Del Rey Books Explained

Del Rey Books
Type:Subsidiary
Industry:Books, publishing
Founders:Lester del Rey, Judy-Lynn del Rey
Key People:Lester del Rey, Judy-Lynn del Rey
Products:Books
Parent:Random House

Del Rey Books is an imprint of the Random House Group, a division of Penguin Random House. The imprint was established in 1977 under the editorship of author Lester del Rey and his wife Judy-Lynn del Rey. Today, the imprint specializes in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and fantasy romance.

The first new novel published by Del Rey was The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks in 1977. Del Rey formerly published Star Wars novels under the Lucasbooks sub-imprint (licensed from Lucasfilm, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios division of The Walt Disney Company) that are now published by its sister imprint, Random House Worlds.

Authors

Books published

2020

Series

Batman
  • A trilogy based on the Dark Knight version of the character.
    1. Batman: Dead White (2006 novel) by John Shirley
    2. Batman: Inferno (2006 novel) by Alex Irvine
    3. Batman: Fear Itself (2007 novel) by Michael Reaves and Steven-Elliot Altman
    Dragonriders of Pern
  • Twenty-three Dragonriders of Pern novels by Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey beginning with the first edition of the third novel—The White Dragon (1978)—and reprints of the first two novels.[1]
    Ghosts of Albion
  • Accursed (2005 novel) by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden
  • Witchery (2006 novel) by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden
    God of War
    1. God of War (2010 novelization) by Matthew Stover and Robert E. Vardeman
    2. God of War II (2013 novelization) by Robert E. Vardeman
    Halo
    1. (2001 novel) by Eric Nylund
    2. (2003 novel) by William C. Dietz
    3. (2003 novel) by Eric Nylund
    Ink & Sigil by Kevin Hearne
    1. Ink & Sigil (2020 novel)
    2. Paper & Blood (2021 novel)
    Rabbits by Terry Miles
    1. Rabbits (June 2021 novel)
    1. The Quiet Room (October 2023 novel)
    Robotech
  • Twenty-one Robotech novels (1987–1996) by James Luceno and Brian Daley
    Shannara
  • Eleven (and counting) Shannara novels by Terry Brooks
    Spider-Man by Peter David
    1. Spider-Man (2002 novelization) by Peter David
    2. Spider-Man 2 (2004 novelization) by Peter David
    3. Spider-Man 3 (2007 novelization) by Peter David
    StarFist
  • Fourteen StarFist novels (1997–2009) and three StarFist: Force Recon novels (2005-2008) by David Sherman and Dan Cragg
    Southern Victory
  • Eleven Southern Victory novels (1997–2007) by Harry Turtledove
    Star Wars
  • Many Star Wars novels by various authors.
    Tarzan
  • Time's Last Gift (1977 revised edition) by Philip José Farmer
  • Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1996) by R. A. Salvatore
  • The Dark Heart of Time (June 1999) by Philip José Farmer
    Temeraire
  • Nine Temeraire novels (2006-2016) by Naomi Novik, published by Del Rey books in the US.
    X-Men
    1. X-Men (2000 novelization) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith
    2. X-Men 2 (2003 novelization) by Chris Claremont
    3. (2006 novelization) by Chris Claremont

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    Notes and References

    1. . Retrieved 2011-10-23.

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