Who This Author Is

Alan Oken has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 8 catalog-linked books across 1988 to 2009, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Young Readers & Series Fiction.

Best for readers who want approachable series fiction and books that are easy to hand to newer or younger readers. If you want the easiest first click, start with Rulers of the Horoscope : The Inner Structure of the Natal Chart and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1988 to 2009; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Ten Speed Pr and Bantam Dell Pub Group.

Best Place To Start

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Young Readers & Series Fiction entry points • common used copies from Ten Speed Pr and Bantam Dell Pub Group

Genres and themes: Young Readers & Series Fiction

Who this author is best for: readers who want approachable series fiction and books that are easy to hand to newer or younger readers

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1988 to 2009; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Ten Speed Pr and Bantam Dell Pub Group.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Rulers of the Horoscope : The Inner Structure of the Natal Chart

    Ten Speed Pr • 2000 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2000 • 200 pages.

  2. HOUSES OF THE HOROSCOPE: An Introduction (reissue)

    Ten Speed Pr • 1999 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1999 • 207 pages.

  3. Pocket Guide to Astrology (The Crossing Press Pocket Series)

    Ten Speed Pr • 1996 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1996 • 127 pages.

  4. Pocket Guide to Numerology

    Ten Speed Pr • 1996 • quick commitment

    readers who want a faster first book

  5. Soul-Centered Astrology: A Key to Your Expanding Self

    Ten Speed Pr • 1996 • longer commitment

    It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

  6. Soul-Centered Astrology

    Ibis Press • 2008 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2008 • 446 pages.

  7. Houses of the horoscope

    Ibis Press | Distributed by Red Wheel/Weiser • 2009 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 2009.

  8. Alan Oken's Complete Astrology

    Bantam Dell Pub Group • 1988 • oversized commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1988 • 620 pages.

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