Alex Scarrow Books in Order
Alex Scarrow has written 38 books, published between 2006 and 2026. The first book is A Thousand Suns (2006) and the newest is Let's Play (2026). One more title is announced: The Good Doctor (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 38 + 1 announced
- Published
- 2006–2026
- Confirmed
- 3 of 39 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,227 in 10 of 39 books
TimeRiders is the young adult science fiction series Alex Scarrow is most known for, and subject headings for the books name time travel along with the characters Maddy Carter, Liam O'Connor and Sal Vikram. Scarrow is a British author born on 14 February 1966. The catalogue lists 39 books from A Thousand Suns (2006) to Let's Play (2026), with The Good Doctor due in 2027. Afterlight (2007), Last Light (2007) and October Skies (2008) precede TimeRiders (2010), and The Doomsday Code (2011) and City of Shadows (2012) follow. DCI Boyd, Ellie Quin and Plague Land are the other series, and plague and survival appear among the subjects.
How many Alex Scarrow books are there?
Alex Scarrow has 38 published books, released between 2006 and 2026. They include 4 series and 3 titles listed outside any series. One more, The Good Doctor (2027), is announced.
Alex Scarrow Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 39 Alex Scarrow 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.
- 1A Thousand Suns2006 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/420064962/4
- 220074962/4
- 320075922/4
- 4October Skies2008 · confirmed 2/42008–2/4
- 520104162/4
- 620104162/4
- 72011–2/4
- 820114162/4
- 920122402/4
- 102012–2/4
- 112012–2/4
- 12The Candle Man2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 132012–2/4
- 142012–2/4
- 152013–2/4
- 162013–2/4
- 172013–3/4
- 182013–2/4
- 192014–2/4
- 2020163642/4
- 2120174072/4
- 2220183842/4
- 232020–2/4
- 242020–2/4
- 252021–2/4
- 262021–2/4
- 272021–2/4
- 282021–2/4
- 292022–2/4
- 302022–2/4
- 312022–2/4
- 322023–2/4
- 332023–2/4
- 342024–2/4
- 352024–2/4
- 362025–2/4
- 372025–3/4
- 382026–3/4
- 392027–2/4
Alex Scarrow series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- DCI Boyd books in order 14 books
Alex Scarrow 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.
TimeRiders in order
10 booksEllie Quin in order
5 booksPlague Land in order
3 booksLast Light in order
2 books- 1. Last Light
- 2. Afterlight
Doctor Who 50th Anniversary E-Shorts in order
1 book- 9. Spore
Standalone books
3 books3 Alex Scarrow titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Alex Scarrow books in order?
You only need to read Alex Scarrow books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Alex Scarrow
Start with Silent Tide (2021), the first DCI Boyd book. The earliest catalogued title overall is A Thousand Suns (2006).
What is the newest Alex Scarrow book?
Let's Play (2026) is the newest Alex Scarrow book released so far.
Is there a new Alex Scarrow book coming?
Yes. The Good Doctor (2027) is the next Alex Scarrow book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.
Alex Scarrow at a glance
- Still publishing
- Alex Scarrow is still publishing. The Good Doctor is announced for 2027.
- Release pace
- Alex Scarrow books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,227 pages across the 10 of 39 books with a recorded length, a median of 416 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Alex Scarrow books, 18 of 39, were published in the 2010s.
What the Alex Scarrow books are about
17 of the 39 Alex Scarrow books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 10 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 10 of 17 books
- Children's fiction 9 of 17 books
- Time travel 7 of 17 books
- Liam O'Connor (Fictitious character) 4 of 17 books
- Maddy Carter (Fictitious character) 4 of 17 books
- Suspense 4 of 17 books
- Thrillers 4 of 17 books
- Family life 3 of 17 books
- History 3 of 17 books
- Plague 3 of 17 books
- Sal Vikram (Fictitious character) 3 of 17 books