| Novels | |
| World of Ptavvs © 1966 |
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| A Gift From Earth © 1968 |
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| Neutron Star © 1968 |
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| Ringworld © 1970 |
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| Protector © 1973 |
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| World Out of Time © 1976 |
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| The Patchwork Girl © 1980 |
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| Ringworld Engineers © 1980 |
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| The Integral Trees © 1984 |
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| The Smoke Ring © 1987 |
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| The Ringword Throne © 1996 |
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| Destiny's Road © 1997 |
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| Collections | |
| Inconstant Moon collection © 1973 |
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| Tales of Known Space: The Universe of
Larry Niven theme collection © 1975 |
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| The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton theme collection © 1976 |
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| All the Myriad Ways collection © 1971 |
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| N-Space theme collection © 1990 |
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| Playgrounds of the Mind collection © 1991 |
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| Scatterbrain collection © 2003 |
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| Collaborations | |
| The Mote In God's Eye with Jerry Pournelle © 1974 |
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| Inferno with Jerry Pournelle © 1975 |
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| Lucifer's Hammer with Jerry Pournelle © 1977 |
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| Dream Park with Steven Barnes © 1981 |
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| Oath of Fealty with Jerry Pournelle © 1981 |
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| The Descent of Anansi with Steven Barnes © 1982 |
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| Footfall with Jerry Pournelle © 1985 |
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| The Legacy of Heorot with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes © 1987 |
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| The Barsoom Project with Steven Barnes © 1989 |
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| Achilles' Choice with Steven Barnes © 1991 |
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| The California Voodoo Game with Steven Barnes © 1991 |
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| Fallen Angels with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes © 1991 |
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| The Gripping Hand with Jerry Pournelle © 1993 |
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| Beowulf's Children with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes © 1995 |
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| The Dragons of Heorot with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes 1995 |
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| The Burning City with Jerry Pournelle © 2000 |
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| Saturn's Race with Steven Barnes © 2000 |
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| Fantasy | |
| The Flight of the Horse theme collection © 1973 |
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| The Magic Goes Away theme collection © 1978 |
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| Rainbow Mars © 1999 |
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