Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick is a prolific American author of science fiction. He has written novels, essays, and short stories. Dick explored themes of political, sociological, and metaphysical nature which were incorporated into his books which deal heavily with monopolistic businesses, totalitarian government, romance, action, and altered states as well as betrayal and the perception of reality.

The best place to start is the Blade Runner series, the earliest of Philip K. Dick's multi-book series: it opens with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? / Blade Runner (1968) and runs to 4 books across 1968–2000, ending with Eye and Talon (2000). Philip K. Dick's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Philip K. Dick has 199 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1950 and 2023. 71 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being The Pulp Writers series with 19 books — and 128 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. Philip K. Dick's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Blade Runner (1968–2000, 4 books), VALIS Trilogy (1981–1982, 3 books) and The Pulp Writers (2013, 19 books).

This guide splits Philip K. Dick's 199 books into 5 named series and 128 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Pulp Writers (19 books, 2013); Blade Runner (4 books, 1968–2000); VALIS Trilogy (3 books, 1981–1982); The Last Interview (41 books, 2005–2023); Foundations of Fear Anthology (4 books, 1992–1994).