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===Novels===

Working together under the name "Grant Naylor", the creators of the series collaboratively wrote two novels. The first, ''[[Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers]]'', was published in November 1989, and it incorporates plot lines from several episodes of the show's first two series. The second novel, ''[[Better Than Life]]'', followed in October 1990, and it is largely based on the second-series episode of the same name. Together, the two novels provide expanded backstory and development of the series' principal characters and themes.

The authors began work on a sequel to ''Better than Life'', called ''The Last Human'', but Rob Grant was drawn away from ''Red Dwarf'' by an interest in other projects.{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} Still owing [[Penguin Books|Penguin Publishing]] two more ''Red Dwarf'' novels, Grant and Naylor decided to each write an alternative sequel to ''Better than Life''. Two completely different sequels were made as a result, each presenting a possible version of the story's continuation. ''[[Last Human]]'', by Doug Naylor, adds Kochanski to the crew and places more emphasis on the science-fiction and plot elements, while Rob Grant's novel ''[[Backwards (novel)|Backwards]]'', is more in keeping with the previous two novels, and borrows more extensively from established television stories.<ref name="Series VI Aftermath"/>

An [[omnibus edition]] of the first two novels was released in 1992, including edits to the original text and extra material such as the original pilot script of the TV series.<ref name="Prog Guide p206">Howarth & Lyons (1993) p. 206.</ref> All four novels have been released in [[audiobook]] format, the first two read by Chris Barrie,<ref name="Amazon.co.uk: Red Dwarf&nbsp;— Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers">{{cite book |title=Red Dwarf&nbsp;— Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers |id={{ASIN|1897774109|country=uk}} }}</ref><ref name="Amazon.co.uk: Red Dwarf&nbsp;— Better Than Life">{{cite book |title=Red Dwarf&nbsp;— Better Than Life |id={{ASIN|1897774818|country=uk}} }}</ref> ''Last Human'' read by Craig Charles,<ref name="Amazon.co.uk: Last Human">{{cite book |title=Red Dwarf – Last Human |id={{ASIN|0007105657|country=uk}} }}</ref> and ''Backwards'' read by author Rob Grant.<ref name="Amazon.co.uk: Backwards (Red Dwarf)">{{cite book |title=Backwards: A Red Dwarf Novel |id={{ASIN|0140171509|country=uk}} }}</ref>

In December 2009, ''Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers'' was released in Germany with the title ''Roter Zwerg'' ("Red Dwarf" in German).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/news/2009/07/03/german-novel-artwork |title=German Novel Artwork |date=3 July 2009 |website=RedDwarf.co.uk |access-date=28 November 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709053732/http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/news/2009/07/03/german%2Dnovel%2Dartwork |archive-date=9 July 2009}}</ref>

====List of ''Red Dwarf'' novels====
{| class="wikitable" style="width:40%; text-align:Center;"
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!rowspan="1" width="15%"|Title
!rowspan="1" width="20%"|Author(s)
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|''[[Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers|Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers]]''
|[[Grant Naylor]] Productions<br /><small>Co-authored by [[Rob Grant]] and [[Doug Naylor]]</small>
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|''[[Better Than Life]]''
|[[Grant Naylor]] Productions<br /><small>Co-authored by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor</small>
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|''[[Last Human]]''
|Doug Naylor
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|''[[Backwards (novel)|Backwards]]''
|Rob Grant
|}