Christopher Rice Books in Order
Christopher Rice has written 27 books, published between 1995 and 2025. The first book is Berlin (1995) and the newest is Party of Three (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 27
- Published
- 1995–2025
- Pages on record
- 5,888 in 17 of 27 books
- Reading time
- 98–147 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,888 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 27 titles with a page count on record.
Christopher Rice writes across thrillers, horror, romance and erotica, with psychological fiction and siblings among the subjects. Catalogued novels include A Density of Souls (2000), The Snow Garden (2002), Light Before Day (2004), Blind Fall (2008), The Moonlit Earth (2011) and The Heavens Rise (2013). Series include Sapphire Cove, Burning Girl and Desire Exchange, and the catalogue also links the MacKenzie Family. Party of Three (2025) is the newest title.
How many Christopher Rice books are there?
Christopher Rice has 27 books, released between 1995 and 2025. They include 2 series and 12 titles listed outside any series.
Christopher Rice Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 27 Christopher Rice 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.
- 1Berlin1995 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/419951282/4
- 2A Density of Souls2000 · 371 pages · confirmed 2/420003712/4
- 3The Snow Garden2002 · 544 pages · confirmed 2/420025442/4
- 420031602/4
- 5Light Before Day2004 · 433 pages · confirmed 2/420044332/4
- 6Blind Fall2008 · confirmed 2/42008–2/4
- 7The Moonlit Earth2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 8The Heavens Rise2013 · 321 pages · confirmed 2/420133212/4
- 92014–2/4
- 10The Vines2014 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/420142162/4
- 111001 Dark Nights: Bundle Three2015 · 426 pages · confirmed 2/420154262/4
- 1220152472/4
- 1320151402/4
- 1420161462/4
- 151001 Dark Nights: Bundle Eight2016 · 706 pages · confirmed 2/420167062/4
- 162016–2/4
- 172017–2/4
- 181001 Dark Nights: Bundle Nine2017 · 466 pages · confirmed 2/420174662/4
- 1920184502/4
- 2020193662/4
- 2120203362/4
- 222022–2/4
- 232022–2/4
- 24Decimate2022 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/420224322/4
- 252023–2/4
- 262024–2/4
- 272025–2/4
Christopher Rice books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Sapphire Cove in order
5 booksDesire Exchange Short Stories/Novellas
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Burning Girl in order
3 books- 1. Bone Music
- 2. Blood Echo
- 3. Blood Victory
Christopher Rice Short Stories/Novellas
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
MacKenzie Family books in order
1 book by Christopher Rice- 10. Desire & Ice
Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides in order
1 book- 15. Madrid
Standalone books
12 books12 Christopher Rice titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Christopher Rice books in order?
You only need to read Christopher Rice books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Christopher Rice
Start with Berlin (1995), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Christopher Rice book?
Party of Three (2025) is the newest Christopher Rice book released so far.
Is there a new Christopher Rice book coming?
No next Christopher Rice book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Christopher Rice at a glance
- Still publishing
- Christopher Rice published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Christopher Rice books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,888 pages across the 17 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 366 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Christopher Rice books, 14 of 27, were published in the 2010s.
What the Christopher Rice books are about
18 of the 27 Christopher Rice books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 5 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Thrillers 5 of 18 books
- Romance 4 of 18 books
- Erotica 3 of 18 books
- Man-woman relationships 3 of 18 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 18 books
- Triangles (interpersonal relations) 3 of 18 books
- Anthologies 2 of 18 books
- Carnival 2 of 18 books
- Fantasy 2 of 18 books
- Guidebooks 2 of 18 books
- Horror 2 of 18 books