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    Benkoelen: A Christmas Tale by Brian W. Aldiss (self-published, December 2009, 9pp, ph, vi)
        Printed and published by the author as a 2009 Christmas card. Limited to 100 copies.

    Billion Year Spree: The True History of Science Fiction by Brian W. Aldiss (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, December 1973, 0-297-76555-8, £3.75, 339pp, hc, nf, cover by David November)
        A large survey of sf marked by iconoclasms, enthusiasms, and impatience.

    Bow Down to Nul by Brian W. Aldiss (Ace Double, June 1960, D-443, 35¢, 145pp, pb, n., cover by Ed Emshwiller)
        Sf novel, bound back-to-back with The Dark Destroyers by Manly Wade Wellman.

    The Brightfount Diaries by Brian W. Aldiss (Faber and Faber, 1955, 12/6d, 200pp, hc, n., cover by Pearl Falconer)
        Novel about a bookshop in a small provincial city, originally serialised in The Bookseller.

    Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith’s: A Writing Life by Brian W. Aldiss (Avernus, July 12, 1990, 1-871503-04-3, £40.00, 280pp, hc, nf, cover by Terry Griffiths)
        Autobiographical look at the life of a writer. This edition contains six chapters (comprising 56 pages) more than the Hodder & Stoughton edition and is limited to 250 copies. Each copy contains a special signed Aldiss “associational item” (such as an airline ticket or a convention program) with each book containing a full list of all 250 items.

    Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith’s: A Writing Life (var. 1) by Brian W. Aldiss (Hodder & Stoughton, July 26, 1990, 0-340-53661-6, £13.95, 221pp, hc, nf, cover by Terry Griffiths)
        Reprint (Avernus 1990) autobiographical look at the life of a writer. This trade edition contains six chapters fewer than the Avernus edition.

    A Chinese Perspective by Brian W. Aldiss (James Goddard, 2000, £7.95, 72pp, ph, na)
        SF novella originally published in anthology Anticipations (1978). The text has been revised and there is a new introduction by Aldiss.

    Cities and Stones: A Traveller’s Jugoslavia by Brian W. Aldiss (Faber and Faber, 1966, no ISBN, 42/-, 291pp, hc, qf)
        Travel journal of a holiday in Jugoslavia.

    Comfort Zone by Brian Aldiss (The Friday Project, December 19, 2013, 978-0-00-748248-1, £9.99, 308pp, tp, no, cover by Ifan Bates)
        Associational novel about the breakdown of a contemporary community due to prejudice and mistrust

    Comic Inferno by Brian W. Aldiss (NEL, October 1973, 450-01636-6, 40p, 159pp, pb, co, cover by Bruce Pennington)
        Reprint (DAW 1972 as The Book of Brian Aldiss) SF collection.

    Common Clay: 20-Odd Stories by Brian Aldiss (St. Martin’s, March 1996, 0-312-13948-9, $24.95, 334pp, hc, co, cover by Gary Embury)
        Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1995 as The Secret of This Book) collection of 23 stories, with linking material, and illustrations by Aldiss and Rosamond Chorley.

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