Order of Arthur C. Clarke Books
Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) was an English author of hard science fiction as well as an inventor and futurist. He is considered one of the “Big Three” of sci-fi, along with Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein. He is most famous for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was adapted concurrently into a very successful and critically acclaimed film.
Arthur C. Clarke published his first short story in 1937, Travel by Wire!. His first novel, Against the Fall of Night was published in 1948. It would later be revised as The City and the Stars. Below is a list of Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s books in order of when they were originally published (and in chronological order):
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Publication Order of Space Odyssey Books
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 2010: Odyssey Two | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 2061: Odyssey Three | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 3001: The Final Odyssey | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Rama Books
(with Gentry Lee)
| Rendezvous with Rama | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Rama II | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Garden of Rama | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Rama Revealed | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Bright Messengers | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Double Full Moon Night | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Tranquility Wars | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of A Time Odyssey Books
(with Stephen Baxter)
| Time's Eye | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sunstorm | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Firstborn | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Life Science Library Books
(by Alan E. Nourse, Robert O'Brien)
| Machines | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Man And Space | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Body | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Ships | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Weather | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Blue Planet Books
| The Coast of the Coral | (1956) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Reefs of Taprobane | (1956) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Treasure of the Great Reef | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Interplanetary Flight | (1950) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Exploration of Space | (1951) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Boy Beneath the Sea | (1958) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Voice Across The Sea | (1958) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Profiles of the Future | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Voices from the Sky | (1966) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Promise of Space | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Into Space | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Beyond Jupiter: The Worlds of Tomorrow | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The View from Serendip | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 1984: Spring - A Choice of Futures | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Astounding Days | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| How the World Was One | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| From Narnia To Space Odyssey | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Exploration of the Moon | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Rescue Party | (1946) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | (1938) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sentinel | (1951) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Across the Sea of Stars | (1953) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Reach for Tomorrow | (1956) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales From The White Hart | (1957) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales of Ten Worlds | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Nine Billion Names of God | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lion Of Comarre | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Expedition to Earth | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Of Time and Stars | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Wind From The Sun | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Meeting With Medusa | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Shining Ones | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Isaac Asimov's Anthology Books
| Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Aliens | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Robots | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's War | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Ghosts | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Christmas | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Camelot | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Detectives | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Werewolves | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Solar System | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Utopias | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Father Day | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Halloween | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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Notes: Against the Fall of Night was vastly re-written and re-published as The City and the Stars. Prelude to Space was re-titled Master of Space and later The Space Dreamers.
Cradle, Rama II, The Garden of Rama and Rama Revealed were co-authored by Gentry Lee. Richter 10 was co-authored by Mike McQuay. Beyond the Fall of Night was co-authored by Gregory Benford. The Trigger was co-authored by Michael P. Kube-McDowell. The Time Odyssey series was co-authored by Stephen Baxter. The Last Theorem was co-authored by Frederik Pohl.
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