About this book
The Andromeda Strain (1969) is the runaway extraterrestrial-microbe thriller Michael Crichton published under his own name for the first time, and the book that made him famous, distilling the documentary-style technothriller voice he'd use for the rest of his career. At 286 pages, it followed his years of pseudonymous John Lange and Jeffery Hudson novels and preceded The Venom Business.
Key facts about The Andromeda Strain
Michael Crichton wrote The Andromeda Strain, a book on our list. It has been out since 12 May 1969. The book has 286 pages.
We list 1 edition of this book. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780345378484 to find the main one.
Michael Crichton has 31 books on our list. Since none belong to a series we track, all 31 stand alone. All 31 are out now. Other books by Michael Crichton on file include Eruption (2024), The Andromeda Evolution (2019), Dragon Teeth (2017) and Micro (2011).
Earlier, Easy Go came out in 1968. After it came Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues in 1970. It is one of 3 Michael Crichton books dated 1969.
Since then, our list has added 24 more books by Michael Crichton. Meanwhile, A Murder in Hollywood is the latest published Michael Crichton book on file, from 5 May 2026.
About Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton was an American author, physician, and filmmaker whose techno-thrillers redefined the genre by grounding speculative, often catastrophic scenarios in rigorous scientific research, most famously in Jurassic Park, which imagined the genetic resurrection of dinosaurs and became a global cultural phenomenon after Steven Spielberg's 1993 film adaptation. See every Michael Crichton book in order.
Editions
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