C.S. Pacat Books in Order
C.S. Pacat has written 22 books, published between 2013 and 2025. The first book is Captive Prince (2013) and the newest is Fence: Challengers (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 22
- Published
- 2013–2025
- Confirmed
- 2 of 22 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,242 in 5 of 22 books
Captive Prince (2013) opens C.S. Pacat's catalogue and names the Australian author's best-known work; Penguin Random House published the Captive Prince trilogy in 2015, and Pacat has reached both the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. The catalogue holds 22 books dated 2013 to 2025, with Captive Prince, Captive Prince Short Stories, Dark Rise, Fence and Fence Challengers recorded as series. Princes, monarchy, courts and courtiers, war stories and fantasy fiction appear among the subjects, alongside cartoons and comics. Tom Taylor is credited alongside Pacat on 2 titles.
How many C.S. Pacat books are there?
C.S. Pacat has 22 books, released between 2013 and 2025. They include 4 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.
C.S. Pacat Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 22 C.S. Pacat 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.
- 12013–1/4
- 220134041/4
- 32016–1/4
- 42016–1/4
- 52017–1/4
- 6The Adventures of Charls, the Veretian Cloth MerchantCaptive Prince Short Stories #32017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 72018–1/4
- 820181121/4
- 920181501/4
- 102018–1/4
- 1120191121/4
- 122020–1/4
- 1320214641/4
- 142022–1/4
- 152023–1/4
- 162023–3/4
- 17Fence: Redemption2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 182024–1/4
- 192024–1/4
- 202024–3/4
- 21Fence: Challengers2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
- 222025–1/4
C.S. Pacat 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.
Fence in order
6 booksCaptive Prince Short Stories
5 books5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Captive Prince in order
3 booksDark Rise in order
2 booksFence Challengers in order
2 booksDark Knights of Steel in order
1 bookNightwing in order
1 bookStandalone books
2 books2 C.S. Pacat titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read C.S. Pacat books in order?
You only need to read C.S. Pacat books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with C.S. Pacat
Start with Captive Prince (2013), the earliest published title.
What is the newest C.S. Pacat book?
Fence: Challengers (2025) is the newest C.S. Pacat book released so far.
Is there a new C.S. Pacat book coming?
No next C.S. Pacat book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
C.S. Pacat at a glance
- Still publishing
- C.S. Pacat published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- C.S. Pacat books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,242 pages across the 5 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 150 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most C.S. Pacat books, 11 of 22, were published in the 2020s.
What the C.S. Pacat books are about
7 of the 22 C.S. Pacat books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 3 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 3 of 7 books
- Princes 3 of 7 books
- Comics & graphic novels 2 of 7 books
- Fantasy 2 of 7 books
- Monarchy 2 of 7 books
- Regency romance 2 of 7 books
- War & military 2 of 7 books
- War stories 2 of 7 books