Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Genesis Machine | 1978 | James P. Hogan | Buy |
| 2 | The Two Faces of Tomorrow | 1979 | James P. Hogan | Buy |
| 3 | Thrice Upon a Time | 1980 | James P. Hogan | Buy |
| 4 | Voyage From Yesteryear | 1982 | James P. Hogan | Buy |
| 5 | The Proteus Operation | 1985 | James P. Hogan | Buy |
| 6 | Endgame Enigma | 1987 | James P. Hogan | Buy |
| 7 | The Mirror Maze | 1989 | James P. Hogan | Buy |
| 8 | Infinity Gambit | 1991 | James P. Hogan | Buy |
| 9 | The Multiplex Man | 1992 | James P. Hogan | Buy |
| 10 | Realtime Interrupt | 1995 | James P. Hogan | Buy |
| 11 | Paths To Otherwhere | 1996 | James P. Hogan | Buy |
| 12 | Bug Park | 1997 | James P. Hogan | Buy |
| 13 | The Legend That Was Earth | 2000 | James P. Hogan | Buy |
| 14 | Echoes of an Alien Sky | 2007 | James P. Hogan | Buy |
| 15 | Moon Flower | 2008 | James P. Hogan | Buy |
| 16 | Migration | 2010 | James P. Hogan | Buy |
James P. Hogan’s standalone novels cover a wide range of science fiction ideas. The Genesis Machine (1978), his second published novel, deals with a physicist who discovers a unified field theory with military applications. The Two Faces of Tomorrow (1979) tests what happens when an AI is given real-world power and decides that self-preservation matters more than human instructions. Voyage From Yesteryear (1982) imagines a human colony raised entirely by machines, developing a society with no concept of property or hierarchy, and what happens when Earth sends a ship to bring them back into line.
His later standalones kept up the variety. The Proteus Operation (1985) is an alternate-history thriller where World War II went badly for the Allies, and a team travels back in time to fix it. The Multiplex Man (1992) is a near-future identity mystery. Bug Park (1997) involves nanotechnology and remote-controlled micro-robots. Echoes of an Alien Sky (2007), one of his last novels, is set on a future Earth colonized by aliens from Venus who discover the ruins of human civilization and try to piece together what happened. Hogan published sixteen standalone novels between 1978 and 2010.