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
Piers Anthony Isaac Asimov Stephen Baxter Amber Benson Ray Bradbury Max Brooks Terry Brooks Pierce Brown John Brunner Bonnie Burton Jack L. Chalker Cassandra Clare Arthur C. Clarke James Clemens Dan Cragg Brian Daley Maurice G. Dantec Philip K. Dick Stephen R. Donaldson David Eddings Philip José Farmer Mick Farren Joe Clifford Faust Heather Fawcett Lynn Flewelling Robert L. Forward Alan Dean Foster Gregory Frost Christopher Golden James L. Halperin Barbara Hambly Peter F. Hamilton Ward Hawkins Kevin Hearne Robert A. Heinlein Robert E. Howard Robert Don Hughes Danielle L. Jensen J. Gregory Keyes Rosemary Kirstein Katherine Kurtz H. P. Lovecraft James Luceno Anne McCaffrey Donald E. McQuinn China Miéville Terry Miles Elizabeth Moon Sylvain Neuvel Robert Newcomb Larry Niven John Norman Naomi Novik Frederik Pohl Michael Poore Christopher Rowley David Sherman Scott Sigler Lucy A. Snyder Michael J. Sullivan J. R. R. Tolkien Harry Turtledove Lawrence Watt-Evans
Books published
2025
Water Moon (January 2025) by Samantha Sotto Yambao At the Bottom of the Garden (January 2025) by Camilla Bruce Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales (February 2025) by Heather Fawcett Cursebound (February 2025) by Saara El-Arifi The Ragpicker King (March 2025) by Cassandra Clare The Seventh Veil of Salome (May 2025) by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Lady Macbeth (May 2025) by Ava Reid The Ending Fire (May 2025) by Saara El-Arifi Silver Elite (May 2025) by Dani Francis A Curse Carved in Bone (May 2025) by Danielle L. Jensen Lucy Undying: A Dracula Novel (June 2025) by Kiersten White A Dance of Lies (June 2025) by Brittney Arena Buried Deep and Other Stories (June 2025) by Naomi Novik Candle & Crow (July 2025) by Kevin Hearne Arcana Academy (July 2025) by Elise Kova The Bewitching (July 2025) by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Alchemised (September 2025) by SenLinYu
2024
The Tainted Cup (February 2024) by Robert Jackson Bennett The Warm Hands of Ghosts (February 2024) by Katherine Arden A Fate Inked In Blood (February 2024) by Danielle L. Jensen Those Beyond the Wall (March 2024) by Micaiah Johnson Incidents Around the House (June 2024) by Josh Malerman The Book of Elsewhere (July 2024) by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville The Crimson Crown (August 2024) by Heather Walter Blood Over Bright Haven (October 2024) by M. L. Wang We Shall Be Monsters (November 2024) by Alyssa Wees The Traitor Queen (November 2024) by Danielle L. Jensen
2023
The Endless War (November 2023) by Danielle L. Jensen
2022
The Inadequate Heir (May 2022) by Danielle L. Jensen
2020 A Blight of Blackwings (February 2020) by Kevin Hearne Devolution (June 2020) by Max Brooks Mexican Gothic (June 2020) by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Ink & Sigil (August 2020) by Kevin Hearne
Series
Batman A trilogy based on the Dark Knight version of the character. Batman: Dead White (2006 novel) by John Shirley Batman: Inferno (2006 novel) by Alex Irvine 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.. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
Ghosts of Albion Accursed (2005 novel) by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden Witchery (2006 novel) by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden
God of War God of War (2010 novelization) by Matthew Stover and Robert E. Vardeman God of War II (2013 novelization) by Robert E. Vardeman Halo Halo: The Fall of Reach (2001 novel) by Eric Nylund Halo: The Flood (2003 novel) by William C. Dietz Halo: First Strike (2003 novel) by Eric Nylund
Ink & Sigil by Kevin Hearne
Ink & Sigil (2020 novel) Paper & Blood (2021 novel) Rabbits by Terry Miles
Rabbits (June 2021 novel 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 Spider-Man (2002 novelization) by Peter David 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 X-Men (2000 novelization) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith X-Men 2 (2003 novelization) by Chris Claremont X-Men: The Last Stand (2006 novelization) by Chris Claremont
References
External links Del Rey on Random House Books