Alfred Bester Books in Order

Businessman Ben Reich wants to murder a rival in a future where telepaths can detect criminal intentions. Pursued by an investigator who can read minds, Reich must conceal both his plans and the fears that trouble his sleep.

Television writer Jake Lennox struggles with blackouts and personal turmoil amid the pressures of a live variety show. Threatening letters deepen the crisis, turning the volatile backstage world into a psychological mystery about identity, ambition, and hidden hostility.

Gully Foyle survives alone aboard a wrecked spaceship until a passing vessel ignores his distress signals. Consumed by revenge, he struggles to return to civilization and track down those responsible in a future shaped by extraordinary human abilities.

Seven short works bring together Bester's science fiction from the 1950s and early 1960s. The collection includes Time Is the Traitor, The Pi Man, and The Men Who Murdered Mohammed, alongside four further stories.

This nonfiction account examines the people and organizational challenges behind the American space program. Bester describes how technical work, cooperation, management pressures, and personal dedication combine in the demanding process of developing and operating a satellite.

A community of immortals recruits physicist Sequoya Guess, whose connection to the Extro supercomputer threatens their future. When the machine gains control over Earth's mechanical activity, the immortals face the problem of stopping someone who seemingly cannot die.

This second volume of Bester's collected short fiction brings together his speculative stories with the autobiographical essay My Affair with Science Fiction. His account of his own career adds a personal perspective to the fiction.

A group of bored women accidentally summons a murderous entity through an old ritual in a future city. Gretchen Nunn, chemist Blaise Shima, and a police investigator pursue the creature through physical reality and the dangerous landscape of the subconscious.

Commando Rogue Winter searches across the solar system after his lover Demi Jeroux is kidnapped by the Duke of Death. His pursuit becomes entangled with a struggle over a crystal capable of providing an extraordinary source of energy.

In 1959 New York, Julene Krebs faces a threat rooted in her concealed past. Advertising man Win Canard and scientist Nick Franklyn become involved, bringing secrets and rivalries of their own into an increasingly volatile struggle.

Seventeen stories explore unsettling possibilities, from a young man's extraordinary luck that harms everyone around him to a warlock on Park Avenue. Two previously unpublished pieces join tales of strange bargains, altered realities, and unexpected consequences.

Bester's short fiction appears alongside writings about figures including Woody Allen, Rex Stout, and Isaac Asimov. Stories such as Hell Is Forever and The Four-Hour Fugue sit within a collection spanning his literary interests and career.

Abandoned in space when a passing ship refuses to rescue him, Gully Foyle dedicates himself to revenge. His pursuit takes him from desperate survival into a future society where powerful interests and remarkable abilities complicate his obsession.