Del Rey Books

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 Judy-Lynn del Rey and her husband, author Lester 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

2025

• Water Moon
• The Crimson Crown
• A Fate Inked In Blood
• Cursebound
• Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
• At the Bottom of the Garden
• The Warm Hands of Ghosts
• The Endless War
• The Ragpicker King

2024

• We Shall Be Monsters
• The Tainted Cup
• Blood Over Bright Haven
• Those Beyond the Wall
• The Inadequate Heir
• The Traitor Queen
• The World of Lore: Dreadful Places
• The World of Lore: Wicked Mortals
• The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures
• The Book of Elsewhere

2020

• A Blight of Blackwings
• Devolution
• Ink and Sigil
• Mexican Gothic

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.

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. Halo: The Fall of Reach (2001 novel) by Eric Nylund
2. Halo: The Flood (2003 novel) by William C. Dietz
3. Halo: First Strike (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)
2. 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

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. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006 novelization) by Chris Claremont

References

External links

• Del Rey on Random House Books
• Del Rey Books on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki