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Anton Gill Books in Order

Anton Gill has written 41 books, published between 1984 and 2017. The first book is Martin Allen Is Missing (1984) and the newest is Desert Oath (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
41
Published
1984–2017
Pages on record
10,236 in 31 of 41 books
Reading time
171–256 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,236 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 31 of 41 titles with a page count on record.

See all 41 books in order Printable Anton Gill checklist

Anton Gill, born in 1948, is a British writer of historical fiction and nonfiction. The Journey Back from Hell, about the lives of concentration camp survivors after liberation, won Gill the H. H. Wingate Award for non-fiction. The catalogue lists 41 books from 1984 to 2017, including Mad About the Boy: The Life and Times of Boy George and Culture Club (1984), City of the Horizon (1991) and Desert Oath (2017). Series credited to Gill are Assassin's Creed and Huy the Scribe Egyptian Mystery.

How many Anton Gill books are there?

Anton Gill has 41 books, released between 1984 and 2017. They include 2 series and 25 titles listed outside any series.

Anton Gill Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 41 Anton Gill 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 How to Be Oxbridge by Anton Gill (1985)
  2. Cover of Croquet by Anton Gill (1988)
  3. Cover of Berlin to Bucharest by Anton Gill (1990)
  4. Cover of City of the Horizon by Anton Gill, book 1 of the Huy the Scribe Egyptian Mystery series (1991)
  5. Cover of City of Dreams by Anton Gill, book 2 of the Huy the Scribe Egyptian Mystery series (1993)
  6. Cover of City of the Dead by Anton Gill, book 3 of the Huy the Scribe Egyptian Mystery series (1993)
  7. Cover of The Great Escape by Anton Gill (1994)
  8. Cover of An Honourable Defeat: A History of German Resistance to Hitler, 1933-1945 by Anton Gill (1994)
  9. Cover of The Hanging Gale by Anton Gill (1995)
  10. Cover of Ruling Passions by Anton Gill (1995)
  11. Cover of The Devil's Mariner: A Life of William Dampier, Pirate and Explorer, 1651-1715 by Anton Gill (1997)
  12. Cover of Extinct by Anton Gill (2001)
  13. Cover of Art Lover by Anton Gill (2001)
  14. Cover of Il Gigante by Anton Gill (2002)
  15. Cover of Ancient Egyptians: The Kingdom of the Pharaohs Brought to Life by Anton Gill (2003)
  16. Cover of Trace Your Family History Back to the Tudors by Anton Gill (2006)
  17. Cover of Empire's Children by Anton Gill (2006)
  18. Cover of Gateway of the Gods by Anton Gill (2008)
  19. Cover of Renaissance by Anton Gill, book 1 of the Assassin's Creed series (2009)
  20. Cover of Brotherhood by Anton Gill, book 2 of the Assassin's Creed series (2010)
  21. Cover of The Secret Crusade by Anton Gill, book 3 of the Assassin's Creed series (2011)
  22. Cover of Revelations by Anton Gill, book 4 of the Assassin's Creed series (2011)
  23. Cover of The Sacred Scroll by Anton Gill (2012)
  24. Cover of Forsaken by Anton Gill, book 5 of the Assassin's Creed series (2012)
  1. 1
    Martin Allen Is Missing1984 · 275 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984275
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  2. 2
    Mad About the Boy: The Life and Times of Boy George and Culture Club1984 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984128
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  3. 3
    How to Be Oxbridge1985 · 230 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985230
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  4. 4
    Croquet1988 · 215 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988215
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  5. 5
    The Journey Back from Hell: An Oral History - Conversations with Concentration Camp Survivors1988 · 494 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988494
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  6. 6
    Berlin to Bucharest1990 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990448
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  7. 7
    City of the HorizonHuy the Scribe Egyptian Mystery #11991 · 211 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991211
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  8. 8
    City of DreamsHuy the Scribe Egyptian Mystery #21993 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993240
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  9. 9
    City of the DeadHuy the Scribe Egyptian Mystery #31993 · 201 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993201
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  10. 10
    A Dance Between the Flames1993 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993304
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  11. 11
    City of LiesHuy the Scribe Egyptian Mystery #41994 · confirmed 2/4
    1994–
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  12. 12
    The Great Escape1994 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994224
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  13. 13
    An Honourable Defeat: A History of German Resistance to Hitler, 1933-19451994 · 293 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994293
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  14. 14
    The Hanging Gale1995 · 310 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995310
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  15. 15
    Ruling Passions1995 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995192
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  16. 16
    The Devil's Mariner: A Life of William Dampier, Pirate and Explorer, 1651-17151997 · 396 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997396
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  17. 17
    City of DesireHuy the Scribe Egyptian Mystery #51998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  18. 18
    Last Talons of the Eagle: Secret Nazi Technology Which Could Have Changed the Course of World War II1998 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998280
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  19. 19
    City of the SeaHuy the Scribe Egyptian Mystery #61999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  20. 20
    Extinct2001 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001256
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  21. 21
    Art Lover2001 · 528 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001528
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  22. 22
    Il Gigante2002 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002352
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  23. 23
    Ancient Egyptians: The Kingdom of the Pharaohs Brought to Life2003 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003256
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  24. 24
    Trace Your Family History Back to the Tudors2006 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006224
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  25. 25
    Empire's Children2006 · 282 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006282
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  26. 26
    Gateway of the Gods2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  27. 27
    RenaissanceAssassin's Creed #12009 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009496
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  28. 28
    BrotherhoodAssassin's Creed #22010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  29. 29
    We Built the Titanic / Titanic: Building the World's Most Famous Ship2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  30. 30
    The Secret CrusadeAssassin's Creed #32011 · 453 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011453
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Anton Gill series and characters in order

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.

Anton Gill 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.

Huy the Scribe Egyptian Mystery in order

6 books
  1. 1. City of the Horizon
  2. 2. City of Dreams
  3. 3. City of the Dead
  4. 4. City of Lies
  5. 5. City of Desire
  6. 6. City of the Sea

Standalone books

25 books

25 Anton Gill titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Anton Gill books in order?

You only need to read Anton Gill books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Anton Gill

Start with the first book of the Anton Gill series you want to read: Assassin's Creed starts with The Invisible Imam (2007) and Assassin’s Creed starts with Renaissance (2009). The earliest catalogued title overall is Martin Allen Is Missing (1984).

What is the newest Anton Gill book?

Desert Oath (2017) is the newest Anton Gill book released so far.

Is there a new Anton Gill book coming?

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

Anton Gill at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Anton Gill title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Anton Gill books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
10,236 pages across the 31 of 41 books with a recorded length, a median of 293 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Anton Gill books, 14 of 41, were published in the 2010s.

What the Anton Gill books are about

32 of the 41 Anton Gill books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 11 of 32. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.