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Boondoggle (Out Of Time, #5) was the most recently released book by David Brin, on February 1st, 2025.

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David Brin Stats: The highest rated book by David Brin on Book Notification is The Uplift War, the 3rd novel in the Uplift Saga series. The second-highest rated book is Earth, a Standalone novel.

The most read book by David Brin on Book Notification is Startide Rising, the 2nd novel in the Uplift Saga series. The second most read book is Sundiver (Uplift Saga #1).

Below is a complete list of David Brin books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by David Brin is the Uplift Saga Series.

List of Uplift Saga Books in Publication Order

In a universe where species are uplifted to sentience, humanity's unique status creates galactic conflict.

A story from this is in the anthology The Space Opera Renaissance

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6.2
Sundiver
1980
Go
2
7.8
Startide Rising
1983
Go
3
8.6
The Uplift War
1987
Go
4
8.8
Brightness Reef
1995
Go
5
8.2
Infinity's Shore
1996
Go
6
8.5
Heaven's Reach
1998
Go
7
Gorilla, My Dreams
2011
Go

List of Uplift Non-Fiction in Publication Order

Guides to alien races and their societies for Terran field agents in the Five Galaxies.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Contacting Aliens
2002
Go

List of David Brin's High Horizon Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Colony High
2021
Go
2
Castaways of New Mojave (With: Jeff Carlson)
2021
Go

List of Out Of Time Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Yanked! (With: Nancy Kress)
1999
Go
2
Tiger in the Sky (With: Sheila Finch)
1999
Go
3
The Game of Worlds
1999
Go
4
The Archimedes Gambit (By: Patrick Freivald)
2021
Go
5
Boondoggle (With: Tom Easton, Torion Oey)
2025
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List of Kiln Books in Publication Order

An investigator navigates a future of disposable bodies and dangerous secrets where memory, identity, and life are not what they seem.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9
Kiln People / Kil'n People
2002
Go
2
Kil'n Time
2002
Go

List of Colony High Books in Publication Order

A high schooler investigates rumors of a hidden alien and mysterious corporate vans.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Sky Horizon
2007
Go

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are The Postman, Earth, and Glory Season.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.3
The Practice Effect
1984
Go
2
7.7
The Postman
1985
Go
3
6.7
Heart of the Comet
1986
Go
4
8.6
Earth
1990
Go
5
7.6
Glory Season
1993
Go
6
8
Existence
2012
Go
7
Insistence of Vision
2018
Go
8
The Ancient Ones
2020
Go

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short stories and novellas are Thor Meets Captain America, Dr. Pak's Preschool, and Piecework.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Dr. Pak's Preschool
1989
Go
2
Piecework
1992
Go
3
The Crystal Spheres
2011
Go
4
The Loom of Thessaly
2011
Go
5
Stones of Significance
2011
Go
6
9.7
Thor Meets Captain America
2011
Go
7
Reality Check
2011
Go
8
The Giving Plague
2011
Go
9
Tank Farm Dynamo
2011
Go
10
Mars Opposition
2013
Go

List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short story collections are Otherness, The River of Time, and Tomorrow Happens.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
4
The River of Time
1986
Go
2
7
Otherness
1994
Go
3
Tomorrow Happens
2003
Go
4
The Best of David Brin
2021
Go

List of Graphic Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Life Eaters
2003
Go

List of Star Trek: The Next Generation Graphic Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Forgiveness
2001
Go
2
The Gorn Crisis (By: Kevin J. Anderson)
2002
Go
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List of David Brin Game Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Tribes
1998
Go

List of Non-Fiction in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are The Transparent Society, Polemical Judo, and Through Stranger Eyes.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
The Transparent Society
1987
Go
2
Extraterrestrial Civilization
1989
Go
3
Through Stranger Eyes
2008
Go
4
The Dark Side
2010
Go
5
George Orwell and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
2010
Go
6
The Lord of the Rings
2010
Go
7
The Matrix
2010
Go
8
Disputation Arenas
2011
Go
9
Three Cheers for the Surveillance Society
2016
Go
10
Singularity and Nightmares
2016
Go
11
How Will the World End?
2016
Go
12
Do We Really Want Immortality?
2016
Go
13
4
Polemical Judo
2019
Go

List of Second Foundation Trilogy Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9.2
Foundation's Fear (By: Gregory Benford)
1997
Go
2
8.7
Foundation and Chaos ( By: Greg Bear)
1998
Go
3
8
Foundation's Triumph
2000
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List of Ring of Fire Anthology Books in Publication Order

A modern town is sent to 17th century Europe, forcing its citizens to adapt.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Ring of Fire I (By: Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, Dave Freer, K.D. Wentworth, S.L. Viehl, Mike Turner)
2004
Go
2
7
1634: The Ram Rebellion (By: Eric Flint, Virginia DeMarce)
2006
Go
3
10
Ring of Fire II (By: Eric Flint, Dave Freer, K.D. Wentworth, Andrew Dennis, David Carrico)
2008
Go
4
7.5
1635: The Tangled Web (By: Eric Flint, Virginia DeMarce)
2009
Go
5
6
Ring of Fire III (By: Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, Charles E. Gannon)
2011
Go
6
10
1635: Music and Murder (By: David Carrico)
2013
Go
7
1636: Seas of Fortune (By: Iver P. Cooper)
2013
Go
8
6
1636: The Barbie Consortium (By: Gorg Huff, Paula Goodlett)
2014
Go
9
10
Ring of Fire IV (With: Eric Flint, Charles E. Gannon, Virginia DeMarce, David Carrico)
2016
Go
10
1635: The Wars for the Rhine (By: Anette Pedersen)
2016
Go
11
6
1636: Flight of the Nightingale (By: David Carrico)
2019
Go
12
1637: The Coast of Chaos (By: Eric Flint, Gorg Huff, Paula Goodlett)
2021
Go
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List of Smart Pop Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Seven Seasons of Buffy
2003
Go
2
Taking the Red Pill (By: Glenn Yeffeth)
2003
Go
3
Five Seasons of Angel (By: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Peter S. Beagle, Laura Anne Gilman, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Nancy Holder, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Jean Lorrah, Josepha Sherman, Laura Resnick, Candace Havens, Glenn Yeffeth, Michelle Sagara, Steven Harper, Amy Berner, Marguerite Krause, Abbie Bernstein, Jennifer Crusie, Don DeBrandt, K. Stoddard Hayes, Joy Davidson, Don Kerns)
2004
Go
4
Stepping through the Stargate (By: P.N. Elrod, Roxanne Conrad)
2004
Go
5
The Anthology at the End of the Universe (By: Stephen Baxter, John Shirley, Adam-Troy Castro, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Adam Roberts, Susan Sizemore, Mark W. Tiedemann, Jacqueline Carey, Vox Day, Cory Doctorow, A.M. Dellamonica, Glenn Yeffeth, Selina Rosen, Amy Berner, Maria Alexander, Marguerite Krause, Bruce Bethke, Don DeBrandt, Marie-Catherine Caillava, Mike Byrne)
2005
Go
6
Finding Serenity (By: Robert Brian Taylor)
2005
Go
7
The War of the Worlds (By: Connie Willis, Mercedes Lackey, H.G. Wells, Mike Resnick, Stephen Baxter, Lawrence Watt-Evans)
2005
Go
8
Navigating the Golden Compass (By: Glenn Yeffeth)
2005
Go
9
Alias Assumed (By: Tracy S. Morris)
2005
Go
10
Farscape Forever! Sex, Drugs and Killer Muppets (By: Glenn Yeffeth)
2005
Go
11
Flirting With Pride And Prejudice (By: Glenn Yeffeth, Jennifer Crusie)
2005
Go
12
Revisiting Narnia (By: Shanna Caughey)
2005
Go
13
King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape!
2005
Go
14
Totally Charmed (By: Maggie Shayne, Rebecca York, Jody Lynn Nye, Evelyn Vaughn, Tanya Huff, Vera Nazarian, Jennifer Crusie)
2005
Go
15
The Unauthorized X-Men (By: Leah Wilson, Len Wein)
2006
Go
16
This Is Chick-Lit (By: Lauren Baratz-Logsted)
2006
Go
17
Welcome to Wisteria Lane ( By: Leah Wilson)
2006
Go
18
The Man from Krypton (By: Glenn Yeffeth)
2006
Go
19
The Battle for Azeroth (By: Jody Lynn Nye, Justina Robson, Doranna Durgin, Bill Fawcett, Mel White, James John Bell, James M. Ward, Scott Cuthbertson, Nancy Berman, Jerry Jackson, Chris McCubbin, Maressa Hecht Orzack, Nancy Durgin)
2006
Go
20
Getting Lost (By: Orson Scott Card)
2006
Go
21
4
Boarding the Enterprise (By: Robert J. Sawyer, David Gerrold)
2006
Go
22
So Say We All (By: Peter B. Lloyd, Richard Hatch)
2006
Go
23
Investigating CSI (By: Leah Wilson, Donn Cortez)
2006
Go
24
Coffee at Luke's (By: Leah Wilson, Jennifer Crusie)
2007
Go
25
Webslinger (By: Leah Wilson, Gerry Conway)
2007
Go
26
Halo Effect (By: Glenn Yeffeth, Jennifer Thomason)
2007
Go
27
Neptune Noir (By: Rob Thomas)
2007
Go
28
Perfectly Plum (By: Leah Wilson)
2007
Go
29
Grey's Anatomy 101 (By: Leah Wilson)
2007
Go
30
Serenity Found (By: Orson Scott Card, Jacob Clifton, Michael Marano, Jane Espenson, Natalie Haynes, Nathan Fillion)
2007
Go
31
House Unauthorized (By: Leah Wilson)
2007
Go
32
Batman Unauthorized (By: Leah Wilson)
2008
Go
33
Secrets of the Dragon Riders (By: James A. Owen)
2008
Go
34
In the Hunt (By: Leah Wilson)
2009
Go
35
James Bond in the 21st Century (By: Leah Wilson, Glenn Yeffeth)
2009
Go
36
Ardeur (By: Laurell K. Hamilton)
2010
Go
37
A Taste of True Blood (By: Leah Wilson)
2010
Go
38
You Do Not Talk About Fight Club (By: Chuck Palahniuk, Read Mercer Schuchardt)
2015
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List of David Brin Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Mississippi Review 47 / 48
1988
Go
2
Amazing Stories, March 1990
1990
Go
3
Tomorrow's Voices
1991
Go
4
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories
1992
Go
5
Murasaki
1992
Go
6
War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches
1996
Go
7
6
The Williamson Effect
1996
Go
8
Far Horizons
1999
Go
9
Year's Best SF 4
1999
Go
10
The Age of Wonders: Tales from the Near Future
2000
Go
11
I Have This Nifty Idea
2001
Go
12
Live Without a Net
2003
Go
13
Seven Seasons of Buffy
2003
Go
14
The Hard SF Renaissance
2003
Go
15
8
Ring of Fire I
2004
Go
16
All Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories
2004
Go
17
Analog, January/February 2005
2005
Go
18
Totally Charmed
2005
Go
19
Space Cadets
2006
Go
20
Star Wars on Trial
2006
Go
21
The Space Opera Renaissance
2006
Go
22
This Is My Funniest
2006
Go
23
The Best of Jim Baen's Universe
2007
Go
24
Speculative Japan: Outstanding Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy
2007
Go
25
10
Ring of Fire II
2008
Go
26
6
Ring of Fire III
2011
Go
27
Shadows of the New Sun
2013
Go
28
Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
2014
Go
29
10
Multiverse
2014
Go
30
8
Hieroglyph
2014
Go
31
Dragonwriter: A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey and Pern
2014
Go
32
Visions of the Future
2015
Go
33
Worst Contact
2016
Go
34
10
Ring of Fire IV
2016
Go
35
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One
2016
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David Brin

David Brin was born on October 6th, 1950 and is currently 75 years old. David Brin was born in Glendale, California, USA.

David Brin is known for writing in the Non-Fiction, Sci-Fi, and Thriller genres.

David Brin has written 13 Non-Fiction Books. The first was released in 1987 with the book The Transparent Society. The most recently released was Polemical Judo which was released in 2019. There are no upcoming non-fiction books by David at this time.

David Brin: Awards & Accolades

Brin's books have won multiple awards, Startide Rising won the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1984. The Uplift War won the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1988 as well as the Seiun Award - Best Translated Long Work in 1991. Heaven's Reach won the Seiun Award, Best Translated Long Work, in 2004.

The following novels by David Brin were nominated for these awards:

  • The Postman: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1986).
  • Thor Meets Captain America: Hugo Award, Best Novelette (1987).
  • Earth: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1991).
  • Glory Season: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1994).
  • Brightness Reef: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1996). Seiun Award, Best Translated Long Work (2002).
  • Kiln People / Kil'n People: Hugo Award, Best Novel (2003). Arthur C. Clarke Award, Best Science Fiction Novel (2003). Seiun Award, Best Translated Long Work (2008).
  • I Have This Nifty Idea: Hugo Award, Best Related Work (2022).

Related Authors

Fans of David Brin also enjoy these authors:

  1. Arthur C. Clarke, author of the Space Odyssey Series.
  2. A.G. Riddle, author of The Origin Mystery Series.
  3. Andrew Mayne, author of The Naturalist Series.
  4. Isaac Asimov, author of the Foundation Series.
  5. Aldous Huxley, author of: Brave New World.
  6. Alastair Reynolds, author of the Revelation Space Series.
  7. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.
  8. Dennis E. Taylor, author of the Bobiverse Series.
  9. Brett Battles, author of the Jonathan Quinn Series.
  10. Peng Shepherd, author of: The Cartographers.

David Brin: F.A.Q

When was David Brin Born? How old is David Brin?

David Brin was born on October 6th, 1950. David Brin is currently 75 years old.

Where was David Brin Born?

David Brin was born in Glendale, California, USA and is American.

What book awards has David Brin won?

Startide Rising: Hugo Award Best Novel (1984).
The Uplift War: Hugo Award Best Novel (1988), Seiun Award Best Translated Long Work (1991).
Heaven's Reach: Seiun Award Best Translated Long Work (2004).

What was the first book David Brin wrote?

The first book written by David Brin was Sundiver, published in 1980.

What was the most recent book David Brin wrote?

His most recently released work was Boondoggle on February 1st, 2025.

What is the most popular book by David Brin?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular David Brin book is Startide Rising. Here are his most popular books:
  1. Startide Rising (7.83)
  2. Sundiver (6.18)
  3. The Uplift War (8.63)
  4. The Postman (7.71)
  5. Brightness Reef (8.75)

What genres does David Brin Write?

David Brin primarily writes in the Non-Fiction, Sci-Fi, and Thriller genres. His work includes sub-genres such as Space Opera, Dystopian / Utopian, and Technothriller.

Are there upcoming new books by David Brin?

David Brin does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.

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How many books has David Brin written?

David Brin has written 57 books across 21 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 7 books in the Uplift Saga Series
  • 1 Uplift Non-Fiction
  • 2 books in the David Brin's High Horizon Series
  • 4 books in the Out Of Time Series
  • 2 books in the Kiln Series
  • 1 book in the Colony High Series
  • 8 Standalone Novels
  • 10 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 4 Short Story Collections
  • 1 Graphic Novels
  • 1 Star Trek: The Next Generation Graphic Novels
  • 1 David Brin Game Books
  • 13 Non-Fiction
  • 1 book in the Second Foundation Trilogy Series
  • 1 book in the Smart Pop Series

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