Traitor to the Living (1973) is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip José Farmer.

The story follows Herald Childe, a private detective, who is also the lead character in two earlier Farmer novels published as pornography by Essex House.

Lester del Rey found the novel to be "fascinating, and a good adventure thriller.

"[2] Edgar L. Chapman described it as "a novel of serious intrigue, quite conventional in its treatment of sex", but faulted it because it "not only lacks humor, but does not create much suspense either.

"[3] This article about a 1970s science fiction novel is a stub.