Larry Niven's Known Space novels and stories

Many of Larry Niven's best and most famous works are set in one cohesive invented universe, "Known Space", with a long duration internal chronology. His stories and novels can be read in this chronological order, though they need not be. However, knowing the chronological reading order may help explain certain events and add to the a reader's enjoyment. In the table below, novels are shown in bold, as are the first instance of each book collection of stories.