During his lifetime, Ray Bradbury fought against the digization of his books, only agreeing in late 2011 to publish one novel — Fahrenheit 451 — in e-book form at the insistence of publisher Simon & Schuster. Since Bradbury's death last June, though, a handful of his stories have appeared in e-book stores, and now 16 backlist titles will be released as e-books this month.

Here's the list of titles, organized by release date:

April 16: Bradbury Speaks, Death Is a Lonely Business, A Graveyard for Lunatics, Now and Forever, One More for the Road, Green Shadows, White Whale.

April 23: Dandelion Wine, Something Wicked This Way Comes, We'll Always Have Paris.

April 30: The Illustrated Man, Quicker Than the Eye, Driving Blind, The October Country, The Cat's Pajamas, Let's All Kill Constance, A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories.

The e-books are already available for pre-order at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Though it's Bradbury's publisher, William Morrow, which is adapting the books for digital formats, the move appears to have the endorsement of Bradbury's family. In a press release, Alexandra Bradbury, one of Bradbury's four daughters, said, "The entire Bradbury family is excited to know that Dad’s work will finally be available to all readers: traditional print readers and the new generation of digital readers," adding that the books will be made available in libraries as well as through online retailers.

In addition to the 16 books being released this month, another seven will come to e-readers later this year, according to the publisher.

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