A. Bertram Chandler Reading Order

13 books (1946–2016)

Start with Astounding Science Fiction, February 1946, the first of 13 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Astounding Science Fiction, February 1946 1946Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Fall 1950 1950Buy 🇺🇸
3	Science Fiction Vol. 9 No. 25 1957Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Waters Under the Earth 1958Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1959 1959Buy 🇺🇸
6	Great Short Novels of Science Fiction 1970Buy 🇺🇸
7	SF Authors' Choice 2 1970Buy 🇺🇸
8	Galaxy Magazine, March 1971 1971Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Astounding-Analog Reader, Book Two 1973Buy 🇺🇸
10	Other Worlds 1978Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Best Australian Science Fiction 2005Buy 🇺🇸
12	Out of this World Adventures, July 1950 2016Buy 🇺🇸
13	Worst Contact 2016Buy 🇺🇸

15 books (1961–2004)

Start with Rendezvous on a Lost World, the first of 15 books in the Commander Grimes series.

#	Title
1	Rendezvous on a Lost World 1961Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Deep Reaches of Space 1967Buy 🇺🇸
3	Catch the Star Winds 1969Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Far Traveler 1977Buy 🇺🇸
5	To Keep the Ship 1978Buy 🇺🇸
6	Matilda's Stepchildren 1979Buy 🇺🇸
7	Star Loot 1980Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Anarch Lords 1981Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Last Amazon 1984Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Wild Ones 1984Buy 🇺🇸
11	Tramp Captain 1990Buy 🇺🇸
12	Lieutenant Of The Survey Service 2000Buy 🇺🇸
13	Survey Captain 2002Buy 🇺🇸
14	Reserve Commodore 2004Buy 🇺🇸
15	Rim Runner 2004Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1961–1963)

Start with The Rim of Space and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Rim of Space 1961Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Ship from Outside 1963Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1965–1969)

Start with Empress of Outer Space and read in order.

7 books (1967–1977)

Start with The Road To The Rim, the first of 7 books in the Grimes in Federation Service series.

7 books (1964–1981)

Start with Into the Alternate Universe, the first of 7 books in the Grimes in the Rim World series.

#	Title
1	Into the Alternate Universe 1964Buy 🇺🇸
2	Contraband from Otherspace 1967Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Rim Gods 1968Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Dark Dimensions 1971Buy 🇺🇸
5	Gateway to Never 1972Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Way Back 1978Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Commodore at Sea / Alternate Orbits 1981Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2011–2014)

Start with First Command, the first of 5 books in the John Grimes Saga series.

#	Title
1	First Command 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	Galactic Courier 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	To the Galactic Rim 2011Buy 🇺🇸
4	Ride the Star Winds 2012Buy 🇺🇸
5	Upon a Sea of Stars 2014Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1945–2011)

Start with Giant Killer and read in order.

3 books (1963–2015)

Start with Beyond the Galactic Rim and read in order.

9 books (1961–1985)

Start with Bring Back Yesterday, the first of 9 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Bring Back Yesterday 1961Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Hamelin Plague 1963Buy 🇺🇸
3	Glory Planet 1964Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Coils of Time 1964Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Alternate Martians 1965Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Sea Beasts 1971Buy 🇺🇸
7	When the Dream Dies 1981Buy 🇺🇸
8	Frontier of the Dark 1984Buy 🇺🇸
9	Kelly Country 1985Buy 🇺🇸