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Updated 2026-07-11 / 86 books / 16 series

American author Jack L. Chalker is best known for the Well World series and the Four Lords of the Diamond. His novels have sold millions of copies worldwide, earning a devoted cult following. This page provides the Jack L. Chalker books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All Jack L. Chalker Books in Chronological Order

1974 Stellar #1(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) POoSB / 1 Buy

1976 A Jungle of Stars POoSN / 1 Buy

1976 Stellar Short Novels(By: Gordon R. Dickson,Andrew J. Offutt,Judy-Lynn del Rey,Shawn Oueinsteen) POoSB / 2 Buy

1976 Stellar #2(By: Isaac Asimov,Larry Niven,Howard Waldrop,Clifford D. Simak,Jack C. Haldeman II,Steven Utley,Hal Clement,James White,Richard S. Simak,Judy-Lynn del Rey,Patrick G. Conner) POoSB / 3 Buy

1977 Midnight at the Well of Souls POoWOSB / 1 Buy

1977 Stellar #3(With: Clifford D. Simak,Gene DeWeese,Jeffrey M. Wallman,Charles W. Runyon,Mildred Downey Broxon,Henry Melton,Judy-Lynn del Rey,Arsen Darney,B. Lee Cooper,Larry S. Haverkos,Steve Utley,Bill Starr) POoSB / 4 Buy

1978 Dancers in the Afterglow POoSN / 2 Buy

1978 Exiles at the Well of Souls POoWOSB / 2 Buy

1978 Quest for the Well of Souls POoWOSB / 3 Buy

1978 The Web of the Chozen POoSN / 3 Buy

1978 Stellar #4(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) POoSB / 5 Buy

1979 The Return of Nathan Brazil POoWOSB / 4 Buy

1979 And the Devil Will Drag You Under POoSN / 4 Buy

1979 A War Of Shadows POoSN / 5 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

1980 Twilight at the Well of Souls POoWOSB / 5 Buy

1980 Stellar #5(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) POoSB / 6 Buy

1980 Stellar #6(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) POoSB / 7 Buy

1981 Lilith: A Snake in the Grass POoTFLotDB / 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 Cereberus: A Wolf in the Fold POoTFLotDB / 2 Buy

1981 The Devil's Voyage POoSN / 6 Buy

1981 Stellar #7(By: Terry Carr,Leanne Frahm,Judy-Lynn del Rey) POoSB / 8 Buy

1982 Charon: A Dragon at the Gate POoTFLotDB / 3 Buy

1982 The Identity Matrix POoSN / 7 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

1983 Medusa: A Tiger by the Tail POoTFLotDB / 4 Buy

1984 Spirits of Flux and Anchor POoSRB / 1 Buy

1984 The River of Dancing Gods POoDGB / 1 Buy

1984 Empires of Flux and Anchor POoSRB / 2 Buy

1984 Demons of the Dancing Gods POoDGB / 2 Buy

1985 Vengeance of the Dancing Gods POoDGB / 3 Buy

1985 Masters of Flux and Anchor POoSRB / 3 Buy

1985 The Birth of Flux and Anchor POoSRB / 4 Buy

1985 Downtiming the Night Side POoSN / 8 Buy

1986 Lords of the Middle Dark POoRotMB / 1 Buy

1986 Children of Flux and Anchor POoSRB / 5 Buy

1986 The Messiah Choice POoSN / 9 Buy

1987 When the Changewinds Blow POoCB / 1 Buy

1987 The Labyrinth of Dreams POoGIB / 1 Buy

1987 The Shadow Dancers POoGIB / 2 Buy

1987 Pirates of the Thunder POoRotMB / 2 Buy

1987 Warriors of the Storm POoRotMB / 3 Buy

1988 Dance Band on the Titanic POoSSC / 1 Buy

1988 Riders of the Winds POoCB / 2 Buy

1988 War of the Maelstrom POoCB / 3 Buy

1988 Masks of the Martyrs POoRotMB / 4 Buy

1989 The Demons at Rainbow Bridge POoQMB / 1 Buy

1989 The Maze in the Mirror POoGIB / 3 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 Songs of the Dancing Gods POoDGB / 4 Buy

1991 The Science-Fantasy Publishers(With: Mark Owings) POoNB / 1 Buy

1991 The Ninety Trillion Fausts POoQMB / 2 Buy

1991 The Run to Chaos Keep POoQMB / 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

1991 The Red Tape War(With: George Alec Effinger,Mike Resnick) POoSN / 10 Buy

1993 Echoes of the Well of Souls POoWatWB / 1 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

1994 Hotel Andromeda POoSSC / 2 Buy

1994 Shadow of the Well of Souls POoWatWB / 2 Buy

1994 Gods of the Well of Souls POoWatWB / 3 Buy

1994 Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) POoIAAB / 9 Buy

1995 The Cybernetic Walrus POoWGB / 1 Buy

1995 Horrors of the Dancing Gods POoDGB / 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 The March Hare Network POoWGB / 2 Buy

1997 The Hot-Wired Dodo POoWGB / 3 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 Balshazzar's Serpent POoTKB / 1 Buy

1999 The Sea is Full of Stars POoWOSB / 6 Buy

1999 Priam's Lens POoSN / 11 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

2000 Ghost of the Well of Souls POoWOSB / 7 Buy

2000 The Moreau Factor POoSN / 12 Buy

2000 Isaac Asimov's Utopias(By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) POoIAAB / 17 Buy

2001 Melchior's Fire POoTKB / 2 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

2002 Dancers in the Dark POoSSC / 3 Buy

2003 Kaspar's Box POoTKB / 3 Buy

Jack L. Chalker Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

Soul Rider Books in Reading Order 5 books / 1984-1986

01 Spirits of Flux and Anchor 1984 Buy

02 Empires of Flux and Anchor 1984 Buy

03 Masters of Flux and Anchor 1985 Buy

04 The Birth of Flux and Anchor 1985 Buy

05 Children of Flux and Anchor 1986 Buy

Well Of Souls Books in Reading Order 7 books / 1977-2000

01 Midnight at the Well of Souls 1977 Buy

02 Exiles at the Well of Souls 1978 Buy

03 Quest for the Well of Souls 1978 Buy

04 The Return of Nathan Brazil 1979 Buy

05 Twilight at the Well of Souls 1980 Buy

06 The Sea is Full of Stars 1999 Buy

07 Ghost of the Well of Souls 2000 Buy

Isaac Asimov's Anthology Books in Reading Order 19 books / 1980-2001

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

Wonderland Gambit Books in Reading Order 3 books / 1995-1997

01 The Cybernetic Walrus 1995 Buy

02 The March Hare Network 1996 Buy

03 The Hot-Wired Dodo 1997 Buy

Stellar Books in Reading Order 8 books / 1974-1981

01 Stellar #1(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1974 Buy

02 Stellar Short Novels(By: Gordon R. Dickson,Andrew J. Offutt,Judy-Lynn del Rey,Shawn Oueinsteen) 1976 Buy

03 Stellar #2(By: Isaac Asimov,Larry Niven,Howard Waldrop,Clifford D. Simak,Jack C. Haldeman II,Steven Utley,Hal Clement,James White,Richard S. Simak,Judy-Lynn del Rey,Patrick G. Conner) 1976 Buy

04 Stellar #3(With: Clifford D. Simak,Gene DeWeese,Jeffrey M. Wallman,Charles W. Runyon,Mildred Downey Broxon,Henry Melton,Judy-Lynn del Rey,Arsen Darney,B. Lee Cooper,Larry S. Haverkos,Steve Utley,Bill Starr) 1977 Buy

05 Stellar #4(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1978 Buy

06 Stellar #5(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1980 Buy

07 Stellar #6(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1980 Buy

08 Stellar #7(By: Terry Carr,Leanne Frahm,Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1981 Buy

Rings of the Master Books in Reading Order 4 books / 1986-1988

01 Lords of the Middle Dark 1986 Buy

02 Pirates of the Thunder 1987 Buy

03 Warriors of the Storm 1987 Buy

04 Masks of the Martyrs 1988 Buy

G.O.D. Inc. Books in Reading Order 3 books / 1987-1989

01 The Labyrinth of Dreams 1987 Buy

02 The Shadow Dancers 1987 Buy

03 The Maze in the Mirror 1989 Buy

Non-Fiction Books in Reading Order 1 book / 1991

01 The Science-Fantasy Publishers(With: Mark Owings) 1991 Buy

Dancing Gods Books in Reading Order 5 books / 1984-1995

01 The River of Dancing Gods 1984 Buy

02 Demons of the Dancing Gods 1984 Buy

03 Vengeance of the Dancing Gods 1985 Buy

04 Songs of the Dancing Gods 1990 Buy

05 Horrors of the Dancing Gods 1995 Buy

The Four Lords of the Diamond Books in Reading Order 4 books / 1981-1983

01 Lilith: A Snake in the Grass 1981 Buy

02 Cereberus: A Wolf in the Fold 1981 Buy

03 Charon: A Dragon at the Gate 1982 Buy

04 Medusa: A Tiger by the Tail 1983 Buy

Standalone Books in Reading Order 12 books / 1976-2000

01 A Jungle of Stars 1976 Buy

02 Dancers in the Afterglow 1978 Buy

03 The Web of the Chozen 1978 Buy

04 And the Devil Will Drag You Under 1979 Buy

05 A War Of Shadows 1979 Buy

06 The Devil's Voyage 1981 Buy

07 The Identity Matrix 1982 Buy

08 Downtiming the Night Side 1985 Buy

09 The Messiah Choice 1986 Buy

10 The Red Tape War(With: George Alec Effinger,Mike Resnick) 1991 Buy

11 Priam's Lens 1999 Buy

12 The Moreau Factor 2000 Buy

Three Kings Books in Reading Order 3 books / 1999-2003

01 Balshazzar's Serpent 1999 Buy

02 Melchior's Fire 2001 Buy

03 Kaspar's Box 2003 Buy

Watchers at the Well Books in Reading Order 3 books / 1993-1994

01 Echoes of the Well of Souls 1993 Buy

02 Shadow of the Well of Souls 1994 Buy

03 Gods of the Well of Souls 1994 Buy

Short Story Collections Books in Reading Order 3 books / 1988-2002

01 Dance Band on the Titanic 1988 Buy

02 Hotel Andromeda 1994 Buy

03 Dancers in the Dark 2002 Buy

Changewinds Books in Reading Order 3 books / 1987-1988

01 When the Changewinds Blow 1987 Buy

02 Riders of the Winds 1988 Buy

03 War of the Maelstrom 1988 Buy

Quintara Marathon Books in Reading Order 3 books / 1989-1991

01 The Demons at Rainbow Bridge 1989 Buy

02 The Ninety Trillion Fausts 1991 Buy

03 The Run to Chaos Keep 1991 Buy

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Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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