Stainless Steel Rat Books in Order

Master thief Slippery Jim diGriz finally meets the people clever enough to catch him, and they want to recruit him. The result is one of science fiction's most enjoyable rogue-goes-legit, sort of, stories.

Jim's marriage to the formidable Angelina does not exactly lead to a quiet life. Instead, love, crime, and official meddling collide in a caper where trust matters almost as much as nerve.

When history itself starts going wrong, Jim diGriz has to chase the damage far beyond an ordinary crime. Harrison gives the Rat a time-bending mission with bigger stakes than even he expected.

Jim hopes for something like peace and gets dragged into another assignment instead. Harrison mixes scams, pressure, and far-future absurdity into a caper that never stays simple for long.

Jim and his family land on a corrupt world where elections are a joke and dictatorship wears a public smile. Naturally, Jim decides the best way to beat the system is to run for office.

Young Slippery Jim deliberately gets himself into prison so he can make the right criminal contacts and plan something bigger. It is an origin story built on charm, nerve, and very bad intentions.

Jim's plans for revenge land him in uniform, which is about the last place a professional criminal belongs. That mismatch powers a fast, funny story about armies, authority, and a man who hates both.

A Rat-focused collection that gathers stories and extra glimpses of Slippery Jim diGriz. It is a good side trip for readers who want more of Harrison's most charming rogue.

Jim diGriz gets tangled in another messy off-world crisis where local politics, danger, and deception keep shifting under his feet. The fun is in watching him improvise before the whole scam collapses.

Jim lands on a fanatical world where politics and religion are tightly fused. To bring down a rotten system, he has to rely on fraud, theater, nerve, and a very flexible conscience.

Jim and Angelina head to a backwater planet and use a traveling circus as cover for another risky scheme. It is a strange setting even by Rat standards, which is exactly why trouble multiplies so fast.

Jim diGriz thinks he is finally settled, until a dubious relative and a financial disaster push him back onto the road. What follows is one more sly, far-future caper full of scams, evasions, and family trouble.