Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois, USA on August 22nd, 1920 and passed away at the age of 91 on June 5th, 2012.

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Ray Bradbury Stats: The highest rated book by Ray Bradbury on Book Notification is The Martian Chronicles, a Collection. The second-highest rated book is The Illustrated Man, a Collection .

The most read book by Ray Bradbury on Book Notification is Fahrenheit 451, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is Something Wicked This Way Comes (Green Town #2).

Below is a complete list of Ray Bradbury books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Crumley Mysteries Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Death is a Lonely Business
1985
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2
A Graveyard for Lunatics
1990
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3
6
Let's All Kill Constance
2003
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List of Green Town Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Dandelion Wine
1957
Go
2
7.9
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1962
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3
8
Farewell Summer
2006
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4
Summer Morning, Summer Night
2008
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Fahrenheit 451
1953
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2
8.3
The Halloween Tree
1972
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3
Green Shadows, White Whale
1992
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4
Ahmed and the Oblivion Machines
1998
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5
8
From the Dust Returned
2001
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List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Dark Carnival
1947
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2
8.6
The Martian Chronicles
1950
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3
8.5
The Illustrated Man (With: P. Craig Russell)
1951
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4
A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories
1952
Go
5
8
The Golden Apples of the Sun
1953
Go
6
6.5
The October Country
1955
Go
7
The Day It Rained Forever
1959
Go
8
9
A Medicine for Melancholy
1959
Go
9
The Small Assassin
1962
Go
10
8
R Is for Rocket
1962
Go
11
The Machineries of Joy
1964
Go
12
The Vintage Bradbury
1965
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13
The Autumn People
1965
Go
14
Twice 22
1966
Go
15
Tomorrow Midnight
1966
Go
16
S is for Space
1966
Go
17
Fever Dream And Other Fantasies
1968
Go
18
7.2
I Sing the Body Electric
1969
Go
19
10
Ray Bradbury
1975
Go
20
Long After Midnight
1976
Go
21
10
Ray Bradbury Collected Short Stories
1979
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22
10
The Stories of Ray Bradbury
1980
Go
23
The Last Circus and the Electrocution
1980
Go
24
6
Dinosaur Tales
1984
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25
A Memory of Murder
1984
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26
The Toynbee Convector
1988
Go
27
Selected from Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed
1990
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28
Classic Stories 2
1990
Go
29
The Ray Bradbury Chronicles 1 (With: Al Williamson, Kent Williams, John Van Fleet, P. Craig Russell, Ralp Reese, Ray Zone, Chuck Roblin, Vicente Segrelles)
1992
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30
Ray Bradbury Chronicles, Vol 4
1993
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31
Quicker Than the Eye
1996
Go
32
Driving Blind
1997
Go
33
One More for the Road
2002
Go
34
Stories Volume 2
2003
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35
Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales
2003
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36
The Cat's Pajamas
2004
Go
37
Now and Forever
2007
Go
38
We'll Always Have Paris
2009
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39
8
A Pleasure to Burn
2010
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40
The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: Critical Edition Vol 1
2011
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41
The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: Critical Edition Vol 2
2014
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42
The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: Critical Edition Vol 3
2017
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43
6
Killer, Come Back To Me
2020
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44
Venus Remembered
2020
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45
Across the Sullen Void
2023
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Poems
1945
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2
Skeletons
1945
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3
The Homecoming
1946
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4
Zero Hour
1947
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5
The Black Ferris
1948
Go
6
The Blue Bottle / Death-Wish
1950
Go
7
There Will Come Soft Rains
1950
Go
8
8
The Veldt
1950
Go
9
8
A Sound of Thunder
1951
Go
10
The Fog Horn
1951
Go
11
The Playground
1953
Go
12
10
All Summer in a Day
1954
Go
13
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1972
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14
The Mummies of Guanajuato
1978
Go
15
One Timeless Spring
1980
Go
16
The Love Affair
1982
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17
Death Has Lost Its Charm For Me
1987
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18
Fever Dream
1987
Go
19
The Thing at the Top of the Stairs
1988
Go
20
A Chapbook for Burnt-Out Priests, Rabbis, and Ministers
2001
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21
The Dragon Who Ate His Tail
2007
Go
22
Marionettes, Inc.
2009
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23
Defense Mech
2021
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Why Man Explores (With: Norman Cousins, Jacques-Yves Cousteau)
1977
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2
The Art of Playboy
1985
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3
9
Zen in the Art of Writing
1987
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4
Folon's Folons
1990
Go
5
Yestermorrow
1991
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6
Rod Steiger: Memoirs of a Friendship
1998
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7
Imagining Space: Achievements, Predictions, Possibilities 1950-2050
2001
Go
8
Conversations with Ray Bradbury
2004
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9
Bradbury Speaks
2005
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10
Match to Flame
2007
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11
Listen to the Echoes (With: Sam Weller)
2010
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List of Poetry Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
When Elephants Last In The Dooryard Bloomed
1973
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2
Where Robot Mice & Robot Men Run Round in Robot Towns
1977
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3
This Attic Where the Meadow Greens
1979
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4
The Haunted Computer and the Android Pope
1981
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5
The Complete Poems of Ray Bradbury
1982
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List of Screenplays/Plays in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Kaleidoscope
1940
Go
2
The Anthem Sprinters and Other Antics
1963
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3
Pillar of Fire and Other Plays for Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond Tomorrow
1975
Go
4
Nemo!
2012
Go

List of The Last Interview Books in Publication Order

Numerous interviews with renowned intellectuals and writers.

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Learning to Live Finally (By: Jacques Derrida)
2005
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2
Roberto Bolaño (By: Roberto Bolaño)
2009
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3
Kurt Vonnegut (By: Kurt Vonnegut)
2011
Go
4
Jorge Luis Borges (By: Jorge Luis Borges)
2012
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5
Hannah Arendt (By: Hannah Arendt)
2013
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6
James Baldwin (By: James Baldwin, Quincy Troupe)
2014
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7
Ray Bradbury (With: Sam Weller)
2014
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8
Gabriel García Márquez (By: Gabriel García Márquez)
2015
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9
Lou Reed (By: Lou Reed)
2015
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10
Ernest Hemingway (By: Ernest Hemingway)
2015
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11
Nora Ephron (By: Nora Ephron)
2015
Go
12
Philip K. Dick (By: Philip K. Dick)
2015
Go
13
J. D. Salinger (By: J.D. Salinger)
2016
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14
Oliver Sacks (By: Oliver Sacks)
2016
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15
Jane Jacobs (By: Jane Jacobs)
2016
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16
David Bowie (By: David Bowie)
2016
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17
Martin Luther King, Jr. (By: Martin Luther King Jr.)
2017
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18
Christopher Hitchens (By: Christopher Hitchens)
2017
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19
Hunter S. Thompson (By: Hunter S. Thompson)
2018
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20
Kathy Acker (By: Kathy Acker)
2018
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21
Julia Child (By: Julia Child)
2018
Go
22
9
Ursula K. Le Guin (By: Ursula K. Le Guin)
2019
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23
Billie Holiday (By: Billie Holiday)
2019
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24
Graham Greene (By: Graham Greene)
2019
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25
Toni Morrison (By: Toni Morrison)
2020
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26
Frida Kahlo (By: Frida Kahlo)
2020
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27
Shirley Chisholm (By: Shirley Chisholm)
2021
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28
Fred Rogers (By: Fred Rogers)
2021
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29
Johnny Cash (By: Johnny Cash)
2021
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30
John Lewis (By: Melville House)
2021
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31
Janet Malcolm (By: Melville House)
2022
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32
Kurt Cobain ( By: Melville House)
2022
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33
bell hooks (By: bell hooks)
2023
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34
Octavia E. Butler (By: Melville House)
2023
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List of Graphic Novels in Publication Order (with Tim Hamilton, with Ron Wimberly)

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation (With: Tim Hamilton)
2009
Go
2
Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles: The Authorized Adaptation (With: Howard Zimmerman, Dennis Calero)
2011
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3
Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles: The Authorized Adaptation (By: Dennis Calero)
2011
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4
Something Wicked This Way Comes: The Authorized Adaptation (With: Ron Wimberly)
2011
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List of Weird Tales Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Weird Tales 1 ( By: Lin Carter)
1981
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2
Weird Tales 2 (By: Robert Bloch, Tanith Lee, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard)
1981
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3
Weird Tales 3 (By: Robert Bloch, Tanith Lee, Robert E. Howard, Evangeline Walton)
1981
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4
Weird Tales 4 (With: Robert E. Howard)
1983
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List of Ray Bradbury Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Invasion From Mars:Interplanetary Stories
1949
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2
Star Science Fiction Stories 3
1955
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3
10
The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories
1956
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4
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 13 More Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV
1957
Go
5
Stories for the Dead of Night
1957
Go
6
The Ghoul Keepers
1961
Go
7
The Bedside Playboy
1963
Go
8
The Seventh Galaxy Reader
1964
Go
9
Alfred Hitchcock's Monster Museum: Twelve Shuddery Stories for Daring Young Readers
1965
Go
10
The Microcosmic God
1965
Go
11
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Scared Even Me
1967
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12
Worlds to Come: New Science Fiction Adventures
1967
Go
13
Time Untamed
1967
Go
14
21 Great Stories
1969
Go
15
Nova 1
1970
Go
16
Young Demons
1972
Go
17
Space Suits & Gumshoes
1972
Go
18
The Devil's Generation
1973
Go
19
Galaxy Science Fiction - October 1973
1973
Go
20
Gooseflesh
1974
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21
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow...
1974
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22
Beyond Midnight
1976
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23
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22nd Series
1976
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24
Extraterrestrial Intelligence
1976
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25
The Late Great Future
1976
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26
The 10th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories
1977
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27
Weird Legacies
1977
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28
Rod Serling's Other Worlds
1978
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29
They Came from Outer Space: 12 Classic Science Fiction Tales That Became Major Motion Pictures
1979
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30
Ghosts That Haunt You
1980
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31
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century
1980
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32
Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror
1980
Go
33
Dark Forces
1980
Go
34
Weekend Book of Science Fiction
1981
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35
Scaremongers
1981
Go
36
Perspectives in Literature: A Book of Short Stories, Vol. 1
1983
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37
13 Horrors of Halloween
1983
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38
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories
1984
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39
Fourth Planet from the Sun
1984
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40
Crime SuspenStories
1986
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41
Cutting Edge
1986
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42
Ready or Not: Here Come Fourteen Frightening Stories!
1987
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43
6
Mysterious Sea Stories
1987
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44
The Monster Book of Monsters
1988
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45
Science Fiction Stories
1988
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46
Weird Science
1989
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47
Tales of the Occult
1989
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48
Great Baseball Stories
1990
Go
49
The Horror Hall of Fame
1991
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50
The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces
1992
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51
Monsters in Our Midst
1993
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52
The Ultimate Witch
1993
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53
Sea-Cursed
1994
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54
Space Movies
1995
Go
55
Night Screams
1996
Go
56
Dark Terrors 3
1997
Go
57
Time Machines
1997
Go
58
The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings
1998
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59
A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic
1998
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60
Eleventh Annual Collection
1998
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61
The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology
1999
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62
October Dreams
2000
Go
63
The Writer's Guide to Fantasy Literature
2002
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64
Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters
2002
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65
Writing Los Angeles
2002
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66
Murder On The Railways
2003
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67
Dark Delicacies
2005
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68
A Tangled Web
2005
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69
Nightmares on Congress Street, Part V
2006
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70
Masques V
2006
Go
71
Selected Shorts
2008
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72
The Best of Cemetery Dance II
2008
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73
Zombies: Encounters with the Hungry Dead
2009
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74
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction
2010
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75
Wally Wood’s EC Stories: Artist's Edition
2011
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76
Like Water for Quarks
2011
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77
Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury
2012
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78
A Carnivàle of Horror
2012
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79
Psychos
2012
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80
Other Worlds
2013
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81
Guys Read: Other Worlds
2013
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82
The Time Traveler's Almanac
2013
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83
Fantastic Stories Presents
2014
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84
Parallàxis: A twist in the mind
2014
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85
Field of Fantasies
2014
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86
Science Fiction Gems, Volume Ten, Robert Sheckley and Others
2015
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87
Darker Terrors 7
2016
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88
The 12th Science Fiction MEGAPACK®
2016
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89
Grave Predictions
2016
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90
Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore
2017
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91
Lost Mars
2018
Go
92
The Science Fiction Collection #1
2018
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93
7.5
Flight or Fright
2018
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94
Science Fiction Gems, Volume 15, Milton Lessor and Others
2018
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95
99 Classic Science-Fiction Short Stories
2019
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96
The Science Fiction Collection
2019
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97
One Hundred
2020
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98
Planet Stories Super Pack #2
2020
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99
The Ultimate Short Story Bundle
2020
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Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) was born on August 22nd, 1920. Ray passed away June 5th, 2012 at 91 years old. Ray Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois, USA.

Ray Bradbury was the author of the Ray Bradbury Short Story Collections series which consists of 45 novels. The Ray Bradbury Short Story Collections series started in 1947 with the novel Dark Carnival. The most recently released novel in the Ray Bradbury Short Story Collections series was Across the Sullen Void which was released in 2023. There are no upcoming novels for the Ray Bradbury Short Story Collections series.

Ray Bradbury: Awards & Accolades

Ray Bradbury has won multiple awards including: The World Fantasy Award, Life Achievement, in 1977, Bram Stoker Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, in 1988 and the Helmerich Award, Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award, in 1994.

Ray Bradbury has won many awards including:

  • Fahrenheit 451 won the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1954.
  • The Poems won the Seiun Award, Best Translated Short Story, in 1971.
  • The Blue Bottle / Death-Wish won the Seiun Award, Best Translated Short Story, in 1972.
  • The Black Ferris won the Seiun Award, Best Translated Short Story, in 1973.
  • Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror won the World Fantasy Award, Collection, in 1981.
  • One More for the Road won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection, in 2002.
  • Dark Delicacies won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology, in 2005.
  • Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology, in 2012.

The following novels by Ray Bradbury were also nominated for these awards:

  • Long After Midnight: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1977). Audie Award, Best Short Stories or Collections (2011).
  • The Stories of Ray Bradbury: Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Best Fiction (1981).
  • The Thing at the Top of the Stairs: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Short Fiction (1988).
  • The Toynbee Convector: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (1988).
  • Scaremongers: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (1998).
  • Driving Blind: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1998). British Fantasy Award, Best Collection (1999).
  • Eleventh Annual Collection: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (1998).
  • From the Dust Returned: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Novel (2001). World Fantasy Award, Novel (2002).
  • Listen to the Echoes: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction (2010).
  • Flight or Fright: Goodreads Awards, Best Horror (2018).

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Ray Bradbury: F.A.Q

When was Ray Bradbury Born?

Ray Bradbury was born on August 22nd, 1920.

When did Ray Bradbury die?

Ray Bradbury died on June 5th, 2012 at 91 years old.

Where was Ray Bradbury Born?

Ray Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois, USA.

What awards has Ray Bradbury won?

Ray Bradbury has won the following awards: Life Achievement at the World Fantasy Award (1977), Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bram Stoker Awards (1988) and the Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award at the Helmerich Award (1994).

What book awards has Ray Bradbury won?

Fahrenheit 451: Hugo Award Best Novel (1954).
The Poems: Seiun Award Best Translated Short Story (1971).
The Blue Bottle / Death-Wish: Seiun Award Best Translated Short Story (1972).
The Black Ferris: Seiun Award Best Translated Short Story (1973).
Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror: World Fantasy Award Collection (1981).
One More for the Road: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (2002).
Dark Delicacies: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2005).
Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2012).

What was the first book Ray Bradbury wrote?

The first book written by Ray Bradbury was Kaleidoscope, published in 1940.

What was the most recent book Ray Bradbury wrote?

His most recently released work was Across the Sullen Void (a short story) on December 26th, 2023.

How many books has Ray Bradbury written?

Ray Bradbury has written 105 books across 12 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 3 books in the Crumley Mysteries Series
  • 4 books in the Green Town Series
  • 5 Standalone Novels
  • 45 Short Story Collections
  • 23 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 11 Non-Fiction Books
  • 5 books in the Poetry Series
  • 4 books in the Screenplays/Plays Series
  • 1 Sam Weller Non-Fiction Books
  • 1 book in The Last Interview Series
  • 3 books in the Graphic Novels Series
  • 1 book in the Weird Tales Series

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