Alan Dean Foster

Alan Dean Foster is an American author of fantasy and science fiction novels , who has to his credit a long list of hit novels. He was born in New York City but was raised mainly in California. He received hi B.A. in Political Science from UCLA in 1968 and got his Master of Fine Arts degree from University of California, Los Angeles in 1969.

The best place to start is the Star Trek Fotonovel series, the earliest of Alan Dean Foster's multi-book series: it opens with Amok Time (1967) and runs to 11 books across 1967–1982, ending with Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982). Alan Dean Foster's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Alan Dean Foster has 389 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1967 and 2026. 302 of them belong to 29 named series — the largest being the Dinotopia series with 21 books — and 87 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Alan Dean Foster's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Star Trek Fotonovel (1967–1982, 11 books), Pip & Flinx (1972–2018, 15 books) and Star Trek: The Animated (1974–1978, 10 books), plus 18 more.

This guide splits Alan Dean Foster's 389 books into 29 named series and 87 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Dinotopia (21 books, 1992–2019); Pip & Flinx (15 books, 1972–2018); Star Wars: Movie Novelizations (11 books, 1976–2020); Star Trek Fotonovel (11 books, 1967–1982); Star Trek: The Animated (10 books, 1974–1978), plus 24 further series.