Ron Goulart

Ron was born on January 13, 1933 in Berkeley, California. He also wrote under the pen names of Frank S. Shawn, Kenneth Robeson, Con Steffanson, Chad Calhoun, Ian R.

The best place to start is The Avenger series, the earliest of Ron Goulart's multi-book series: it opens with Justice, Inc. (1939) and runs to 37 books across 1939–2013, ending with Roaring Heart of the Crucible (2013). Ron Goulart's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Ron Goulart has 249 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1939 and 2019. 186 of them belong to 27 named series — the largest being The Avenger series with 37 books — and 63 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. Ron Goulart's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Avenger (1939–2013, 37 books), Barnum System: Ben Jolsen (1968–1974, 2 books) and Barnum System (1970–1979, 6 books), plus 23 more.

This guide splits Ron Goulart's 249 books into 27 named series and 63 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Avenger (37 books, 1939–2013); The Story of the Phantom (17 books, 1972–1996); Classic Battlestar Galactica (16 books, 1978–1988); Marvel Novel (11 books, 1978–1979); TekWar (9 books, 1989–1997), plus 22 further series.