Arturo Perez-Reverte Books in Order
Arturo Perez-Reverte has written 17 books, published between 1993 and 2026. The first book is The Club Dumas / The Dumas Club, The Ninth Gate (1993) and the newest is The Final Problem (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 17
- Published
- 1993–2026
- Pages on record
- 4,750 in 13 of 17 books
- Reading time
- 79–119 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,750 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 17 titles with a page count on record.
Arturo Pérez-Reverte is a Spanish novelist and journalist who spent 21 years as a war correspondent for RTVE, from 1973 to 1994. A first novel, El húsar, set in the Napoleonic Wars, appeared in 1986. The catalogue here begins with The Club Dumas in 1993, also published as The Dumas Club and as The Ninth Gate, and reaches The Final Problem in 2026. Captain Alatriste, a swordsman, anchors the adventure series that carried the name beyond Spain, running from Captain Alatriste in 1996 through Purity of Blood, The Sun Over Breda and The King's Gold. Rare books, collectors and antiquarians recur as subjects. The Royal Spanish Academy elected Pérez-Reverte a member in 2003.
How many Arturo Perez-Reverte books are there?
Arturo Perez-Reverte has 17 books, released between 1993 and 2026. 6 of them belong to the Captain Alatriste series.
Arturo Perez-Reverte Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 17 Arturo Perez-Reverte 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.
- 1The Club Dumas / The Dumas Club, The Ninth Gate1993 · 362 pages · confirmed 2/419933622/4
- 2The Flanders Panel1994 · 294 pages · confirmed 2/419942942/4
- 3The Seville Communion1995 · 375 pages · confirmed 2/419953752/4
- 419962842/4
- 519972882/4
- 61998–2/4
- 7The Fencing Master1999 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/419992562/4
- 820003042/4
- 9The Nautical Chart2000 · 466 pages · confirmed 2/420004662/4
- 10Queen of the South2002 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/420024642/4
- 1120033842/4
- 122006–2/4
- 13The Painter of Battles2006 · 211 pages · confirmed 2/420062112/4
- 14The Siege2010 · 598 pages · confirmed 2/420105982/4
- 15What We Become2010 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/420104642/4
- 16El problema final2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 17The Final Problem2026 · confirmed 2/42026–2/4
Arturo Perez-Reverte series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Captain Alatriste books in order 6 books
Arturo Perez-Reverte 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.
Standalone books
11 books11 Arturo Perez-Reverte titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Arturo Perez-Reverte books in order?
You only need to read Arturo Perez-Reverte books in order within the Captain Alatriste series, which holds 6 of the 17 Arturo Perez-Reverte books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Arturo Perez-Reverte
Start with Captain Alatriste (1996), the first Captain Alatriste book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Club Dumas / The Dumas Club, The Ninth Gate (1993).
What is the newest Arturo Perez-Reverte book?
The Final Problem (2026) is the newest Arturo Perez-Reverte book released so far.
Is there a new Arturo Perez-Reverte book coming?
No next Arturo Perez-Reverte book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Arturo Perez-Reverte has won
Wikidata records 4 awards for Arturo Perez-Reverte. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- CWA International Dagger2014Won
- Premio Arcebispo Xoán de San Clemente de novela española2014Wonfor Le tango de la Vieille Garde
- Jean Monnet Prize1997Won
- Grand Prix de Littérature Policière1993Wonfor The Flanders Panel
Arturo Perez-Reverte at a glance
- Still publishing
- Arturo Perez-Reverte published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Arturo Perez-Reverte books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 4,750 pages across the 13 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 362 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Arturo Perez-Reverte books, 7 of 17, were published in the 1990s.
What the Arturo Perez-Reverte books are about
15 of the 17 Arturo Perez-Reverte books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: ficción is tagged on 8 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Ficción 8 of 15 books
- History 8 of 15 books
- Swordsmen 6 of 15 books
- Captain Alatriste (Fictitious character) 3 of 15 books
- Diego Alatriste (Fictitious character) 3 of 15 books
- Historia 3 of 15 books
- Action & adventure 2 of 15 books