Larry Niven Books in Order

In a world where sorcery runs on a dwindling natural resource, the magician Warlock learns that every spell is helping drain the future. It is a clever, dangerous fantasy built around scarcity instead of abundance.

A murder during an elaborate live-action fantasy game turns the world's most advanced amusement park into a crime scene. The players came for make-believe, but the investigation uncovers motives that are brutally real.

The fading of magic may not be final after all, but discovering a new source of mana opens the door to fresh danger. This sequel turns survival into a risky search for renewal.

A space-based manufacturing venture is about to ship a priceless cargo when sabotage and hijacking threaten to destroy everything. The crew's wildest option is to bring their shuttle down to Earth on a threadlike tether.

This collection adds more tales from the Magic Goes Away world, where spells are powerful, costly, and never fully safe. It is fantasy with a built-in sense of decline and danger.

These linked adventures return to a world where mana is running out and every use of magic matters. Sorcerers, rulers, and schemers all fight over what wonder remains.

Human colonists arrive on Avalon expecting a fresh start and find a planet that looks like paradise, until the native predators strike. Survival depends on discipline, teamwork, and learning the ecology before it kills them all.

As Dream Park's owners chase a bigger future project, a new immersive game and an old suspicious death start to point toward sabotage. The line between performance and real danger gets thinner by the hour.

In a future Olympiad, the best minds and bodies on Earth compete for a place among the ruling elite. The catch is brutal: greatness may require losing your humanity, and most contestants will not survive the bargain.

Another Dream Park adventure turns game design, celebrity culture, and hidden manipulation into a high-stakes puzzle. The players think they are entering a spectacle, but somebody is using the show to play for keeps.

A generation after Avalon nearly destroyed its human settlers, their children have grown up believing the worst is over. Then fresh ecological and political threats prove the planet is still teaching lethal lessons.

A visit to the glittering artificial island Xanadu leads student Lenore Myles into secrets her powerful hosts would kill to protect. What starts as curiosity turns into a desperate flight through a near-future world of extreme privilege.

A live-action game on the Moon becomes a real fight for survival when terrorists seize the facility. Suddenly the skills meant for play are the only thing standing between the players and disaster.

This Heorot novella sends a younger generation into unknown waters and toward a mysterious island with its own predators. On Avalon, curiosity and courage are never far from catastrophe.

Mortal enemies Aros of Azteca and the sorcerer Neoloth are forced into an uneasy alliance when a kidnapped princess must be rescued. Their only chance lies in deception, necromancers, and a mission neither can survive alone.

A later generation on Avalon must reckon with old grudges, hard leadership choices, and a world that remains biologically hostile. The colony has survived, but survival has never meant safety.