David Wingrove Books in Order
David Wingrove has written 29 books, published between 1980 and 2020. The first book is The Immortals of Science Fiction (1980) and the newest is Beneath the Tree of Heaven (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 29
- Published
- 1980–2020
- Pages on record
- 10,351 in 23 of 29 books
- Reading time
- 173–259 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,351 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 23 of 29 titles with a page count on record.
David Wingrove, born 1954, is a British science fiction writer known for the Chung Kuo novels, set in the imagined place of that name. Wingrove co-wrote the three Myst novels with Rand and Robyn Miller, and a Chung Kuo Recasting sequence and Roads to Moscow complete the series list. The catalogue holds 29 books from The Immortals of Science Fiction (1980) to Beneath the Tree of Heaven (2020), among them The Middle Kingdom (1989), The Broken Wheel (1990) and Days of Bitter Strength (1995). The volumes are long, at a median of 480 pages.
Source: Wikidata
How many David Wingrove books are there?
David Wingrove has 29 books, released between 1980 and 2020. They include 3 separate series.
David Wingrove Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 29 David Wingrove 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 November 2026.
- 11980–1/4
- 219843201/4
- 319842611/4
- 419896541/4
- 519903201/4
- 61991–1/4
- 719925621/4
- 819935721/4
- 919946831/4
- 1019954961/4
- 1119957521/4
- 1219965771/4
- 1319975281/4
- 1419974801/4
- 152011–1/4
- 1620114161/4
- 1720123521/4
- 1820123271/4
- 1920132701/4
- 202013–1/4
- 212013–1/4
- 2220144961/4
- 232014–1/4
- 2420155601/4
- 2520165281/4
- 2620173361/4
- 2720182831/4
- 2820193051/4
- 2920202731/4
David Wingrove 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.
Chung Kuo Recasting in order
12 booksChung Kuo in order
8 booksDavid Wingrove Non Fiction
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Myst in order
3 booksRoads to Moscow in order
3 booksDo you have to read David Wingrove books in order?
You only need to read David Wingrove 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 David Wingrove
Start with The Immortals of Science Fiction (1980), the earliest published title.
What is the newest David Wingrove book?
Beneath the Tree of Heaven (2020) is the newest David Wingrove book released so far.
Is there a new David Wingrove book coming?
No next David Wingrove book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards David Wingrove has won
Wikidata records 1 award for David Wingrove. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.
- Hugo Award for Best Related Work1987Wonfor Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction
David Wingrove at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest David Wingrove title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- David Wingrove books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 10,351 pages across the 23 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 480 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most David Wingrove books, 14 of 29, were published in the 2010s.
When David Wingrove books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when David Wingrove titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 14 titles.
29 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the David Wingrove books are about
18 of the 29 David Wingrove books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 9 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 9 of 18 books
- Foreign relations 3 of 18 books
- Chung kuo (imaginary place) 2 of 18 books
- History and criticism 2 of 18 books


















