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.
How many David Wingrove books are there?
David Wingrove has 29 books, released between 1980 and 2020. They include 4 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 September 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 series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
- Chung Kuo Recasting books in order 12 books
- Chung Kuo books in order 20 books
David Wingrove 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.
Chung Kuo books in order
8 books by David WingroveDavid 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 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with David Wingrove
Start with the first book of the David Wingrove series you want to read: Chung Kuo Recasting starts with Son Of Heaven (2011) and Chung Kuo starts with The Middle Kingdom (1989). The earliest catalogued title overall is The Immortals of Science Fiction (1980).
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.
- 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.
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