Douglas E. Richards

Douglas E. Richards is an American writer who primarily focuses on science fiction, writing both fiction and nonfiction. Born on May 7, 1962, Richards grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his parents and his sister Pam. He attended Finneytown High School, graduating in 1980.

The best place to start is The Prometheus Project series, the earliest of Douglas E. Richards's multi-book series: it opens with Trapped (2005) and runs to 3 books across 2005–2010, ending with Stranded (2010). Douglas E. Richards's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Douglas E. Richards has 41 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2005 and 2027. 31 of them belong to 10 named series — the largest being the Near Future series with 6 books — and 10 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. Douglas E. Richards's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Prometheus Project (2005–2010, 3 books), Wired (2005–2012, 2 books) and Near Future (2014–2019, 6 books), plus 7 more.

This guide splits Douglas E. Richards's 41 books into 10 named series and 10 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Near Future (6 books, 2014–2019); Epic of Atlantis (5 books, 2025–2027); Nick Hall (4 books, 2014–2024); The Prometheus Project (3 books, 2005–2010); The Rift (3 books, 2025), plus 5 further series.