Arthur C. Clarke

Few names are as prominent within the science fiction genre as Arthur C. Clarke, an English author born on December 1917 in Minehead, England and who has produced works such as Childnhood’s End’ and the highly popular 2001: A Space Odyssey’ which Stanley Kubrik adapted into a movie. With over one hundred books to his name, many of Arthur C.

The best place to start is the Blue Planet series, the earliest of Arthur C. Clarke's multi-book series: it opens with The Coast of the Coral (1956) and runs to 3 books across 1956–1964, ending with The Treasure of the Great Reef (1964). Arthur C. Clarke's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Arthur C. Clarke has 155 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1938 and 2020. 44 of them belong to 7 named series — the largest being the Rama series with 7 books — and 111 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Arthur C. Clarke's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Blue Planet (1956–1964, 3 books), Life Science Library (1964–1981, 6 books) and Space Odyssey (1968–1997, 4 books), plus 2 more.

This guide splits Arthur C. Clarke's 155 books into 7 named series and 111 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Rama (7 books, 1973–2000); Life Science Library (6 books, 1964–1981); Space Odyssey (4 books, 1968–1997); A Time Odyssey (3 books, 2003–2007); Blue Planet (3 books, 1956–1964), plus 2 further series.