Carl Sagan (1934-1996) was an American scientist and author. His fields of research were in astronomy and natural sciences. During his career as an author/writer, he published over 600 scientific papers and wrote and edited over 20 books. As far as fiction goes, Carl only wrote one novel, Contact, which was adapted to the 1996 film of the same name (finished after his death).
Carl Sagan made his debut as a published author in 1966 with two non-fiction books – Intelligent Life in the Universe and Planets. His lone fiction title was Contact, published in 1985. Below is a list of Carl Sagan’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Notes: Intelligence Life in the Universe was co-authored by L.S. Shklovskii. Planets was co-authored by Jonathan Norton Leonard. Cosmos was co-authored by Gentry Lee. Comet and Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors were co-authored by Ann Druyan.