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Great Careers Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Great Careers books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Great Careers series? Start with "Great Careers for People Interested in Working with Their Hands" (1992) and follow publication order through all 28 books.
The complete Great Careers reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Great Careers for People Interested in Working with Their Hands
1992
Great Careers for People Interested in Living Things
1993
Great Careers for People Interested in Communications Technology
1995
Great Careers for People Fascinated by the Government and Law (With: Anne Marie Males)
1995
DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction
2002
DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthologies
2002
Space, Inc
2003
New Voices In Science Fiction
2003
ReVisions
2004
Summoned to Destiny
2004
Haunted Holidays
2004
Fantastic Companions
2005
Mythspring
2006
Under Cover of Darkness
2007
The Best of Jim Baen's Universe
2007
Misspelled
2008
Ages of Wonder
2009
Campus Chills
2009
Lightspeed: Year One
2011
Blood & Water
2012
Anthropomorphic Aliens
2014
Solaris Rising 3
2014
Dark Beyond the Stars
2015
Nebula Awards 51 (2017)
2017
The Clan Chronicles: Tales from Plexis
2018
Giftmas 2018 Advent Anthology
2018
Noir
2022
Life Beyond Us
2023
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