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Sector General Books in Order

Sector General by James White contains 14 books, published between 1962 and 1999. The first book is Hospital Station (1962) and the newest is Double Contact (1999). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1962–1999
Pages on record
2,716 in 11 of 14 books
Reading time
45–68 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,716 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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James White's Sector General is a science fiction series of 14 books, published between 1962 and 1999. Sector General is an imaginary place in the subject headings, which also list space medicine, human-alien encounters, life on other planets and short stories. Hospital Station (1962) opens the series and Double Contact (1999) is the last title. Star Surgeon (1963), Major Operation (1971) and The Genocidal Healer (1991) fall in between.

How many Sector General books are there?

Sector General has 14 books, released between 1962 and 1999.

Sector General Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Sector General 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 Hospital Station by James White, book 1 of the Sector General series (1962)
  2. Cover of Star Surgeon by James White, book 2 of the Sector General series (1963)
  3. Cover of The Aliens Among Us by James White, book 3 of the Sector General series (1969)
  4. Cover of Major Operation by James White, book 4 of the Sector General series (1971)
  5. Cover of Futures Past by James White, book 5 of the Sector General series (1977)
  6. Cover of Ambulance Ship by James White, book 6 of the Sector General series (1979)
  7. Cover of Sector General by James White, book 7 of the Sector General series (1983)
  8. Cover of Star Healer by James White, book 8 of the Sector General series (1984)
  9. Cover of Code Blue -Emergency by James White, book 9 of the Sector General series (1987)
  10. Cover of The Genocidal Healer by James White, book 10 of the Sector General series (1991)
  11. Cover of The Galactic Gourmet by James White, book 11 of the Sector General series (1996)
  12. Cover of Final Diagnosis by James White, book 12 of the Sector General series (1997)
  13. Cover of Mind Changer by James White, book 13 of the Sector General series (1998)
  14. Cover of Double Contact by James White, book 14 of the Sector General series (1999)
  1. 1
    Hospital Station1962 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1962192
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  2. 2
    Star Surgeon1963 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1963160
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  3. 3
    The Aliens Among Us1969 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1969224
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  4. 4
    Major Operation1971 · confirmed 2/4
    1971–
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  5. 5
    Futures Past1977 · 228 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1977228
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  6. 6
    Ambulance Ship1979 · 184 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979184
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  7. 7
    Sector General1983 · confirmed 2/4
    1983–
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  8. 8
    Star Healer1984 · confirmed 2/4
    1984–
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  9. 9
    Code Blue -Emergency1987 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987280
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  10. 10
    The Genocidal Healer1991 · 219 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991219
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  11. 11
    The Galactic Gourmet1996 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996288
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  12. 12
    Final Diagnosis1997 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997320
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  13. 13
    Mind Changer1998 · 301 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998301
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  14. 14
    Double Contact1999 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999320
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Is there a chronological order for Sector General?

No separate chronological order is on record for Sector General, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Sector General books in order?

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

Where to start with Sector General

Start with Hospital Station (1962), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sector General book?

Double Contact (1999) is the newest Sector General book released so far.

Is there a new Sector General book coming?

No next Sector General 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 Sector General

Wikidata records 2 nominations for Sector General. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Sector General at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Sector General title on record dates from 1999, 27 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Sector General books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,716 pages across the 11 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 228 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sector General books, 5 of 14, were published in the 1990s.

What the Sector General books are about

13 of the 14 Sector General 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 6 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by James White

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.