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Benedict Jacka Books in Order

Benedict Jacka has written 19 books, published between 2005 and 2025. The first book is The Beginning (2005) and the newest is A Judgement of Powers (2025). Publication order is the reading order below. 14 of the 19 books listed here are in the Alex Verus series, which has its own page: Alex Verus books in order.

Books
19
Published
2005–2025
Confirmed
8 of 19 titles
Pages on record
3,146 in 10 of 19 books
Reading time
52–79 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,146 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 19 titles with a page count on record.

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Benedict Jacka, born 25 September 1980, is a British author best known for the Alex Verus series. Urban and contemporary fantasy describe the catalogue, whose subjects also cover magic, psychics, apprentices, good and evil, ninja and runaway children. Nineteen books run from The Beginning (2005) to A Judgement of Powers (2025), with Fated, Cursed and Taken all published in 2012. Alex Verus and Inheritance of Magic are the two series credited to Jacka.

How many Benedict Jacka books are there?

Benedict Jacka has 19 books, released between 2005 and 2025. They include 3 separate series.

Benedict Jacka Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Benedict Jacka 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 Beginning by Benedict Jacka, book 1 of the Ninja series (2005)
  2. Cover of Fated by Benedict Jacka, book 1 of the Alex Verus series (2012)
  3. Cover of Cursed by Benedict Jacka, book 2 of the Alex Verus series (2012)
  4. Cover of Taken by Benedict Jacka, book 3 of the Alex Verus series (2012)
  5. Cover of Chosen by Benedict Jacka, book 4 of the Alex Verus series (2013)
  6. Cover of Hidden by Benedict Jacka, book 5 of the Alex Verus series (2014)
  7. Cover of Veiled by Benedict Jacka, book 6 of the Alex Verus series (2015)
  8. Cover of Burned by Benedict Jacka, book 7 of the Alex Verus series (2016)
  9. Cover of Bound by Benedict Jacka, book 8 of the Alex Verus series (2017)
  10. Cover of Marked by Benedict Jacka, book 9 of the Alex Verus series (2018)
  11. Cover of Fallen by Benedict Jacka, book 10 of the Alex Verus series (2019)
  12. Cover of Risen by Benedict Jacka, book 13 of the Alex Verus series (2021)
  13. Cover of An Instruction in Shadow by Benedict Jacka, book 2 of the Inheritance of Magic series (2024)
  1. 1
    The BeginningNinja #12005 · 346 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005346
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  2. 2
    The BattleNinja #22007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  3. 3
    FatedAlex Verus #12012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  4. 4
    CursedAlex Verus #22012 · 293 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012293
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  5. 5
    TakenAlex Verus #32012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  6. 6
    ChosenAlex Verus #42013 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013304
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  7. 7
    HiddenAlex Verus #52014 · 293 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014293
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  8. 8
    VeiledAlex Verus #62015 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015304
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  9. 9
    BurnedAlex Verus #72016 · 326 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016326
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  10. 10
    BoundAlex Verus #82017 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017352
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  11. 11
    MarkedAlex Verus #92018 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018320
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  12. 12
    FallenAlex Verus #102019 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019304
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  13. 13
    ForgedAlex Verus #112020 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020304
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  14. 14
    FavoursAlex Verus #122021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  15. 15
    RisenAlex Verus #132021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021–
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  16. 16
    GardensAlex Verus #142022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  17. 17
    An Inheritance of MagicInheritance of Magic #12023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  18. 18
    An Instruction in ShadowInheritance of Magic #22024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  19. 19
    A Judgement of PowersInheritance of Magic #32025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Benedict Jacka series in order

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

Benedict Jacka 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.

Inheritance of Magic in order

3 books
  1. 1. An Inheritance of Magic
  2. 2. An Instruction in Shadow
  3. 3. A Judgement of Powers

Ninja in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Beginning
  2. 2. The Battle

Do you have to read Benedict Jacka books in order?

You only need to read Benedict Jacka 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 Benedict Jacka

Start with Fated (2012), the first Alex Verus book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Beginning (2005).

What is the newest Benedict Jacka book?

A Judgement of Powers (2025) is the newest Benedict Jacka book released so far.

Is there a new Benedict Jacka book coming?

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

Benedict Jacka at a glance

Still publishing
Benedict Jacka published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Benedict Jacka books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,146 pages across the 10 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Benedict Jacka books, 10 of 19, were published in the 2010s.

What the Benedict Jacka books are about

13 of the 19 Benedict Jacka books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 6 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

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