Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Infinity and the Mind: The Science and Philosophy of the Infinite | 1981 | Rudy Rucker | Buy |
| 2 | The Fourth Dimension: Toward a Geometry of Higher Reality | 1984 | Rudy Rucker | Buy |
| 3 | Mind Tools | 1987 | Rudy Rucker | Buy |
| 4 | Artificial Life Lab/Book and Disk | 1993 | Rudy Rucker | Buy |
| 5 | Seek! Selected Nonfiction | 1999 | Rudy Rucker | Buy |
| 6 | Software Engineering and Computer Games | 2002 | Rudy Rucker | Buy |
| 7 | The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul | 2005 | Rudy Rucker | Buy |
| 8 | Nested Scrolls | 2011 | Rudy Rucker | Buy |
| 9 | Collected Essays | 2012 | Rudy Rucker | Buy |
| 10 | How To Make An Ebook | 2012 | Rudy Rucker | Buy |
| 11 | Journals I | 2012 | Rudy Rucker | Buy |
| 12 | Journals II | 2012 | Rudy Rucker | Buy |
| 13 | Better Worlds | 2012 | Rudy Rucker | Buy |
| 14 | Notes for The Big Aha | 2013 | Rudy Rucker | Buy |
| 15 | Journals | 2015 | Rudy Rucker | Buy |
| 16 | Notes for Million Mile Road Trip | 2019 | Rudy Rucker | Buy |
Rudy Rucker’s non-fiction books bring the same curious, playful energy as his fiction to real-world topics. Infinity and the Mind, published in 1981, remains a respected introduction to transfinite mathematics for non-specialists. The Fourth Dimension explores higher-dimensional geometry with illustrations and thought experiments that make abstract concepts concrete.
His later non-fiction includes the memoir Nested Scrolls, which traces his path from mathematical prodigy to cyberpunk novelist, and The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul, which lays out his philosophy of computation and consciousness. His journals, published in multiple volumes, offer an unfiltered look at his creative process over decades.