zelazny's death in 1995. The first book is Four for Tomorrow (1965) and the newest is The Eve of RUMOKO (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Roger Zelazny also publishes as Harrison Denmark.

Books: 72
Published: 1965–2024
Confirmed: 71 of 72 titles
Pages on record: 16,147 in 54 of 72 books
Reading time: 269–404 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 16,147 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 54 of 72 titles with a page count on record.

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Roger Zelazny (1937–1995) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer whose novels and short stories draw on mythology and religion. The Chronicles of Amber, set in the imaginary realm of Amber and featuring Corwin, is the best known sequence. Zelazny won the Nebula Award three times and the Hugo six, two of those for novels: ...And Call Me Conrad, republished as This Immortal, and Lord of Light (1967). Seventy-nine books are catalogued from Four for Tomorrow (1965) onward, taking in the Dilvish stories, the Changeling Saga and the Francis Sandow books.

How many Roger Zelazny books are there?

Roger Zelazny has 72 books, released between 1965 and 2024. 15 of them were published after Roger Zelazny's death in 1995. They include 6 separate series.

Roger Zelazny series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Chronicles Of Amber books in order 13 books

Roger Zelazny 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.

Roger Zelazny Standalone Novels

23 books

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

Roger Zelazny Short Story

12 books

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

Collected Stories Of in order

7 books

1. Threshold
2. Power & Light
3. This Mortal Mountain
4. Last Exit to Babylon
5. Nine Black Doves
6. The Road to Amber
7. The Ides of Octember: A Pictorial Bibliography of Roger Zelazny

Roger Zelazny Short Stories/Novellas

5 books

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

Changeling Saga in order

3 books

1. Changeling
2. Madwand
3. Wizard World

Millennial Contest Series in order

3 books

1. Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming
2. If at Faust You Don't Succeed
3. A Farce to Be Reckoned With

Francis Sandow in order

2 books

1. Isle of the Dead
2. To Die in Italbar

Dilvish Stories in order

2 books

1. The Changing Land
2. Dilvish, the Damned

Roger Zelazny Non-Fiction

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Millenium in order

1 book

3. A Dark Traveling

Do you have to read Roger Zelazny books in order?

You only need to read Roger Zelazny books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Roger Zelazny

Start with Nine Princes in Amber (1970), the first Chronicles Of Amber book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Four for Tomorrow (1965).

What is the newest Roger Zelazny book?

The Eve of RUMOKO (2024) is the newest Roger Zelazny book released so far.

Is there a new Roger Zelazny book coming?

No next Roger Zelazny 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 Roger Zelazny has won

Wikidata records 15 awards and 49 nominations for Roger Zelazny. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame2010Won
Geffen Award2009Wonfor This Immortal
Inkpot Award1993Won
Hugo Award for Best Novelette1987Wonfor Permafrost
Hugo Award for Best Novella1986Wonfor 24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1986Wonfor Trumps of Doom
Locus Award for Best Collection1984Wonfor Unicorn Variations
Hugo Award for Best Novelette1982Wonfor Unicorn Variation
Nebula Award for Best Novella1976Wonfor Home Is the Hangman
Hugo Award for Best Novella1976Wonfor Home Is the Hangman
Prix Tour-Apollo Award1972Wonfor Isle of the Dead
Hugo Award for Best Novel1968Wonfor Lord of Light

Roger Zelazny at a glance

Died: Roger Zelazny died in 1995, according to Wikidata.
After death: Books credited to Roger Zelazny are still being published after Roger Zelazny's death in 1995; the newest appeared in 2024.
Release pace: Roger Zelazny books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length: 16,147 pages across the 54 of 72 books with a recorded length, a median of 247 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Roger Zelazny books, 20 of 72, were published in the 1980s.

What the Roger Zelazny books are about

53 of the 72 Roger Zelazny 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 28 of 53. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Science fiction 28 of 53 books
Fantasy 17 of 53 books
Amber (Imaginary place) 10 of 53 books
Fiction in English 10 of 53 books
Castle Amber (Imaginary place) 3 of 53 books
Corwin (fictitious character : zelazny) 3 of 53 books
Hugo Award Winner 3 of 53 books
Poetry 2 of 53 books