These are the Novels
- If This Goes On—, 1940, first novel
- Lost Legacy, 1941
- Orphans of the Sky, 1941
- Beyond This Horizon, 1942
- Rocket Ship Galileo, 1947, Novel
- Beyond This Horizon, 1948 (initially serialized in 1942, and at that time credited to Anson MacDonald), Novel
- Space Cadet, 1948, Novel
- Red Planet, 1949, Novel
- Sixth Column, 1949 (initially serialized in 1941, and at that time credited toAnson MacDonald) (aka: The Day After Tomorrow), Novel
- Farmer in the Sky, 1950 (initially serialized in a condensed version in Boys' Life magazine as "Satellite Scout") (Retro Hugo Award, 1951), Novel
- Between Planets, 1951, Novel
- The Puppet Masters, 1951 (re-published posthumously with excisions restored, 1990), Novel
- The Rolling Stones, 1952 (aka: Space Family Stone), Novel
- Starman Jones, 1953, Novel
- The Star Beast, 1954, Novel
- Tunnel in the Sky, 1955, Novel
- Double Star, 1956—Hugo Award, 1956, Novel
- Time for the Stars, 1956, Novel
- Citizen of the Galaxy, 1957, Novel
- The Door into Summer, 1957, Novel
- Methuselah's Children, 1958
- Have Space Suit—Will Travel, 1958—Hugo Award nominee, 1959, Novel
- Starship Troopers, 1959—Hugo Award, 1960, Novel
- Stranger in a Strange Land, 1961 -- Hugo Award, 1962, (republished at the original greater length in 1991), Novel
- Podkayne of Mars, 1963, Novel
- Orphans of the Sky, 1963 (comprising the novellas "Universe" and "Common Sense", both originally published in 1941), Novel
- Glory Road, 1963—Hugo Award nominee, 1964, Novel
- Farnham's Freehold, 1964, Novel
- The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, 1966 -- Hugo Award, 1967, Novel
- I Will Fear No Evil, 1970, Novel
- Time Enough for Love, 1973—Nebula Award nominated, 1973; Hugo and Locus SF Awards nominated, 1974, Novel
- The Number of the Beast, 1980, Novel
- Friday, 1982—Hugo, Nebula, and Locus SF Awards nominee, 1983, Novel
- Job: A Comedy of Justice, 1984 - Nebula Award nominee, 1984; Locus Fantasy Award winner, Hugo Award nominee, 1985, Novel
- The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, 1985, Novel
- To Sail Beyond the Sunset, 1987, Novel
- Grumbles from the Grave, 1989
- For Us, The Living, 2003
- Variable Star, 2006 (posthumously withSpider Robinson) (Heinlein's 8 page outline written in 1955; Robinson's full novel from the outline appeared in 2006)