Homer Hickam

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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 1999
  • Latest Book:
    October 2021
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Full Series List in Order

A Helium-3 Novel

1 - Crater (Apr-2012)
2 - Crescent (Jun-2013)
3 - Crater Trueblood and the Lunar Rescue Company (Jun-2014)

Josh Thurlow

3 - The Far Reaches (Jun-2007)
The Keeper's Son (Oct-2003)
The Ambassador's Son (Mar-2005)

Book List in Order: 14 titles

  • October Sky

    It was 1957, the year Sputnik raced across the Appalachian sky, and the small town of Coalwood, West Virginia, was slowly dying. Faced with an uncertain future, Sonny Hickam (aka Homer Hickam, Jr.) nurtured a dream: to learn how to build a rock...

  • Back to the Moon

    The shuttle is hijacked. Now the countdown to adventure begins....In his #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, October Sky, real-life NASA engineer Homer Hickam captured the excitement of America's first space ventures. Now, in this no-holds-barred j...

  • Sky of Stone

  • The Keeper's Son

    Josh Thurlow

    In 1941, Killakeet Island of the wind-swept Outer Banks of North Carolina is home to a tiny, peaceful population of fishermen, clam stompers, oyster rakers, and a few lonely sailors of the Coast Guard. Dominating the glorious, raw beauty of the littl...

  • The Ambassador's Son

    Josh Thurlow

    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Rocket Boys continues the wartime saga of Josh Thurlow that began with The Keeper's Son. It is 1943, and the struggle against Japan rages across the steaming, jungle-choked Solomon Islands. As the fate o...

  • The Far Reaches

    Josh Thurlow - 3

    The year is 1943 and World War II in the Pacific rages on, with Americans engaged in desperate battles against a cunning enemy. Coast Guard Captain Josh Thurlow is on hand at the invasion of Tarawa, as the U.S. Navy begins the grand strategy of throw...

  • Red Helmet

    Forever unlucky in love, Song Hawkins has the reputation of being a cold-hearted yet beautiful businesswoman. But everything changes when this New Yorker finds the man of her dreams in Cable Jordan, the manager of a West Virginia coal mine. After th...

  • The Dinosaur Hunter

    Life on Montana's ranches comes with more than its share of trouble. The people who live there expect it -- some of them even enjoy it. One of them is Mike Wire, a former homicide detective who now spends his days running the Square C Ranch and pinin...

  • Crater

    A Helium-3 Novel - 1

    A Helium-3 miner named Crater makes a treacherous journey through space to find a mysterious and priceless treasure. It's the 22nd Century and a tough, pioneering people are mining the moon to produce energy for a desperate, war torn Earth. Crate...



  • Paco

    Homer Hickam, author of the memoir Rocket Boys (made into the movie October Sky), recalls his first years as a NASA engineer while also telling the story of his fluffy black and white cat Paco who had the magic ability to make people smile and give t...

  • Crescent

    A Helium-3 Novel - 2

    She was born to kill, born to die. Crescent is a crowhopper -- a genetically modified mercenary programmed for ruthless warfare. When she's taken prisoner by Crater Trueblood instead of being killed in battle, she thinks it's a disaster. Crater is we...

  • Crater Trueblood and the Lunar Rescue Company

    A Helium-3 Novel - 3

    Crater Trueblood has to rescue his ex-girlfriend . . . and the entire human race. Maria Medaris is the 21-year-old matriarch of the most powerful family on the moon--gorgeous, powerful, and high-maintenance. When she is kidnapped by green-lipped, ...

  • Carrying Albert Home

    The long-awaited prequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Rocket Boys the basis of the movie October Sky follows Elsie Lavender and Homer Hickam, Sr., on a journey from the misty coalfields of West Virginia to the sunny beach towns of Flor...

  • Rocket Boys

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Homer Hickam has published 14 books.

Homer Hickam does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Rocket Boys, was published in October 2021.

The first book by Homer Hickam, October Sky, was published in February 1999.

Yes. Homer Hickam has 2 series.
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