Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Past Master | 1968 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 2 | The Reefs of Earth | 1968 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 3 | Space Chantey | 1968 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 4 | Fourth Mansions | 1969 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 5 | The Fall of Rome | 1971 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 6 | Arrive at Easterwine | 1971 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 7 | Okla Hannali | 1972 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 8 | Not to Mention Camels | 1976 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 9 | Aurelia | 1982 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 10 | Annals of Klepsis | 1983 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 11 | Tales of Midnight | 1984 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 12 | Serpent’s Egg | 1987 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 13 | Sindbad | 1989 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
| 14 | Iron Tears | 1992 | R.A. Lafferty | Buy |
R.A. Lafferty’s standalone novels range from straight science fiction to historical fiction to works that defy categorization. Past Master (1968) reimagines Thomas More as a time-traveling political figure on a future planet. Space Chantey (1968) retells the Odyssey in space. Fourth Mansions (1969) may be about secret societies controlling history, though with Lafferty, certainty is hard to come by.
Okla Hannali (1972) stands apart from his genre work as a historical novel about the Choctaw people, written with the same tall-tale energy Lafferty brought to everything. Later novels like Aurelia (1982), Annals of Klepsis (1983), and Serpent’s Egg (1987) continued his habit of writing books that fit no comfortable category.