Series
Aliens
S. D. Perry, Steve Perry, Diane Carey, David Bischoff, Dean Wesley Smith, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Robert Sheckley, Brian Evenson, John Shirley, Michael Jan Friedman, Yvonne Navarro, Jonathan Maberry & Stephen R. Bissette · 15 novels · 1 novelette · 1 anthology · 1992–2017
The Alien/Aliens literary franchise consists of multiple novels and short stories based on the eponymous film franchise, which began in 1979 with the release of Alien.
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The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(10 editions)
Map
Aliens at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1990s10
- 2000s6
- 2010s1
Shape
15 novels · 1 novelette · 1 anthology
13 authors
Mood
Grim and intense: 94% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book17 of 17 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Music of the Spearsdarkest · calmest
- Alien Harvestbrightest · most intense