Order of Douglas Adams Books
Douglas Adams (1952-2001) was an English writer of comedy, satire and science fiction. He is best known for his Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy (of five books). Adams was also very much into technology (he was the first person in Europe to purchase a Mac), an environmentalist and one of only two non-Pythons to get a writing credit on Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Adams died of a heart attack in May 2001.
Douglas Adams’ debut as a novelist was his most famous work, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in 1979. Below is a list of Douglas Adams’ books in order of when they were originally released (and in chronological order):
Publication Order of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Books
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Restaurant at the End of the Universe | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Life, the Universe and Everything | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Young Zaphod Plays It Safe | (1986) | Info. | ||
| Mostly Harmless | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Live in Concert | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| And Another Thing... | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Frood | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Secondary Phase | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Dirk Gently Books
| Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Salmon of Doubt | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Starship Titanic | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Meaning of Liff | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Last Chance to See | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Deeper Meaning of Liff | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Doctor Who: Target Collection Books
| Paradise Towers | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and The Pirate Planet | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Christmas Invasion | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Day of the Doctor | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Time War | (2018) | Info. | ||
| Rose | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Resurrection of the Daleks | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Revelation of the Daleks | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Crimson Horror | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Dalek | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Witchfinders | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Planet of the Ood | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Zygon Invasion | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Kerblam! | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Warriors’ Gate and Beyond | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Giggle | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Wild Blue Yonder | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Doctor Who: Eighth Doctor Adventures Books
(with Justin Richards, Paul Cornell, Mark Morris, Jonathan Morris, Stephen Cole, Trevor Baxendale, Gary Russell, Jacqueline Rayner, Colin Brake, Lloyd Rose, Lawrence Miles, Martin Day, Dave Stone, Peter Anghelides, Mark Michalowski, Terrance Dicks, Andy Lane, Lance Parkin, Kate Orman, Gareth Roberts, Jonathan Blum, Jim Mortimore, Paul Ebbs, Nick Walters, Steve Lyons, David A. McIntee, Paul Magrs, Simon Bucher-Jones, David Collings, Paul Leonard, Mark Clapham, Christopher Bulis, Simon A. Forward, Simon Messingham, Mags L. Halliday, Kelly Hale, David Bishop, John Peel, Michael Collier, Jeremy Hoad, James Stevens, Natalie Dallaire, Steve Emmerson)
Publication Order of Doctor Who Novelizations Books
| The Time of Angels | (1963) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Daleks / Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Zarbi | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Crusaders | (1966) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Massacre | (1966) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Dr. Who and The Daleks | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Daemons | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Doctor Who Monster Book | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Cybermen | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Giant Robot | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Green Death | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Three Doctors | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Web of Fear | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Space War | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Face of Evil | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Mutants | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Ark in Space | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Time Warrior | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Death to the Daleks | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Second Doctor Who Monster Book | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Android Invasion | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the War Games | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Further Adventures of Dr. Who | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Adventures of K9 and Other Mechanical Creatures | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Robots of Death | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Underworld | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| TheAndroid Invasion | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the State of Decay | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and The Sunmakers. | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Visitation | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Logopolis | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Meglos | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Four to Doomsday | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Time-Flight | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Terminus | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Castrovalva | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Arc of Infinity | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Mawdryn Undead | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Earthshock | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Five Doctors | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Kinda | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Snakedance | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Aztecs | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Dominators | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Enlightenment | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Inferno | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Warriors of the Deep | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Highlanders | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Frontios | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Galaxy Four | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Gunfighters | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Time Monster | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who Slipback | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Krotons | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Planet of Fire | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Mind of Evil | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Caves of Androzani | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Myth Makers | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Marco Polo | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Invasion | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Awakening | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Two Doctors | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Timelash | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Faceless Ones | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Ark | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Savages | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Black Orchid | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Twin Dilemma | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Mark of the Rani | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Celestial Toymaker | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The King's Demons | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Fury from the Deep | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Mind Robber | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Reign of Terror | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Rescue | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Time Meddler | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Ambassadors of Death | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Space Museum | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Sensorites | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Romans | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Mysterious Planet | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Time and the Rani | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Macra Terror | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Terror of the Vervoids | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Underwater Menace | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Wheel in Space | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Edge of Destruction | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Smugglers | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Vengeance on Varos | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Ultimate Foe | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Greatest Show in the Galaxy | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Delta and the Bannermen | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Dalek's Master Plan: The Mutation of Time | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The War Machines | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Attack of the Cybermen | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Dragonfire | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Chase | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Daleks Masterplan I | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Mindwarp | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Silver Nemesis | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Mutation of Time | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Planet of Giants | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Happiness Patrol | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Space Pirates | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Remembrance of the Daleks | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Survival | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Ghost Light | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Curse of Fenric | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Battlefield | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Pescatons | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Power of the Daleks | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Evil of the Daleks | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The TV Movie / The Novel of the Film | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Eleventh Hour | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Three Doctors | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Androids of Tara | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Tales of Trenzalore | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| City of Death | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Resurrection of the Daleks | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Crimson Horror | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Web Planet | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Fires of Pompeii | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Eaters of Light | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Seeds of Death | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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Notes: And Another Thing… was written by Eoin Colfer, based on Adams’ work. Starship Titanic was co-authored with Terry Jones. The Meaning of Liff and The Deeper Meaning of Liff were co-authored with John Lloyd. Last Chance to See was co-authored with Mark Carwardine.
