Series of science fiction novel reprints
SF Masterworks A bookshelf containing every published SF Masterworks title, as of August 2025
Country United Kingdom Language English Genre Science fiction Publisher Published 1999–present Media type Print No. of books 83 numbered vols. 196 relaunch vols. Website sfgateway.com [needs update ]
SF Masterworks is a series of science fiction novel reprints published by UK-based company Orion Publishing Group , a subsidiary of Hachette UK . The series is intended for the UK and Australian markets, but many editions are distributed to the United States and Canada by Hachette Book Group . As of July 2025[update] , there are 198 unique titles in the series, 196 of which have been printed in the relaunched series. The 200th SF Masterwork is scheduled for publication in 2026. Approximately 308 volumes, including hardcover, revised, or reprinted editions, have been published in total.
Superseding the earlier series Gollancz Classic SF (1986–1987) and VGSF Classics (1988–1990),[ 1] the SF Masterworks series began publication in 1999. Developed to feature important and out of print science fiction novels, the selections were described by science fiction author Iain M. Banks as "amazing" and "genuinely the best novels from sixty years of SF".[ 2] Many of the selections had been out of print in the United Kingdom for many years.
Its companion series include Fantasy Masterworks and Gateway Essentials .
Softcover editions (1999–2007)[ edit ] Volumes are numbered, however, later printings did not include a number stamp. Many volumes were reprinted with variant covers before the series was relaunched in 2010.
‡ Hardcover editions only. Orion Publishing did not have the rights to paperback editions.
Hardcover editions (2001)[ edit ] Not all printings include a volume number stamp. Printings distributed to the United States do not include any markings to indicate they are part of a series.
A selection of titles from the series on display at a London bookshop. Softcover editions (2010–present)[ edit ] The new designs sport yellow/white spines, with the SF Masterworks logo written vertically on the cover. The original 10 numbered titles were re-issued first. For titles that were previously issued in the original series, generally the cover artwork is tinted in a different colour from the original version. For example, The Dispossessed cover artwork is primarily red in the original release, and was tinted green when reprinted as part of the relaunch.
Only two titles from the numbered series have not yet been reprinted in the relaunch series: The Drowned World and Now Wait for Last Year . These were also the only entries missing from the "Complete List" of titles published by Gollancz in 2016.[ 3]
Relaunch editions of The Demolished Man , The Sirens of Titan , Behold the Man , Man Plus , Dancers at the End of Time , The Space Merchants , Ringworld and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress have additionally been published. Since these eight releases share ISBNs with their original occurrences in the series, they are not listed in the below table.
‡ Reprinted version of a title from the numbered series
Title
Author(s)
Reprint date[ 3]
Original year
ISBN
The Forever War ‡
Joe Haldeman
29 March 2010
1974[ 4]
978-0-575-09414-7
I Am Legend ‡
Richard Matheson
1954[ 5]
978-0-575-09416-1
Cities in Flight ‡
James Blish
1950, 1962[ 6]
978-0-575-09417-8
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? ‡
Philip K. Dick
1968[ 7]
978-0-575-09418-5
The Stars My Destination ‡
Alfred Bester
1956[ 8]
978-0-575-09419-2
Babel-17 ‡
Samuel R. Delany
1966[ 9]
978-0-575-09420-8
Lord of Light ‡
Roger Zelazny
1967[ 10]
978-0-575-09421-5
The Fifth Head of Cerberus ‡
Gene Wolfe
1972[ 11]
978-0-575-09422-2
Gateway ‡
Frederik Pohl
1977[ 12]
978-0-575-09423-9
The Rediscovery of Man ‡
Cordwainer Smith
1950, 1966[ 13]
978-0-575-09424-6
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch ‡
Philip K. Dick
1 April 2010
1964[ 14]
978-0-575-07480-4
Ubik ‡
1969[ 15]
978-1-85798-853-6
Inverted World
Christopher Priest
13 May 2010
1974[ 16]
978-0-575-08210-6
The Simulacra ‡
Philip K. Dick
14 May 2010
1964[ 17]
978-0-575-07460-6
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said ‡
1974[ 18]
978-1-85798-341-8
Time Out of Joint ‡
1959[ 19]
978-0-575-07458-3
VALIS ‡
1981[ 20]
978-1-85798-339-5
Bring the Jubilee ‡
Ward Moore
14 June 2010
1953[ 21]
978-1-85798-764-5
Dhalgren
Samuel R. Delany
22 July 2010
1975[ 22]
978-0-575-09099-6
Helliconia
Brian Aldiss
12 August 2010
1982, 1985[ 23]
978-0-575-08615-9
The Lathe of Heaven ‡
Ursula K. Le Guin
19 August 2010
1971[ 24]
978-1-85798-951-9
The Body Snatchers
Jack Finney
14 October 2010
1955[ 25]
978-0-575-08531-2
The Female Man
Joanna Russ
11 November 2010
1975[ 26]
978-0-575-09499-4
The Complete Roderick ‡
John Sladek
1980, 1983[ 27]
978-1-85798-340-1
Arslan
M. J. Engh
9 December 2010
1976[ 28]
978-0-575-09501-4
Tau Zero ‡
Poul Anderson
30 December 2010
1970[ 29]
978-0-575-07732-4
The Centauri Device ‡
M. John Harrison
1974[ 30]
978-1-85798-997-7
The Difference Engine
William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
13 January 2011
1990[ 31]
978-0-575-09940-1
The Prestige
Christopher Priest
10 February 2011
1995[ 32]
978-0-575-09941-8
Greybeard
Brian Aldiss
18 March 2011
1964[ 33]
978-0-575-07113-1
Martian Time-Slip ‡
Philip K. Dick
24 March 2011
1964[ 34]
978-1-85798-837-6
Sirius
Olaf Stapledon
14 April 2011
1944[ 35]
978-0-575-09942-5
Hyperion
Dan Simmons
12 May 2011
1989[ 36]
978-0-575-09943-2
Non-Stop ‡
Brian Aldiss
1958[ 37]
978-1-85798-998-4
The City and the Stars ‡
Arthur C. Clarke
2 June 2011
1956[ 38]
978-1-85798-763-8
City
Clifford D. Simak
9 June 2011
1952[ 39]
978-0-575-10523-2
Hellstrom's Hive
Frank Herbert
14 July 2011
1973[ 40]
978-0-575-10108-1
Of Men and Monsters
William Tenn
11 August 2011
1968[ 41]
978-0-575-09944-9
Pavane ‡
Keith Roberts
29 September 2011
1968[ 42]
978-1-85798-937-3
Timescape ‡
Gregory Benford
1980[ 43]
978-1-85798-935-9
Dying Inside ‡
Robert Silverberg
1972[ 44]
978-0-575-07525-2
Grass ‡
Sheri S. Tepper
1989[ 45]
978-1-85798-798-0
More Than Human ‡
Theodore Sturgeon
1953[ 46]
978-1-85798-852-9
The Affirmation
Christopher Priest
13 October 2011
1981[ 47]
978-0-575-09946-3
R.U.R. and War with the Newts
Karel Čapek
1920, 1936[ 48]
978-0-575-09945-6
Emphyrio ‡
Jack Vance
14 November 2011
1969[ 49]
978-1-85798-885-7
Star Maker ‡
Olaf Stapledon
1937[ 50]
978-1-85798-807-9
The Book of Skulls ‡
Robert Silverberg
1972[ 51]
978-1-85798-914-4
Floating Worlds
Cecelia Holland
8 December 2011
1976[ 52]
978-0-575-10823-3
Blood Music ‡
Greg Bear
12 December 2011
1985[ 53]
978-1-85798-762-1
Rogue Moon
Algis Budrys
12 January 2012
1960[ 54]
978-0-575-10800-4
Dangerous Visions
Harlan Ellison
9 February 2012
1967[ 55]
978-0-575-10802-8
Rendezvous with Rama ‡
Arthur C. Clarke
5 March 2012
1973[ 56]
978-0-575-07733-1
Eon ‡
Greg Bear
1985[ 57]
978-0-575-07316-6
Odd John
Olaf Stapledon
8 March 2012
1935[ 58]
978-0-575-07224-4
The Fountains of Paradise ‡
Arthur C. Clarke
19 March 2012
1979[ 59]
978-1-85798-721-8
Last and First Men ‡
Olaf Stapledon
1930[ 60]
978-1-85798-806-2
The Fall of Hyperion
Dan Simmons
12 April 2012
1990[ 61]
978-0-575-09948-7
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang ‡
Kate Wilhelm
14 June 2012
1976[ 62]
978-0-575-07914-4
Roadside Picnic (new trans. )
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
12 July 2012
1972[ 63]
978-0-575-09313-3
Synners
Pat Cadigan
9 August 2012
1991[ 64]
978-0-575-11954-3
Sarah Canary
Karen Joy Fowler
13 September 2012
1991[ 65]
978-0-575-13136-1
Ammonite
Nicola Griffith
1992[ 66]
978-0-575-11823-2
The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe
D. G. Compton
11 October 2012
1974[ 67]
978-0-575-11831-7
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
1818[ 68]
978-0-575-09960-9
Doomsday Book
Connie Willis
8 November 2012
1992[ 69]
978-0-575-13109-5
Flowers for Algernon ‡
Daniel Keyes
15 November 2012
1966[ 70]
978-1-85798-938-0
Unquenchable Fire
Rachel Pollack
13 December 2012
1988[ 71]
978-0-575-11854-6
The Caltraps of Time
David I. Masson
1968[ 72]
978-0-575-11828-7
Engine Summer
John Crowley
10 January 2013
1979[ 73]
978-0-575-08281-6
Take Back Plenty
Colin Greenland
1990[ 74]
978-0-575-11952-9
Slow River
Nicola Griffith
14 February 2013
1995[ 75]
978-0-575-11825-6
The Gate to Women's Country
Sheri S. Tepper
14 March 2013
1988[ 76]
978-0-575-13104-0
The Sea and Summer
George Turner
1987[ 77]
978-0-575-11869-0
Wasp
Eric Frank Russell
9 May 2013
1957[ 78]
978-0-575-12904-7
To Say Nothing of the Dog
Connie Willis
1997[ 79]
978-0-575-11312-1
The Gods Themselves
Isaac Asimov
13 June 2013
1972[ 80]
978-0-575-12905-4
This Is the Way the World Ends
James Morrow
1986[ 81]
978-0-575-08118-5
The Deep
John Crowley
11 July 2013
1975[ 82]
978-0-575-08264-9
Time is the Fire: The Best of Connie Willis
Connie Willis
8 August 2013
1982, 2007[ 83]
978-0-575-13114-9
No Enemy But Time
Michael Bishop
1982[ 84]
978-0-575-09311-9
Double Star
Robert A. Heinlein
12 September 2013
1956[ 85]
978-0-575-12203-1
Revelation Space
Alastair Reynolds
2000[ 86]
978-0-575-12906-1
A Fall of Moondust ‡
Arthur C. Clarke
16 September 2013
1961[ 87]
978-0-575-07317-3
A Maze of Death ‡
Philip K. Dick
1970[ 88]
978-0-575-07461-3
The Penultimate Truth ‡
1964[ 89]
978-0-575-07481-1
Random Acts of Senseless Violence
Jack Womack
10 October 2013
1993[ 90]
978-0-575-13230-6
Transfigurations
Michael Bishop
14 November 2013
1979[ 91]
978-0-575-09309-6
The Door Into Summer
Robert A. Heinlein
12 December 2013
1957[ 92]
978-0-575-12072-3
Dr. Bloodmoney ‡
Philip K. Dick
9 January 2014
1965[ 93]
978-1-4732-0168-2
Half Past Human
T. J. Bass
30 January 2014
1971[ 94]
978-0-575-12962-7
The Long Tomorrow
Leigh Brackett
13 February 2014
1955[ 95]
978-0-575-13156-9
The Godwhale
T. J. Bass
13 March 2014
1974[ 96]
978-0-575-12993-1
Jem ‡
Frederik Pohl
10 April 2014
1979[ 97]
978-1-4732-0170-5
The Shrinking Man ‡
Richard Matheson
1956[ 98]
978-1-4732-0169-9
A Case of Conscience ‡
James Blish
15 May 2014
1958[ 99]
978-1-4732-0543-7
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
James Tiptree Jr
10 July 2014
1990[ 100]
978-1-4732-0324-2
A Scanner Darkly ‡
Philip K. Dick
28 August 2014
1977[ 101]
978-1-85798-847-5
Stand on Zanzibar ‡
John Brunner
11 September 2014
1968[ 102]
978-1-4732-0637-3
The Child Garden ‡
Geoff Ryman
27 November 2014
1989[ 103]
978-0-575-07690-7
Mission of Gravity ‡
Hal Clement
11 December 2014
1954[ 104]
978-1-4732-0638-0
Mockingbird ‡
Walter Tevis
27 February 2015
1980[ 105]
978-1-4732-1310-4
The Word for World Is Forest
Ursula K. Le Guin
26 March 2015
1976[ 106]
978-1-4732-0578-9
Downward to the Earth ‡
Robert Silverberg
9 April 2015
1970[ 107]
978-1-4732-1192-6
Hard to Be a God
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
1964[ 108]
978-1-4732-0829-2
Night Lamp
Jack Vance
14 May 2015
1996[ 109]
978-1-4732-0892-6
Life During Wartime ‡
Lucius Shepard
11 June 2015
1987[ 110]
978-1-4732-1193-3
Earth Abides ‡
George R. Stewart
30 June 2015
1949[ 111]
978-1-4732-1433-0
Dark Benediction ‡
Walter M. Miller
13 August 2015
1951, 1957[ 112]
978-1-4732-1194-0
The Wind's Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose
Ursula K. Le Guin
1975, 1982[ 113]
978-1-4732-0576-5
Dying of the Light
George R. R. Martin
10 September 2015
1977[ 114]
978-1-4732-1252-7
The Dispossessed ‡
Ursula K. Le Guin
30 September 2015
1974[ 115]
978-1-4732-0606-9
Nova ‡
Samuel R. Delany
12 November 2015
1968[ 116]
978-1-4732-1191-9
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Walter Tevis
1963[ 117]
978-1-4732-1311-1
A Fire Upon the Deep
Vernor Vinge
7 January 2016
1992[ 118]
978-1-4732-1195-7
Norstrilia
Cordwainer Smith
11 February 2016
1975[ 119]
978-1-4732-1253-4
Monday Begins on Saturday
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
14 April 2016
1965[ 120]
978-1-4732-0221-4
Fairyland
Paul J. McAuley
12 May 2016
1995[ 121]
978-1-4732-1516-0
Always Coming Home
Ursula K. Le Guin
14 July 2016
1985[ 122]
978-1-4732-0580-2
A Deepness in the Sky
Vernor Vinge
1999[ 123]
978-1-4732-1196-4
Swastika Night
Murray Constantine
11 August 2016
1937[ 124]
978-1-4732-1466-8
China Mountain Zhang
Maureen F. McHugh
13 October 2016
1992[ 125]
978-1-4732-1462-0
Shadow and Claw (The Book of the New Sun , Vol. 1)
Gene Wolfe
10 November 2016
1980–81[ 126]
978-1-4732-1649-5
Sword and Citadel (The Book of the New Sun , Vol. 2)
1982–83[ 127]
978-1-4732-1200-8
Limbo
Bernard Wolfe
15 December 2016
1952[ 128]
978-1-4732-1247-3
The Island of Doctor Moreau
H. G. Wells
12 January 2017
1896[ 129]
978-1-4732-1799-7
The Invisible Man ‡
1897[ 130]
978-1-4732-1798-0
The Shape of Things to Come
1933[ 131]
978-1-4732-2165-9
The Food of the Gods
1904[ 132]
978-1-4732-1801-7
The First Men in the Moon ‡
1901[ 133]
978-1-4732-1800-0
The War of the Worlds ‡
1898[ 134]
978-1-4732-1802-4
The Time Machine ‡
1895[ 135]
978-1-4732-1797-3
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin
12 April 2017
1969[ 136]
978-1-4732-2162-8
The Doomed City
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
13 July 2017
1972[ 137]
978-1-4732-2228-1
Raising the Stones
Sheri S. Tepper
10 August 2017
1990[ 138]
978-1-4732-2265-6
The Embedding
Ian Watson
7 September 2017
1973[ 139]
978-1-4732-2267-0
Cryptozoic
Brian Aldiss
30 November 2017
1967[ 140]
978-1-4732-2273-1
Land Under England
Joseph O'Neill
26 June 2018
1935[ 141]
978-1-4732-2406-3
Raft
Stephen Baxter
10 July 2018
1991[ 142]
978-1-4732-2405-6
Dreaming in Smoke
Tricia Sullivan
23 August 2018
1998[ 143]
978-1-4732-2474-2
Fools
Pat Cadigan
7 March 2019
1992[ 144]
978-1-4732-2602-9
The Best of R. A. Lafferty
R. A. Lafferty
4 April 2019
1962, 1982[ 145]
978-1-4732-1344-9
Light
M. John Harrison
11 July 2019
2002[ 146]
978-1-4732-2767-5
Native Tongue
Suzette Haden Elgin
22 August 2019
1984[ 147]
978-1-4732-2756-9
Snail on the Slope
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
17 October 2019
1972[ 148]
978-1-4732-2828-3
The Shockwave Rider
John Brunner
9 January 2020
1975[ 149]
978-1-4732-2830-6
Lord Valentine's Castle
Robert Silverberg
6 February 2020
1980[ 150]
978-1-4732-2922-8
River of Gods
Ian McDonald
19 March 2020
2004[ 151]
978-1-4732-2950-1
A Time of Changes
Robert Silverberg
20 August 2020
1971[ 152]
978-1-4732-2923-5
The Andromeda Anthology
Fred Hoyle and John Elliot
29 October 2020
1962, 1964[ 153]
978-1-4732-3011-8
Worlds of Exile and Illusion
Ursula K. Le Guin
15 October 2020
1966–67[ 154]
978-1-4732-3098-9
Bold as Love
Gwyneth Jones
12 November 2020
2001[ 155]
978-1-4732-3019-4
Desolation Road
Ian McDonald
10 December 2020
1988[ 156]
978-1-4732-3099-6
Castles Made of Sand
Gwyneth Jones
21 January 2021
2002[ 157]
978-1-4732-3020-0
The Best of Greg Egan
Greg Egan
18 March 2021
1990, 2019[ 158]
978-1-4732-3229-7
The Inhabited Island (new trans. )
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
15 April 2021
1971[ 159]
978-1-4732-3244-0
The Separation
Christopher Priest
13 May 2021
2002[ 160]
978-1-4732-3305-8
Needle in a Timestack
Robert Silverberg
10 June 2021
1966[ 161]
978-1-4732-2920-4
White Queen
Gwyneth Jones
2 September 2021
1991[ 162]
978-1-4732-3465-9
Kairos
Gwyneth Jones
11 November 2021
1988[ 163]
978-1-4732-3466-6
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
20 January 2022
1949[ 164]
978-1-4732-3480-2
Life
Gwyneth Jones
17 February 2022
2004[ 165]
978-1-4732-3467-3
The Chronicles of Amber
Roger Zelazny
14 April 2022
1970, 1978[ 166]
978-1-4732-2216-8
The Second Chronicles of Amber
Roger Zelazny
18 August 2022
1985, 1991[ 167]
978-1-4732-2215-1
Growing Up Weightless
John M. Ford
29 September 2022
1993[ 168]
978-1-4732-3282-2
The Secret of Life
Paul J. McAuley
13 October 2022
2001[ 169]
978-1-399-60377-5
Roadmarks
Roger Zelazny
19 January 2023
1979[ 170]
978-1-4732-3503-8
Imperial Earth
Arthur C. Clarke
16 February 2023
1975[ 171]
978-1-4732-0142-2
The Hammer of God
Arthur C. Clarke
16 March 2023
1993[ 172]
978-1-4732-0140-8
The Best of Roger Zelazny
Roger Zelazny
26 October 2023
1963, 1986[ 173]
978-1-4732-3500-7
Hiero's Journey
Sterling Lanier
25 April 2024
1973[ 174]
978-1-399-62051-2
First Born
Maureen Duffy
4 July 2024
1981[ 175]
978-1-399-62335-3
The Unforsaken Hiero
Sterling Lanier
12 September 2024
1983[ 176]
978-1-399-62057-4
Hardcover editions (2010–2017)[ edit ] Depending on the market, volumes may not indicate they are part of a series.
‡ Reprinted version of a title from the numbered series § Later reprinted in a paperback edition Unpublished softcover editions [ edit ] The following editions were announced, but appear to have been withdrawn:
Rounded-corner editions (2006)[ edit ] A special edition collection with matte, non-glossy covers, rounded corners and minimalist cover art by Marc Adams.
Gollancz 50th Anniversary (2011)[ edit ] To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Gollancz imprint, Orion published ten fan-chosen editions. Each novel featured Gollancz's red-on-yellow cover design. The series was initially marketed as part the SF Masterworks series.
Golden Age Masterworks (2019–present)[ edit ] Initially marketed as part the SF Masterworks series.
Best of the Masterworks (2022–23)[ edit ]