Alex Beecroft Books in Order
Alex Beecroft has written 29 books, published between 2009 and 2019. The first book is False Colors (2009) and the newest is Seeing Red (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 29
- Published
- 2009–2019
- Pages on record
- 2,755 in 11 of 29 books
Alex Beecroft is an English author best known for historical and contemporary romantic fiction featuring gay characters, and in 2010 was named among the premier writers of male/male historical romance. Beecroft also publishes science fiction and fantasy as Alex Oliver, and cozy mysteries as Robyn Beecroft. The catalogue holds 29 books published between 2009 and 2019, from False Colors (2009) to Seeing Red (2019), with Wages of Sin (2010), By Honor Betrayed (2011), Blessed Isle (2012) and Bomber's Moon (2012) among them. Trowchester Blues, Unquiet Spirits, Under the Hill, Cygnus Five and Arising are the series listed. Subjects cover gay men, gay sailors, naval history, the Age of Sail, the slave trade, historical romance and fairies.
How many Alex Beecroft books are there?
Alex Beecroft has 29 books, released between 2009 and 2019. They include 5 series and 15 titles listed outside any series.
Alex Beecroft Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 29 Alex Beecroft 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.
- 1False Colors2009 · 333 pages · confirmed 1/420093331/4
- 32010–1/4
- 4The Mysterious2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 5By Honor Betrayed2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 6The Witch's Boy2011 · 394 pages · confirmed 1/420113941/4
- 72012–1/4
- 820122101/4
- 9Blessed Isle2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 10His Heart's Obsession2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 11The Crimson Outlaw2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 12Too Many Fairy Princes2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 1320152141/4
- 142015–1/4
- 152015–1/4
- 162016–1/4
- 17Buried With Him2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 18Labyrinth2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 1920171901/4
- 2020172421/4
- 212017–1/4
- 222017–1/4
- 232017–2/4
- 24The Reluctant Berserker2017 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/420172761/4
- 25Shining in the Sun2017 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/420172481/4
- 26Captain's Surrender2017 · 214 pages · confirmed 1/420172141/4
- 27Too Many Faery Princes2017 · 194 pages · confirmed 1/420171941/4
- 282018–2/4
- 2920192401/4
Alex Beecroft 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.
Trowchester Blues in order
4 booksUnquiet Spirits in order
2 booksUnder the Hill in order
2 books- 1. Bomber's Moon
- 2. Dogfighters
Cygnus Five in order
2 booksArising in order
2 booksPorthkennack in order
2 booksStandalone books
15 books15 Alex Beecroft titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Alex Beecroft books in order?
You only need to read Alex Beecroft 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 Alex Beecroft
Start with False Colors (2009), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Alex Beecroft book?
Seeing Red (2019) is the newest Alex Beecroft book released so far.
Is there a new Alex Beecroft book coming?
No next Alex Beecroft book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Alex Beecroft at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Alex Beecroft title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Alex Beecroft books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,755 pages across the 11 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 240 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Alex Beecroft books, 27 of 29, were published in the 2010s.
What the Alex Beecroft books are about
7 of the 29 Alex Beecroft books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: gay men is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.




