Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What Entropy Means to Me | 1972 | George Alec Effinger | Buy |
| 2 | Relatives | 1973 | George Alec Effinger | Buy |
| 3 | Nightmare Blue | 1975 | George Alec Effinger | Buy |
| 4 | Those Gentle Voices | 1976 | George Alec Effinger | Buy |
| 5 | Felicia | 1976 | George Alec Effinger | Buy |
| 6 | Death in Florence / Utopia 3 | 1978 | George Alec Effinger | Buy |
| 7 | Heroics | 1979 | George Alec Effinger | Buy |
| 8 | The Wolves Of Memory | 1981 | George Alec Effinger | Buy |
| 9 | Shadow Money | 1988 | George Alec Effinger | Buy |
| 10 | Look Away | 1990 | George Alec Effinger | Buy |
| 11 | The Red Tape War | 1991 | George Alec Effinger | Buy |
| 12 | Trinity: Hope-Sacrifice-Unity | 1997 | George Alec Effinger | Buy |
George Alec Effinger’s standalone novels span from 1972 to 1997 and cover a wide range of science fiction, from the experimental What Entropy Means to Me to the alternate history of Look Away. His early novels were ambitious and unconventional, drawing attention from literary-minded SF readers.
Later standalones like Shadow Money moved into crime fiction territory, while The Red Tape War was a humorous collaborative novel. The variety of these books reflects Effinger’s restless creative energy and his refusal to stick to a single mode of storytelling.