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Berserker Books in Order

Berserker contains 22 books, published between 1967 and 2019. The first book is Berserker (1967) and the newest is Ransacker (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
1967–2019
Pages on record
6,060 in 20 of 22 books
Reading time
101–152 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,060 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 22 titles with a page count on record.

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Berserker is a hard science fiction series by Fred Saberhagen, with space warfare, robots and artificial intelligence among its subjects. Saberhagen titles in the listing include Berserker (1967), Brother Assassin / Brother Berserker (1969), Berserker's Planet (1975), Berserker Man (1979) and The Ultimate Enemy (1979). The same listing also carries Shadow Of The Wolf (1977), The Bull Chief (1977) and The Horned Warrior (1979), credited to Robert Holdstock, and Berserker (2017) and Ransacker (2019), credited to Emmy Laybourne.

How many Berserker books are there?

Berserker has 22 books, released between 1967 and 2019.

Berserker Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Berserker 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 Berserker by Fred Saberhagen, book 1 of the Berserker series (1967)
  2. Cover of Shadow Of The Wolf by Robert Holdstock, book 1 of the Berserker series (1977)
  3. Cover of Berserker by Emmy Laybourne, book 1 of the Berserker series (2017)
  4. Cover of Brother Assassin / Brother Berserker by Fred Saberhagen, book 2 of the Berserker series (1969)
  5. Cover of Ransacker by Emmy Laybourne, book 2 of the Berserker series (2019)
  6. Cover of Berserker's Planet by Fred Saberhagen, book 3 of the Berserker series (1975)
  7. Cover of The Horned Warrior by Robert Holdstock, book 3 of the Berserker series (1979)
  8. Cover of Berserker Man by Fred Saberhagen, book 4 of the Berserker series (1979)
  9. Cover of The Ultimate Enemy by Fred Saberhagen, book 5 of the Berserker series (1979)
  10. Cover of Berserker Base by Fred Saberhagen, book 7 of the Berserker series (1985)
  11. Cover of The Berserker Throne by Fred Saberhagen, book 8 of the Berserker series (1985)
  12. Cover of Blue Death by Fred Saberhagen, book 9 of the Berserker series (1985)
  13. Cover of Berserker Lies by Fred Saberhagen, book 11 of the Berserker series (1991)
  14. Cover of Berserker Kill by Fred Saberhagen, book 12 of the Berserker series (1993)
  15. Cover of Berserker Fury by Fred Saberhagen, book 13 of the Berserker series (1997)
  16. Cover of Shiva in Steel by Fred Saberhagen, book 14 of the Berserker series (1998)
  17. Cover of Berserker Prime by Fred Saberhagen, book 15 of the Berserker series (2003)
  18. Cover of Berserker's Star by Fred Saberhagen, book 16 of the Berserker series (2003)
  19. Cover of Rogue Berserker by Fred Saberhagen, book 17 of the Berserker series (2005)
  1. 1
    Berserker1967 · confirmed 2/4
    1967–
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  2. 1
    Shadow Of The Wolf1977 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977160
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  3. 1
    Berserker2017 · 343 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017343
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  4. 2
    Brother Assassin / Brother Berserker1969 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1969224
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  5. 2
    The Bull Chief1977 · 175 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977175
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  6. 2
    Ransacker2019 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019448
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  7. 3
    Berserker's Planet1975 · 233 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1975233
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  8. 3
    The Horned Warrior1979 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979176
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  9. 4
    Berserker Man1979 · 220 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979220
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  10. 5
    The Ultimate Enemy1979 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979240
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  11. 6
    The Berserker Wars1981 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981400
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  12. 7
    Berserker Base1985 · 316 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985316
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  13. 8
    The Berserker Throne1985 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985320
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  14. 9
    Blue Death1985 · 282 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985282
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  15. 10
    The Berserker Attack1987 · confirmed 2/4
    1987–
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  16. 11
    Berserker Lies1991 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991224
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  17. 12
    Berserker Kill1993 · 445 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993445
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  18. 13
    Berserker Fury1997 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997384
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  19. 14
    Shiva in Steel1998 · 318 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998318
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  20. 15
    Berserker Prime2003 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003400
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  21. 16
    Berserker's Star2003 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003368
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  22. 17
    Rogue Berserker2005 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005384
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Do you have to read Berserker books in order?

You should read the Berserker books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Berserker book also stands alone.

Where to start with Berserker

Start with Berserker (1967), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Berserker book?

Ransacker (2019) is the newest Berserker book released so far.

Is there a new Berserker book coming?

No next Berserker book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Award nominations for Berserker

Wikidata records 1 nomination for Berserker. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Berserker at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Berserker title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Berserker books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
6,060 pages across the 20 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 317 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Berserker books, 6 of 22, were published in the 1970s.
Attribution
Of the 22 titles, 17 are credited to Fred Saberhagen, 3 to Robert Holdstock and 2 to Emmy Laybourne.

What the Berserker books are about

20 of the 22 Berserker books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: men's adventure is tagged on 9 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Other series by Fred Saberhagen

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