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Buck Rogers Books in Order

Buck Rogers contains 11 books, published between 1928 and 2022. The first book is Armageddon 2419 A.D. (1928) and the newest is The Airlords of Han (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1928–2022
Pages on record
1,843 in 8 of 11 books
Reading time
31–46 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,843 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

See all 11 books in order Printable Buck Rogers checklist

Buck Rogers is a science fiction listing built on the character Buck Rogers. Eleven books are dated between 1928 and 2022, from Armageddon 2419 A.D. (1928) to The Airlords of Han (2022). Philip Francis Nowlan, Addison E. Steele and William H. Keith are each credited on 2 titles, with Martin Caidin, John Eric Holmes, Richard S. McEnroe, Robert Sheckley and Jerry Oltion on 1 each. Recorded subjects include American science fiction, children's fiction, and cartoons and comics. Other titles include That Man on Beta (1979), Mordred (1980), Warrior's World (1981), Arrival (1989) and Warlords of Jupiter (1993).

How many Buck Rogers books are there?

Buck Rogers has 11 books, released between 1928 and 2022.

Buck Rogers Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Buck Rogers 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 Armageddon 2419 A.D. by Philip Francis Nowlan, book 1 of the Buck Rogers series (1928)
  2. Cover of A Life in the Future by Martin Caidin, book 2 of the Buck Rogers series (1967)
  3. Cover of Mordred by John Eric Holmes, book 5 of the Buck Rogers series (1980)
  4. Cover of Warrior's World by Richard S. McEnroe, book 6 of the Buck Rogers series (1981)
  5. Cover of Arrival, book 7 of the Buck Rogers series (1989)
  6. Cover of Nomads of the Sky by William H. Keith, book 8 of the Buck Rogers series (1992)
  7. Cover of Warlords of Jupiter by William H. Keith, book 9 of the Buck Rogers series (1993)
  1. 1
    Armageddon 2419 A.D.1928 · 195 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1928195
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  2. 2
    A Life in the Future1967 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1967312
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  3. 3
    Buck Rogers In The 25th Century ( Steele)1978 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978256
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  4. 4
    That Man on Beta1979 · confirmed 2/4
    1979–
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  5. 5
    Mordred1980 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980216
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  6. 6
    Warrior's World1981 · confirmed 2/4
    1981–
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  7. 7
    Arrival1989 · 316 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989316
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  8. 8
    Nomads of the Sky1992 · 30 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199230
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  9. 9
    Warlords of Jupiter1993 · 278 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993278
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  10. 10
    Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (Morrow)2013 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013240
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  11. 11
    The Airlords of Han2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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Where to start with Buck Rogers

Start with Armageddon 2419 A.D. (1928), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Buck Rogers book?

The Airlords of Han (2022) is the newest Buck Rogers book released so far.

Is there a new Buck Rogers book coming?

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

Buck Rogers at a glance

Paused
No new Buck Rogers title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Buck Rogers books have appeared about one every 9 years on average.
Length
1,843 pages across the 8 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 248 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Buck Rogers books, 3 of 11, were published in the 1980s.
Attribution
Of the 11 titles, 2 are credited to Philip Francis Nowlan, 2 to Addison E. Steele, 2 to William H. Keith and 1 to Martin Caidin. A further 9 writers are credited.

What the Buck Rogers books are about

8 of the 11 Buck Rogers 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 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.