Ray Bradbury books in order
American author and screenwriter
- Lived
- 1920–2012
- Country
- United States
- Books
- 79
- Also writes as
- William Elliot
Ray Bradbury published 20 novels, 5 novellas, 32 short story collections, 1 children's book, 4 poetry collections, 2 plays and 15 other books, beginning with The Martian Chronicles (1950).
Updated September 2026
Where to start with Ray Bradbury
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The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury's most-read book, rated by 114 Open Library readers.
Highest rated
Dandelion Wine
Rated 4.3 out of 5 by 26 readers.
Shortest way in
The Halloween Tree
One of the most-read, at about 160 pages.
Standalone novels in order
The Martian Chronicles (1950)
Fahrenheit 451 (1953)
Best SF (1954)
Dandelion Wine (1957)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962)
The Halloween Tree (1972)
Death Is a Lonely Business (Oct 1985)
A Graveyard for Lunatics (1990)
Classic Stories 1 (1990)
Zen in the Art of Writing (1990)
Green Shadows, White Whale (1992)
Space Movies (1995)
Quicker Than the Eye (1996)
From the Dust Returned (Oct 2001)
The Playground (2002)
Let's All Kill Constance (Dec 2002)
Farewell Summer (Oct 2006)
Now and Forever (2007)
The Dragon Who Ate His Tail (Jan 2007)
Creatures That Time Forgot (2020)
Novellas in order
The Veldt (1950)
The Small Assassin (1970)
Where Robot Mice and Robot Men Run Round in Robot Towns (1977)
The Mummies of Guanajuato (1978)
Ahmed and the Oblivion Machines (1998)
Short story collections in order
Dark Carnival (1947)
The Illustrated Man (1951)
The Golden Apples of the Sun (Mar 1953)
The October Country (1955)
A Medicine for Melancholy (1959)
The Day It Rained Forever (1959)
Twice Twenty-two (1959)
The Silver Locusts (1960)
R Is for Rocket (1962)
The Machineries of Joy (1964)
The Vintage Bradbury (1965)
S Is for Space (1966)
I Sing the Body Electric (1969)
Getting Through Sunday Somehow (1976)
Long After Midnight (1976)
The Last Circus and the Electrocution (1980)
The Stories of Ray Bradbury (1980)
Dinosaur Tales (1983)
A Memory of Murder (1984)
The Toynbee Convector (1988)
Classic Stories 2 (1990)
Driving Blind (1997)
There Will Come Soft Rains (2000)
One More for the Road (2002)
Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales (Aug 2003)
The Cat's Pajamas (Jul 2004)
Summer Morning, Summer Night (2007)
We'll Always Have Paris (2009)
A Pleasure To Burn (2010)
A Sound of Thunder (2010)
Short Fiction (2021)
The Shape of Things (2023)
Children's books in order
Switch on the Night (2004)
Poetry in order
When Elephants Last in the Dooryard Bloomed (1973)
The Haunted Computer and the Android Pope (1981)
They Have Not Seen the Stars (2001)
I Live by the Invisible (2002)
Plays in order
Kaleidoscope (1940)
13 For Corwin (1993)
Other books in order
The Saturday Evening Post Reader of Sea Stories (1962)
The Autumn People (1965)
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1972)
Time and Tigers (1976)
To Sing Strange Songs (1979)
Yestermorrow (1991)
Mars Yilliklari (2000)
A Chapbook for Burnt-Out Priests, Rabbis, and Ministers (2001)
The Interactive Reader Plus (2004)
The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories (2007)
Bullet Trick (2009)
A Little Journey (2011)
Futuria Fantasia (2012)
Pillar of Fire (2021)
Film and TV adaptations
- The Martian Chronicles (1980)TV · from The Martian Chronicles
- The Veldt (1987)Film · from The Martian Chronicles
- The 13th Apostle (1988)Film · from The Martian Chronicles
- The Illustrated Man (1969)Film · from The Illustrated Man
- Fahrenheit 451 (1966)Film · from Fahrenheit 451
- Fahrenheit 451 (2018)Film · from Fahrenheit 451
- Dandelion Wine (1997)TV · from Dandelion Wine
- Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)Film · from Something Wicked This Way Comes
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About Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Ray Bradbury FAQ
- How many books has Ray Bradbury written?
- Ray Bradbury published 20 novels, 5 novellas, 32 short story collections, 1 children's book, 4 poetry collections, 2 plays and 15 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Ray Bradbury's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with The Martian Chronicles.
- What is Ray Bradbury's last book?
- A Sound of Thunder (2010).
- What is Ray Bradbury's most famous book?
- The Martian Chronicles (1950) is Ray Bradbury's most widely read book.
- Does Ray Bradbury write under a pen name?
- Yes: Ray Bradbury has also published as William Elliot.
- Which Ray Bradbury books have been adapted?
- 5 books have been adapted for film or TV, including The Martian Chronicles (TV, 1980), The Illustrated Man (film, 1969), Fahrenheit 451 (film, 1966) and Dandelion Wine (TV, 1997).
- Can I read Ray Bradbury's books for free?
- Yes. 16 books by Ray Bradbury are in the public domain in the US and free to read online or download here.
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Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers, free texts from Project Gutenberg. Last updated September 2026.