John DeChancie

About John DeChancie John DeChancie is an American author of comic-fantasy stories. He is a beloved writer with a unique gift for crafting characters and protagonists that make his stories highly entertaining to read. His works have been published in numerous languages and have sold over a million copies worldwide.

The best place to start is the Skyway series, the earliest of John DeChancie's multi-book series: it opens with Starrigger (1983) and runs to 3 books across 1983–1987, ending with Paradox Alley (1987). John DeChancie's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

John DeChancie has 111 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1983 and 2018. 88 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the World Leaders Past & Present series with 69 books — and 23 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. John DeChancie's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Skyway (1983–1987, 3 books), World Leaders Past & Present (1985–2005, 69 books) and Castle Perilous (1988–2015, 9 books), plus 3 more.

This guide splits John DeChancie's 111 books into 6 named series and 23 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: World Leaders Past & Present (69 books, 1985–2005); Castle Perilous (9 books, 1988–2015); Skyway (3 books, 1983–1987); Witchblade (3 books, 2002); Castle Falkenstein (2 books, 1995–1996), plus 1 further series.