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John DeChancie Books in Order
John DeChancie is a prolific author of over two dozen books, ranging from fiction to nonfiction, and has contributed to a diverse array of publications, including Penthouse and Cult Movies. His science fiction and fantasy novels have garnered a devoted readership for nearly two decades, with over a million copies of his books in print, many translated into foreign languages. DeChancie's acclaimed works include the Skyway Trilogy, consisting of Starrigger, Red Limit Freeway, and Paradox Alley, a groundbreaking series that has become a cult classic and a benchmark for science fiction. Praise from notable authors such as Jerry Pournelle has likened the trilogy to the works of A. E. van Vogt and other science fiction legends. DeChancie's humorous fantasy series, Castle Perilous, achieved bestseller status, and his novel MagicNet was hailed by Booklist as a "welcome sigh of comic relief."
Bibliography verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of John DeChancie's book series? John DeChancie has written 7 book series. The most notable is the Castle Falkenstein series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by John DeChancie
- #1
From Prussia with Love(1995) - #2
Masterminds of Falkenstein(1996)
- #1
Castle Perilous(1988) - #2
Castle for Rent(1989) - #3
Castle Kidnapped(1989) - #4
Castle War!(1990) - #5
Castle Murders(1991) - #6
Castle Dreams(1992) - #7
Castle Spellbound(1992) - #8
Bride of the Castle(1994) - #9
The Pirates of Perilous(2015)
- #1
Dr. Dimension(1993) - #2
Master of Spacetime(1994)
- #1
Starrigger(1983) - #2
Red Limit Freeway(1984) - #3
Paradox Alley(1987)
- #1
Crooked House(1987) - #2
The Kruton Interface(1993) - #3
MagicNet(1993) - #4
Living With Aliens(1995) - #5
Innerverse(1996) - #6
Other States of Being(1999) - #7
Far Cries(2014)
- #1
Talons(2002) - #2
A Terrible Beauty (By: John J. Miller)(2002) - #3
Demons (By: Mike Baron)(2002)
- #1
Margaret Thatcher (By: Bernard Garfinkel)(1985) - #2
Simón Bolívar (By: Dennis Wepman)(1985) - #3
Joseph Stalin (By: Dorothy Hoobler,Thomas Hoobler)(1985) - #4
Hitler (By: Dennis Wepman)(1985) - #5
Napoleon Bonaparte (By: Leslie McGuire)(1985) - #6
Golda Meir (By: Karen McAuley)(1985) - #7
George Washington (By: Roger A. Bruns)(1986) - #8
John Calvin (By: Sally Stepanek)(1986) - #9
Indira Gandhi (By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.,Francelia Butler)(1986) - #10
Thomas Jefferson (By: Roger A. Bruns)(1986) - #11
Charlemagne (By: Susan Banfield)(1986) - #12
Pierre Elliott Trudeau (By: Thomas G. Butson)(1986) - #13
Frederick the Great (By: Mary Kittredge)(1986) - #14
King Louis XIV (By: Pierre L. Horn)(1986) - #15
Andrew Jackson (By: Herman J. Viola)(1986) - #16
Catherine the Great (By: Leslie McGuire)(1986) - #17
William Gladstone (By: Eric Brand)(1986) - #18
Dwight D. Eisenhower (By: Peter Lars Sandberg)(1986) - #19
Oliver Cromwell (By: Lawrence S. Kaplan)(1986) - #20
Georges-Jacques Danton (By: Frank Dwyer)(1987) - #21
Muammar El-Qaddafi (By: Benjamin Kyle)(1987) - #22
Otto von Bismarck (By: Jonathan Rose)(1987) - #23
Sun Yat-Sen (By: Jeffrey Barlow)(1987) - #24
Julius Caesar (By: Roger A. Bruns)(1987) - #25
Woodrow Wilson (By: J. Perry Leavell Jr.)(1987) - #26
Joan of Arc (By: Susan Banfield)(1987) - #27
Elizabeth I (By: Catherine Bush)(1987) - #28
Leon Blum (By: Stephen Eric Bronner)(1987) - #29
Gandhi (By: Catherine Bush)(1987) - #30
Juan Perón(1987) - #31
John F. Kennedy (By: Marta Randall)(1987) - #32
Gamal Abdel Nasser(1987) - #33
Richard Nixon (By: C. Peter Ripley)(1987) - #34
Marc Antony (By: Mary Kittredge)(1987) - #35
Leonid Brezhnev (By: Ina L. Navazelskis)(1987) - #36
Benjamin Disraeli (By: Carol McGuirk)(1987) - #37
Hirohito (By: Karen Severns)(1988) - #38
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (By: James D. Cockcroft)(1988) - #39
Ernesto Che Guevara (By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.,Douglas Kellner)(1988) - #40
Chiang Kai-Shek (By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.,Sean J. Dolan)(1988) - #41
James I (By: Frank Dwyer)(1988) - #42
Mother Teresa (By: Joan Graff Clucas)(1988) - #43
Vladimir Ilich Lenin (By: John Haney)(1988) - #44
Augustus Caesar (By: Nancy Zinsser Walworth)(1988) - #45
Judas Maccabeus (By: E.H. Fortier)(1988) - #46
Henry of Navarre (By: Albert C. Gross)(1988) - #47
Lyndon Johnson (By: Anthony E. Kaye)(1988) - #48
Harry S. Truman (By: J. Perry Leavell Jr.)(1988) - #49
Yasir Arafat (By: Rebecca Stefoff)(1988) - #50Klemens von Metternich (By: John Von Der Heide)(1988)
- #51
Willy Brandt (By: Tom Viola)(1988) - #52
James Madison (By: J. Perry Leavell Jr.)(1988) - #53
Faisal (By: Rebecca Stefoff)(1989) - #54
Jimmy Carter (By: Ed Slavin)(1989) - #55
Lech Walesa (By: Tony Kaye)(1989) - #56
Marquis de Lafayette (By: Pierre L. Horn)(1989) - #57
Nelson and Winnie Mandela (By: John J. Vail)(1989) - #58
James Monroe (By: Charles Wetzel)(1989) - #59
Peter the Great (By: Kathleen McDermott)(1990) - #60
Thomas Paine (By: John J. Vail)(1990) - #61
Wojciech Jaruzelski (By: Lynn Berry)(1990) - #62
Sadat (By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.)(1990) - #63
Churchill (By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.)(1990) - #64
Alexander the Great (By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.)(1990) - #65
Pol Pot (By: Rebecca Stefoff)(1990) - #66
Alexander Dubcek (By: Ina Navazelskis)(1991) - #67
Robert E. Lee (By: Warren Brown)(1992) - #68
Ronald Reagan (By: Renee Schwartzberg)(1999) - #69
Pope John Paul II (By: Timothy Walch)(2005)
About John DeChancie
John DeChancie is a prolific author of over two dozen books, ranging from fiction to nonfiction, and has contributed to a diverse array of publications, including Penthouse and Cult Movies. His science fiction and fantasy novels have garnered a devoted readership for nearly two decades, with over a million copies of his books in print, many translated into foreign languages. DeChancie's acclaimed works include the Skyway Trilogy, consisting of Starrigger, Red Limit Freeway, and Paradox Alley, a groundbreaking series that has become a cult classic and a benchmark for science fiction. Praise from notable authors such as Jerry Pournelle has likened the trilogy to the works of A. E. van Vogt and other science fiction legends. DeChancie's humorous fantasy series, Castle Perilous, achieved bestseller status, and his novel MagicNet was hailed by Booklist as a "welcome sigh of comic relief."
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