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Erich von Däniken Books in Order

Erich von Däniken has written 31 books, published between 1968 and 2022. The first book is Chariots of The Gods (1968) and the newest is Evolution Is Wrong: A Radical Approach to the Origin and Transformation of Life (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
31
Published
1968–2022
Pages on record
4,195 in 18 of 31 books
Reading time
70–105 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,195 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 31 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Erich von Däniken, author of the Chariots of the Gods series

Erich von Daniken was a Swiss author of pseudoscientific books arguing that extraterrestrials shaped early human culture. Chariots of The Gods (1968) opens the catalogue and became a bestseller; Return to the Stars (1970), Gods from Outer Space (1972), Miracles of the Gods (1975) and Signs of the Gods (1980) followed. Thirty-one titles are catalogued to 2022. Scientists and academics reject the claims and class the work as pseudohistory and pseudoarchaeology. Ancient civilisations, UFOs and human-alien encounters are the recorded subjects.

How many Erich von Däniken books are there?

Erich von Däniken has 31 books, released between 1968 and 2022. 2 of them belong to the Chariots of the Gods series.

Erich von Däniken Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 31 Erich von Däniken 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.

  1. Cover of Chariots of The Gods by Erich von Däniken, book 1 of the Chariots of the Gods series (1968)
  2. Cover of The Gold of the Gods by Erich von Däniken (1972)
  3. Cover of Miracles of the Gods by Erich von Däniken (1975)
  4. Cover of In Search of Ancient Gods by Erich von Däniken (1976)
  5. Cover of According to the Evidence by Erich von Däniken (1977)
  6. Cover of War of the Chariots by Erich von Däniken (1978)
  7. Cover of The Eyes of the Sphinx by Erich von Däniken (1996)
  8. Cover of The Return of the Gods by Erich von Däniken (1998)
  9. Cover of Arrival of the Gods by Erich von Däniken (1998)
  10. Cover of The Gods Were Astronauts by Erich von Däniken (2001)
  11. Cover of History is Wrong by Erich von Däniken (2009)
  12. Cover of Evidence of the Gods by Erich von Däniken (2010)
  13. Cover of Twilight of the Gods by Erich von Däniken (2010)
  14. Cover of Remnants of the Gods by Erich von Däniken (2013)
  15. Cover of Astronaut Gods of the Maya by Erich von Däniken (2017)
  16. Cover of Confessions of an Egyptologist by Erich von Däniken (2021)
  17. Cover of Evolution Is Wrong: A Radical Approach to the Origin and Transformation of Life by Erich von Däniken (2022)
  1. 1
    Chariots of The GodsChariots of the Gods #11968 · 200 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1968200
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  2. 2
    Return to the Stars1970 · confirmed 2/4
    1970–
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  3. 3
    Gods from Outer Space1972 · confirmed 2/4
    1972–
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  4. 4
    The Gold of the Gods1972 · confirmed 2/4
    1972–
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  5. 5
    Miracles of the Gods1975 · 291 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1975291
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  6. 6
    In Search of Ancient Gods1976 · 249 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1976249
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  7. 7
    According to the Evidence1977 · 348 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1977348
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  8. 8
    War of the Chariots1978 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978192
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  9. 9
    Signs of the Gods1980 · confirmed 2/4
    1980–
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  10. 10
    Pathways to the Gods1981 · confirmed 2/4
    1981–
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  11. 11
    The Stones of Kiribati1982 · 267 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982267
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  12. 12
    The Gods and Their Grand Design1984 · 217 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984217
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  13. 13
    Der Tag an dem die Götter kamen1984 · confirmed 2/4
    1984–
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  14. 14
    The Eyes of the Sphinx1996 · 278 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996278
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  15. 15
    The Return of the Gods1998 · 213 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998213
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  16. 16
    Arrival of the Gods1998 · 193 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998193
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  17. 17
    The Gods Were Astronauts2001 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001208
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  18. 18
    Odyssey of the Gods2002 · 166 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002166
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  19. 19
    History is Wrong2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  20. 20
    Evidence of the Gods2010 · 222 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010222
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  21. 21
    Twilight of the Gods2010 · 223 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010223
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  22. 22
    Tomy and the Planet of Lies2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  23. 23
    Remnants of the Gods2013 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013224
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  24. 24
    The Mysterious Master Builders of the Stone Age2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  25. 25
    The Gods Never Left UsChariots of the Gods #22017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  26. 26
    Astronaut Gods of the Maya2017 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017272
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  27. 27
    War of the Gods2020 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020224
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  28. 28
    Eyewitness to the Gods2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  29. 29
    Impossible Truths2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  30. 30
    Confessions of an Egyptologist2021 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021208
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  31. 31
    Evolution Is Wrong: A Radical Approach to the Origin and Transformation of Life2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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Erich von Däniken 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.

Chariots of the Gods in order

2 books
  1. 1. Chariots of The Gods
  2. 2. The Gods Never Left Us

Standalone books

29 books

29 Erich von Däniken titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Erich von Däniken Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Erich von Däniken books run from Chariots of The Gods (1968) to Evolution Is Wrong: A Radical Approach to the Origin and Transformation of Life (2022), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Erich von Däniken in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Erich von Däniken books in order?

You only need to read Erich von Däniken books in order within the Chariots of the Gods series, which holds 2 of the 31 Erich von Däniken books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Erich von Däniken

Start with Chariots of The Gods (1968), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Erich von Däniken book?

Evolution Is Wrong: A Radical Approach to the Origin and Transformation of Life (2022) is the newest Erich von Däniken book released so far.

Is there a new Erich von Däniken book coming?

No next Erich von Däniken book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Erich von Däniken at a glance

Died
Erich von Däniken died in 2026, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Erich von Däniken on record dates from 2022.
Release pace
Erich von Däniken books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,195 pages across the 18 of 31 books with a recorded length, a median of 222 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Erich von Däniken books, 7 of 31, were published in the 2010s.

What the Erich von Däniken books are about

25 of the 31 Erich von Däniken books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: extraterrestrial influences is tagged on 16 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.