Del Rey Books is a branch of Ballantine Books, which is owned by Random House and, in turn, by Penguin Random House. It is a separate imprint established in 1977 under the editorship of author Lester del Rey and his wife Judy-Lynn del Rey. It specializes in science fiction and fantasy books, and formerly manga under its (now defunct) Del Rey Manga imprint.
The first new novel published by Del Rey was The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks in 1977. Del Rey also publishes the Star Wars novels under the LucasBooks sub-imprint (licensed from Lucasfilm, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios division of The Walt Disney Company).
Authors
Piers Anthony
Isaac Asimov
Stephen Baxter
Amber Benson
Ray Bradbury
Terry Brooks
Pierce Brown
Bonnie Burton
Jack L. Chalker
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
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
J. Gregory Keyes
Rosemary Kirstein
Katherine Kurtz
H. P. Lovecraft
James Luceno
Anne McCaffrey
Donald E. McQuinn
China Miéville
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
Terry Miles
Books published
2020
A Blight of Blackwings
Devolution
Ink and Sigil
Mexican Gothic
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.
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
Spider-Man 3 (2007 novelization) by Peter David
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