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Classic Battlestar Galactica Books in Order

Classic Battlestar Galactica contains 18 books, published between 1978 and 2016. The first book is Battlestar Galactica (1978) and the newest is Battlestar Galactica : Starbuck (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
1978–2016
Pages on record
1,327 in 7 of 18 books
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Classic Battlestar Galactica is a science fiction listing of 18 books dated between 1978 and 2016, from Battlestar Galactica (1978) to Battlestar Galactica : Starbuck (2016). Glen A. Larson is credited on 13 titles and Robert Thurston on 8, with Ron Goulart on 3, Nicholas Yermakov on 2, and Dan Abnett, Tony Lee, Eman Casallos and Sean Chen on 1 each. Recorded subjects cover science fiction, interplanetary voyages, children's fiction and science fiction comics. Titles in the run include The Cylon Death Machine (1979), The Tombs of Kobol (1979) and The Living Legend (1982).

How many Classic Battlestar Galactica books are there?

Classic Battlestar Galactica has 18 books, released between 1978 and 2016.

Classic Battlestar Galactica Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Classic Battlestar Galactica 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 Battlestar Galactica, book 1 of the Classic Battlestar Galactica series (1978)
  2. Cover of War of the Gods, book 7 of the Classic Battlestar Galactica series (1982)
  3. Cover of Greetings From Earth by Ron Goulart, book 8 of the Classic Battlestar Galactica series (1983)
  4. Cover of Experiment in Terra by Ron Goulart, book 9 of the Classic Battlestar Galactica series (1984)
  5. Cover of The Long Patrol by Ron Goulart, book 10 of the Classic Battlestar Galactica series (1984)
  6. Cover of Die, Chameleon!, book 13 of the Classic Battlestar Galactica series (1986)
  7. Cover of Apollo's War, book 14 of the Classic Battlestar Galactica series (1987)
  1. 1
    Battlestar Galactica1978 · confirmed 1/4
    1978–
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  2. 1
    Battlestar Galactica, Volume 12013 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013128
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  3. 2
    The Cylon Death Machine1979 · confirmed 1/4
    1979–
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  4. 2
    Battlestar Galactica : Starbuck2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  5. 3
    The Tombs of Kobol1979 · confirmed 1/4
    1979–
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  6. 4
    The Young Warriors1980 · confirmed 1/4
    1980–
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  7. 5
    Galactica Discovers Earth1980 · confirmed 1/4
    1980–
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  8. 6
    The Living Legend1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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  9. 7
    War of the Gods1982 · 182 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982182
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  10. 8
    Greetings From Earth1983 · 183 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983183
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  11. 9
    Experiment in Terra1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  12. 10
    The Long Patrol1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  13. 11
    Battlestar Galactica 11: The Nightmare Machine1985 · confirmed 1/4
    1985–
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  14. 12
    The Nightmare Machine1985 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985216
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  15. 13
    Die, Chameleon!1986 · 217 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986217
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  16. 14
    Apollo's War1987 · 198 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987198
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  17. 15
    Battlestar Galactica 13: Apollo's War1987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
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  18. 16
    Surrender the Galactica!1988 · 203 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988203
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Do you have to read Classic Battlestar Galactica books in order?

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

Where to start with Classic Battlestar Galactica

Start with Battlestar Galactica (1978), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Classic Battlestar Galactica book?

Battlestar Galactica : Starbuck (2016) is the newest Classic Battlestar Galactica book released so far.

Is there a new Classic Battlestar Galactica book coming?

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

Classic Battlestar Galactica at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Classic Battlestar Galactica title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Classic Battlestar Galactica books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,327 pages across the 7 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 198 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Classic Battlestar Galactica books, 13 of 18, were published in the 1980s.
Attribution
Of the 18 titles, 13 are credited to Glen A. Larson, 8 to Robert Thurston, 3 to Ron Goulart and 2 to Nicholas Yermakov. A further 5 writers are credited.

What the Classic Battlestar Galactica books are about

13 of the 18 Classic Battlestar Galactica 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 12 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.