Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Books in Order
See Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books by Douglas Adams in order, with plot summaries, series background and quick guidance on the best reading order.
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books in publication order
6 books
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
1979
Seconds before Earth is demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass, bewildered everyman Arthur Dent is whisked into deep space by his friend Ford Prefect and the starship Heart of Gold, stumbling into a funny tour of an indifferent universe.
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"A book of philosophy disguised as a silly humor book." - Elon Musk
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"If 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' and 'Star Wars' had a love-child, it would read something like this." - Tim Ferriss
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- Jack Edwards
"A bit silly but also good fun to read." - Jack Edwards
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"SciFi umoristico. Inchini ad Adams il sommo re del no sense." - Zac D'Aleo
- Evan Goldberg
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
by Douglas Adams
1980
After barely escaping a Vogon attack, Arthur, Ford, Zaphod and Trillian ride the Heart of Gold to Milliways, a restaurant built inside a time bubble at the universe's end, where interstellar politics, impossible coincidences and very bad decisions collide.
Life, the Universe and Everything
by Douglas Adams
1982
Summoned from a sleepy exile, Arthur and Ford join Slartibartfast, Trillian and Zaphod to stop the fanatical robots of Krikkit from wiping out the rest of the galaxy, in a chaos filled mix of cricket jokes, time travel and cosmic sabotage.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
by Douglas Adams
1984
Arthur Dent returns to a mysteriously restored Earth, falls in love with the elusive Fenchurch and tries to make sense of vanished dolphins, strange memories and God's final message, in a more romantic, earthbound but still very odd Hitchhiker adventure.
Mostly Harmless
by Douglas Adams
1992
Arthur Dent washes up on a backwater planet and tries to build a quiet life, just as his old friends, his reporter ex Tricia and their unpredictable daughter Random are drawn into a last, bleaker twist in the Guide's story.
And Another Thing...
by Douglas Adams
2009
Written by Eoin Colfer from Douglas Adams's notes, this sixth Hitchhiker novel picks up after Mostly Harmless as Arthur, Ford, Trillian and Random face yet another threat of annihilation, runaway bureaucracy, bored gods and the eternally insult hurling Wowbagger.
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