The Starmen is a science fiction novel by American writer Leigh Brackett.

It was also published by Ballantine Books in 1976 under the original magazine title of The Starmen of Llyrdis.

The novel is a space opera concerning the only race that is able to endure the rigors of interstellar travel.

In F&SF, Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas described The Starmen as "an able job of writing a completely routine and uncreative space opera.

"[1] In Galaxy Magazine, Groff Conklin called the novel "a pleasurable way to pass a couple of hours" and noted that Brackett "writes well, moves her plot along at a suitable pace, and maneuvers her characters in a lifelike manner.