Bill Napier Books in Order
Bill Napier has written 8 books, published between 1982 and 2009. The first book is The Cosmic Serpent (1982) and the newest is The Furies (2009). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1982–2009
- Total pages
- 3,276 across 8 books
- Reading time
- 55–82 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,276 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Bill Napier, born 29 June 1940, is a Scottish author working in two modes: high-tech thriller novels and nonfiction science books. The catalogue holds 8 titles published between 1982 and 2009, from The Cosmic Serpent (1982) to The Furies (2009). Subject headings run to comets, cosmogony, historical geology, extraterrestrial influences and astronomy alongside thrillers and suspense. Nemesis (1998), Revelation (2000) and The Lure (2002) sit in the middle of the run, which has a median length of 393 pages.
How many Bill Napier books are there?
Bill Napier has 8 books, released between 1982 and 2009.
Bill Napier Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Bill Napier 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 Cosmic Serpent1982 · 299 pages · confirmed 1/419822991/4
- 2The Origin of Comets1990 · 577 pages · confirmed 1/419905771/4
- 3The Cosmic Winter1990 · 307 pages · confirmed 1/419903071/4
- 4Nemesis1998 · 453 pages · confirmed 1/419984531/4
- 5Revelation2000 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/420003841/4
- 6The Lure2002 · 402 pages · confirmed 1/420024021/4
- 7Splintered Icon / Shattered Icon2004 · 360 pages · confirmed 1/420043601/4
- 8The Furies2009 · 494 pages · confirmed 1/420094941/4
Bill Napier 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
8 books8 Bill Napier titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Bill Napier books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 8 Bill Napier books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Bill Napier
Start with The Cosmic Serpent (1982), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Bill Napier book?
The Furies (2009) is the newest Bill Napier book released so far.
Is there a new Bill Napier book coming?
No next Bill Napier book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Bill Napier at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Bill Napier title on record dates from 2009, 17 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Bill Napier books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 3,276 pages across all 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 393 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Bill Napier books, 4 of 8, were published in the 2000s.
What the Bill Napier books are about
All 8 Bill Napier books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: action & adventure is tagged on 2 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Action & adventure 2 of 8 books
- Civilization 2 of 8 books
- Comets 2 of 8 books
- Extraterrestrial influences 2 of 8 books
- Historical geology 2 of 8 books
- Thrillers 2 of 8 books