David Brin

David Brin is one of the popular authors of America who has written a number of successful novels based on the science fiction and fantasy genres. He is also a renowned scientist. David has won a number of prestigious awards in his career because of his exciting novels, including the Locus, Nebula, Hugo, and Campbell Awards.

The best place to start is the Uplift Saga series, the earliest of David Brin's multi-book series: it opens with Sundiver (1980) and runs to 7 books across 1980–2011, ending with Gorilla, My Dreams (2011). David Brin's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

David Brin has 146 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1980 and 2026. 77 of them belong to 11 named series — the largest being the Ring of Fire Anthology series with 12 books — and 69 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. David Brin's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Uplift Saga (1980–2011, 7 books), Second Foundation Trilogy (1997–2000, 3 books) and David Brin Game (1998, 1 book), plus 7 more.

This guide splits David Brin's 146 books into 11 named series and 69 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Ring of Fire Anthology (12 books, 2004–2021); Uplift Saga (7 books, 1980–2011); Out Of Time (5 books, 1999–2025); Second Foundation Trilogy (3 books, 1997–2000); David Brin's High Horizon (2 books, 2021), plus 6 further series.