Raymond Smullyan books in order
American mathematician
- Lived
- 1919–2017
- Country
- United States
- Books
- 25
Raymond Smullyan published 6 novels, 5 non-fiction books and 14 other books, beginning with This Book Needs No Title (1980). The best-known is To Mock a Mockingbird and Other Logic Puzzles (1985).
Updated September 2026
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To Mock a Mockingbird and Other Logic Puzzles
Raymond Smullyan's most-read book.
Standalone novels in order
First-Order Logic (Smullyan) (1968)
What Is the Name of This Book? (1978)
The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes (1979)
Alice in Puzzle-land (1982)
The Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever (1996)
The Riddle of Scheherazade (1997)
Non-fiction in order
This Book Needs No Title (1980)
5000 B.c. and Other Philosophical Fantasies (1983)
Some Interesting Memories (2002)
Who Knows? (2003)
Reflections (2015)
Other books in order
Theory of Formal Systems (1961)
The Tao Is Silent (1977)
The Chess Mysteries of the Arabian Knights (1981)
The Lady (1982)
To Mock a Mockingbird and Other Logic Puzzles (1985)
Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems (1992)
Satan, Cantor, and Infinity (1992)
Set Theory and the Continuum Problem (1996)
Logical Labyrinths (2008)
King Arthur in Search of His Dog and Other Curious Puzzles (2010)
The Gödelian Puzzle Book (2013)
A Beginners Guide To Mathematical Logic (2014)
Four Lives (2014)
A Beginner's Further Guide to Mathematical Logic (2017)
About Raymond Smullyan
Raymond Merrill Smullyan was an American mathematician, magician, concert pianist, logician, Taoist, and philosopher.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Raymond Smullyan FAQ
- How many books has Raymond Smullyan written?
- Raymond Smullyan published 6 novels, 5 non-fiction books and 14 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Raymond Smullyan's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with To Mock a Mockingbird and Other Logic Puzzles.
- What is Raymond Smullyan's last book?
- Reflections (2015).
- What is Raymond Smullyan's most famous book?
- To Mock a Mockingbird and Other Logic Puzzles (1985) is Raymond Smullyan's most widely read book.
Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.