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Ausma Zehanat Khan Books in Order

Ausma Zehanat Khan has written 13 books, published between 2014 and 2023. The first book is The Unquiet Dead (2014) and the newest is Blood Betrayal / Blackwater Betrayal (2023). One more title is announced: The Lines We Cross (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13 + 1 announced
Published
2014–2023
Pages on record
3,764 in 10 of 14 books
Reading time
63–94 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,764 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

See all 14 books in order Printable Ausma Zehanat Khan checklistNext: The Lines We Cross (2027)

Ausma Zehanat Khan is an American-Canadian novelist whose books span crime and fantasy. The Unquiet Dead (2014) opens the catalogue of 14 titles, followed by The Language of Secrets (2016), A Death in Sarajevo (2017) and Among the Ruins (2017). The Bloodprint (2017), The Black Khan (2018) and The Blue Eye (2019) are also listed. Blood Betrayal / Blackwater Betrayal (2023) is the most recent release, and The Lines We Cross is scheduled for 2027. Series include Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak, Khorasan Archives and Detective Inaya Rahman. Police procedure, murder investigation, the Yugoslav war, magic and quests appear in the subject tags.

How many Ausma Zehanat Khan books are there?

Ausma Zehanat Khan has 13 published books, released between 2014 and 2023. They include 3 separate series. One more, The Lines We Cross (2027), is announced.

Ausma Zehanat Khan Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Ausma Zehanat Khan 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 The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan, book 1 of the Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak series (2014)
  2. Cover of The Language of Secrets by Ausma Zehanat Khan, book 2 of the Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak series (2016)
  3. Cover of Among the Ruins by Ausma Zehanat Khan, book 4 of the Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak series (2017)
  4. Cover of The Blue Eye by Ausma Zehanat Khan, book 3 of the Khorasan Archives series (2019)
  5. Cover of A Deadly Divide by Ausma Zehanat Khan, book 6 of the Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak series (2019)
  6. Cover of Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan, book 1 of the Detective Inaya Rahman series (2022)
  1. 1
    The Unquiet DeadRachel Getty & Esa Khattak #12014 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014368
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  2. 2
    The Language of SecretsRachel Getty & Esa Khattak #22016 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    The BloodprintKhorasan Archives #12017 · 439 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017439
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    A Death in SarajevoRachel Getty & Esa Khattak #32017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Among the RuinsRachel Getty & Esa Khattak #42017 · 357 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017357
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    The Black KhanKhorasan Archives #22018 · 475 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018475
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    RamadanOrca Origins #42018 · 87 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201887
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    A Dangerous Crossing / No Place of RefugeRachel Getty & Esa Khattak #52018 · 342 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018342
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Blue EyeKhorasan Archives #32019 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019448
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    A Deadly DivideRachel Getty & Esa Khattak #62019 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019384
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    The BladeboneKhorasan Archives #42020 · 512 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020512
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Blackwater FallsDetective Inaya Rahman #12022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    Blood Betrayal / Blackwater BetrayalDetective Inaya Rahman #22023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    The Lines We CrossDetective Inaya Rahman #32027 · confirmed 2/4
    2027–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Ausma Zehanat Khan 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.

Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Unquiet Dead
  2. 2. The Language of Secrets
  3. 3. A Death in Sarajevo
  4. 4. Among the Ruins
  5. 5. A Dangerous Crossing / No Place of Refuge
  6. 6. A Deadly Divide

Khorasan Archives in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Bloodprint
  2. 2. The Black Khan
  3. 3. The Blue Eye
  4. 4. The Bladebone

Detective Inaya Rahman in order

3 books
  1. 1. Blackwater Falls
  2. 2. Blood Betrayal / Blackwater Betrayal
  3. 3. The Lines We Cross

Orca Origins in order

1 book
  1. 4. Ramadan

Do you have to read Ausma Zehanat Khan books in order?

You only need to read Ausma Zehanat Khan books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Ausma Zehanat Khan

Start with The Unquiet Dead (2014), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ausma Zehanat Khan book?

Blood Betrayal / Blackwater Betrayal (2023) is the newest Ausma Zehanat Khan book released so far.

Is there a new Ausma Zehanat Khan book coming?

Yes. The Lines We Cross (2027) is the next Ausma Zehanat Khan 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.

Ausma Zehanat Khan at a glance

Still publishing
Ausma Zehanat Khan is still publishing. The Lines We Cross is announced for 2027.
Release pace
Ausma Zehanat Khan books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,764 pages across the 10 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 376 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ausma Zehanat Khan books, 10 of 14, were published in the 2010s.

What the Ausma Zehanat Khan books are about

10 of the 14 Ausma Zehanat Khan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: american literature is tagged on 4 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.