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Ben Aaronovitch Books in Order

Ben Aaronovitch has written 105 books, published between 1990 and 2025. The first book is Cybermen (1990) and the newest is Stone and Sky (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
105
Published
1990–2025
Confirmed
91 of 105 titles
Pages on record
17,446 in 65 of 105 books
Reading time
291–436 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 17,446 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 65 of 105 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Ben Aaronovitch, author

Ben Aaronovitch, born 22 February 1964, is an English novelist and screenwriter and the author of the Rivers of London novels. The PC Peter Grant / Rivers of London series has a companion line of graphic novels, and London, police, magic, wizards and murder are recorded subjects. Aaronovitch wrote two Doctor Who television serials in the late 1980s, as well as spin-off novels from Doctor Who and Blake's 7. The listing also files the Doctor Who: New Adventures line and a Seventh Doctor comic line under the Aaronovitch name. Stone and Sky (2025) is the newest title.

In the Rivers of London series, Peter Grant is a London police officer who becomes an apprentice wizard. He deals with magical crimes and encounters supernatural beings, in stories that combine urban fantasy, mystery and humor with modern policing.

How many Ben Aaronovitch books are there?

Ben Aaronovitch has 105 books, released between 1990 and 2025. They include 4 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.

Ben Aaronovitch Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 105 Ben Aaronovitch books in the order they were released, 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 Cybermen by Ben Aaronovitch, book 1 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1990)
  2. Cover of Transit by Ben Aaronovitch, book 4 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1992)
  3. Cover of The Highest Science by Ben Aaronovitch, book 5 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1993)
  4. Cover of The Pit by Ben Aaronovitch, book 6 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1993)
  5. Cover of Deceit by Ben Aaronovitch, book 7 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1993)
  6. Cover of Lucifer Rising by Ben Aaronovitch, book 8 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1993)
  7. Cover of White Darkness by Ben Aaronovitch, book 9 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1993)
  8. Cover of Birthright by Ben Aaronovitch, book 11 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1993)
  9. Cover of Iceberg by Ben Aaronovitch, book 12 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1993)
  10. Cover of Blood Heat by Ben Aaronovitch, book 13 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1993)
  11. Cover of The Dimension Riders by Ben Aaronovitch, book 14 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1993)
  12. Cover of The Left-Handed Hummingbird by Ben Aaronovitch, book 15 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1993)
  13. Cover of Conundrum by Ben Aaronovitch, book 16 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1994)
  14. Cover of Tragedy Day by Ben Aaronovitch, book 18 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1994)
  15. Cover of Theatre of War by Ben Aaronovitch, book 20 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1994)
  16. Cover of Strange England by Ben Aaronovitch, book 23 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1994)
  17. Cover of First Frontier by Ben Aaronovitch, book 24 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1994)
  18. Cover of Falls the Shadow by Ben Aaronovitch, book 26 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1994)
  19. Cover of Parasite by Ben Aaronovitch, book 27 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1994)
  20. Cover of Set Piece by Ben Aaronovitch, book 29 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1995)
  21. Cover of Sanctuary by Ben Aaronovitch, book 31 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1995)
  22. Cover of Sky Pirates! by Ben Aaronovitch, book 34 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1995)
  23. Cover of Zamper by Ben Aaronovitch, book 35 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1995)
  24. Cover of Head Games by Ben Aaronovitch, book 37 of the Doctor Who: New Adventures series (1995)
  1. 1
    CybermenDoctor Who: New Adventures #11990 · 144 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1990144
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  2. 2
    Remembrance of the DaleksDoctor Who Novelizations #1471990 · confirmed 3/4
    1990–
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  3. 3
    NightshadeDoctor Who: New Adventures #21992 · 240 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992240
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  4. 4
    TransitDoctor Who: New Adventures #41992 · 264 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992264
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  5. 5
    The Highest ScienceDoctor Who: New Adventures #51993 · 258 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993258
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  6. 6
    The PitDoctor Who: New Adventures #61993 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993256
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  7. 7
    DeceitDoctor Who: New Adventures #71993 · 326 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993326
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  8. 8
    Lucifer RisingDoctor Who: New Adventures #81993 · 346 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993346
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  9. 9
    White DarknessDoctor Who: New Adventures #91993 · 244 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993244
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  10. 10
    ShadowmindDoctor Who: New Adventures #101993 · 244 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993244
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  11. 11
    BirthrightDoctor Who: New Adventures #111993 · 216 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993216
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  12. 12
    IcebergDoctor Who: New Adventures #121993 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993256
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  13. 13
    Blood HeatDoctor Who: New Adventures #131993 · 309 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993309
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  14. 14
    The Dimension RidersDoctor Who: New Adventures #141993 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993256
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  15. 15
    The Left-Handed HummingbirdDoctor Who: New Adventures #151993 · 264 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993264
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  16. 16
    ConundrumDoctor Who: New Adventures #161994 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994256
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  17. 17
    Tragedy DayDoctor Who: New Adventures #181994 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994256
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  18. 18
    LegacyDoctor Who: New Adventures #191994 · 301 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994301
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  19. 19
    Theatre of WarDoctor Who: New Adventures #201994 · 326 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994326
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  20. 20
    Blood HarvestDoctor Who: New Adventures #221994 · 287 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994287
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  21. 21
    Strange EnglandDoctor Who: New Adventures #231994 · 276 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994276
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  22. 22
    First FrontierDoctor Who: New Adventures #241994 · 294 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994294
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  23. 23
    Falls the ShadowDoctor Who: New Adventures #261994 · 356 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994356
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  24. 24
    ParasiteDoctor Who: New Adventures #271994 · 306 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994306
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  25. 25
    Set PieceDoctor Who: New Adventures #291995 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995256
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  26. 26
    Infinite RequiemDoctor Who: New Adventures #301995 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995272
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  27. 27
    SanctuaryDoctor Who: New Adventures #311995 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995272
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  28. 28
    Sky Pirates!Doctor Who: New Adventures #341995 · 335 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995335
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  29. 29
    ZamperDoctor Who: New Adventures #351995 · 250 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995250
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  30. 30
    Toy SoldiersDoctor Who: New Adventures #361995 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995256
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Ben Aaronovitch characters in order

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Ben Aaronovitch 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.

Doctor Who: New Adventures in order

50 books
  1. 1. Cybermen
  2. 2. Nightshade
  3. 4. Transit
  4. 5. The Highest Science
  5. 6. The Pit
  6. 7. Deceit
  7. 8. Lucifer Rising
  8. 9. White Darkness
  9. 10. Shadowmind
  10. 11. Birthright
  11. 12. Iceberg
  12. 13. Blood Heat
  13. and 38 more in the table above

PC Peter Grant / Rivers of London in order

32 books
  1. 1. Rivers of London / Midnight Riot
  2. 2. Moon Over Soho
  3. 3. Whispers Under Ground
  4. 4. The Domestic
  5. 5. Broken Homes
  6. 6. The Cockpit
  7. 7. The Home Crowd Advantage
  8. 8. Foxglove Summer
  9. 9. King of the Rats
  10. 10. Under Kite Hill
  11. 11. Nightingale: London 1966
  12. 12. Reynolds – Florence, Az. 2014
  13. and 20 more in the table above

Rivers of London / Peter Grant Graphic Novels in order

12 books
  1. 1. Body Work
  2. 2. Night Witch
  3. 3. Black Mould
  4. 4. Detective Stories
  5. 5. Cry Fox
  6. 6. Water Weed
  7. 7. Action at a Distance
  8. 8. The Fey and the Furious
  9. 9. Monday, Monday
  10. 10. Deadly Every After
  11. 11. Here Be Dragons
  12. 12. Stray Cat Blues

Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor Comic in order

3 books
  1. 1. Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor #1
  2. 2. Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor #2
  3. 3. Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor #3

Professor Bernice Summerfield Anthologies

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Blake's 7: Classic Audio Adventures in order

1 book
  1. 2. Rebel

Bernice Summerfield in order

1 book
  1. 8. Genius Loci

Doctor Who: The Lost Stories in order

1 book
  1. 21. Earth Aid

Doctor Who Novelizations in order

1 book
  1. 147. Remembrance of the Daleks

Standalone books

2 books

2 Ben Aaronovitch titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Ben Aaronovitch Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Ben Aaronovitch books run from Cybermen (1990) to Stone and Sky (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Ben Aaronovitch in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Ben Aaronovitch books in order?

You only need to read Ben Aaronovitch books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

What order should you read Ben Aaronovitch books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with Rivers of London / Midnight Riot (2011), the first Peter Grant book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Cybermen (1990).

What is the newest Ben Aaronovitch book?

Stone and Sky (2025) is the newest Ben Aaronovitch book released so far.

Is there a new Ben Aaronovitch book coming?

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

Award nominations for Ben Aaronovitch

Wikidata records 6 nominations for Ben Aaronovitch. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Ben Aaronovitch at a glance

Still publishing
Ben Aaronovitch published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Ben Aaronovitch books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
17,446 pages across the 65 of 105 books with a recorded length, a median of 264 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ben Aaronovitch books, 49 of 105, were published in the 1990s.
Corroboration
1 of the 105 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 91 in at least three.

What the Ben Aaronovitch books are about

50 of the 105 Ben Aaronovitch books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 18 of 50. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.