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Arthur C. Clarke Books in Order

Find every Arthur C. Clarke book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 100 books / 10 series

British author best known for the *Space Odyssey* series. His works have sold tens of millions of copies and pioneered the concept of geostationary satellites. This page provides the Arthur C. Clarke books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All Arthur C. Clarke Books in Chronological Order

1938 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke POoSSC / 1 Buy
1946 Rescue Party POoSS / 1 Buy
1948 Against the Fall of Night POoSN / 1 Buy
1950 Interplanetary Flight POoNB / 1 Buy
1950 Prelude to Space POoSN / 2 Buy
1951 The Exploration of Space POoNB / 2 Buy
1951 The Sentinel POoSSC / 2 Buy
1951 The Sands of Mars POoSN / 3 Buy
1952 Islands in the Sky POoSN / 4 Buy
1953 Across the Sea of Stars POoSSC / 3 Buy
1953 Childhood's End POoSN / 5 Buy
1955 The Star / Star of Bethlehem POoSS / 2 Buy
1955 Earthlight POoSN / 6 Buy
1956 The Coast of the Coral POoBPB / 1 Buy
1956 The Reefs of Taprobane POoBPB / 2 Buy
1956 Reach for Tomorrow POoSSC / 4 Buy
1956 City and the Stars POoSN / 7 Buy
1957 Tales From The White Hart POoSSC / 5 Buy
1957 The Deep Range POoSN / 8 Buy
1958 Boy Beneath the Sea POoNB / 3 Buy
1958 Voice Across The Sea POoNB / 4 Buy
1958 The Other Side of the Sky POoSN / 9 Buy
1961 A Fall of Moondust POoSN / 10 Buy
1962 Profiles of the Future POoNB / 5 Buy
1962 Tales of Ten Worlds POoSSC / 6 Buy
1963 Dolphin Island POoSN / 11 Buy
1963 Glide Path POoSN / 12 Buy
1964 Machines(By: Robert O'Brien) POoLSLB / 1 Buy
1964 Man And Space POoLSLB / 2 Buy
1964 The Body(By: Alan E. Nourse) POoLSLB / 3 Buy
1964 The Treasure of the Great Reef POoBPB / 3 Buy
1965 Ships(By: Robert O'Brien) POoLSLB / 4 Buy
1965 Weather(By: Robert O'Brien,Philip D. Thompson) POoLSLB / 5 Buy
1966 Voices from the Sky POoNB / 6 Buy
1967 The Nine Billion Names of God POoSSC / 7 Buy
1968 2001: A Space Odyssey POoSOB / 1 Buy
1968 The Promise of Space POoNB / 7 Buy
1968 The Lion Of Comarre POoSSC / 8 Buy
1968 Expedition to Earth POoSSC / 9 Buy
1971 Into Space(With: Robert Silverberg) POoNB / 8 Buy
1971 The Lost Worlds Of 2001 POoSN / 13 Buy
1972 Beyond Jupiter: The Worlds of Tomorrow POoNB / 9 Buy
1972 Of Time and Stars POoSSC / 10 Buy
1972 The Wind From The Sun POoSSC / 11 Buy
1972 Report on Planet Three POoSN / 14 Buy
1973 Rendezvous with Rama POoRB / 1 Buy
1975 Imperial Earth POoSN / 15 Buy
1977 The View from Serendip POoNB / 10 Buy
1979 The Fountains of Paradise POoSN / 16 Buy
1980 Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction(By: Isaac Asimov,Tanith Lee,Phyllis Eisenstein,Gene Wolfe,Barry B. Longyear,John M. Ford,Arnie Bateman,Alan Dean Foster,Martin Gardner,Randall Garrett,Rob Chilson,Ted Reynolds,George Scithers,Richard S. McEnroe,Jeff Duntemann,R.N. Bracewell,K.W. MacAnn,G. Richard Bozarth) POoIAAB / 1 Buy
1981 Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far(By: Isaac Asimov,Frederik Pohl,Carter Scholz,Barry B. Longyear,John M. Ford,Jack Williamson,Darrell Schweitzer,John Brunner,Juleen Brantingham,Martin Gardner,Richard Wilson,Milton A. Rothman,Elizabeth Anne Hull,Sharon Webb,Somtow Sucharitkul,Lee Weinstein,Ted Reynolds,George Scithers,F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre,William Tuning,Francis E. Izzo,Paul David Novitski,Lee Russell,Seth S. Horowitz,Tol E. Rant,S. Dale,Julie Flores,Tony Sarowitz) POoIAAB / 2 Buy
1981 The Engineer(By: Time-Life Books,C.C. Furnas,Joe McCarthy) POoLSLB / 6 Buy
1982 2010: Odyssey Two POoSOB / 2 Buy
1983 Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own(By: Connie Willis,Ursula K. Le Guin,Pat Cadigan,Joan D. Vinge,Tanith Lee,Pamela Sargent,Lee Killough,Mary Gentle,Mildred Downey Broxon,Shawna McCarthy,Sharon Webb,Leigh Kennedy,Stephanie A. Smith,Cherie Wilkerson,Julie Stevens,Sydney J. Van Scyoc,Cyn Mason,P.A. Kagan,P.J. MacQuarrie,Janet O. Jeppson,Beverly Grant,Hope Athearn) POoIAAB / 3 Buy
1984 1984: Spring - A Choice of Futures POoNB / 11 Buy
1986 The Songs of Distant Earth POoSN / 17 Buy
1986 July 20, 2019 POoSN / 18 Buy
1987 2061: Odyssey Three POoSOB / 3 Buy
1987 Cradle(With: Gentry Lee) POoSN / 19 Buy
1988 A Meeting With Medusa POoSSC / 12 Buy
1989 Rama II(With: Gentry Lee) POoRB / 2 Buy
1989 Isaac Asimov's Fantasy!(By: Connie Willis,George R.R. Martin,Ron Goulart,John Kessel,George Alec Effinger,Robert Thurston,Tanith Lee,Lucius Shepard,Scott Baker,Lillian Carl,Juleen Brantingham,Lee Killough,Ian McDowell,Daphne Castell,Sharon N. Farber,Richard Kearns,Shawna McCarthy,Leigh Kennedy,Gregg Keizer,Kristi Olesen) POoIAAB / 4 Buy
1990 Astounding Days POoNB / 12 Buy
1990 Tales from Planet Earth POoSSC / 13 Buy
1990 Beyond the Fall of Night(With: Gregory Benford) POoSN / 20 Buy
1990 The Ghost from the Grand Banks POoSN / 21 Buy
1991 The Garden of Rama(With: Gentry Lee) POoRB / 3 Buy
1991 Isaac Asimov's Aliens(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) POoIAAB / 5 Buy
1991 Isaac Asimov's Robots(By: Isaac Asimov,Rob Chilson) POoIAAB / 6 Buy
1992 How the World Was One POoNB / 13 Buy
1993 Rama Revealed(With: Gentry Lee) POoRB / 4 Buy
1993 Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite(By: Isaac Asimov,John M. Ford) POoIAAB / 7 Buy
1993 Isaac Asimov's War(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) POoIAAB / 8 Buy
1993 The Hammer of God POoSN / 22 Buy
1994 Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) POoIAAB / 9 Buy
1995 Bright Messengers(By: Gentry Lee) POoRB / 5 Buy
1995 Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) POoIAAB / 10 Buy
1995 Isaac Asimov's Ghosts(By: Isaac Asimov,Terry Bisson) POoIAAB / 11 Buy
1996 Richter 10(With: Mike McQuay) POoSN / 23 Buy
1997 3001: The Final Odyssey POoSOB / 4 Buy
1997 Isaac Asimov's Christmas(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) POoIAAB / 12 Buy
1998 Isaac Asimov's Camelot(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois,Eleanor Arnason) POoIAAB / 13 Buy
1998 Isaac Asimov's Detectives(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) POoIAAB / 14 Buy
1999 Double Full Moon Night(By: Gentry Lee) POoRB / 6 Buy
1999 Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! POoNB / 14 Buy
1999 Isaac Asimov's Werewolves(By: Isaac Asimov,Suzy McKee Charnas,Gardner Dozois) POoIAAB / 15 Buy
1999 Isaac Asimov's Solar System(By: Gardner Dozois) POoIAAB / 16 Buy
1999 The Trigger POoSN / 24 Buy
2000 The Tranquility Wars(By: Gentry Lee) POoRB / 7 Buy
2000 Isaac Asimov's Utopias(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) POoIAAB / 17 Buy
2000 The Light of Other Days(With: Stephen Baxter) POoSN / 25 Buy
2001 Isaac Asimov's Father Day(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) POoIAAB / 18 Buy
2001 Isaac Asimov's Halloween(By: Isaac Asimov) POoIAAB / 19 Buy
2003 Time's Eye POoATOB / 1 Buy
2003 From Narnia To Space Odyssey(With: C.S. Lewis) POoNB / 15 Buy
2004 The Shining Ones POoSSC / 14 Buy
2005 Sunstorm POoATOB / 2 Buy
2007 Firstborn POoATOB / 3 Buy
2008 The Last Theorem(With: Frederik Pohl) POoSN / 26 Buy
2020 The Exploration of the Moon POoNB / 16 Buy

Arthur C. Clarke Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 Time's Eye 2003 Buy
02 Sunstorm 2005 Buy
03 Firstborn 2007 Buy
01 Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction(By: Isaac Asimov,Tanith Lee,Phyllis Eisenstein,Gene Wolfe,Barry B. Longyear,John M. Ford,Arnie Bateman,Alan Dean Foster,Martin Gardner,Randall Garrett,Rob Chilson,Ted Reynolds,George Scithers,Richard S. McEnroe,Jeff Duntemann,R.N. Bracewell,K.W. MacAnn,G. Richard Bozarth) 1980 Buy
02 Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far(By: Isaac Asimov,Frederik Pohl,Carter Scholz,Barry B. Longyear,John M. Ford,Jack Williamson,Darrell Schweitzer,John Brunner,Juleen Brantingham,Martin Gardner,Richard Wilson,Milton A. Rothman,Elizabeth Anne Hull,Sharon Webb,Somtow Sucharitkul,Lee Weinstein,Ted Reynolds,George Scithers,F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre,William Tuning,Francis E. Izzo,Paul David Novitski,Lee Russell,Seth S. Horowitz,Tol E. Rant,S. Dale,Julie Flores,Tony Sarowitz) 1981 Buy
03 Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own(By: Connie Willis,Ursula K. Le Guin,Pat Cadigan,Joan D. Vinge,Tanith Lee,Pamela Sargent,Lee Killough,Mary Gentle,Mildred Downey Broxon,Shawna McCarthy,Sharon Webb,Leigh Kennedy,Stephanie A. Smith,Cherie Wilkerson,Julie Stevens,Sydney J. Van Scyoc,Cyn Mason,P.A. Kagan,P.J. MacQuarrie,Janet O. Jeppson,Beverly Grant,Hope Athearn) 1983 Buy
04 Isaac Asimov's Fantasy!(By: Connie Willis,George R.R. Martin,Ron Goulart,John Kessel,George Alec Effinger,Robert Thurston,Tanith Lee,Lucius Shepard,Scott Baker,Lillian Carl,Juleen Brantingham,Lee Killough,Ian McDowell,Daphne Castell,Sharon N. Farber,Richard Kearns,Shawna McCarthy,Leigh Kennedy,Gregg Keizer,Kristi Olesen) 1989 Buy
05 Isaac Asimov's Aliens(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) 1991 Buy
06 Isaac Asimov's Robots(By: Isaac Asimov,Rob Chilson) 1991 Buy
07 Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite(By: Isaac Asimov,John M. Ford) 1993 Buy
08 Isaac Asimov's War(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) 1993 Buy
09 Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) 1994 Buy
10 Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) 1995 Buy
11 Isaac Asimov's Ghosts(By: Isaac Asimov,Terry Bisson) 1995 Buy
12 Isaac Asimov's Christmas(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) 1997 Buy
13 Isaac Asimov's Camelot(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois,Eleanor Arnason) 1998 Buy
14 Isaac Asimov's Detectives(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) 1998 Buy
15 Isaac Asimov's Werewolves(By: Isaac Asimov,Suzy McKee Charnas,Gardner Dozois) 1999 Buy
16 Isaac Asimov's Solar System(By: Gardner Dozois) 1999 Buy
17 Isaac Asimov's Utopias(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) 2000 Buy
18 Isaac Asimov's Father Day(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) 2001 Buy
19 Isaac Asimov's Halloween(By: Isaac Asimov) 2001 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 26 books / 1948-2008
01 Against the Fall of Night 1948 Buy
02 Prelude to Space 1950 Buy
03 The Sands of Mars 1951 Buy
04 Islands in the Sky 1952 Buy
05 Childhood's End 1953 Buy
06 Earthlight 1955 Buy
07 City and the Stars 1956 Buy
08 The Deep Range 1957 Buy
09 The Other Side of the Sky 1958 Buy
10 A Fall of Moondust 1961 Buy
11 Dolphin Island 1963 Buy
12 Glide Path 1963 Buy
13 The Lost Worlds Of 2001 1971 Buy
14 Report on Planet Three 1972 Buy
15 Imperial Earth 1975 Buy
16 The Fountains of Paradise 1979 Buy
17 The Songs of Distant Earth 1986 Buy
18 July 20, 2019 1986 Buy
19 Cradle(With: Gentry Lee) 1987 Buy
20 Beyond the Fall of Night(With: Gregory Benford) 1990 Buy
21 The Ghost from the Grand Banks 1990 Buy
22 The Hammer of God 1993 Buy
23 Richter 10(With: Mike McQuay) 1996 Buy
24 The Trigger 1999 Buy
25 The Light of Other Days(With: Stephen Baxter) 2000 Buy
26 The Last Theorem(With: Frederik Pohl) 2008 Buy
01 Machines(By: Robert O'Brien) 1964 Buy
02 Man And Space 1964 Buy
03 The Body(By: Alan E. Nourse) 1964 Buy
04 Ships(By: Robert O'Brien) 1965 Buy
05 Weather(By: Robert O'Brien,Philip D. Thompson) 1965 Buy
06 The Engineer(By: Time-Life Books,C.C. Furnas,Joe McCarthy) 1981 Buy
Rama Books in Reading Order 7 books / 1973-2000
01 Rendezvous with Rama 1973 Buy
02 Rama II(With: Gentry Lee) 1989 Buy
03 The Garden of Rama(With: Gentry Lee) 1991 Buy
04 Rama Revealed(With: Gentry Lee) 1993 Buy
05 Bright Messengers(By: Gentry Lee) 1995 Buy
06 Double Full Moon Night(By: Gentry Lee) 1999 Buy
07 The Tranquility Wars(By: Gentry Lee) 2000 Buy
Non-Fiction Books in Reading Order 16 books / 1950-2020
01 Interplanetary Flight 1950 Buy
02 The Exploration of Space 1951 Buy
03 Boy Beneath the Sea 1958 Buy
04 Voice Across The Sea 1958 Buy
05 Profiles of the Future 1962 Buy
06 Voices from the Sky 1966 Buy
07 The Promise of Space 1968 Buy
08 Into Space(With: Robert Silverberg) 1971 Buy
09 Beyond Jupiter: The Worlds of Tomorrow 1972 Buy
10 The View from Serendip 1977 Buy
11 1984: Spring - A Choice of Futures 1984 Buy
12 Astounding Days 1990 Buy
13 How the World Was One 1992 Buy
14 Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! 1999 Buy
15 From Narnia To Space Odyssey(With: C.S. Lewis) 2003 Buy
16 The Exploration of the Moon 2020 Buy
01 Rescue Party 1946 Buy
02 The Star / Star of Bethlehem 1955 Buy
01 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke 1938 Buy
02 The Sentinel 1951 Buy
03 Across the Sea of Stars 1953 Buy
04 Reach for Tomorrow 1956 Buy
05 Tales From The White Hart 1957 Buy
06 Tales of Ten Worlds 1962 Buy
07 The Nine Billion Names of God 1967 Buy
08 The Lion Of Comarre 1968 Buy
09 Expedition to Earth 1968 Buy
10 Of Time and Stars 1972 Buy
11 The Wind From The Sun 1972 Buy
12 A Meeting With Medusa 1988 Buy
13 Tales from Planet Earth 1990 Buy
14 The Shining Ones 2004 Buy
01 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Buy
02 2010: Odyssey Two 1982 Buy
03 2061: Odyssey Three 1987 Buy
04 3001: The Final Odyssey 1997 Buy
01 The Coast of the Coral 1956 Buy
02 The Reefs of Taprobane 1956 Buy
03 The Treasure of the Great Reef 1964 Buy

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