Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A. Heinlein also wrote as: Anson MacDonald.

Robert A. Heinlein was born in Butler, MO, USA on July 7th, 1907 and passed away at the age of 80 on May 8th, 1988.

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Robert A. Heinlein Stats: The highest rated book by Robert A. Heinlein on Book Notification is The Past Through Tomorrow, the 7th novel in the Future History/Heinlein Timeline series. The second-highest rated book is The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, a Standalone novel.

The most read book by Robert A. Heinlein on Book Notification is Stranger in a Strange Land, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is Starship Troopers / Starship Soldier, a Standalone novel.

Below is a complete list of Robert A. Heinlein books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Future History/Heinlein Timeline Books in Publication Order

Stories of inventors facing opposition, and men working in space and on the Moon, based on the work of Robert Heinlein.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Misfit
1939
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2
Let There Be Light
1940
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3
Blowups Happen
1940
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4
7.7
Methuselah's Children
1941
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5
We Also Walk Dogs
1941
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6
The Long Watch
1949
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7
8
The Man Who Sold the Moon
1950
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8
7.7
The Green Hills of Earth
1951
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9
6.8
Revolt in 2100
1953
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10
6.7
Orphans of the Sky
1963
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8.8
The Past Through Tomorrow
1967
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List of Heinlein's Juveniles Books in Publication Order

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6.6
Rocket Ship Galileo
1947
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2
7.2
Space Cadet
1948
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3
6.8
Red Planet
1949
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4
7.3
Farmer in the Sky / Satellite Scout
1950
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5
7.2
Between Planets / Planets in Combat
1951
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6
7.6
The Rolling Stones / Tramp Space Ship / Space Family Stone
1952
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7
7
Starman Jones
1953
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8
6.5
The Star Beast / Star Lummox
1954
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9
7.4
Tunnel in the Sky
1955
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10
8.4
Time for the Stars
1956
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11
7.2
Citizen of the Galaxy
1957
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12
7.6
Have Space Suit—Will Travel
1958
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List of The Road to Science Fiction Books in Publication Order (by with James Edwin Gunn)

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The Road to Science Fiction 4: From Here to Forever (By: James Edwin Gunn)
1982
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List of World As Myth Books in Publication Order

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8
Time Enough for Love
1973
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2
7.8
The Number of the Beast
1980
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3
7.6
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
1985
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4
7.7
To Sail Beyond the Sunset
1987
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.8
Sixth Column / The Day After Tomorrow ( As: Anson MacDonald)
1941
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2
7.3
Beyond This Horizon ( As: Anson MacDonald)
1948
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3
7.7
The Puppet Masters
1951
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4
7.8
Double Star
1956
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5
8.2
The Door into Summer
1957
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6
8
Starship Troopers / Starship Soldier
1959
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7
7.4
Stranger in a Strange Land
1961
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8
8.3
Podkayne of Mars
1963
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9
7.6
Glory Road
1963
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10
6.9
Farnham's Freehold
1964
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11
8.5
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
1966
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12
8
I Will Fear No Evil
1970
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13
7.1
Friday
1982
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14
7.5
Job
1984
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15
6
For Us, the Living
2003
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16
8.2
Variable Star (With: Spider Robinson)
2006
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17
The Pursuit of the Pankera
2020
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

Speculative and science-fiction tales.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
4
And He Built A Crooked House
1940
2
Universe
1941
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3
Destination Moon
1950
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4
The Year of the Jackpot
1952
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5
9.3
'All You Zombies--'
1959
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List of Chapbooks in Publication Order

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1
10
The Notebooks of Lazarus Long
1975
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List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

Heinlein's sci-fi and fantasy short-stories collected.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9
Life Line
1939
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2
Ordeal in Space
1948
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3
7.3
Waldo & Magic, Inc.
1950
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4
6
Assignment in Eternity
1953
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5
7.3
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag
1959
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6
7.3
The Menace from Earth
1959
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7
Lost Legacy
1960
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8
Three by Heinlein / Heinlein Triad
1965
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9
6 x H
1969
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10
The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein
1972
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11
The Best of Robert Heinlein, 1947-1959
1973
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12
The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein
1986
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13
Off the Main Sequence
2005
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14
Outward Bound
2006
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15
Project Moonbase and Others
2008
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

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The Science Fiction Novel (With: Robert Bloch, C.M. Kornbluth, Alfred Bester, Basil Davenport)
1959
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2
Cliffsnotes Heinlein's Works (With: CliffsNotes, Baird Searles)
1969
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3
7.5
Expanded Universe
1980
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4
8
Grumbles from the Grave
1989
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5
Tramp Royale
1992
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6
Take Back Your Government
1992
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List of Collections in Publication Order

46-volume leather-bound set of Heinlein's complete works, letters, and scholarly notes.

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1
The Virginia Edition (46 Volume Collectors Set)
2010
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List of Foundations of Fear Anthology Books in Publication Order

Horror fiction collection from various famous authors.

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An Exploration of Horror: Foundations of Fear (With: George R.R. Martin, David G. Hartwell, Peter Straub, Richard Matheson, Daphne du Maurier, Clive Barker, Carlos Fuentes, Arthur Machen, Gerald Durrell)
1992
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2
Foundations of Fear: Volume I: Shadows of Fear (With: David G. Hartwell, Peter Straub, H.P. Lovecraft, Daphne du Maurier, Arthur Machen, Jean Ray, Harriet Prescott Spofford)
1994
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3
Foundations of Fear: Volume II: Worlds of Fear (By: George R.R. Martin, David G. Hartwell, Thomas Hardy, Gertrude Atherton, Thomas M. Disch, Elizabeth Engstrom, Carlos Fuentes)
1994
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4
Foundations of Fear: Volume III: Visions of Fear (By: David G. Hartwell, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Richard Matheson, Philip K. Dick, Clive Barker, Octavia E. Butler, Gerald Durrell)
1994
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List of L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future Books in Publication Order

A showcase of sci-fi and fantasy writers, chosen by contests founded by sci-fi author L. Ron Hubbard.

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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1
1985
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 2
1986
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3
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 3
1987
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4
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 4
1988
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5
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 5
1989
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6
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 6
1990
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7
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 7
1991
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8
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 8
1992
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9
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 9
1993
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10
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 10
1994
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11
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 11
1995
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12
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 12
1996
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13
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 13
1997
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14
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 14
1998
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15
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 15
1999
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16
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 16
2000
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17
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 17
2001
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 18
2002
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 19
2002
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20
2004
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 21
2005
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 22
2006
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 23
2007
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 24
2008
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 25
2009
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 26
2010
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 27
2011
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 28
2012
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 29
2013
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 30
2014
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 31
2015
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32
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 32
2016
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 33
2017
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 34
2018
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 35
2019
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 36
2020
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 37
2021
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 38
2022
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 39
2023
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future 40
2024
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 41
2025
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List of Robert A. Heinlein Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Street & Smith's Unknown, Vol 4. No. 6
1941
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2
The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction
1943
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3
Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space
1946
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4
Tomorrow, the Stars
1952
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5
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction - May 1954 - Vol. 6, No. 5
1954
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6
6 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction
1954
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7
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Ninth Series
1958
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8
50 Short Science Fiction Tales
1963
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9
Worlds to Come: New Science Fiction Adventures
1967
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10
Galaxy Science Fiction, October-November 1970
1970
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11
7.3
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A
1973
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12
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow...
1974
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13
Other Dimensions
1974
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14
Rod Serling's Other Worlds
1978
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15
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century
1980
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16
The Best of All Possible Worlds
1980
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17
Analog: Writers' Choice Volume II
1984
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18
Age of Wonders: Exploring the World of Science Fiction
1984
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19
Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow
1987
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20
New Destinies Vol. 6: Winter 1988
1988
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21
A Separate Star: A Tribute to Rudyard Kipling
1989
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22
Requiem: Collected Works and Tributes to the Grand Master
1991
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23
Cats in Space... and Other Places
1992
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24
An Exploration of Horror: Foundations of Fear
1992
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25
Foundations of Fear: Volume I: Shadows of Fear
1994
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26
Foundations of Fear: Volume II: Worlds of Fear
1994
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27
Foundations of Fear: Volume III: Visions of Fear
1994
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28
Bangs & Whimpers
1999
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29
The SFWA Grand Masters 1
1999
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30
The World Turned Upside Down
2005
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31
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction
2010
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32
Science Fiction Super Pack #1
2013
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33
Red Sky
2014
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34
Space Pioneers
2018
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35
Infinite Stars
2019
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Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A. Heinlein (Robert Anson Heinlein) was born on July 7th, 1907. Robert passed away May 8th, 1988 at 80 years old. Robert A. Heinlein was born in Butler, MO, USA.

Robert A. Heinlein had written 17 standalone novels, starting with Sixth Column / The Day After Tomorrow in 1941. The most recently released novel was The Pursuit of the Pankera, which was released in 2020.

Robert A. Heinlein also wrote the Short Story Collections series which has 15 books including Life Line and Ordeal in Space.

Robert A. Heinlein: Awards & Accolades

Heinlein's books have won multiple awards, Farmer in the Sky / Satellite Scout won the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1951. Double Star won the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1956. Starship Troopers / Starship Soldier won the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1960. Stranger in a Strange Land won the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1962. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress won the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1967. I Will Fear No Evil won the Seiun Award, Best Translated Long Work, in 1978.

The following novels by Robert A. Heinlein were nominated for these awards:

  • Have Space Suit—Will Travel: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1959).
  • Glory Road: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1964).
  • The Moon is a Harsh Mistress: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1966).
  • Time Enough for Love: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1974).
  • Friday: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1983).
  • Job: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1985).
  • Grumbles from the Grave: Hugo Award, Best Related Work (1990).
  • The Star Beast / Star Lummox: Audie Award, Best Audio Drama (2008).

Robert A. Heinlein: Lists & Other Mentions

  • The Moon is a Harsh Mistress was a Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Readers' List Selection in 1998 and an NPR: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books Selection in 2011.
  • Stranger in a Strange Land was a Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Readers' List Selection in 1998 and an NPR: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books Selection in 2011.
  • Starship Troopers / Starship Soldier has made several lists including:
    1. Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Readers' List Selection in 1998.
    2. AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books Selection in 2021.
    3. NPR: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books Selection in 2011.
  • The Door into Summer was a Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Readers' List Selection in 1998.
  • The Puppet Masters was a Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Readers' List Selection in 1998.
  • Double Star was a Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Readers' List Selection in 1998.
  • Citizen of the Galaxy was a Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Readers' List Selection in 1998.
  • The Man Who Sold the Moon was a Flavor Wire: 50 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novels That Everyone Should Read Selection in 2013.
  • I Will Fear No Evil was a Spy.com: The 25 Best Science-Fiction Books of All Time Selection in 2020.
  • Orphans of the Sky was a Spy.com: The 25 Best Science-Fiction Books of All Time Selection in 2020.

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Robert A. Heinlein: F.A.Q

When was Robert A. Heinlein Born?

Robert A. Heinlein was born on July 7th, 1907.

When did Robert A. Heinlein die?

Robert A. Heinlein died on May 8th, 1988 at 80 years old.

Where was Robert A. Heinlein Born?

Robert A. Heinlein was born in Butler, MO, USA.

What book awards has Robert A. Heinlein won?

Farmer in the Sky / Satellite Scout: Hugo Award Best Novel (1951).
Double Star: Hugo Award Best Novel (1956).
Starship Troopers / Starship Soldier: Hugo Award Best Novel (1960).
Stranger in a Strange Land: Hugo Award Best Novel (1962).
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress: Hugo Award Best Novel (1967).
I Will Fear No Evil: Seiun Award Best Translated Long Work (1978).

What was the first book Robert A. Heinlein wrote?

The first book written by Robert A. Heinlein was Life Line, published in 1939.

What was the most recent book Robert A. Heinlein wrote?

His most recently released work was The Pursuit of the Pankera on March 24th, 2020.

What is the most popular book by Robert A. Heinlein?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Robert A. Heinlein book is Stranger in a Strange Land. Here are his most popular books:
  1. Stranger in a Strange Land (7.42)
  2. Starship Troopers / Starship Soldier (8)
  3. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (8.52)
  4. Time Enough for Love (8)
  5. Friday (7.08)

How many books has Robert A. Heinlein written?

Robert A. Heinlein has written 73 books across 20 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 11 books in the Future History/Heinlein Timeline Series
  • 12 books in the Heinlein's Juveniles Series
  • 4 books in the World As Myth Series
  • 17 Standalone Novels
  • 5 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 1 Chapbooks
  • 15 Short Story Collections
  • 6 Non-Fiction Books
  • 1 Collections
  • 1 book in the L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future Series

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