Reading order

Lucky Starr series reading order

Isaac Asimov

  1. David Starr, Space Ranger1952
  2. Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids1953
  3. Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus1954
  4. Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury1956
  5. Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter1957
  6. Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn1958
6 volumes
Volumes
1952–1958
Published
about 18 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

David Starr, Space Ranger
Start withDavid Starr, Space Ranger1952 · Volume 1 of 6

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Publication order

6 volumes1952–1958Completed

  • Six science-fiction novels for young readers that Asimov first published under the pen name Paul French.
  • Read them in order: each adventure takes Lucky and Bigman further across the Solar System, from Mars to Saturn.

A plan for the whole series

6 volumes, 981 pages, about 18 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 weeks.

Stages

This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 22, 2026.

  1. The end of the series
    November 22, 2026

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How this plan is calculated

The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →

Every volume in order

Read: 0 of 6

No volume in this series has enough ratings to enter a ranking yet, so the list carries no scores — the order and the volumes are still complete.

Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which Lucky Starr series book is the longest?

“Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus” is the longest at 176 pages; the shortest is “Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury” with 144 pages.

What should I read after Lucky Starr series?

Other series by Isaac Asimov: Galactic Empire, Black Widowers, Robot series.

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