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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books in order
The five-novel comic science-fiction sequence written by Douglas Adams.
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- 1 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Book 1 · novel · 1979
Seconds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last…
- 2 The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Book 2 · novel · 1980
Join the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his uncommon comrades in arms in their desperate search for a place to eat, as they hurtle across space powered by pure improbability. Among Arthur’s motley shipmates are Ford Prefect, a…
- 3 Life, the Universe and Everything
Book 3 · novel · 1982
The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation. They are Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered space and time traveler who tries to learn how to fly by throwing…
- 4 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Book 4 · novel · 1984
There is a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. It's not an easy thing to do, and Arthur Dent thinks he's the only human who's been able to master this nifty little trick – until he…
- 5 Mostly Harmless
Book 5 · novel · 1992
However, instead of being disheartened, Arthur Dent makes the terrible mistake of starting to enjoy life a bit—and immediately all hell breaks loose. Hell takes a number of forms: there’s the standard Ford Prefect version, in the shape of…
