Gregory Benford

The American astrophysicist reckoned for his award-winning sci-fi novellas; serving as a faculty at the University of California, Irvine; also provides his contributions as an editor at Reason magazine. He is acknowledged for his outstanding contributions to the world of science and writing. In collaboration with William Rotsler, David Brin, and Gordon Eklund; he has contributed awards winning specimens.

The best place to start is the Galactic Center series, the earliest of Gregory Benford's multi-book series: it opens with In the Ocean of Night (1977) and runs to 8 books across 1977–2014, ending with The Galactic Center Companion (2014). Gregory Benford's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Gregory Benford has 261 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1969 and 2025. 155 of them belong to 14 named series — the largest being the Heroes in Hell series with 26 books — and 106 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. Gregory Benford's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Jupiter Project (1975–1983, 2 books), Galactic Center (1977–2014, 8 books) and Timescape (1980–2018, 2 books), plus 8 more.

This guide splits Gregory Benford's 261 books into 14 named series and 106 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Heroes in Hell (26 books, 1986–2024); Man-Kzin Wars (21 books, 1988–2019); Galactic Center (8 books, 1977–2014); The Palencar Project (5 books, 2012); What Might Have Been (4 books, 1989–1992), plus 9 further series.