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Uplift Saga Books in Order

by David BrinScience Fiction & Fantasy

6 books from Sundiver (1980) to Heaven’s Reach (1998). Rated 4.2 across 4,198 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. Sundiver

    Book 1 1980 3.9 (1.3k)

    David Brin's Uplift novels are among the most thrilling, highly regarded works of contemporary science fiction. Beginning with Sundiver, Brin provides an intriguing exploration of humanity's future in the universe.

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  2. Startide Rising

    Book 2 1972 4.3 (939)

    When Streaker - the first starship designed and crewed by dolphins - discovers a derelict ancient armada with evidence of the first sentient species ever, she sets off a war between dozens of galactic races eager to use the information for…

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  3. The Uplift War

    Book 3 1987 4.4 (722)

    Hugo Award Winner, Best Novel, 1988 David Brin's New York Times best-selling novels thrill listeners with their stirring adventures and intriguing speculation about humanity's future.

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  4. Brightness Reef

    Book 4 1995 3.9 (502)

    David Brin, the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Sundiver, crafts Brightness Reef, a luminous gem of science-fiction literature. Persecuted refugees from six separate alien races have migrated to the idyllic planet Jijo.

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  5. Infinity's Shore

    Book 5 1996 4.3 (351)

    A futuristic novel of epic proportions from Hugo and Nebula award-winning author David Brin, Infinity's Shore is the second book in the new Uplift Trilogy.

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  6. Heaven’s Reach

    Book 6 1998 4.4 (385)

    The final volume of the Uplift trilogy by Hugo and Nebula Award winner David Brin, Heaven’s Reach brings readers back to the planet Jijo one last time.

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Uplift Saga is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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