Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Backyard Starship: Origins 2 | 2022 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 2 | Backyard Starship: Origins 3 | 2024 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 3 | Backyard Starship Red Agent | - | J.N. Chaney | N/A |
| 4 | Backyard Starship | 2021 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 5 | Red Bounty | 2021 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 6 | Anvil Dark | 2021 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 7 | Legacy of Stars | 2022 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 8 | Blue Shift | 2022 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 9 | Distant Horizon | 2022 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 10 | Origins | 2022 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 11 | Kingdom Come | 2022 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 12 | Blackest Ocean | 2022 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 13 | Fields of Fire | 2022 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 14 | Severed Ties | 2022 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 15 | Echoes of Empire | 2022 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 16 | Song of Darkness | 2023 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 17 | Path of Tyrants | 2023 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 18 | Shattered Will | 2023 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 19 | Constant Sorrow | 2023 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 20 | Heavy is the Crown | 2023 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 21 | Ghost in the Deep | 2023 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 22 | Distant Warning | 2023 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 23 | Gone Nova | 2024 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 24 | Point of Impact | 2024 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 25 | Hand of Fate | 2024 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 26 | Bright Red Line | 2024 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 27 | Killing Stroke | 2024 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 28 | The Enemy Within | 2024 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 29 | Fist of Orion | 2025 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 30 | Wolves Among the Stars | 2025 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 31 | Forged in Stillness | 2025 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 32 | A Rumor of War | 2025 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 33 | Splinter Faction | 2025 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 34 | Birds of Prey | 2025 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 35 | Battle Born | 2026 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
| 36 | Icky and Funboy | 2025 | J.N. Chaney | Buy |
The Backyard Starship series is one of J.N. Chaney’s longest running works, with 36 books published between 2021 and 2026. The series starts with a memorable hook: a man finds a starship in his backyard and discovers he has been selected to join an ancient order of galactic protectors. From there, the story expands into a sprawling space opera.
The series has generated spinoffs including Backyard Starship: Origins entries and the Peacemaker Wars subseries. Chaney has co-written the books at a blistering pace, averaging about seven entries per year. Titles like Legacy of Stars, Kingdom Come, and Wolves Among the Stars signal the scope of the adventure. The series has become one of the benchmarks of self-published military sci-fi.