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The Stainless Steel Rat

by Harry Harrison

CompleteAll books have been published

Harry Harrison's comic science fiction follows 'Slippery Jim' diGriz, a charming interstellar con man and thief who is recruited by the Special Corps to catch criminals even more dangerous than he is. The first novel appeared in 1961 and the last in 2010, two years before Harrison's death. Three later books - A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born, The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted and The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues - go back to Jim's youth, so the series can be read in publication order or in the order of his life.

Chronological Order

The Stainless Steel Rat books in the order of Jim diGriz's life, starting with A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born, which tells how he began his criminal career. It and the next two books were written decades after the first novel, so their style and humour feel a little different. This order suits readers who want to follow Jim from youth onwards.

  1. 1

    A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born

    1985

  2. 2

    The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted

    1987

  3. 3

    The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues

    1994

  4. 4

    The Stainless Steel Rat

    1961

  5. 5

    The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge

    1970

  6. 6

    The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World

    1972

  7. 7

    The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You!

    1978

  8. 8

    The Stainless Steel Rat for President

    1982

  9. 9

    The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell

    1996

  10. 10

    The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus

    1999

  11. 11

    The Stainless Steel Rat Returns

    2010