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Arthur C. Clarke Books in Order

10 series including Rama Series with Gentry Lee, Life Science Library Series by Alan E. Nourse, Robert O'Brien and more

★ 4 NYT bestsellers 10 series 142 books Latest: The Exploration of the Moon (Short Story) (2020)

Arthur C. Clarke has written 142 books since 1938. Those titles are spread across 10 series, led by Rama Series with Gentry Lee with 7 books. The newest book on our shelves is The Exploration of the Moon (2020).

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1 Space Odyssey 2 Rama Series with Gentry Lee 3 A Time Odyssey Series with Stephen Baxter 4 Life Science Library Series by Alan E. Nourse, Robert O'Brien 5 Blue Planet 6 Arthur C. Clarke Other Novels 7 Arthur C. Clarke Non-Fiction Books 8 Isaac Asimov's Anthology 9 Arthur C. Clarke Short Story Collections 10 Arthur C. Clarke Anthologies

New York Times Bestsellers

4 books

Arthur C. Clarke has placed 4 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 57 weeks on the charts.

Cover of 2010: Odyssey Two
2010: Odyssey Two
Space Odyssey Series

24 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #2 · debuted Nov 1982

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Cover of 2061: Odyssey Three
2061: Odyssey Three
Space Odyssey Series

19 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #4 · debuted Dec 1987

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Reading Order

10 series · 142 books

Space Odyssey Series

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1 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 2010: Odyssey Two 1982 Hugo Award 1983Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 2061: Odyssey Three 1987 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 3001: The Final Odyssey 1997 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Rama Series with Gentry Lee

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1 Rendezvous with Rama 1973 🏆 Hugo Award 1974🏆 Locus Award 1974🏆 John W. Campbell Memorial Award 1974🏆 Nebula Award 1974🏆 Nebula Award 1973🏆 British Science Fiction Association Award 1973🏆 BSFA Award for Best Novel 1973Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Rama II ( With: Gentry Lee) 1989 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Garden of Rama ( With: Gentry Lee) 1991 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Rama Revealed ( With: Gentry Lee) 1993 Locus Award 1995Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Bright Messengers ( By: Gentry Lee) 1995 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Double Full Moon Night ( By: Gentry Lee) 1999 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 The Tranquility Wars ( By: Gentry Lee) 2000 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

A Time Odyssey Series with Stephen Baxter

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1 Time's Eye 2003 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Sunstorm 2005 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Firstborn 2007 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Life Science Library Series by Alan E. Nourse, Robert O'Brien

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1 Machines ( By: Robert O'Brien) 1964 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Man And Space 1964 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Body ( By: Alan E. Nourse) 1964 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Ships ( By: Robert O'Brien) 1965 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Weather ( By: Robert O'Brien, Philip D. Thompson) 1965 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Blue Planet Series

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1 The Coast of the Coral 1956 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Reefs of Taprobane 1956 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Treasure of the Great Reef 1964 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Arthur C. Clarke Other Novels

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1 Against the Fall of Night 1948 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Prelude to Space (Short Story) 1950 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Sands of Mars 1951 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Islands in the Sky 1952 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Childhood's End 1953 Hugo Award 2004Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Earthlight 1955 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 City and the Stars 1956 Locus Award 1987Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 The Deep Range 1957 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 A Fall of Moondust 1961 Hugo Award 1963Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 Dolphin Island 1963 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 Glide Path 1963 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 The Lost Worlds Of 2001 1971 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Imperial Earth 1975 Locus Award 1977Locus Award 1976Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 The Fountains of Paradise 1979 🏆 Hugo Award 1980🏆 Nebula Award 1980🏆 Nebula Award 1979Locus Award 1980BSFA Award for Best Novel 1979Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15 The Songs of Distant Earth 1986 Locus Award 1987Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
16 July 20, 2019 1986 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
17 Cradle ( With: Gentry Lee) 1987 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
18 Beyond the Fall of Night ( With: Gregory Benford) 1990 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
19 The Ghost from the Grand Banks 1990 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
20 The Hammer of God 1993 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
21 Richter 10 ( With: Mike McQuay) 1996 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
22 The Trigger 1999 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
23 The Light of Other Days ( With: Stephen Baxter) 2000 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
24 The Last Theorem ( With: Frederik Pohl) 2008 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Arthur C. Clarke Non-Fiction Books

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1 Interplanetary Flight 1950 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Exploration of Space 1951 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Boy Beneath the Sea 1958 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Voice Across The Sea 1958 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Profiles of the Future 1962 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Voices from the Sky 1966 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 The Promise of Space 1968 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Into Space ( With: Robert Silverberg) 1971 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 The View from Serendip 1977 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 1984: Spring - A Choice of Futures 1984 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 Astounding Days 1990 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 How the World Was One 1992 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! 1999 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 From Narnia To Space Odyssey ( With: C.S. Lewis) 2003 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15 The Exploration of the Moon (Short Story) 2020 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Isaac Asimov's Anthology Series

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1 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 from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 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 from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 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 from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! ( By: Shawna McCarthy) 1985 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 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 from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Isaac Asimov's Aliens ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois) 1991 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Isaac Asimov's Robots ( By: Isaac Asimov, Rob Chilson) 1991 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite ( By: Isaac Asimov, John M. Ford) 1993 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Isaac Asimov's War ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois) 1993 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois) 1994 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois) 1995 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 Isaac Asimov's Ghosts (Short Story) ( By: Isaac Asimov, Terry Bisson) 1995 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Isaac Asimov's Christmas ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois) 1997 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 Isaac Asimov's Camelot ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois, Eleanor Arnason) 1998 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15 Isaac Asimov's Detectives ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois) 1998 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
16 Isaac Asimov's Werewolves ( By: Isaac Asimov, Suzy McKee Charnas, Gardner Dozois) 1999 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
17 Isaac Asimov's Solar System ( By: Gardner Dozois) 1999 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
18 Isaac Asimov's Utopias ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois) 2000 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
19 Isaac Asimov's Father Day ( By: Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois) 2001 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
20 Isaac Asimov's Halloween ( By: Isaac Asimov) 2001 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Arthur C. Clarke Short Story Collections

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1 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke 1938 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Sentinel 1951 Locus Award 1984Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Reach for Tomorrow 1956 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Tales From The White Hart 1957 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Tales of Ten Worlds 1962 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 The Nine Billion Names of God (Short Story) 1967 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 The Lion Of Comarre 1968 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Expedition to Earth 1968 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Of Time and Stars 1972 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 The Wind From The Sun 1972 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 A Meeting With Medusa 1988 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 The Shining Ones 2004 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Arthur C. Clarke Anthologies

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1 Star Science Fiction Stories 3 1955 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Great Tales of Action and Adventure 1958 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1958 1958 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 50 Short Science Fiction Tales 1963 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Novelets of Science Fiction 1963 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 The Bedside Playboy 1963 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Worlds to Come: New Science Fiction Adventures 1967 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Tales of Time and Space 1969 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Futures Unlimited 1969 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 The Futurists 1972 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 Alpha 3 1972 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 Galaxy Science Fiction - October 1973 1973 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... 1974 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 Other Dimensions 1974 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15 Aliens: 3 Novellas 1977 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
16 The Best of British SF 2 1977 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
17 The Best of British SF 1 1977 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
18 They Came from Outer Space: 12 Classic Science Fiction Tales That Became Major Motion Pictures 1979 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
19 The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels 1980 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
20 The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century 1980 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
21 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969 1981 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
22 Science Fiction A to Z 1982 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
23 Space Odyssey 1983 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
24 Fourth Planet from the Sun 1984 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
25 Great Science Fiction Stories by the World's Greatest Scientists 1985 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
26 Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow 1987 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
27 Science Fiction Stories 1988 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
28 Drabble II: Double Century 1990 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
29 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection 1993 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
30 The Ultimate Alien 1995 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
31 The Young Oxford Book of Aliens 1999 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
32 Bangs & Whimpers 1999 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
33 Explorers 2000 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
34 The Hard SF Renaissance 2003 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
35 The Colours of Infinity: The Beauty, The Power and the Sense of Fractals 2004 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
36 The World Turned Upside Down 2005 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
37 Galileo's Children 2005 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
38 Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology 2006 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
39 The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
40 From the Pen of Paul: The Fantastic Images of Frank R. Paul 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
41 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction 2010 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
42 The End of the World: Stories of the Apocalypse 2010 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
43 Bug-Eyed Monsters & Bimbos 2011 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
44 The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
45 In Space No One Can Hear You Scream 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
46 The Ninth Science Fiction Megapack 2014 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
47 The Baen Big Book of Monsters 2014 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
48 Grave Predictions 2016 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
49 Infinite Stars 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
About the Author

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke CBE FRAS was a British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.

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