Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead, Somerset, England on December 16th, 1917 and passed away at the age of 90 on March 19th, 2008.

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Arthur C. Clarke Stats: The highest rated book by Arthur C. Clarke on Book Notification is Rendezvous with Rama, the first novel in the Rama series. The second-highest rated book is 2061: Odyssey Three (Space Odyssey #3).

The most read book by Arthur C. Clarke on Book Notification is 2001: A Space Odyssey, the first novel in the Space Odyssey series. The second most read book is Rendezvous with Rama (Rama #1).

Below is a complete list of Arthur C. Clarke books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Space Odyssey Books in Publication Order

All about space travel, mysterious monoliths, and humanity's quest for knowledge and evolution.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.7
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968
Go
2
7.8
2010: Odyssey Two
1982
Go
3
8
2061: Odyssey Three
1987
Go
4
7.6
3001: The Final Odyssey
1997
Go

List of Rama Books in Publication Order (with Gentry Lee)

Follows humanity's encounter with a mysterious alien spacecraft, exploring its mysteries and the implications for mankind.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Rendezvous with Rama
1973
Go
2
7.1
Rama II (With: Gentry Lee)
1989
Go
3
6.9
The Garden of Rama (With: Gentry Lee)
1991
Go
4
7.3
Rama Revealed (With: Gentry Lee)
1993
Go
5
10
Bright Messengers (By: Gentry Lee)
1995
Go
6
10
Double Full Moon Night (By: Gentry Lee)
1999
Go
7
The Tranquility Wars (By: Gentry Lee)
2000
Go
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List of A Time Odyssey Books in Publication Order (with Stephen Baxter)

Explores time travel and altered history, where mysterious beings reshape human events across different eras.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
Time's Eye
2003
Go
2
8
Sunstorm
2005
Go
3
6.7
Firstborn
2007
Go

List of Life Science Library Books in Publication Order (with Alan E. Nourse, with Time-Life Books , with Robert O'Brien)

A collection of books that make complex science topics easy to understand for everyday readers.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Machines (By: Robert O'Brien)
1964
Go
2
Man And Space
1964
Go
3
The Body ( By: Alan E. Nourse)
1964
Go
4
Ships (By: Robert O'Brien)
1965
Go
5
Weather (By: Robert O'Brien, Philip D. Thompson)
1965
Go
6
The Engineer (By: Time-Life Books , C.C. Furnas, Joe McCarthy)
1981
Go
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List of Blue Planet Books in Publication Order

Explores Earth's wonders, highlighting its oceans, lands, and life, blending science with storytelling.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Coast of the Coral
1956
Go
2
The Reefs of Taprobane
1956
Go
3
The Treasure of the Great Reef
1964
Go

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are Childhood's End, City and the Stars, and The Fountains of Paradise.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6.3
Against the Fall of Night
1948
Go
2
6
Prelude to Space
1950
Go
3
The Sands of Mars
1951
Go
4
8
Islands in the Sky
1952
Go
5
7.8
Childhood's End
1953
Go
6
6
Earthlight
1955
Go
7
7.2
City and the Stars
1956
Go
8
The Deep Range
1957
Go
9
8
The Other Side of the Sky
1958
Go
10
8
A Fall of Moondust
1961
Go
11
Dolphin Island
1963
Go
12
Glide Path
1963
Go
13
The Lost Worlds Of 2001
1971
Go
14
Report on Planet Three
1972
Go
15
6.7
Imperial Earth
1975
Go
16
7.7
The Fountains of Paradise
1979
Go
17
8
The Songs of Distant Earth
1986
Go
18
July 20, 2019
1986
Go
19
Cradle (With: Gentry Lee)
1987
Go
20
Beyond the Fall of Night (With: Gregory Benford)
1990
Go
21
6
The Ghost from the Grand Banks
1990
Go
22
8.3
The Hammer of God
1993
Go
23
8
Richter 10 (With: Mike McQuay)
1996
Go
24
The Trigger
1999
Go
25
7.3
The Light of Other Days (With: Stephen Baxter)
2000
Go
26
7.3
The Last Theorem (With: Frederik Pohl)
2008
Go

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are Astounding Days, Into Space, and Profiles of the Future.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Interplanetary Flight
1950
Go
2
The Exploration of Space
1951
Go
3
Boy Beneath the Sea
1958
Go
4
Voice Across The Sea
1958
Go
5
8
Profiles of the Future
1962
Go
6
Voices from the Sky
1966
Go
7
The Promise of Space
1968
Go
8
Into Space (With: Robert Silverberg)
1971
Go
9
Beyond Jupiter: The Worlds of Tomorrow
1972
Go
10
The View from Serendip
1977
Go
11
1984: Spring - A Choice of Futures
1984
Go
12
7.7
Astounding Days
1990
Go
13
How the World Was One
1992
Go
14
Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!
1999
Go
15
From Narnia To Space Odyssey (With: C.S. Lewis)
2003
Go
16
The Exploration of the Moon
2020
Go

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
10
Rescue Party
1946
Go
2
The Star / Star of Bethlehem
1955
Go

List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short story collections are The Nine Billion Names of God, The Sentinel, and Tales From The White Hart.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
1938
Go
2
7.5
The Sentinel
1951
Go
3
Across the Sea of Stars
1953
Go
4
6
Reach for Tomorrow
1956
Go
5
8.3
Tales From The White Hart
1957
Go
6
8
Tales of Ten Worlds
1962
Go
7
6
The Nine Billion Names of God
1967
Go
8
The Lion Of Comarre
1968
Go
9
10
Expedition to Earth
1968
Go
10
Of Time and Stars
1972
Go
11
The Wind From The Sun
1972
Go
12
7.7
A Meeting With Medusa
1988
Go
13
Tales from Planet Earth
1990
Go
14
The Shining Ones
2004
Go

List of Arthur C. Clarke Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Star Science Fiction Stories 3
1955
Go
2
Great Tales of Action and Adventure
1958
Go
3
Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1958
1958
Go
4
50 Short Science Fiction Tales
1963
Go
5
Novelets of Science Fiction
1963
Go
6
The Bedside Playboy
1963
Go
7
Worlds to Come: New Science Fiction Adventures
1967
Go
8
Tales of Time and Space
1969
Go
9
Futures Unlimited
1969
Go
10
The Futurists
1972
Go
11
Alpha 3
1972
Go
12
Galaxy Science Fiction - October 1973
1973
Go
13
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow...
1974
Go
14
Other Dimensions
1974
Go
15
Aliens: 3 Novellas
1977
Go
16
The Best of British SF 2
1977
Go
17
The Best of British SF 1
1977
Go
18
They Came from Outer Space: 12 Classic Science Fiction Tales That Became Major Motion Pictures
1979
Go
19
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels
1980
Go
20
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century
1980
Go
21
8
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969
1981
Go
22
8
Science Fiction A to Z
1982
Go
23
Space Odyssey
1983
Go
24
Fourth Planet from the Sun
1984
Go
25
Great Science Fiction Stories by the World's Greatest Scientists
1985
Go
26
Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow
1987
Go
27
Science Fiction Stories
1988
Go
28
Drabble II: Double Century
1990
Go
29
Christmas Stars
1992
Go
30
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection
1993
Go
31
The Ultimate Alien
1995
Go
32
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens
1999
Go
33
Bangs & Whimpers
1999
Go
34
Explorers
2000
Go
35
The Hard SF Renaissance
2003
Go
36
The Colours of Infinity: The Beauty, The Power and the Sense of Fractals
2004
Go
37
The World Turned Upside Down
2005
Go
38
Galileo's Children
2005
Go
39
Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology
2006
Go
40
The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF
2009
Go
41
From the Pen of Paul: The Fantastic Images of Frank R. Paul
2009
Go
42
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction
2010
Go
43
6
The End of the World: Stories of the Apocalypse
2010
Go
44
Bug-Eyed Monsters & Bimbos
2011
Go
45
The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack
2013
Go
46
In Space No One Can Hear You Scream
2013
Go
47
The Ninth Science Fiction Megapack
2014
Go
48
The Baen Big Book of Monsters
2014
Go
49
Grave Predictions
2016
Go
50
Infinite Stars
2019
Go
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Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke (Arthur Charles Clarke) was born on December 16th, 1917. Arthur passed away March 19th, 2008 at 90 years old. Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead, Somerset, England. Clarke attended King's College London where he received a B.S. in Mathematics and Physics.

Arthur C. Clarke is known for writing in the Non-Fiction and Science Fiction genres.

Arthur C. Clarke had written 26 standalone novels, starting with Against the Fall of Night in 1948. The most recently released novel was The Last Theorem, which was released in 2008.

Arthur C. Clarke also wrote 16 Non-Fiction Books, including Interplanetary Flight and The Exploration of Space.

Arthur C. Clarke: Awards & Accolades

Clarke's books have won multiple awards, Rendezvous with Rama won the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1974 as well as the Seiun Award - Best Translated Long Work in 1980. A Meeting With Medusa won the Seiun Award, Best Translated Short Story, in 1974. The Fountains of Paradise won the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1980.

Arthur C. Clarke books have also been nominated for multiple awards, Childhood's End was nominated for the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1954. A Fall of Moondust was nominated for the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1963. 2010: Odyssey Two was nominated for the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1983. Astounding Days was nominated for the Hugo Award, Best Related Work, in 1990. The Light of Other Days was nominated for the Seiun Award, Best Translated Long Work, in 2001. The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke was nominated for the Audie Award, Best Short Stories or Collections, in 2017.

Arthur C. Clarke: Lists & Other Mentions

  • Rendezvous with Rama has made several lists including:
    1. AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books Selection in 2021.
    2. Spy.com: The 25 Best Science-Fiction Books of All Time Selection in 2020.
    3. NPR: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books Selection in 2011.
  • 2010: Odyssey Two was a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1982.
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey has made several lists including:
    1. Waterstones: Books of the Century Selection in 1997.
    2. The Telegraph: The Perfect Library Selection in 2008.
    3. NPR: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books Selection in 2011.
  • Childhood's End was an NPR: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books Selection in 2011.

Related Authors

Fans of Arthur C. Clarke also enjoy these authors:

  1. David Brin, author of the Uplift Saga Series.
  2. Isaac Asimov, author of the Foundation Series.
  3. Alastair Reynolds, author of the Revelation Space Series.
  4. Ben Bova, author of The Grand Tour Series.
  5. Andrew Mayne, author of The Naturalist Series.
  6. Sylvain Neuvel, author of Themis Files Series.
  7. Robert J. Sawyer, author of the WWW Series.
  8. Dennis E. Taylor, author of the Bobiverse Series.
  9. Aldous Huxley, author of: Brave New World.
  10. A.G. Riddle, author of The Origin Mystery Series.

Arthur C. Clarke: F.A.Q

When was Arthur C. Clarke Born?

Arthur C. Clarke was born on December 16th, 1917.

When did Arthur C. Clarke die?

Arthur C. Clarke died on March 19th, 2008 at 90 years old.

Where was Arthur C. Clarke Born?

Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead, Somerset, England.

What book awards has Arthur C. Clarke won?

Rendezvous with Rama: Hugo Award Best Novel (1974), Seiun Award Best Translated Long Work (1980).
A Meeting With Medusa: Seiun Award Best Translated Short Story (1974).
The Fountains of Paradise: Hugo Award Best Novel (1980).

What was the first book Arthur C. Clarke wrote?

The first book written by Arthur C. Clarke was The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke, published in 1938.

What was the most recent book Arthur C. Clarke wrote?

His most recently released work was The Exploration of the Moon (a short story) on May 24th, 2020.

What is the most popular book by Arthur C. Clarke?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Arthur C. Clarke book is 2001: A Space Odyssey. Here are his most popular books:
  1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (7.67)
  2. Rendezvous with Rama (8.02)
  3. Childhood's End (7.84)
  4. 2010: Odyssey Two (7.75)
  5. Rama II (7.07)

What genres does Arthur C. Clarke Write?

Arthur C. Clarke primarily writes in the Non-Fiction and Science Fiction genres. His work includes sub-genres such as Space Opera, Dystopian / Utopian Science Fiction, and Apocalyptic / Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction.

How many books has Arthur C. Clarke written?

Arthur C. Clarke has written 73 books across 14 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 4 books in the Space Odyssey Series
  • 4 books in the Rama Series
  • 3 books in the A Time Odyssey Series
  • 1 book in the Life Science Library Series
  • 3 books in the Blue Planet Series
  • 26 Standalone Novels
  • 16 Non-Fiction Books
  • 2 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 14 Short Story Collections

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