Douglas Adams Books In Order

Below is a comprehensive list of Douglas Adams’ books, arranged according to their publication dates. This allows you to explore the evolution of his distinctive storytelling style and enjoy the full range of his imaginative work.

Publication Order of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Books

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy(1979)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe(1980)
Life, the Universe and Everything(1982)
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish(1984)
Mostly Harmless(1992)
And Another Thing…(2009)

Publication Order of Dirk Gently Books

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency(1987)
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul(1988)
The Salmon of Doubt(2002)

Publication Order of Doctor Who Cross Cult Books with James Goss, Gary Russell, Una McCormack

Shada(2012)
Big Bang Generation(By: Gary Russell)(2015)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Starship Titanic(1997)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

The Meaning of Liff(With: John Lloyd)(1983)
The Utterly Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book(1986)
Last Chance to See(With: Mark Carwardine)(1990)
The Deeper Meaning of Liff(With: John Lloyd)(1990)
42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams(2023)

Publication Order of Doctor Who: Target Collection Books

Doctor Who and The Pirate Planet(With: James Goss)(2017)
The Christmas Invasion(By: Jenny Colgan)(2018)
The Day of the Doctor(By: Steven Moffat)(2018)
Rose(By: Russell T. Davies)(2018)
Resurrection of the Daleks(By: Eric Saward)(2019)
Revelation of the Daleks(By: Eric Saward)(2019)
The Crimson Horror(By: Mark Gatiss)(2020)
Dalek(By: Robert Shearman)(2021)
The Witchfinders(By: Joy Wilkinson)(2021)
The Giggle(By: James Goss)(2024)

Publication Order of Doctor Who Novelizations Books

The Time of Angels(By: Trevor Baxendale)(1963)
Doctor Who and the Daleks / Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks(By: David Whitaker)(1964)
Doctor Who and the Zarbi(By: Bill Strutton)(1965)
Doctor Who and the Crusaders(By: David Whitaker)(1966)
The Massacre(By: John Lucarotti)(1966)
Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils(By: Malcolm Hulke)(1974)
Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion(By: Terrance Dicks)(1974)
Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters(By: Malcolm Hulke)(1974)
Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon(By: Malcolm Hulke)(1974)
Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks(By: Terrance Dicks)(1974)
Doctor Who and the Daemons(By: Barry Letts)(1974)
Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen(By: Terrance Dicks)(1974)
Doctor Who and the Cybermen(By: Gerry Davis)(1975)
Doctor Who and the Giant Robot(By: Terrance Dicks)(1975)
Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons(By: Terrance Dicks)(1975)
Doctor Who and the Green Death(By: Malcolm Hulke)(1975)
Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders(By: Terrance Dicks)(1975)
Doctor Who and the Three Doctors(By: Terrance Dicks)(1975)
Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks(By: Terrance Dicks)(1976)
Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen(By: Terrance Dicks)(1976)
Doctor Who and the Web of Fear(By: Terrance Dicks)(1976)
Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster(By: Terrance Dicks)(1976)
Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion(By: Malcolm Hulke)(1976)
Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet(By: Gerry Davis)(1976)
Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet(By: Gerry Davis)(1976)
Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors(By: Brian Hayles)(1976)
Doctor Who and the Space War(By: Malcolm Hulke)(1976)
Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks(By: Terrance Dicks)(1976)
Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth(By: Terrance Dicks)(1977)
Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora(By: Philip Hinchcliffe)(1977)
Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius(By: Terrance Dicks)(1977)
Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang(By: Terrance Dicks)(1977)
Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters(By: Terrance Dicks)(1977)
Doctor Who and the Face of Evil(By: Terrance Dicks)(1977)
Doctor Who and the Mutants(By: Terrance Dicks)(1977)
Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil(By: Terrance Dicks)(1977)
Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom(By: Philip Hinchcliffe)(1977)
Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos(By: Terrance Dicks)(1977)
Doctor Who and the Ark in Space(By: Ian Marter)(1977)
Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin(By: Terrance Dicks)(1977)
Doctor Who and the Time Warrior(By: Terrance Dicks)(1978)
Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen(By: Gerry Davis)(1978)
Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars(By: Terrance Dicks)(1978)
Death to the Daleks(By: Terrance Dicks)(1978)
Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock(By: Terrance Dicks)(1978)
Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment(By: Ian Marter)(1978)
Doctor Who and the Android Invasion(By: Terrance Dicks)(1978)
Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl(By: Terrance Dicks)(1979)
Doctor Who and the War Games(By: Malcolm Hulke)(1979)
Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear(By: Terrance Dicks)(1979)
Doctor Who and the Robots of Death(By: Terrance Dicks)(1979)
Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy(By: Terrance Dicks)(1979)
Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks(By: Terrance Dicks)(1979)
Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation(By: Ian Marter)(1979)
Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara(By: Terrance Dicks)(1980)
Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood(By: Terrance Dicks)(1980)
Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor(By: Terrance Dicks)(1980)
Doctor Who and the Underworld(By: Terrance Dicks)(1980)
Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time(By: Terrance Dicks)(1980)
Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon(By: Terrance Dicks)(1980)
Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll(By: Terrance Dicks)(1980)
Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden(By: Terrance Dicks)(1980)
Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus(By: Philip Hinchcliffe)(1980)
Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon(By: Terrance Dicks)(1980)
Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit(By: David Fisher)(1981)
Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World(By: Ian Marter)(1981)
Doctor Who and the State of Decay(By: Terrance Dicks)(1981)
Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child(By: Terrance Dicks)(1981)
Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive(By: David Fisher)(1982)
Doctor Who and Warriors’ Gate(By: John Lydecker)(1982)
Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken(By: Terrance Dicks)(1982)
Doctor Who and the Visitation(By: Eric Saward)(1982)
Full Circle(By: Andrew Smith)(1982)
Doctor Who and theSunmakers(By: Terrance Dicks)(1982)
Logopolis(By: Christopher H. Bidmead)(1982)
Meglos(By: Terrance Dicks)(1983)
Four to Doomsday(By: Terrance Dicks)(1983)
Time-Flight(By: Peter Grimwade)(1983)
Terminus(By: John Lydecker)(1983)
Castrovalva(By: Christopher H. Bidmead)(1983)
Arc of Infinity(By: Terrance Dicks)(1983)
Mawdryn Undead(By: Peter Grimwade)(1983)
Earthshock(By: Ian Marter)(1983)
The Five Doctors(By: Terrance Dicks)(1983)
Kinda(By: Terrance Dicks)(1983)
Snakedance(By: Terrance Dicks)(1984)
The Aztecs(By: John Lucarotti)(1984)
The Dominators(By: Ian Marter)(1984)
Enlightenment(By: Barbara Clegg)(1984)
Inferno(By: Terrance Dicks)(1984)
Warriors of the Deep(By: Terrance Dicks)(1984)
The Highlanders(By: Gerry Davis)(1984)
Frontios(By: Christopher H. Bidmead)(1984)
Galaxy Four(By: William Emms)(1985)
The Gunfighters(By: Donald Cotton)(1985)
The Time Monster(By: Terrance Dicks)(1985)
The Krotons(By: Terrance Dicks)(1985)
Planet of Fire(By: Peter Grimwade)(1985)
The Mind of Evil(By: Terrance Dicks)(1985)
The Caves of Androzani(By: Terrance Dicks)(1985)
The Myth Makers(By: Donald Cotton)(1985)
Marco Polo(By: John Lucarotti)(1985)
The Invasion(By: Ian Marter)(1985)
Cybermen – The Invasion(By: Ian Marter)(1985)
The Awakening(By: Eric Pringle)(1985)
The Two Doctors(By: Robert Holmes)(1985)
Timelash(By: Glen McCoy)(1985)
The Faceless Ones(By: Terrance Dicks)(1986)
The Seeds of Death(By: Terrance Dicks)(1986)
The Ark(By: Paul Erickson)(1986)
The Savages(By: Ian Stuart Black)(1986)
Doctor Who: The Ark(By: Paul Erickson)(1986)
Doctor Who: The Savages(By: Ian Stuart Black)(1986)
Black Orchid(By: Terence Dudley)(1986)
The Twin Dilemma(By: Eric Saward)(1986)
The Mark of the Rani(By: Pip Baker,Jane Baker)(1986)
The Celestial Toymaker(By: Gerry Davis,Alison Bingeman)(1986)
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker(By: Gerry Davis,AlisonBingeman)(1986)
The King’s Demons(By: Terence Dudley)(1986)
Fury from the Deep(By: Victor Pemberton)(1986)
The Mind Robber(By: Peter Ling)(1986)
The Rescue(By: Ian Marter)(1987)
The Reign of Terror(By: Ian Marter)(1987)
The Rescue(By: Ian Marter)(1987)
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror(By: Ian Marter)(1987)
The Time Meddler(By: Nigel Robinson)(1987)
The Ambassadors of Death(By: Terrance Dicks)(1987)
The Space Museum(By: Glyn Jones)(1987)
Doctor Who: The Space Museum(By: GlynJones)(1987)
The Sensorites(By: Nigel Robinson)(1987)
The Romans(By: Donald Cotton)(1987)
The Mysterious Planet(By: Terrance Dicks)(1987)
Time and the Rani(By: Pip Baker,Jane Baker)(1987)
The Macra Terror(By: Ian Stuart Black)(1988)
Terror of the Vervoids(By: Pip Baker,Jane Baker)(1988)
The Underwater Menace(By: Nigel Robinson)(1988)
The Wheel in Space(By: Terrance Dicks)(1988)
Edge of Destruction(By: Nigel Robinson)(1988)
The Smugglers(By: Terrance Dicks)(1988)
Vengeance on Varos(By: Philip Martin)(1988)
The Ultimate Foe(By: Pip Baker,Jane Baker)(1988)
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy(By: Stephen Wyatt)(1989)
Delta and the Bannermen(By: Malcolm Kohll)(1989)
The Dalek’s Master Plan: The Mutation of Time(By: John Peel)(1989)
Paradise Towers(By: Stephen Wyatt)(1989)
The War Machines(By: Ian Stuart Black)(1989)
Attack of the Cybermen(By: Eric Saward)(1989)
Dragonfire(By: Ian Briggs)(1989)
The Chase(By: Terrance Dicks,John Peel)(1989)
Mindwarp(By: Philip Martin)(1989)
Silver Nemesis(By: Kevin Clarke)(1989)
Planet of Giants(By: Terrance Dicks)(1990)
The Happiness Patrol(By: Graeme Curry)(1990)
The Space Pirates(By: Terrance Dicks)(1990)
Remembrance of the Daleks(By: James Goss)(1990)
Survival(By: Rona Munro)(1990)
Ghost Light(By: Marc Platt)(1990)
The Curse of Fenric(By: Ian Briggs)(1990)
Battlefield(By: Marc Platt)(1991)
The Pescatons(By: Victor Pemberton)(1991)
The Power of the Daleks(By: John Peel)(1993)
The TV Movie / The Novel of the Film(By: Gary Russell)(1996)
The Eleventh Hour(By: Trevor Baxendale)(2012)
City of Death(By: James Goss)(2015)
The Christmas Invasion(By: Jenny Colgan)(2018)
Rose(By: Russell T. Davies)(2018)
Doctor Who: Rose(By: Robert Hack,Russell T. Davies)(2018)
Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen(With: James Goss)(2019)
Resurrection of the Daleks(By: Eric Saward)(2019)
The Crimson Horror(By: Mark Gatiss)(2020)
Dalek(By: Robert Shearman)(2021)
The Witchfinders(By: Joy Wilkinson)(2021)
The Fires of Pompeii(By: James Moran)(2022)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Doctor Who: Shada(2003)
The Time Traveler’s Almanac(2013)

More about Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams, the mastermind behind the acclaimed “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” series, was an English writer known for his exceptional wit and imaginative storytelling. Born on March 11, 1952, in Cambridge, England, Adams’ early fascination with technology and flair for writing set the stage for a career marked by creativity and innovation.

Adams’ educational journey at Cambridge University, where he studied English literature, was pivotal in shaping his writing career. It was here that he became actively involved in writing and performing comedy sketches, a skill that would later become a hallmark of his writing style.

His breakthrough came with the creation of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” which began as a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978. The series’ unique blend of science fiction, humor, and existential philosophy quickly gained a cult following. Adams’ ability to juxtapose the mundane with the absurd, all while exploring deep philosophical questions, struck a chord with listeners and readers alike.

The success of the radio series led to the adaptation of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” into a series of books, starting in 1979. Adams’ novels stood out for their quirky characters, intricate plots, and his signature dry humor. His work not only entertained but also prompted readers to ponder life’s bigger questions, albeit in a light-hearted manner.

Adams’ contributions to literature extended beyond the Hitchhiker series. He also wrote “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency” and “The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul,” further showcasing his talent for combining mystery with comedy. His keen interest in technology and conservation led him to write non-fiction works like “Last Chance to See,” a book about endangered species, which reflected his passion for environmental activism.

Adams’ sudden passing on May 11, 2001, was a loss to the literary world, but his legacy lives on. His work continues to be celebrated for its originality, humor, and its ability to make the complexities of the universe accessible and entertaining. Douglas Adams remains an iconic figure in science fiction and comedy, his works a testament to his extraordinary imagination and insightful view of the human condition.

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