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):
Publication Order of Space Odyssey Books
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | (1968) |    |
| 2010: Odyssey Two | (1982) | |
| 2061: Odyssey Three | (1987) | |
| 3001: The Final Odyssey | (1997) | |
Publication Order of Rama Books
(with Gentry Lee)
| Rendezvous with Rama | (1973) | |
| Rama II | (1989) | |
| The Garden of Rama | (1991) | |
| Rama Revealed | (1993) | |
| Bright Messengers | (1995) | |
| Double Full Moon Night | (1999) | |
| The Tranquility Wars | (2000) | |
Publication Order of A Time Odyssey Books
(with Stephen Baxter)
| Time's Eye | (2003) | |
| Sunstorm | (2005) | |
| Firstborn | (2007) | |
Publication Order of Life Science Library Books
(by Alan E. Nourse)
| The Body | (1964) | |
| Man And Space | (1964) | |
Publication Order of Blue Planet Books
| The Coast of the Coral | (1956) | |
| The Reefs of Taprobane | (1956) | |
| The Treasure of the Great Reef | (1964) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Against the Fall of Night | (1948) | |
| Prelude to Space | (1950) | |
| The Sands of Mars | (1951) | |
| Islands in the Sky | (1952) | |
| Childhood's End | (1953) | |
| Earthlight | (1955) | |
| City and the Stars | (1956) | |
| The Deep Range | (1957) | |
| A Fall of Moondust | (1961) | |
| Dolphin Island | (1963) | |
| Glide Path | (1963) | |
| The Lost Worlds Of 2001 | (1971) | |
| Imperial Earth | (1975) | |
| The Fountains of Paradise | (1979) | |
| The Songs of Distant Earth | (1986) | |
| July 20, 2019 | (1986) | |
| Cradle | (1987) | |
| Beyond the Fall of Night | (1990) | |
| The Ghost from the Grand Banks | (1990) | |
| The Hammer of God | (1993) | |
| Richter 10 | (1996) | |
| The Trigger | (1999) | |
| The Light of Other Days | (2000) | |
| The Last Theorem | (2008) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Interplanetary Flight | (1950) | |
| The Exploration of Space | (1951) | |
| Boy Beneath the Sea | (1958) | |
| Voice Across The Sea | (1958) | |
| Profiles of the Future | (1962) | |
| Voices from the Sky | (1966) | |
| The Promise of Space | (1968) | |
| Into Space | (1971) | |
| The View from Serendip | (1977) | |
| 1984: Spring - A Choice of Futures | (1984) | |
| Astounding Days | (1990) | |
| How the World Was One | (1992) | |
| Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! | (1999) | |
| The Exploration of the Moon | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The Sentinel | (1951) | |
| Reach for Tomorrow | (1956) | |
| Tales From The White Hart | (1957) | |
| Tales of Ten Worlds | (1962) | |
| The Lion Of Comarre | (1968) | |
| Expedition to Earth | (1968) | |
| Of Time and Stars | (1972) | |
| The Wind From The Sun | (1972) | |
| A Meeting With Medusa | (1988) | |
Publication Order of Star Science Fiction Books
(with Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Frederik Pohl, Jack Vance, Richard Matheson, Philip K. Dick, Lester del Rey, Jack Williamson)
| Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 | (1953) | |
Publication Order of Isaac Asimov's Anthology Books
| Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction | (1980) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far | (1981) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own | (1983) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | (1985) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | (1989) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Aliens | (1991) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Robots | (1991) | |
| Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite | (1993) | |
| Isaac Asimov's War | (1993) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams | (1994) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep | (1995) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Ghosts | (1995) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Christmas | (1997) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Camelot | (1998) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Detectives | (1998) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Valentines | (1999) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Werewolves | (1999) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Solar System | (1999) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Utopias | (2000) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Father Day | (2001) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Halloween | (2001) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Star Science Fiction Stories 3 | (1955) | |
| Great Tales of Action and Adventure | (1958) | |
| 50 Short Science Fiction Tales | (1963) | |
| The Bedside Playboy | (1963) | |
| Novelets of Science Fiction | (1963) | |
| Worlds to Come: New Science Fiction Adventures | (1967) | |
| Tales of Time and Space | (1969) | |
| Futures Unlimited | (1969) | |
| Alpha 3 | (1972) | |
| Galaxy Science Fiction - October 1973 | (1973) | |
| Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... | (1974) | |
| Other Dimensions | (1974) | |
| Aliens: 3 Novellas | (1977) | |
| The Best of British SF 2 | (1977) | |
| The Best of British SF 1 | (1977) | |
| They Came from Outer Space: 12 Classic Science Fiction Tales That Became Major Motion Pictures | (1979) | |
| The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels | (1980) | |
| The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction | (1980) | |
| Science Fiction A to Z | (1982) | |
| Space Odyssey | (1983) | |
| Fourth Planet from the Sun | (1984) | |
| Great Science Fiction Stories by the World's Greatest Scientists | (1985) | |
| Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow | (1987) | |
| Science Fiction Stories | (1988) | |
| Drabble II: Double Century | (1990) | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection | (1993) | |
| The Ultimate Alien | (1995) | |
| Bangs & Whimpers: Stories about The End of The World | (1999) | |
| The Young Oxford Book of Aliens | (1999) | |
| The World Turned Upside Down | (2005) | |
| Galileo's Children | (2005) | |
| Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology | (2006) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF | (2009) | |
| From the Pen of Paul: The Fantastic Images of Frank R. Paul | (2009) | |
| The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction | (2010) | |
| The End of the World: Stories of the Apocalypse | (2010) | |
| Bug-Eyed Monsters & Bimbos | (2011) | |
| The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack | (2013) | |
| In Space No One Can Hear You Scream | (2013) | |
| The Ninth Science Fiction Megapack | (2014) | |
| The Baen Big Book of Monsters | (2014) | |
| The Movie Book | (2016) | |
| Grave Predictions | (2016) | |
| Infinite Stars | (2019) | |
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.