Harry Harrison

Harry Harrison

Harry Harrison was born in Stamford, Connecticut, USA on March 12th, 1925 and passed away at the age of 87 on August 15th, 2012.

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Harry Harrison Stats: The highest rated book by Harry Harrison on Book Notification is A Stainless Steel Rat is Born, the 6th novel in the Stainless Steel Rat series. The second-highest rated book is The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You! (Stainless Steel Rat #4).

The most read book by Harry Harrison on Book Notification is Stainless Steel Rat, the first novel in the Stainless Steel Rat series. The second most read book is The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You! (Stainless Steel Rat #4).

Below is a complete list of Harry Harrison books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Harry Harrison is the Stainless Steel Rat Series.

List of Stainless Steel Rat Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Stainless Steel Rat books are Stainless Steel Rat, The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You!, and The Stainless Steel Rat for President.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.2
Stainless Steel Rat
1961
Go
2
8.5
The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge
1970
Go
3
8.7
The Stainless Steel Rat Saves The World
1971
Go
4
8.3
The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You!
1978
Go
5
8.5
The Stainless Steel Rat for President
1982
Go
6
8.4
A Stainless Steel Rat is Born
1985
Go
7
9
The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted
1987
Go
8
Stainless Steel Visions
1992
Go
9
9
The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues
1994
Go
10
8.7
The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell
1996
Go
11
8
The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus
1999
Go
12
10
The Stainless Steel Rat Returns
2010
Go

List of Stainless Steel Rat Books in Chronological Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.4
A Stainless Steel Rat is Born
1985
Go
2
9
The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted
1987
Go
3
9
The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues
1994
Go
4
8.2
Stainless Steel Rat
1961
Go
5
8.5
The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge
1970
Go
6
8.7
The Stainless Steel Rat Saves The World
1971
Go
8
8.3
The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You!
1978
Go
9
8.5
The Stainless Steel Rat for President
1982
Go
10
Stainless Steel Visions
1992
Go
11
8.7
The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell
1996
Go
12
8
The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus
1999
Go
13
10
The Stainless Steel Rat Returns
2010
Go

List of Stainless Steel Rat (Game Books) Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
You Can Be the Stainless Steel Rat
1985
Go

List of Brion Brandd Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Planet of the Damned / A Sense of Obligation
1962
Go
2
6
Planet of No Return
1981
Go

List of Deathworld Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Deathworld
1960
Go
2
6
Deathworld II: The Ethical Engineer
1964
Go
3
Deathworld 3
1968
Go

List of Eden Books in Publication Order

A hunter leads humanity in a battle for survival against intelligent dinosaurs.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
West of Eden
1984
Go
2
10
Winter in Eden
1986
Go
3
10
Return to Eden
1988
Go

List of Hammer and The Cross Books in Publication Order (with John Holm)

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
The Hammer and the Cross
1993
Go
2
6
One King's Way
1994
Go
3
8
King and Emperor (With: John Holm)
1996
Go

List of Nova Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Nova books are Nova One, Nova 2, and Nova 3 / The Outdated Man.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Nova One
1971
Go
2
Nova 2
1972
Go
3
Nova 3 / The Outdated Man
1973
Go
4
Nova IV (With: Robert Sheckley)
1974
Go

List of Stars and Stripes Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7
Stars and Stripes Forever
1998
Go
2
8
Stars and Stripes in Peril
2000
Go
3
Stars and Stripes Triumphant
2001
Go

List of Tony Hawkin Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Montezuma's Revenge
1972
Go
2
Queen Victoria's Revenge
1974
Go

List of To The Stars Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Homeworld
1980
Go
2
Wheelworld
1981
Go
3
Starworld
1981
Go

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are Make Room! Make Room!, Tunnel Through the Deeps / A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!, and Skyfall.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Plague from Space
1965
Go
2
6
The Jupiter Plague
1965
Go
3
9
Make Room! Make Room!
1966
Go
4
The Technicolor Time Machine
1967
Go
5
The Man from P.I.G.
1968
Go
6
Captive Universe
1969
Go
7
In Our Hands, the Stars / The Daleth Effect
1970
Go
8
Spaceship Medic
1970
Go
9
The Jupiter Legacy
1970
Go
10
Tunnel Through the Deeps / A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!
1972
Go
11
Stonehenge: Where Atlantis Died (With: Leon E. Stover)
1972
Go
12
The Men from P.I.G. and R.O.B.O.T.
1974
Go
13
Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers
1974
Go
14
6
The Lifeship / Lifeboat (With: Gordon R. Dickson)
1975
Go
15
6
The California Iceberg (With: James E. Barry)
1975
Go
16
6
Skyfall
1976
Go
17
Mechanismo
1978
Go
18
Planet Story
1979
Go
19
The QEII is Missing
1980
Go
20
7
Invasion: Earth
1982
Go
21
A Rebel in Time
1983
Go
22
8
The Turing Option (With: Marvin Minsky)
1992
Go

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short stories and novellas are The Misplaced Battleship, Navy Day, and The Repairman.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
4
The Web of the Worlds (With: Katherine MacLean)
1953
Go
2
6
Navy Day
1954
Go
3
The Velvet Glove
1956
Go
4
8
The Repairman
1958
Go
5
Arm of the Law
1958
Go
6
The Misplaced Battleship
1960
Go
7
The K-Factor
1960
Go
8
Toy Shop
2010
Go

List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short story collections are One Step from Earth, War with the Robots, and 50 in 50.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
War with the Robots
1962
Go
2
Two Tales and Eight Tomorrows
1965
Go
3
Prime Number
1970
Go
4
One Step from Earth
1970
Go
5
The Best of Harry Harrison
1977
Go
6
Galactic Dreams
1995
Go
7
50 in 50
2001
Go
8
Toy Shop and Two Others
2009
Go
9
The Idols of Wuld & Planet of the Damned (With: Milton Lesser)
2016
Go

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Great Balls of Fire
1977
Go
2
Spacecraft In Fact and Fiction (With: Malcolm Edwards)
1979
Go
3
Harry Harrison! Harry Harrison!
2014
Go

List of Best SF Anthologies in Publication Order (with Brian W. Aldiss, with Robert Sheckley)

Ranked by popularity, the top Best SF Anthologies books are Best SF: 1973 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 7, Best SF: 1968 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 2, and Best SF: 1969 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 3.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Best SF: 1968 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 2
1969
Go
2
Best SF: 1969 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 3
1970
Go
3
Best SF: 1970 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 4
1971
Go
4
Best SF: 1971 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 5
1972
Go
5
Best SF: 1973 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 7
1973
Go
6
Best SF: 1975 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 9
1976
Go

List of Bill, The Galactic Hero Books in Publication Order

A shanghaied soldier endures bizarre and perilous misadventures across the galaxy.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7
Bill, the Galactic Hero
1965
Go
2
6
The Planet of the Robot Slaves
1989
Go
3
6
On the Planet of Bottled Brains (With: Robert Sheckley)
1990
Go
4
6
On the Planet of Tasteless Pleasure (With: David Bischoff)
1990
Go
5
On the Planet of Zombie Vampires (With: Jack C. Haldeman II)
1991
Go
6
The Planet of the Hippies from Hell / On the Planet of Ten Thousand Bars (With: David Bischoff)
1991
Go
7
The Final Incoherent Adventure! (With: David Harris)
1992
Go

List of The EC Archives Books in Publication Order

Reprints classic EC Comics in full color, including Aces High, Crime Illustrated, and Crime SuspenStories.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Weird Science Volume 1
2006
Go
2
Tales from the Crypt Volume 1 (By: Harvey Kurtzman, Al Feldstein)
2007
Go
3
Two-Fisted Tales Volume 1 (By: Wallace Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis)
2007
Go
4
Weird Science, Vol. 2 (By: Al Feldstein)
2007
Go
5
Two-Fisted Tales, Vol. 2 (By: Harvey Kurtzman)
2007
Go
6
Crime SuspenStories, Vol. 1 (By: Al Feldstein)
2008
Go
7
Weird Science, Vol. 3 (By: Al Feldstein)
2008
Go
8
Frontline Combat, Vol. 1 (By: Harvey Kurtzman, Giorgio Cavazzano, Jerry DeFuccio, Wally Wood)
2008
Go
9
Volume 1 (By: Harvey Kurtzman)
2013
Go
10
The Vault of Horror Volume 3 (By: Daniel Chabon, Al Feldstein, William M. Gaines, Jerry De Fuccio)
2016
Go
11
Two-Fisted Tales Volume 3 (By: Harvey Kurtzman)
2016
Go
12
The Haunt of Fear Volume 4 (By: Otto Binder, Al Feldstein, William M. Gaines)
2017
Go
13
The Haunt of Fear Volume 3 (By: Al Feldstein)
2017
Go
14
Weird Fantasy Volume 3 (By: William M. Gaines)
2018
Go
15
Panic Volume 2 (By: Al Feldstein, William M. Gaines, Jack Mendelsohn)
2018
Go
16
The Haunt of Fear Volume 5 (By: Jack Davis, Otto Binder, Carl Wessler, William M. Gaines, Al Felstein)
2018
Go
17
The Vault of Horror Volume 5 (By: Vivian Ng, Irene Koh, William M. Gaines)
2019
Go
18
Piracy (By: Al Feldstein)
2019
Go
19
Frontline Combat Volume 2 (By: Jack Davis, Alex Toth, Harvey Kurtzman)
2019
Go
20
EC Comics Presents... The Vault of Horror! (By: Harvey Kurtzman)
2019
Go
21
Modern Love (By: Al Feldstein)
2019
Go
22
Psychoanalysis (By: Daniel Keyes, Robert Bernstein)
2020
Go
23
Impact (By: Al Feldstein)
2020
Go
24
War Against Crime Volume 2 (By: Al Feldstein)
2020
Go
25
Shock Illustrated (By: Al Feldstein)
2020
Go
26
Saddle Justice (By: Al Feldstein)
2021
Go
27
MD (By: Al Feldstein)
2021
Go
28
EC Covers Artist's Edition (By: Frank Frazetta, Scott Dunbier, Harvey Kurtzman, Al Feldstein, Wally Wood)
2021
Go
29
Frontline Combat Volume 3 (By: Jack Davis, Alex Toth, Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood)
2021
Go
30
The Haunt of Fear Volume 1 (By: Harvey Kurtzman)
2021
Go
31
Crime Illustrated (By: Al Feldstein)
2022
Go
32
Terror Illustrated (By: Al Feldstein)
2022
Go
33
Confessions Illustrated (By: Daniel Keyes)
2022
Go
34
Tales from the Crypt Volume 3 (By: Al Feldstein)
2023
Go
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List of The Golden Age of Science Fiction Books in Publication Order (with James Blish, with Poul Anderson, with Clifford D. Simak, with Fritz Leiber, with Robert Sheckley, with Roger Dee, with Anthony Gilmore, with Robert Hoskins, with Richard Rein Smith)

Science Fiction Golden Age anthologies collecting stories by various authors.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume VI (By: Robert Sheckley)
2016
Go
2
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume IV (By: Robert Sheckley)
2018
Go
3
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X (With: James Blish, Poul Anderson, Clifford D. Simak, Fritz Leiber, Roger Dee, Anthony Gilmore, Robert Hoskins, Richard Rein Smith)
2018
Go
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List of SF Authors Choice Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
4
SF: Authors' Choice 4
1974
Go

List of Harry Harrison Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Eighth Galaxy Reader
1965
Go
2
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1965
1965
Go
3
Nebula Award Stories #2
1966
Go
4
Analog Science Fiction And Fact, March 1967
1967
Go
5
Farewell, Fantastic Venus / All About Venus
1968
Go
6
SF: Author's Choice
1968
Go
7
Apeman, Spaceman
1968
Go
8
Backdrop of Stars
1968
Go
9
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1969
1969
Go
10
Analog 6
1969
Go
11
Four for the Future
1969
Go
12
Blast Off
1969
Go
13
Worlds of If, February 1969
1969
Go
14
The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 3
1970
Go
15
Nova 1
1970
Go
16
The Year 2000
1970
Go
17
SF Authors' Choice 2
1970
Go
18
Science Against Man
1970
Go
19
4
The Light Fantastic
1971
Go
20
The Astounding Analog Reader
1972
Go
21
The Astounding-Analog Reader, Book Two
1973
Go
22
The Year's Best Science Fiction, Volume 6
1973
Go
23
A Science Fiction Reader
1973
Go
24
Best From Fantasy And Science Fiction: 18th Series
1973
Go
25
SF Authors' Choice 3
1973
Go
26
The John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology / Astounding
1973
Go
27
4
SF: Authors' Choice 4
1974
Go
28
Wondermakers 2
1974
Go
29
Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology
1974
Go
30
Decade: The 1940's
1975
Go
31
Hell's Cartographers
1975
Go
32
Antigrav
1975
Go
33
Decade: The 1950s
1976
Go
34
Study War No More
1977
Go
35
Decade: The 1960s
1977
Go
36
Weekend Book of Science Fiction
1981
Go
37
Tales from the Planet Earth
1986
Go
38
Tales From the Forbidden Planet
1987
Go
39
The Monster Book of Monsters
1988
Go
40
The Drabble Project
1988
Go
41
There Won't Be War
1991
Go
42
100 Astounding Little Alien Stories
1996
Go
43
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens
1999
Go
44
Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2
2010
Go
45
Beyond the Moons of Fomalhaut
2010
Go
46
The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack
2012
Go
47
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X
2018
Go
48
Epic Sci-Fi Odyssey
2025
Go
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Harry Harrison

Harry Harrison (Henry Maxwell Dempsey) was born on March 12th, 1925. Harry passed away August 15th, 2012 at 87 years old. Harry Harrison was born in Stamford, Connecticut, USA.

Harry Harrison had written 22 standalone novels, starting with Plague from Space in 1965. The most recently released novel was The Turing Option, which was released in 1992.

Harry Harrison also wrote the Stainless Steel Rat series which has 12 books including Stainless Steel Rat and The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge.

Harry Harrison: Awards & Accolades

Harry Harrison books have been nominated for multiple awards, Deathworld was nominated for the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1961. Planet of the Damned / A Sense of Obligation was nominated for the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1962.

Harry Harrison: Lists & Other Mentions

  • Make Room! Make Room! was an AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books Selection in 2021.

Related Authors

Fans of Harry Harrison also enjoy these authors:

  1. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.
  2. John Scalzi, author of the Old Man's War Series.
  3. Andy Weir, author of: Project Hail Mary.
  4. Isaac Asimov, author of the Foundation Series.
  5. Neil Gaiman, author of the American Gods Series.

Harry Harrison: F.A.Q

When was Harry Harrison Born?

Harry Harrison was born on March 12th, 1925.

When did Harry Harrison die?

Harry Harrison died on August 15th, 2012 at 87 years old.

Where was Harry Harrison Born?

Harry Harrison was born in Stamford, Connecticut, USA.

What was the first book Harry Harrison wrote?

The first book written by Harry Harrison was The Web of the Worlds, published in 1953.

What was the most recent book Harry Harrison wrote?

His most recently released work was The Idols of Wuld & Planet of the Damned on May 30th, 2016.

What is the most popular book by Harry Harrison?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Harry Harrison book is Stainless Steel Rat. Here are his most popular books:
  1. Stainless Steel Rat (8.2)
  2. The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You! (8.29)
  3. Deathworld (8)
  4. Bill, the Galactic Hero (7)
  5. The Stainless Steel Rat for President (8.5)

How many books has Harry Harrison written?

Harry Harrison has written 92 books across 19 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 12 books in the Stainless Steel Rat Series
  • 1 book in the Stainless Steel Rat (Game Books) Series
  • 2 books in the Brion Brandd Series
  • 3 books in the Deathworld Series
  • 3 books in the Eden Series
  • 3 books in the Hammer and The Cross Series
  • 4 books in the Nova Series
  • 3 books in the Stars and Stripes Series
  • 2 books in the Tony Hawkin Series
  • 3 books in the To The Stars Series
  • 22 Standalone Novels
  • 8 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 9 Short Story Collections
  • 3 Non-Fiction Books
  • 6 Best SF Anthologies
  • 7 books in the Bill, The Galactic Hero Series
  • 1 book in The EC Archives Series

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