Updated: February 23, 2010
Novels to Enjoy for the...
Citizen of Mayberry
Fiction from the 1960's. Perfect for Barney to read while Andy flips through his National Geographic.
2BRO2B by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Prize for Eddie by J.F. Bone
A Question of Courage by J.F. Bone
A Slave is a Slave by H. Beam Piper
A Spaceship Named McGuire by Gordon Randall Garrett
A Transmutation of Muddles by Horace Brown Fyfe
A World by the Tale by Gordon Randall Garrett
Adaptation by Mack Reynolds
Alarm Clock by Everett B. Cole
All Day Wednesday by Richard Olin
An Incident on Route 12 by James H. Schmitz
An Ounce of Cure by Alan Nourse
Anchorite by Gordon Randall Garrett
And All the Earth a Grave by C.C. MacApp
Attrition by Jim Wannamaker
Beyond Pandora by Robert J. Martin
Blind Man's Lantern by Allen Kim Lang
By Proxy by Gordon Randall Garrett
Card...Trick by John Berryman
Cerebrum by Albert Teichner
Code Three by Rick Raphael
Control Group by Roger Dee
Counterfeit Man series by Alan Nourse
D-99 by Horace Brown Fyfe
Damned if You Don't by Gordon Randall Garrett
Dead World by Jack Douglas
Earthmen Bearing Gifts by Frederic Brown
Egocentric Orbit by John Cory
Eight Keys to Eden by Mark Irvin Clifton
Expiditer by Dallas McCord Reynolds
Fee of the Frontier by Horace Brown Fyfe
Fifty Percent Prophet by Gordon Randall Garrett
Flamedown by Horace Brown Fyfe
Frigid Fracas by Dallas McCord Reynolds
Gambler's World by John Keith Laumer
General Max Shorter by Kris Ottman Neville
Gone Fishing by James M. Schmitz
Gun for Hire by Dallas McCord Reynolds
Ham Sandwich by James H. Schmitz
Hanging by a Thread by Gordon Randall Garrett
I'm a Stranger Here Myself by Dallas McCord Reynolds
If At First You Don't... by John Brudy
In the Control Tower by Will Mohler
Join Our Gang by Sterling E. Lanier
Last Resort by Stephen Bartholomew
Lion Loose by James M. Schmitz
Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper
Lost in Translation by Laurence Mark Janifer
Master of None by Lloyd Neil Goble
Medal of Honor by Dallas McCord Reynolds
Membership Drive by Murray F. Yaco
Mercenery by Dallas McCord Reynolds
Modus Vivendi by John Berryman
Monkey on his Back by Charles V. de Vet
Mother America by Sam McClatchie
New Apples in the Garden by Kris Ottman Neville
Next Door, Next World by Robert Donald Locke
No Great Magic by Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr.
No Moving Parts by Murray F. Yaco
Noble Redman by J.F. Bone
Nor Iron Bars a Cage by Gordon Randall Garrett
Novice by James H. Schmitz
Pandemic by J.F. Bone
Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison
Pleasant Journey by Richard F. Thieme
Poppa Needs Shorts by Leigh Richmond
Prologue to an Analogue by Leigh Richmond
Psi-Power Series by Mark Phillips
Push Button War by Joseph P. Martino
Quiet, Please by Kevin Scott
Rebels of the Red Planet by Charles Louis Fontenay
Remember the Alamo by R.R. Febrencbach
Revenge by Arthur Porges
Revolution by Dallas McCord Reynolds
Satellite System by Horace Brown Fyfe
Second Landing by Floyd L. Wallace
Sight Gag by Laurence Mark Janifer
Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas by Raphael Aloysius Lafferty
Solomon's Orbit by William Carroll
Something Will Turn Up by David Mason
Sonny by Rick Raghael
Step IV by Rosel George Brown
Subspace Survivors by E.E. Doc Smith
Subversive by Dallas McCord Reynolds
Summit by Dallas McCord Reynolds
Take the Reason Prisoner by John Joseph McGuire
Telempathy by Vance Simonds
Ten Away From Infinity by Paul W. Fairman
The Ambulance Made Two Trips by Murray Leinster
The Asses of Balaam by Gordon Randall Garrett
The Blonde Hurricane by P. Howard
The Bramble Bush by Gordon Randall Garrett
The Burning Bridge by Poul William Anderson
The Circuit Riders by R.C. FitzPatrick
The Colors of Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Coming of the Ice by Green Peyton
The Common Man by Dallas McCord Reynolds
The Demi-Urge by Thomas Michael Disch
The Door Through Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Dueling Machine by Benjamin William Bova
The Ethical Engineer by Harry Harrison
The First One by Herbert D. Kastle
The Glory of Ippling by Helen M. Urban
The Good Neighbors by James M. Schmitz
The Green Beret by Thomas Edward Purdom
The Happy Man by Gerald W. Page
The Highest Treason by Gordon Randall Garrett
The Last Place on Earth by James Judson Harmon
The Last Straw by William J. Smith
The Lost Kafoozalum by Pauline Ashwell
The Man Who Played to Lose by Laurence Mark Janifer
The Measure of a Man by Gordon Randall Garrett
The Memory of Mars by Raymond F. Jones
The Mightiest Man by Patrick Fahy
The Misplaced Battleship by Harry Harrison
The Next Logical Step by Benjamin William Bova
The Outbreak of Peace by Horace Brown Fyfe
The Perfectionists by Arnold Castle
The Plague by Teddy Keller
The Planet Strappers by Raymond Z. Gallun
The Planet With No Nightmare by James Judson Harmon
The Professional Approach by T.L. Thomas and C.L. Harness
The Putnam Tradition by Sonya Hess Dorman
The Real Hard Sell by William W. Stuart
The Right Time by John Berryman
The Risk Profession by Donald E. Westlake
The Servant Problem by Robert F. Young
The Six Fingers of Time by Raphael Aloysius Lafferty
The Sound of Silence by Barbara Constant
The Star Hyacinths by James H. Schmitz
The Status Civilization by Robert Sheckley
The Success Machine by Henry Slesar
The Talkative Tree by Horace Brown Fyfe
The Thirst Quenchers by Rick Raphael
The Trouble with Telstar by John Berryman
The Untouchable by Stephan A. Kallis
The Weakling by Everett B. Cole
The Wedge by Horace Brown Fyfe
The Winds of Time by James H. Schmitz
The Yillian Way by John Keith Laumer
They Also Serve by Donald E. Westlake
Thin Edge by Gordon Randall Garrett
This World is Taboo by Murray Leinster
Tinker's Dam by Gordon Randall Garrett
To Choke an Ocean by J.F. Bone
To Invade New York by Irwin Lewis
Toy Shop by Harry Harrison
Tulan by Carroll M. Capps
Ultima Thule by Dallas McCord Reynolds
Unspecialist by Murray F. Yaco
Untechnological Employment by E.M. Clinton, Jr.
Unwise Child by Gordon Randall Garrett
Upstarts by Joseph Wesley
Viewpoint by Gordon Randall Garrett
Vigorish by John Berryman
Watch the Sky by James H. Schmitz
We're Friends Now by Henry Hasse
What Need of Man? by Harold Calin
What the Left Hand was Doing by Gordon Randall Garrett
Where I Wasn't Going by Leigh Richmond
With No Strings Attached by Gordon Randall Garrett
You Don't Make Wine Like the Greeks Did by David E. Fisher
Three works of non-fiction that Barney Fife would definitely have read.
A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis by Melvin PowersIn Time of Emergency: A Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters by Department of Defense
Simple Sabotage Field Manual by Office of Strategic Services
And an abundance of Andy Griffith Show "lost episodes" for those who wish they could just pack their bags and move to Mayberry, North Carolina.
A New Dance of Lasting Love by RenaAn Unforgettable Christmas by Joe Gritton
Basketball Regional or Bust by Joe Gritton
Ernest T. Bass on Easy Street by David Kerley
Faith, Hope and Cherishing by Emmy Peters
Floyd's Anniversary by Dustin Tahmahkera
Moptops in Mayberry
My Home is In Mayberry [Many stories]
New Stranger in Town by Joe Gritton
Raleigh Vacation by The Sleuth
The Favourite Story Never Told by Joe Gritton
The Mayberry Hillbillies by Chester Morton
The St. Valentine Day's Massacre by David Kerley