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Alan Baxter Books in Order

Alan Baxter has written 32 books, published between 2006 and 2026. The first book is Realmshift (2006) and the newest is The Rise (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
32
Published
2006–2026
Confirmed
2 of 32 titles
Pages on record
3,099 in 13 of 32 books
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Alan Baxter is a British-Australian author of supernatural thrillers, horror and dark fantasy, born in Sussex in 1970. Baxter is also a teacher and practitioner of kung fu and qi gong. The catalogue holds 32 titles published between 2006 and 2026, opening with Realmshift (2006) and reaching The Rise (2026); more than 100 short stories sit outside it. Alex Caine, Jake Crowley, Eli Carver and Tales From The Gulp are the listed series, and Baxter has co-written novels with the American action-adventure author David Wood. Four Australian Shadows Awards and one Aurealis Award have gone to Baxter's work.

How many Alan Baxter books are there?

Alan Baxter has 32 books, released between 2006 and 2026. They include 5 series and 15 titles listed outside any series.

Alan Baxter Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 32 Alan Baxter books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Magesign by Alan Baxter, book 2 of the Balance series (2009)
  2. Cover of Bound by Alan Baxter, book 1 of the Alex Caine series (2014)
  3. Cover of What Wives Don't Know by Alan Baxter (2015)
  4. Cover of Crow Shine by Alan Baxter (2016)
  5. Cover of Blood Codex by Alan Baxter, book 1 of the Jake Crowley series (2017)
  6. Cover of Anubis Key by Alan Baxter, book 2 of the Jake Crowley series (2017)
  7. Cover of Manifest Recall by Alan Baxter, book 1 of the Eli Carver series (2018)
  8. Cover of Hidden City by Alan Baxter (2018)
  9. Cover of Devouring Dark by Alan Baxter (2018)
  10. Cover of Served Cold by Alan Baxter (2019)
  11. Cover of Revenant by Alan Baxter, book 3 of the Jake Crowley series (2019)
  12. Cover of The Roo by Alan Baxter (2020)
  13. Cover of Golden Fortune, Dragon Jade by Alan Baxter (2020)
  1. 1
    RealmshiftBalance #12006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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  2. 2
    Ghost of the Black2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  3. 3
    MagesignBalance #22009 · 252 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009252
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  4. 4
    Shall We Have Magic?2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  5. 5
    Write The Fight Right2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  6. 6
    The Darkest Shade of Grey2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  7. 7
    BoundAlex Caine #12014 · 338 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014338
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  8. 8
    ObsidianAlex Caine #22014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  9. 9
    AbductionAlex Caine #32014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  10. 10
    Bipolar Bared2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  11. 11
    What Wives Don't Know2015 · 175 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015175
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  12. 12
    Crow Shine2016 · 298 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016298
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  13. 13
    Blood CodexJake Crowley #12017 · 250 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017250
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  14. 14
    Anubis KeyJake Crowley #22017 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017256
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  15. 15
    The Book Club2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  16. 16
    Manifest RecallEli Carver #12018 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018160
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  17. 17
    Hidden City2018 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018264
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  18. 18
    Devouring Dark2018 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018320
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  19. 19
    Served Cold2019 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019312
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  20. 20
    RevenantJake Crowley #32019 · 236 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019236
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  21. 21
    Last StandSNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror #82019 · confirmed 3/4
    2019–
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  22. 22
    Recall NightEli Carver #22020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  23. 23
    The Roo2020 · 130 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020130
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  24. 24
    Golden Fortune, Dragon Jade2020 · 108 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020108
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  25. 25
    The GulpTales From The Gulp #12021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  26. 26
    The Martial Art of Writing & Other EssaysEssays #12021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  27. 27
    Ghost RecallEli Carver #32021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  28. 28
    The FallTales From The Gulp #22022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  29. 29
    Sallow Bend2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  30. 30
    Blood Covenant2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  31. 31
    AI InsurrectionSNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror #142024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
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  32. 32
    The RiseTales From The Gulp #32026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Alan Baxter books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Alex Caine in order

3 books
  1. 1. Bound
  2. 2. Obsidian
  3. 3. Abduction

Jake Crowley in order

3 books
  1. 1. Blood Codex
  2. 2. Anubis Key
  3. 3. Revenant

Eli Carver in order

3 books
  1. 1. Manifest Recall
  2. 2. Recall Night
  3. 3. Ghost Recall

Tales From The Gulp in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Gulp
  2. 2. The Fall
  3. 3. The Rise

Balance in order

2 books
  1. 1. Realmshift
  2. 2. Magesign

SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Essays in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Martial Art of Writing & Other Essays

Standalone books

15 books

15 Alan Baxter titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Alan Baxter books in order?

You only need to read Alan Baxter books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Alan Baxter

Start with Realmshift (2006), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Alan Baxter book?

The Rise (2026) is the newest Alan Baxter book released so far.

Is there a new Alan Baxter book coming?

No next Alan Baxter book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Alan Baxter at a glance

Still publishing
Alan Baxter published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Alan Baxter books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
3,099 pages across the 13 of 32 books with a recorded length, a median of 252 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Alan Baxter books, 17 of 32, were published in the 2010s.

What the Alan Baxter books are about

5 of the 32 Alan Baxter books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: horror is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.