Who This Author Is

Don Berliner has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 10 catalog-linked books across 1987 to 2011, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Fantasy & Sci-Fi, Young Readers & Series Fiction.

Best for readers who want imaginative settings, series momentum, and clearer jumping-in spots. If you want the easiest first click, start with Aviation: Reaching for the Sky (Innovators) and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1987 to 2011; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Lerner Pub Group and Enslow Publishers.

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Author At A Glance

Best known for: Fantasy & Sci-Fi entry points • Young Readers & Series Fiction entry points • common used copies from Lerner Pub Group and Enslow Publishers

Genres and themes: Fantasy & Sci-Fi • Young Readers & Series Fiction

Who this author is best for: readers who want imaginative settings, series momentum, and clearer jumping-in spots

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1987 to 2011; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Lerner Pub Group and Enslow Publishers.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Aviation: Reaching for the Sky (Innovators)

    Oliver Pr Inc • 1996 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1996 • 144 pages.

  2. Living in Space (Space & Aviation)

    Lerner Pub Group • 1993 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1993 • 64 pages.

  3. Our Future in Space

    Lerner Pub Group • 1991 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1991 • 72 pages.

  4. Before the Wright Brothers (Space & Aviation)

    Lerner Pub Group • 1990 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1990 • 72 pages.

  5. Distance Flights (Space and Aviation)

    Lerner Pub Group • 1990 • quick commitment

    readers who want a faster first book

  6. The World Aerobatics Championships (Focus on Sports)

    Lerner Pub Group • 1989 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1989 • 63 pages.

  7. Research Airplanes: Testing the Boundaries of Flight (Discovery)

    Lerner Pub Group • 1988 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1988 • 64 pages.

  8. Airplanes of the Future (Discovery Series)

    Lerner Pub Group • 1987 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1987 • 61 pages.

  9. Stealth Fighters and Bombers (Aircraft)

    Enslow Publishers • 2001 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2001 • 48 pages.

  10. Surviving Bomber Aircraft of World War Two

    Pen & Sword Books Limited • 2011 • commitment varies by edition

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

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