Jack Campbell

Jack Campbell is the pseudonym used by one of the well known American authors named John G. Hemry, for writing his novels based on the military science fiction genre. Although he writes most of his novels under his original name, there are many successful novels that he has written under the pseudonym.

The best place to start is the Ethan Stark series, the earliest of Jack Campbell's multi-book series: it opens with Stark's War (2000) and runs to 3 books across 2000–2002, ending with Stark's Crusade (2002). Jack Campbell's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Jack Campbell has 77 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2000 and 2026. 64 of them belong to 15 named series — the largest being the Lost Fleet series with 6 books — and 13 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. Jack Campbell's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Ethan Stark (2000–2002, 3 books), Paul Sinclair (2003–2005, 4 books) and Lost Fleet (2006–2010, 6 books), plus 10 more.

This guide splits Jack Campbell's 77 books into 15 named series and 13 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Lost Fleet (6 books, 2006–2010); The Pillars of Reality (6 books, 2014–2016); The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier (5 books, 2011–2015); The Lost Stars (4 books, 2012–2016); Paul Sinclair (4 books, 2003–2005), plus 10 further series.